UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 23, 2014
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ireland | 001-33500 | 98-1032470 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Fourth Floor, Connaught House,
One Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
011-353-1-634-7800
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 2.01. | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
As previously disclosed, on December 19, 2013, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (Jazz Pharmaceuticals), Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.p.A., a società per azioni incorporated in Italy (formerly known as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.r.l., a società a responsabilità limitata) (Purchaser) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and Gentium S.p.A., a società per azioni incorporated in Italy (formerly known as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.r.l., an Italian società a responsabilià limitata) (the Company or Gentium), entered into a Tender Offer Agreement (the Tender Offer Agreement). Pursuant to the Tender Offer Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Purchaser commenced a tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of ordinary stock, no par value per share (the Ordinary Shares), and all outstanding American Depositary Shares, each representing one Ordinary Share and evidenced by an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) issued by The Bank of New York, as depositary (the ADSs), of the Company at a purchase price of $57.00 per Ordinary Share and per ADS (without duplication for Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs), net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 23, 2013 (as amended or supplemented, the Offer to Purchase) and in the related ADS Letter of Transmittal (the ADS Letter of Transmittal) and Share Form of Acceptance (the Share Form of Acceptance and, together with the ADS Letter of Transmittal and Offer to Purchase, as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer).
The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on the evening of January 22, 2014. Purchaser accepted for payment a total of 4,570,991 Ordinary Shares and 7,673,165 ADSs that, based on the information provided by The Bank of New York, as tender agent for the Offer, were properly tendered and not withdrawn in the Offer, representing approximately 79% of the Companys outstanding Ordinary Shares and ADSs and approximately 69% of the fully diluted number of Ordinary Shares and ADSs (in each case, without duplication for Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs). Based on the price per Ordinary Share and per ADS and the number of Ordinary Shares and ADSs properly tendered and accepted for payment at the expiration of the Offer as of January 22, 2014, the cost of the Ordinary Shares and ADSs purchased by Purchaser in connection with the Offer is approximately $698 million. Jazz Pharmaceuticals funded the purchase of the tendered Ordinary Shares and ADSs from the proceeds of Incremental Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Facility, each of which is described in Item 2.03 below.
In addition, approximately 1,345,023 ADSs have been committed to tender in accordance with the guaranteed delivery procedures contemplated by the Offer, which collectively represent an additional approximately 9% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and ADSs and 8% of the fully diluted number of Ordinary Shares and ADSs (in each case, without duplication for Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs). Further, options to acquire approximately 1,666,608 Ordinary Shares (or approximately 9% of the fully diluted number of Ordinary Shares and ADSs (without duplication for Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs)) are subject to support agreements entered into between Jazz Pharmaceuticals and certain of the directors and members of senior management of Gentium, which require that such options be exercised and the underlying Ordinary Shares tendered into a subsequent offering period with respect to the Offer.
Following the expiration of the Offer, and in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer Agreement, Purchaser commenced a subsequent offering period of the Offer to acquire all remaining untendered Ordinary Shares and ADSs. The subsequent offering period will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on the evening of Thursday, February 20, 2014. All Ordinary Shares and ADSs properly tendered during the subsequent offering period will be accepted and promptly paid for, and tendering holders will receive the same $57.00 price per Ordinary Share and per ADS (without duplication for Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs), net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon and subject to applicable withholding taxes, that was paid in the Offer.
The foregoing discussion of the Tender Offer Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Tender Offer Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and 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.
On January 23, 2014, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, as guarantor, and three of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the U.S. Borrower), Jazz Financing I Limited and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, as borrowers (collectively with the U.S. Borrower, the Borrowers), entered into Amendment No. 2 (the Amendment) to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2012 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 13, 2013, the Existing Credit Agreement and as amended by the Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement), with the lender parties thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, collateral agent, letter of credit issuer and swing line lender.
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The Amended Credit Agreement provides for (i) a tranche of incremental term loans made to the U.S. Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000 (Incremental Term Loans), (ii) a tranche of term loans made to the U.S. Borrower (together with the Incremental Term Loans, the New Term Loans) to refinance the $554,401,563 aggregate principal amount of term loans previously outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement (Prior Term Loans) in their entirety and (iii) a revolving credit facility of $425,000,000 (the Revolving Credit Facility) that replaces the revolving credit facility of $200,000,000 provided for under the Existing Credit Agreement. The Revolving Credit Facility provides for revolving loans to be made to any of the Borrowers. Jazz Pharmaceuticals used the proceeds from the Incremental Term Loans and $300,000,000 of loans under the Revolving Credit Facility to purchase the Ordinary Shares and ADSs properly tendered and accepted for payment at the expiration of the Offer as of January 22, 2014, and expects to use the proceeds from future loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, if any, for general corporate purposes, including corporate development activities. The New Term Loans have the same June 12, 2018 maturity date that was applicable to the Prior Term Loans. Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility will have the same June 12, 2017 maturity date that was applicable under the Existing Credit Agreement.
The New Term Loans bear interest, at the U.S Borrowers option, at a rate equal to either the LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin of 2.50% per annum (subject to a 0.75% LIBOR floor), or the prime lending rate, plus an applicable margin equal to 1.50% per annum (subject to a 1.75% prime rate floor). Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest, at the applicable Borrowers option, at a rate equal to either the LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin of 2.50% per annum, or the prime lending rate, plus an applicable margin equal to 1.50% per annum, subject to reduction by 0.25% or 0.50% based upon Jazz Pharmaceuticals secured leverage ratio (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement).
The Borrowers obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement and any hedging or cash management obligations entered into with a lender are guaranteed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals and each of Jazz Pharmaceuticals existing and subsequently acquired or organized direct and indirect subsidiaries (other than certain immaterial subsidiaries, subsidiaries whose guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences and subsidiaries whose guarantee is prohibited by applicable law). Jazz Pharmaceuticals, the Borrowers and such guarantors are collectively referred to in this Current Report on Form 8-K as the Loan Parties.
The Loan Parties obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are secured, subject to customary permitted liens and other agreed upon exceptions, by a perfected security interest in (a) all tangible and intangible assets of the Loan Parties, except for certain excluded assets, and (b) all of the equity interests of the subsidiaries of the Loan Parties held by the Loan Parties (limited, in the case of the equity interests of certain foreign subsidiaries and certain domestic subsidiaries that hold no assets other than equity interests of foreign subsidiaries, to 65% of the voting equity interests of such subsidiaries).
The Borrowers are permitted to make voluntary prepayments at any time without payment of a premium, except that a 1% premium would apply to a repayment in connection with a repricing of, or any amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement resulting in a repricing of, the New Term Loans effected on or prior to the date that is six months following the January 23, 2014 effective date of the Amendment. The U.S Borrower is required to make mandatory prepayments of New Term Loans (without payment of a premium) with (1) net cash proceeds from certain non-ordinary course asset sales (subject to reinvestment rights and other exceptions), (2) net cash proceeds from issuances of debt (other than certain permitted debt), (3) beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, 50% of Jazz Pharmaceuticals excess cash flow (subject to decrease to 25% or 0% if Jazz Pharmaceuticals secured leverage ratio is equal to or less than 2.25 to 1.00 (and greater than 1.25 to 1.00) or 1.25 to 1.00, respectively), and (4) casualty proceeds and condemnation awards (subject to reinvestment rights and other exceptions). The New Term Loans will amortize in equal quarterly installments in an aggregate annual amount equal to 1% of the original principal amount thereof, with any remaining balance payable on the final maturity date of the New Term Loans.
The Amended Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to Jazz Pharmaceuticals and its restricted subsidiaries, including, among other things, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers, dispositions, prepayment of other indebtedness and dividends and other distributions. The Amended Credit Agreement contains a financial covenant that requires Jazz Pharmaceuticals and its restricted subsidiaries to not exceed a maximum secured leverage ratio.
Events of default under the Amended Credit Agreement include: (a) the failure by any Borrower to timely make payments due under the Amended Credit Agreement; (b) material misrepresentations or misstatements in any representation or warranty by any Loan Party when made; (c) the failure by any Loan Party to comply with the covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement and other related agreements; (d) certain defaults under a specified amount of other indebtedness of Jazz Pharmaceuticals or its subsidiaries; (e) insolvency or bankruptcy-related events with respect to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, the Borrowers or any material restricted subsidiary; (f) certain judgments against either Jazz Pharmaceuticals or any of its restricted subsidiaries; (g) certain ERISA-related events reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on Jazz Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
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(h) the failure by the collateral documents to create a valid and perfected security interest in any material portion of the collateral purported to be covered thereby; (i) any material provision of any loan document ceasing to be, or being asserted by Jazz Pharmaceuticals or any of its restricted subsidiaries not to be, valid, binding and enforceable, or a denial in writing by Jazz Pharmaceuticals or any of its restricted subsidiaries of any further liability under the loan documents; and (j) the occurrence of a change in control with respect to Jazz Pharmaceuticals. If one or more events of default occurs and continues, the administrative agent may, with the consent of the lenders holding a majority of the loans and commitments under the facilities, or will, at the request of such lenders, terminate the commitments of the lenders to make further loans and declare all of the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Amended Credit Agreement to be immediately due and payable. If any bankruptcy event of default described in clause (e) above occurs, the commitments will be terminated and the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Amended Credit Agreement will become due and payable automatically without any action by the administrative agent or the lenders.
The foregoing descriptions of the Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement are not intended to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired
The historical financial statements required by this Item 9.01(a) will be filed by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date on which this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Statements
The pro forma financial statements required by this Item 9.01(b) will be filed by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date on which this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
(d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit |
Description | |
2.1 | Tender Offer Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2013, by and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.p.A. (formerly known as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.r.l.) and Gentium S.p.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 from the Form 8-K/A filed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2013). | |
10.1 | Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 23, 2014, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2012, by and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Jazz Financing I Limited and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, as borrowers, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, as guarantor, the Lenders thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. |
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements regarding Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Gentium, including, but not limited to, statements related to the subsequent offering period for Gentiums Ordinary Shares and ADSs and the timing thereof, as well as other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on each of the companies current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, including those risks detailed under the caption Risk Factors and elsewhere in Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Gentiums U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and reports, including in Jazz Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and Gentiums Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, each of which is filed with the SEC, and future filings and reports by either company. Neither Jazz Pharmaceuticals nor Gentium undertakes any duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations.
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Additional Information and Where to Find It
This Current Report on Form 8-K is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the outstanding Ordinary Shares and ADSs of Gentium. Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Purchaser have filed with the SEC a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, and Gentium has filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9, each as subsequently amended and with respect to the Offer (as defined in those documents). Holders of Ordinary Shares and ADSs of Gentium are urged to carefully read the relevant tender offer materials (including the Offer to Purchase, the related Share Form of Acceptance and ADS Letter of Transmittal and the other tender offer documents) and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement of Gentium because they contain important information that such holders should consider before making any decision regarding tendering their securities. The Offer to Purchase, the related Share Form of Acceptance and ADS Letter of Transmittal and the other tender offer documents, as well as the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement of Gentium, are available to all holders of Ordinary Shares and ADSs of Gentium at no expense to them. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents and other related documents filed with the SEC at the SECs web site at www.sec.gov or by (i) directing a request to Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, c/o Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3180 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, California 94304, U.S.A., Attention: Investor Relations, (ii) calling +353 1 634 7892 (Ireland) or +1 650 496 2800 (U.S.) or (iii) sending an email to investorinfo@jazzpharma.com. Investors and security holders may also obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC on Jazz Pharmaceuticals website at www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com under the heading Investors and then under the heading SEC Filings.
In addition to the Offer to Purchase, the related Share Form of Acceptance and ADS Letter of Transmittal and the other tender offer documents, as well as the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement of Gentium, Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Gentium file annual, quarterly (except in the case of Gentium) and special reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports or other information filed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals or Gentium at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Gentiums filings with the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | ||||||
Date: January 24, 2014 | ||||||
By: | /s/ Suzanne Sawochka Hooper | |||||
Name: | Suzanne Sawochka Hooper | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
2.1 | Tender Offer Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2013, by and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.p.A. (formerly known as Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.r.l.) and Gentium S.p.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 from the Form 8-K/A filed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2013). | |
10.1 | Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 23, 2014, to the Credit Agreement, dated June 12, 2012, by and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Jazz Financing I Limited and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, as borrowers, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, as guarantor, the Lenders thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. |
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT No. 2, dated as of January 23, 2014 (this Amendment), to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2012, by and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (Parent), Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the U.S. Borrower), Jazz Financing I Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland and a Subsidiary of Parent (Jazz Financing I), and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland and a Subsidiary of Parent (Jazz Ireland and, together with Jazz Financing I, the Irish Borrowers and, together with the U.S. Borrower, the Borrower), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer (as amended, restated, modified and supplemented prior to the date hereof, the Original Credit Agreement); capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Parent, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.r.L., an Italian società a responsabilità limitata and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent organized under the laws of Italy (the Gentium Acquisition Sub), and Gentium S.p.A, a società per azioni incorporated in Italy (Gentium), have entered into a Tender Offer Agreement (the Gentium Acquisition Agreement), pursuant to which Parent has commenced a tender offer (the Gentium Tender Offer) to acquire (the Acquisition) all of the ordinary shares and American Depositary Shares representing ordinary shares (collectively, the Gentium Stock) of Gentium on the terms and conditions set forth therein (including the subsequent acquisition of any Gentium Stock remaining after the Gentium Tender Offer, the Gentium Acquisition);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Original Credit Agreement, the U.S. Borrower desires to establish (i) an Incremental Term Facility with Incremental Term Loan Commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000 (the New Incremental Term Loans), (ii) new Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $554,401,563 (the New Term Loans and, together with the New Incremental Term Loans, the Tranche 2 Term Loans), which would refinance the Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as defined below) (the Tranche 1 Term Loans) and (iii) an Incremental Revolving Increase with Incremental Revolving Commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000 (the New Revolving Commitments);
WHEREAS, this Amendment shall be considered an Increase Joinder pursuant to Section 2.15(c) of the Original Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, Section 2.15(c) of the Original Credit Agreement provides that an Increase Joinder may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Original Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, each Lender with Tranche 1 Term Loans that has executed and delivered a signature page to this Amendment (as set forth in Annex II hereto) has agreed to have its outstanding Tranche 1 Term Loans converted to Tranche 2 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (each an Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan Lender.).
WHEREAS, in addition to the foregoing, the U.S. Borrower desires to amend the Original Credit Agreement to (i) have the Unrestricted Margin Stock provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement apply to all Loans and not just the New Incremental Term Loans (the Margin Stock Amendment) and (ii) make certain other changes (the Other Amendments);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Original Credit Agreement, the Margin Stock Amendment and the Other Amendments may be effected with the consent of the Required Lenders (after giving effect to the incurrence of the New Term Loans, the New Incremental Term Loans and the New Revolving Commitments);
WHEREAS, the Lenders identified on Schedule I hereto (each of which shall have executed and delivered a signature page as set forth in Annex I hereto) have severally agreed to provide New Revolving Commitments in the respective amounts set forth opposite such Lenders names on Schedule I hereto under the column Revolving Commitments;
WHEREAS, Barclays Bank PLC is executing this agreement in respect of its Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitments (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) as set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto under the column Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Commitments; and
WHEREAS, Barclays Bank PLC is executing this agreement in respect of its commitment to provide the Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitment (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) as set forth opposite its named on Schedule I hereto (in such capacity, the Additional Tranche 2 Lender), under the column Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitments.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments/Waivers.
(a) The Original Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective
Date, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following
example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Original Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the Original Credit Agreement, as so amended, being referred
to as the Amended Credit Agreement).
(b) Each of Schedule 2.01 and Schedule 5.06 to the Original Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, hereby amended and replaced in its entirety by Schedule II and Schedule IV, respectively, hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, each other reference to Schedule in Exhibit A hereto shall refer to such schedule as of the Closing Date.
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(c) (i) Each Revolving Lender executing this Amendment hereby irrevocably waives its right to receive any payments under Section 3.05 of the Original Credit Agreement as a result of its Revolving Loans being repaid on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (ii) each Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan Lender hereby irrevocably waives its right to receive any payments under Section 3.05 of the Original Credit Agreement as a result of its Tranche 1 Term Loans being repaid on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Required Lenders (after giving effect to the incurrence of the New Incremental Term Loans, the New Term Loans and New Revolving Commitments) hereby agree that the Gentium Acquisition (including any acquisition of Gentium Stock after the consummation of the Gentium Tender Offer, whether pursuant to a subsequent tender offer, private purchase, merger or otherwise, and any Investments by or in Gentium Acquisition Sub made in connection with the foregoing) shall be deemed part of the same Permitted Acquisition and no further certification referenced in the definition of Permitted Acquisition shall be required to be delivered in respect of any subsequent acquisition of Gentium Stock.
Section 2. Representations and Warranties, No Default. In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to amend the Original Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein, the Loan Parties represent and warrant to each Lender that:
(a) After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article V of the Amended Credit Agreement and in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any Compliance Certificate furnished at any time under or in connection therewith, are (i) in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language, true and correct in all respects and (ii) in the case of all other representations and warranties, true and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct on the basis set forth above as of such earlier date; the representations and warranties contained in subsection (b) of Section 5.05 of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Original Credit Agreement; and
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3. Effectiveness. Section 1 of this Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) that the following conditions have been satisfied:
(a) Consents. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed signature pages hereto from (i) Lenders constituting the Required Lenders (after giving effect to
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the incurrence of the New Incremental Term Loans, the New Term Loans and New Revolving Commitments), (ii) each Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan Lender, (iii) each Lender listed on Schedule I hereto and (iv) each of the Loan Parties;
(b) Acquisition. As of the expiration time of the Gentium Tender Offer, more than 50% of the outstanding Gentium Stock shall have been validly tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Gentium Tender Offer and the terms of the Gentium Acquisition Agreement (and the acquisition of such Gentium Stock shall be consummated substantially concurrently with the funding of the New Incremental Term Loans); provided that no amendment, modification or waiver of any term of the Gentium Acquisition Agreement or any condition to Parent or its subsidiarys obligation to consummate the Gentium Acquisition thereunder (other than any such amendment, modification or waiver that is not materially adverse to any interest of the Lenders and other than a Permitted Minimum Condition Modification (as defined in the Gentium Acquisition Agreement)) shall have been made or granted, as the case may be (it being understood that any reduction in the price that is less than or equal to 10% of the total consideration set forth in the Gentium Acquisition Agreement as of the date hereof will not be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders);
(c) No Material Adverse Effect. As of the scheduled expiration date of the Offer (as defined in the Gentium Acquisition Agreement), since June 30, 2013, there shall not have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Gentium Acquisition Agreement), and there has not been, and there does not exist, any Effect (as defined in the Gentium Acquisition Agreement) that, individually or in the aggregate with other Effects, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(d) Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly completed Notice of Borrowing for the Loans to be borrowed on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;
(e) Fees and Expenses. The U.S. Borrower shall have paid (i) to Barclays Bank PLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada and DNB Markets, Inc. (the Commitment Parties) all fees and expense reimbursements required to be paid to it on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date as the U.S. Borrower or Parent may separately agree to in writing, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender that has agreed to provide a New Revolving Commitment and has returned an executed counterpart hereof to the Administrative Agent on or prior to 12:00 p.m. New York time, January 22, 2014, an upfront fee as previously agreed to with the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, (iii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender that has agreed to provide a New Incremental Term Loan and has returned an executed counterpart hereof to the Administrative Agent on or prior to 12:00 p.m. New York time, January 22, 2014, an upfront fee equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of such New Incremental Term Loan, which fee shall take the form or original issue discount on the New Incremental Term Loans and (iv) any additional upfront fees as may be separately agreed to with the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers.
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(f) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinion of (i) Cooley LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, (ii) A&L Goodbody, Irish counsel to the Loan Parties, (iii) Arthur Cox, Irish counsel to the Administrative Agent, (iv) Conyers, Dill & Pearman Limited, Bermuda counsel to the Loan Parties, (v) Ellul & Co., Gibraltar counsel to the Loan Parties, (vi) Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg counsel to the Loan Parties, (vii) Clifford Chance LLP, Italian counsel to the Administrative Agent, (viii) Allen & Overy LLP, UK counsel to the Administrative Agent, and (ix) Hogan Lovells International LLP, UK counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender, dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that to the extent any of the above reference opinions are to be delivered in conjunction with foreign security documents required to be delivered under clause (k) below and any such foreign security document is delivered post-closing under the terms of such clause then the applicable opinion may also be delivered post-closing;
(g) Officers Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent on behalf of each Loan Party, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in clauses (m), (o) and (p) below;
(h) Organizational Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other applicable Responsible Officer of each Loan Party dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and certifying (A) that, in the case of the U.S. Borrower and any Domestic Guarantor, the Organization Documents referred to in clause (B) below of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing or comparable status from its jurisdiction of organization furnished pursuant to clause (ii) below and remains in full force and effect; (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and at all times since the date of the resolutions described in clause (C) below or certifying that such Organization Documents have not been amended since such date, (C) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, joinders to any Loan Documents, and any other documents required to be executed by such Loan Party pursuant to this Section 3 (the Amendment Documents) and, in the case of each Borrower, the borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect and are the only resolutions authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Amendment Documents; and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each Responsible Officer executing any Amendment Document; (ii) a certificate of good standing (or comparable status) of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from the applicable secretary of state or similar governmental authority; provided that to the extent a certificate of good standing (or comparable status) is not applicable in the jurisdiction of any Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary, such Loan Party shall provide an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (iii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other applicable Responsible Officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (i) above;
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(i) Collateral Matters. The Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) certified copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, Tax and judgment lien searches or equivalent reports or searches within the United States, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which the U.S. Borrower or any Domestic Guarantor is organized or maintains its principal place of business and such other searches within the United States that are required by the Perfection Certificate or that the Collateral Agent deems necessary or appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Collateral Documents (other than Permitted Liens), and (ii) an executed supplement to the Perfection Certificate;
(j) Repayment of Loans. The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of repayment from the U.S. Borrower in full of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans and any accrued interest with respect thereto to but not including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Swing Line Loans and any accrued interest with respect thereto to but not including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. Concurrently with the making of the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 1 Term Loans, the U.S. Borrower shall have paid in full (i) all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans subject to the prepayment notice set forth above (including all accrued interest thereon) and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount and all accrued interest with respect to Tranche 1 Term Loans to but not including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (it being understood that the aggregate principal amount of Tranche 1 Term Loans of each Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan Lender shall be considered paid in full upon such conversion);
(k) Foreign Security Document Amendments. On or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts from each party thereto or, as applicable, a fully-executed copy, of each document set forth on Schedule III hereto; provided that to the extent any documents set forth in Schedule III are not delivered after the applicable Loan Parties have used commercially reasonable efforts to do so then the delivery of such documents may instead be provided within sixty (60) days of the Amendment No.2 Effective Date, subject to such extensions as are reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent;
(l) Solvency Certificate. On or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, Parent shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent a solvency certificate from a Responsible Officer or chief accounting officer of Parent, substantially in the form of Exhibit K to the Original Credit Agreement, setting forth the conclusions that, after giving effect to the consummation of all financings contemplated herein, Parent and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) are Solvent;
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(m) Representations and Warranties. On the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2(a) above shall be true and correct on the basis set forth therein;
(n) PATRIOT Act. At least five days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each Loan Party shall have provided the documentation and other information concerning such Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers as has been reasonably requested in writing at least ten days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date by the Administrative Agent (as requested by any Lender to the Administrative Agent) that the Lenders reasonably determine is required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act;
(o) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from the proposed Credit Extensions on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or from the application of the proceeds thereof;
(p) Maximum Secured Leverage Ratio. After giving effect to the making of the Loans pursuant to the Incremental Facilities on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (and assuming the full amount of the New Revolving Commitments are fully drawn), Parent shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.10 of Exhibit A hereto on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c) of Exhibit A hereto;
(q) Compliance with Secured Leverage Ratio. On or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, Parent shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate from a Responsible Officer or chief accounting officer of Parent, confirming that at the time of the incurrence of the Incremental Facilities on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) is less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00; and
(r) Financial Statements. The Amendment No. 2 Arrangers shall have received (i) unqualified audited financial statements of Gentium for its three most recently completed fiscal years ended 90 days before the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (it being understood that the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers have received such financial statements for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012), and (ii) unaudited financial statements for any quarterly interim period or periods of Gentium ending more than 45 days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (it being understood that the quarter ending December 31, 2013 is not an interim period), together with unaudited financial statements for the corresponding period of the prior year (it being understood that the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers have received such financial statements for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013); provided that the filing of the required financial statements with the SEC will satisfy the foregoing requirements. All such financial statements shall have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of the interim financials, for year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes).
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Section 4. Fungibility. Except as may be expressly set forth in this Amendment or the Amended Credit Agreement, the New Incremental Term Loans shall have identical terms as the New Term Loans and shall otherwise be subject to the provisions, including any provisions restricting the rights, or regarding the obligations, of the Loan Parties or any provisions regarding the rights of the Lenders, of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Upon the funding of the New Term Loans and the New Incremental Term Loans, the Administrative Agent will record the New Term Loans and the New Incremental Term Loans as being of the same Class, each Tranche 2 Term Loans. The New Term Loans and the New Incremental Term Loans shall be assigned the same CUSIP.
Section 5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
Section 6. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER AMENDMENT DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER AMENDMENT DOCUMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER AMENDMENT DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN), BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT EACH OF (A) THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DEFINITION OF COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT AND WHETHER THERE SHALL HAVE OCCURRED A COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT AND (B) WHETHER THE ACQUISITION CONDITION HAS BEEN SATISFIED SHALL, IN EACH CASE, BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 7. Headings. Section and Subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
Section 8. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, (i) this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent, in each case under the Original Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (ii) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Original Credit Agreement or any other provision of
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either such agreement or any other Loan Document. Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Each Loan Party reaffirms its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity of the guarantees and Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and, from and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (x) all references to the Original Credit Agreement or Amended Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Original Credit Agreement or Amended Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof or words of like import referring to the Original Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Amended Credit Agreement and (y) all references to any other Loan Document amended hereby in any Loan Document and all references in such Loan Document to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof or words of like import referring to such Loan Document, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to such Loan Document as amended by this Amendment. Each of the Credit Parties hereby (i) consents to this Amendment, (ii) confirms that all obligations of such Credit Party under the Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party shall continue to apply to the Amended Credit Agreement and (iii) agrees that all security interests granted by it pursuant to any Loan Document shall secure the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 9. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) (i) submits for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof , in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, in such Federal court; and (ii) agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation 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) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, (i) any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in Section 9(a), and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court;
(c) consents to service of process in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, in the manner provided for notices (other than telecopier) in Section 10.02 of the Amended Credit Agreement; and
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Kathryn E. Falberg | |||||||
Name: | Kathryn E. Falberg | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
GIVEN under the common seal of | ||||||||
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS | (Common Seal) | |||||||
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | ||||||||
/s/ Fintan Keegan | ||||||||
Fintan Keegan, Executive Vice President | ||||||||
/s/ Shawn Mindus | ||||||||
Shawn Mindus, Company Secretary | ||||||||
GIVEN under the common seal of | ||||||||
JAZZ FINANCING I LIMITED | (Common Seal) | |||||||
/s/ Shawn Mindus | ||||||||
Shawn Mindus, Director | ||||||||
/s/ Aislinn Doody | ||||||||
Aislinn Doody, Company Secretary |
[Signature Page to Jazz Amendment No. 2]
GIVEN under the common seal of | ||||
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS | (Common Seal) | |||
IRELAND LIMITED | ||||
/s/ Shawn Mindus | ||||
Shawn Mindus, Director | ||||
/s/ Aislinn Doody | ||||
Aislinn Doody, Company Secretary |
[Signature Page to Jazz Amendment No. 2]
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, | ||||
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, | ||||
Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Lender, Additional Tranche 2 Lender and Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Alicia Borys | |||
Name: | Alicia Borys | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Jazz Amendment No. 2]
Annex I
The undersigned evidences its consent to the amendments reflected in this Amendment and agrees to provide the Revolving Commitments set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule I to this Amendment.
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Title:] |
[Signature Page to Jazz Amendment No. 2]
Annex II
The undersigned Term Loan Lender hereby consents to this Amendment and consents to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche 1 Term Loan held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers) into a Tranche 2 Term Loan in a like principal amount on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
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[Signature Page to Jazz Amendment No. 2]
Schedule I
Incremental Commitments
Lender |
New Revolving Commitments |
Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 1 Commitments |
Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitments |
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Barclays Bank PLC |
$ | 7,500,000 | $ | 350,000,000 | $ | 0 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 10,000,000 | ||||||||||
Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||||||||||
Citibank, N.A. |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Bank, NA |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||||||||||
Royal Bank of Canada |
$ | 6,250,000 | ||||||||||
DNB Capital LLC |
$ | 11,250,000 | ||||||||||
RBS Citizens, NA |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||
Union Bank, N.A. |
$ | 12,500,000 | ||||||||||
SunTrust Bank |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||||||||||
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||
Santander Bank N.A. |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||
Associated Bank, N.A. |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||
BMO Harris Bank, N.A. |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||
Fifth Third Bank |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||
HSBC Bank PLC, Dublin Branch |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||
Comerica Bank |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||||||||||
Silicon Valley Bank |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||||||||||
Stifel Bank & Trust |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||||||||||
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Total |
$ | 225,000,000 | $ | 350,000,000 | $ | 0 | ||||||
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Schedule II
Lender |
Revolving Commitments |
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Barclays Bank PLC |
$ | 32,500,000 | ||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 32,500,000 | ||
Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
Citibank, N.A. |
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
Morgan Stanley Bank, NA |
$ | 30,000,000 | ||
Royal Bank of Canada |
$ | 26,250,000 | ||
DNB Capital LLC |
$ | 26,250,000 | ||
RBS Citizens, NA |
$ | 22,500,000 | ||
Union Bank, N.A. |
$ | 22,500,000 | ||
SunTrust Bank |
$ | 22,500,000 | ||
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
Santander Bank N.A. |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
Associated Bank, N.A. |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||
BMO Harris Bank, N.A. |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||
Fifth Third Bank |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||
HSBC Bank PLC, Dublin Branch |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
$ | 17,500,000 | ||
Comerica Bank |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||
Silicon Valley Bank |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||
Credit Industrie et Commercial |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
Raymond James Bank, N.A. |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
Stifel Bank & Trust |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
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Total |
$ | 225,000,000 | ||
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Schedule III
Foreign Security Documents
| Irish Deed of Confirmation by and among Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent, Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, Jazz Financing I Limited, Jazz Financing II Limited and Jazz Financing Lux S.à r.l. |
| Bermuda Deed of Amendment, Restatement & Consolidation, by and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC and Barclays Bank PLC. |
| Gibraltar Confirmation Letter from EUSA Pharma International Limited to Barclays Bank PLC and EUSA Pharma (Luxembourg), S.à r.l. |
| Luxembourg Confirmation Letter from Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC to Barclays Bank PLC and Jazz Financing Lux S.à r.l., relating to the Luxembourg law governed share pledge agreement dated 11 September 2013. |
| Luxembourg Confirmation Letter from EUSA Pharma International Limited to Barclays Bank PLC and Pharma (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., relating to the Luxembourg law governed share pledge agreement dated 18 April 2013. |
| Luxembourg Confirmation Letter from Jazz Financing Lux S.à r.l. to Barclays PLC, relating to the Luxembourg law governed account pledge agreement dated 11 September 2013 |
| Luxembourg Confirmation Letter from EUSA Pharma (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. to Barclays Bank PLC, relating to the Luxembourg law governed account pledge agreement dated 18 April 2013. |
| UK Guarantee and Security Confirmation, by and among Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent, EUSA Pharma (Europe) Limited, EUSA Pharma (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. and Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Italian Share Pledge Agreement, by and among Jazz Financing I Limited and Barclays Bank PLC |
| Irish Deed of Charge over Shares, by and among Jazz Investments II Limited and Barclays Bank PLC |
| Irish Deed of Partial Release, by and among Barclays Bank PLC and Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC. |
Schedule IV
Schedule 5.06
Litigation
Xyrem ANDA Matters:
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc., Civ No. 2-10-cv-06108 (D. New Jersey) |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Civ. No. 2-13-cv-00391 (D. New Jersey) |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., Civ. No. 2-13-cv-07884 (D. New Jersey) |
On October 18, 2010, the U.S. Borrower received a Paragraph IV Patent Certification notice, or Paragraph IV Certification, from Roxane Laboratories, Inc. (Roxane), that it had submitted an ANDA to the FDA requesting approval to market a generic version of Xyrem. Roxanes Paragraph IV Certification alleged that all five patents then listed for Xyrem in the FDAs publication Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (the Orange Book), on the date of the Paragraph IV Certification are invalid, unenforceable or not infringed by Roxanes proposed generic product. On November 22, 2010, the U.S. Borrower filed a lawsuit against Roxane in response to Roxanes Paragraph IV Certification in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, or the District Court. The U.S. Borrower is seeking a permanent injunction to prevent Roxane from introducing a generic version of Xyrem that would infringe its patents. Two additional method of use patents covering the distribution system for Xyrem were issued in December 2010 and February 2011, respectively, and were listed in the Orange Book, and the U.S. Borrower filed lawsuits against Roxane in February 2011 and again in May 2011 to include these additional patents in the litigation in response to Roxanes Paragraph IV Certifications against each of these patents, and also to include another issued patent in the litigation which is not listed in the Orange Book. These additional lawsuits were subsequently consolidated with the action filed on November 22, 2010. On April 26, 2012, the District Court held a Markman hearing, a pretrial hearing following which the trial judge construes the claims of the patents at issue in a lawsuit, and the District Court issued a Markman order construing the claims of the patents then involved in the litigation in September 2012. Two additional patents, one covering a formulation of Xyrem and the other covering use of Xyrem for treatment of narcolepsy (Patent Nos. 8,263,650 and 8,324,275), or the 650 patent and the 275 patent, were issued in September 2012 and December 2012, respectively, and were listed in the Orange Book. In October 2012, the U.S. Borrower filed a new lawsuit in the District Court against Roxane in response to Roxanes Paragraph IV Certification against the 650 patent, or the 650 case, and in December 2012, the U.S. Borrower filed a lawsuit in the District Court against Roxane alleging infringement of the 275 patent, or the 275 case. In April 2013, the District Court issued an order consolidating the three lawsuits and an order scheduling discovery and other deadlines for the consolidated case. Under the current scheduling order, expert discovery involving all ten of the patents involved in the consolidated case will close in May 2014. Although no trial date for the consolidated case has been scheduled, based on the current scheduling order, the we anticipate that trial in the consolidated case could occur as early as mid-2014. However, the actual timing of events in this litigation may be significantly earlier or later than contemplated
by the scheduling order, and we cannot predict the timing or outcome of events in this litigation. In accordance with the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, or the Hatch-Waxman Act, as a result of the U.S. Borrower having filed a timely lawsuit against Roxane, FDA approval of Roxanes ANDA had been stayed until April 18, 2013, which was 30 months after the U.S. Borrowers October 18, 2010 receipt of Roxanes Paragraph IV Certification, but that stay has expired. On September 30, 2013, the U.S. Borrower received a Paragraph IV Certification from Roxane alleging that a tenth patent listed in the Orange Book for Xyrem would not be infringed by Roxanes proposed generic product. The We have filed a covenant not to sue Roxane on that patent, and do not expect that patent to be litigated.
On December 10, 2012, the U.S. Borrower received a Paragraph IV Certification from Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Amneal), that it had submitted an ANDA to the FDA requesting approval to market a generic version of Xyrem. Amneals Paragraph IV Certification alleged that seven patents listed for Xyrem in the Orange Book are not infringed by Amneals proposed generic product. Amneals Paragraph IV Certification further alleged that an eighth patent listed in the Orange Book for Xyrem is invalid. On December 13, 2012, the U.S. Borrower received a supplemental Paragraph IV Certification alleging that a ninth patent listed in the Orange Book for Xyrem is invalid. On January 18, 2013, the U.S. Borrower filed a lawsuit against Amneal in response to Amneals Paragraph IV Certifications in the District Court. On August 2, 2013 the U.S. Borrower received a Paragraph IV Certification alleging that a tenth patent listed in the Orange Book for Xyrem would not be infringed by Amneals proposed generic product. On September 12, 2013, the U.S. Borrower filed a lawsuit against Amneal alleging infringement of this patent as well as another issued patent which is not listed in the Orange Book. The U.S. Borrower is seeking a permanent injunction to prevent Amneal from introducing a generic version of Xyrem that would infringe its patents. In accordance with the Hatch-Waxman Act, as a result of having filed a timely lawsuit against Amneal, FDA approval of Amneals ANDA will be stayed until the earlier of (i) June 10, 2015, which is 30 months after the Borrowers receipt of Amneals Paragraph IV Certification on December 10, 2012, or (ii) a District Court decision finding that the identified patents are invalid, unenforceable or not infringed. We cannot predict the timing or outcome of this matter.
On November 21, 2013, the U.S. Borrower received a Paragraph IV Certification from Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Par), that it had submitted an ANDA to the FDA requesting approval to market a generic version of Xyrem. Pars Paragraph IV Certification alleged that ten patents listed in the Orange Book for Xyrem are invalid, unenforceable, and/or will not be infringed by Pars proposed generic product. On December 27, 2013 the U.S. Borrower filed a lawsuit against Par in the United States District Court, in response to Pars Paragraph IV notice. The U.S. Borrower is seeking a permanent injunction to prevent Par from introducing a generic version of Xyrem that would infringe its patents. In accordance with the Hatch-Waxman Act, as a result of having filed a timely lawsuit against Par, FDA approval of Amneals ANDA will be stayed until the earlier of (i) May 21, 2016, which is 30 months after the U.S. Borrowers receipt of Pars Paragraph IV Certification on November 21, 2013, or (ii) a District Court decision finding that the identified patents are invalid, unenforceable or not infringed. We cannot predict the timing or outcome of this matter.
EXHIBIT A
$757,187,5001,329,401,563
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 12, 2012,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 13,
20132013,
as amended by Amendment No. 2 dated as of January 23, 2014
among
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY,
as Parent,
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
as U.S. Borrower,
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED,
as an Irish Borrower,
JAZZ FINANCING I LIMITED,
as an Irish Borrower,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.
and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Bookrunners,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and SUNTRUST BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
And
UNION BANK,
as Senior Managing Agent for Amendment No. 1
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.
and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
as Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners for Amendment No. 1
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners for Amendment No. 2
and
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, DNB BANK ASA, UNION BANK, SUNTRUST BANK and RBS
CITIZENS,
as Senior Managing Agents for Amendment No. 2
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I. | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | ||||||
Section 1.01 |
Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02 |
Other Interpretative Provisions |
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Section 1.03 |
Accounting Terms and Determinations |
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Section 1.04 |
Rounding |
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Section 1.05 |
Times of Day |
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Section 1.06 |
Letter of Credit Amounts |
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Section 1.07 |
Classes and Types of Borrowings |
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Section 1.08 |
Currency Translation |
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Section 1.09 |
Baskets |
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ARTICLE II. | ||||||
THE CREDIT FACILITIES | ||||||
Section 2.01 |
Commitments To Lend |
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Section 2.02 |
Notice of Borrowings |
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Section 2.03 |
Notice to Lenders; Funding of Loans |
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Section 2.04 |
Evidence of Loans |
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Section 2.05 |
Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.06 |
Interest |
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Section 2.07 |
Extension and Conversion |
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Section 2.08 |
Maturity of Loans |
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Section 2.09 |
Prepayments |
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Section 2.10 |
Adjustment of Commitments |
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Section 2.11 |
Fees |
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Section 2.12 |
Pro rata Treatment |
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Section 2.13 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
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Section 2.14 |
Payments Generally; Administrative Agents Clawback |
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Section 2.15 |
Increase in Commitments |
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Section 2.16 |
Cash Collateral |
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Section 2.17 |
Defaulting Lenders |
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Section 2.18 |
Refinancing Amendments |
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Section 2.19 |
Discounted Prepayments |
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ARTICLE III. | ||||||
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | ||||||
Section 3.01 |
Taxes |
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Section 3.02 |
Illegality |
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Section 3.03 |
Inability To Determine Rates |
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Section 3.04 |
Increased Costs and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy |
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Section 3.05 |
Compensation for Losses |
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Section 3.06 |
Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Eurodollar Loans |
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Section 3.07 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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Section 3.08 |
Survival |
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ARTICLE IV. | ||||||
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | ||||||
Section 4.01 |
Conditions to Initial Credit Extension |
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Section 4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions |
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ARTICLE V. | ||||||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||||
Section 5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power |
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Section 5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention |
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Section 5.03 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents |
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Section 5.04 |
Binding Effect |
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Section 5.05 |
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 5.06 |
Litigation |
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Section 5.07 |
Ownership of Property, Liens |
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Section 5.08 |
Environmental Matters |
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Section 5.09 |
Insurance |
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Section 5.10 |
Taxes |
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Section 5.11 |
ERISA; Foreign Pension Plans; Employee Benefit Arrangements |
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Section 5.12 |
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
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Section 5.13 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act |
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Section 5.14 |
Disclosure |
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Section 5.15 |
Compliance with Law |
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Section 5.16 |
Intellectual Property |
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Section 5.17 |
Use of Proceeds |
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Section 5.18 |
Solvency |
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Section 5.19 |
Collateral Documents |
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Section 5.20 |
Senior Indebtedness |
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Section 5.21 |
Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws |
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Section 5.22 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
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Section 5.23 |
No Default |
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Section 5.24 |
Labor Relations |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 6.01 |
Financial Statements and Other Information |
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Section 6.02 |
Notices of Material Events |
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Section 6.03 |
Existence; Conduct of Business |
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Section 6.04 |
Payment of Obligations |
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Section 6.05 |
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
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Section 6.06 |
Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
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Section 6.07 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 6.08 |
Use of Proceeds |
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Section 6.09 |
Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional Collateral; Further Assurances |
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Section 6.10 |
Designation of Subsidiaries |
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Section 6.11 |
Ratings |
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Section 6.12 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws |
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Section 6.13 |
Post-Closing Collateral Matters |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 7.01 |
Indebtedness |
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Section 7.02 |
Liens |
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Section 7.03 |
Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales |
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Section 7.04 |
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
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Section 7.05 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 7.06 |
Restricted Payments |
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Section 7.07 |
Restrictive Agreements |
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Section 7.08 |
Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or Organization Documents; Prepayments of Indebtedness |
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Section 7.09 |
Sale/Leaseback Transactions |
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Section 7.10 |
Maximum Secured Leverage Ratio |
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ARTICLE VIII. | ||||||
EVENTS OF DEFAULT | ||||||
Section 8.01 |
Events of Default |
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Section 8.02 |
Acceleration; Remedies |
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Section 8.03 |
Allocation of Payments After Event of Default |
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ARTICLE IX. | ||||||
AGENCY PROVISIONS | ||||||
Section 9.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
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Section 9.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
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Section 9.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
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Section 9.04 |
Reliance by Agents |
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Section 9.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
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Section 9.06 |
Indemnification of Agents |
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Section 9.07 |
Resignation of Agents |
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Section 9.08 |
Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders |
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Section 9.09 |
No Other Duties, etc. |
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Section 9.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 9.11 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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Section 9.12 |
Related Obligations |
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Section 9.13 |
Withholding Tax |
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ARTICLE X. | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 10.01 |
Amendments, etc. |
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Section 10.02 |
Notices |
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Section 10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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Section 10.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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Section 10.05 |
Payments Set Aside |
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Section 10.06 |
Successors and Assigns |
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Section 10.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
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Section 10.08 |
Right of Setoff |
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Section 10.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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Section 10.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 10.11 |
Survival of Agreement |
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Section 10.12 |
Severability |
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Section 10.13 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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Section 10.14 |
PATRIOT Act Notice Lenders Compliance Certification |
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Section 10.15 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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Section 10.16 |
Judgment Currency |
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Schedules: | ||||
Schedule 1.01(A) | - | Closing Date Refinancing | ||
Schedule 1.01(B) | - | Foreign Collateral Documents | ||
Schedule 2.01 | - | Lenders and Commitments | ||
Schedule 5.03 | - | Required Consents, Authorizations, Notices and Filings | ||
Schedule 5.05(a) | - | Financial Statements | ||
Schedule 5.06 | - | Litigation | ||
Schedule 5.09 | - | Insurance | ||
Schedule 5.12 | - | Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule 5.15 | - | Compliance with Law | ||
Schedule 5.16 | - | Intellectual Property | ||
Schedule 6.13 | - | Post Closing Obligations | ||
Schedule 7.01 | - | Indebtedness | ||
Schedule 7.02 | - | Existing Liens | ||
Schedule 7.04 | - | Investments | ||
Schedule 7.05 | - | Affiliate Transactions | ||
Schedule 7.07 | - | Existing Restrictions | ||
Schedule 10.02 | - | Administrative Agents Office, Certain Addresses for Notices | ||
Exhibits: | ||||
Exhibit A-1 | - | Form of Notice of Borrowing | ||
Exhibit A-2 | - | Form of Notice of Extension/Conversion | ||
Exhibit A-3 | - | Form of Letter of Credit Request | ||
Exhibit A-4 | - | Form of Swing Line Loan Request | ||
Exhibit B-1 | - | Form of Revolving Note | ||
Exhibit B-2 | - | Form of Term Note | ||
Exhibit B-3 | - | Form of Swing Line Note | ||
Exhibit C | - | Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||
Exhibit D | - | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||
Exhibit E | - | Form of Guaranty Agreement | ||
Exhibit F | - | United States Tax Compliance Certificate | ||
Exhibit G | - | Form of U.S. Security Agreement | ||
Exhibit H | - | Form of Intercompany Note | ||
Exhibit I | - | Form of Intercompany Note Subordination Provisions | ||
Exhibit J | - | Form of Perfection Certificate | ||
Exhibit K | - | Form of Solvency Certificate | ||
Exhibit L | - | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Notice | ||
Exhibit M | - | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Response | ||
Exhibit N | - | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Notice | ||
Exhibit O | - | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Offer | ||
Exhibit P | - | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice | ||
Exhibit Q | - | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer | ||
Exhibit R | - | Form of Acceptance and Prepayment Notice | ||
Exhibit S | - | Form of Prepayment Notice |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Credit Agreement, dated June 12, 2012 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 on June 13, 2013 and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 on January 23, 2014 and as may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement), by and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (Parent), Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the U.S. Borrower), Jazz Financing I Limited , a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (Jazz Financing I), Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland ( Jazz Ireland), the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
Jewel Merger Sub, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower (the Merger Sub), was organized by the U.S. Borrower to acquire control of EUSA Pharma Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Acquired Business).
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 26, 2012 (the Merger Agreement) among Parent, the Merger Sub, the Acquired Business and the stockholders representatives party thereto, Parent and the Merger Sub consummated a merger (the Acquisition) with the Acquired Business in which the Merger Sub was merged with and into the Acquired Business with the Acquired Business surviving such merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.
The proceeds of the borrowings hereunder on the Closing Date were used to fund a portion of the Acquisition, the repayment of certain indebtedness of the Acquired Business, for permitted capital expenditures and acquisitions, to provide ongoing working capital requirements of Parent and its subsidiaries, for transaction costs associated with each of the foregoing and for other general corporate purposes of Parent and its subsidiaries.
The Borrowers have requested that the lenders
provide The Lenders provided on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date a
term loan facility in the amount of $557,187,500 and a revolving credit facility in the amount of $200,000,000, which replaced the existing term loan facility and revolving credit facility
hereunder at such time.
Pursuant to the Tender Offer Agreement dated December 19, 2013 (the Gentium Acquisition Agreement) among Parent, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Italy S.r.L., an Italian società a responsabilità limitata and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (the Gentium Acquisition Sub), and Gentium S.p.A, a società per azioni incorporated in Italy (Gentium), the Parent and Gentium Acquisition Sub have agreed to commence a tender offer (the Gentium Tender Offer) to acquire all of the ordinary shares and American Depositary Shares representing ordinary shares (collectively, the Gentium Stock) of Gentium on the terms and conditions set forth therein (including the subsequent acquisition of any Equity Interests remaining after the Gentium Tender Offer, the Gentium Acquisition).
The U.S. Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide (i) Incremental Term Loans in the aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, (ii) Amendment No. 2 Tranche 2 Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $554,401,563, which would refinance the Tranche 1 Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (iii) Incremental Revolving Commitments in the aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000, and the Lenders have |
indicated their willingness to lend and the L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue letters of
credit, in each case,provide such Incremental Term Loans, Amendment No. 2 Tranche 2 Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Commitments on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein. The Term Loans set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be treated as a single Class of Term Loans.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
Acceptable Discount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(ii).
Acceptable Prepayment Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(iii).
Acceptance and Prepayment Notice means an irrevocable written notice from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries accepting a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount specified therein pursuant to Section 2.19(d) substantially the form of Exhibit R hereto.
Acceptance Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(ii).
Acquired Business has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements.
Acquisition has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements.
Acquisition Consideration means the sum of the cash purchase price for any Permitted Acquisition payable at or prior to the closing date of such Permitted Acquisition (and which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any purchase price adjustment, royalty, earnout, contingent payment or any other deferred payment of a similar nature) plus the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness assumed on such date in connection with such Permitted Acquisition.
Additional Agents has the meaning specified in Section 9.03, each an Additional Agent and any two or more Additional Agents.
Additional Tranche 1 Lender means the Person identified as such in Amendment No. 1.
Additional Tranche 1 Term Commitment means, with respect to the Additional Tranche 1 Lender, its commitment to make a Tranche 1 Term Loan on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in an amount equal to $557,187,500 minus the aggregate principal amount of the Converted Term Loans of all Lenders.
Additional Tranche 2 Lender means the Person identified as such in Amendment No. 2.
Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitment means, with respect to the Additional Tranche 2 Lender, its commitment to make a Tranche 2 Term Loan on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in an amount equal to $554,401,563 minus the aggregate principal amount of the Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loans of all Lenders.
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Adjusted Eurodollar Rate means, for the Interest Period for each Eurodollar Loan comprising part of the same Group, the quotient obtained (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) by dividing (i) the applicable Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period by (ii) 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage; provided that, in the case of the Term Loans, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall at all times be deemed to be not less than the Adjusted LIBOR Floor.
Adjusted LIBOR Floor means 0.75% per annum.
Administrative Agent means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
Administrative Agents Office means the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the U.S. Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Agent means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and any successors and assigns in such capacity, and Agents means any two or more of them.
Agent Related Persons means each Agent, together with its Related Parties.
Aggregate Commitments means at any date the Commitments of all the Lenders.
Agreement has the meaning specified in the preamble.
Amendment No. 1 means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of June
[ ],13, 2013, by and among Parent, the U.S. Borrower, the Irish Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party
thereto.
Amendment No. 1 Arrangers means Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in their respective capacities as lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for Amendment No. 1.
Amendment No. 1 Consenting Lender means each Lender that provided the Administrative Agent with a counterpart to Amendment No. 1 executed by such Lender.
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 1.
Amendment No. 2 means Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2014, by and among Parent, the U.S. Borrower, the Irish Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
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Amendment No. 2 Arrangers means Barclays Bank PLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. in their respective capacities as lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for Amendment No. 2.
Amendment No. 2 Consenting Lender means each Lender that provided the Administrative Agent with a counterpart to Amendment No. 2 executed by such Lender.
Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan means each Term Loan held by an Amendment No. 2 Consenting Lender on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 2 (or, if less, the amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date).
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 2.
Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Lender means the Person identified as such in Amendment No. 2.
Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment means, with respect to the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Lender, its commitment to make a Tranche 1 Term Loan on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in an amount equal to $350,000,000.
Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(iii).
Amendment No. 2 Tranche 2 Term Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(iv).
Amendment No. 2 Transactions means (i) the Gentium Tender Offer and the Gentium Acquisition, (ii) the entry into Amendment No. 2 by the Loan Parties, (iii) the incurrence of the Term Loans and the provision of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.01 on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Anti-Money Laundering Laws means any and all laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including any applicable provision of Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act) of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56) and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage means a percentage per annum set forth below corresponding to the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the most recent Calculation Date:
Pricing Level | Secured Leverage Ratio | Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage |
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I | ³ 1.75:1.00 | 0.500 | % | |||
II | > 0.75:1.00 but < 1.75:1.00 | 0.375 | % | |||
III | £ 0.75:1.00 | 0.250 | % |
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Each Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each, a Calculation Date) three Business Days after the earlier of the actual delivery date by which Parent provides, or the required delivery date by which Parent is required to provide, the consolidated financial information required by Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, and the Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.01(c) for the fiscal quarter or year of Parent most recently ended prior to the Calculation Date; provided, however, that the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be deemed to be (i) (x) in Pricing Level II from the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date until the first Calculation Date occurring after the first full fiscal quarter of Parent subsequent to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (y) in Pricing Level I at any time during the existence of an Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a), (h) or (i) and (ii) if Parent fails to provide the consolidated financial information required by Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, or the Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.01(c) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter or year of Parent preceding any applicable Calculation Date, each Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage from such Calculation Date shall be based on Pricing Level I until such time as such consolidated financial information and an appropriate Officers Certificate is provided.
Applicable Margin means a percentage per annum equal to:
(a) for purposes of calculating Term Loans (I) (i) for Tranche 1 Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, 2.75% and (ii) for Tranche 1 Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, 1.75% and (II)(i) for Tranche 2 Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, 2.50% and (ii) for Tranche 2 Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, 1.50%; and
(b) for purposes of calculating (A) the applicable interest rate for any day for any Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan or (B) the applicable rate of the Letter of Credit Fee for any day for purposes of Section 2.11(b)(i), the applicable percentage per annum set forth below corresponding to the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the most recent Calculation Date:
Pricing Level | Secured Leverage Ratio | Letter of Credit Fee and Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Loans |
Applicable Margin for Swing Line Loans and Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans |
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I | ³ 1.75:1.00 | 2.50 | % | 1.50 | % | |||||
II | > 0.75:1.00 but < 1.75:1.00 | 2.25 | % | 1.25 | % | |||||
III | £ 0.75:1.00 | 2.00 | % | 1.00 | % |
Each Applicable Margin shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date (each a Calculation Date) three Business Days after the earlier of the actual delivery date by which Parent provides, or the required delivery date by which Parent is required to provide, the consolidated financial information required by Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, and the Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.01(c) for the fiscal quarter or year of Parent most recently ended prior to the Calculation Date; provided, however, that with respect to (A) any Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan or (B) the Letter of Credit Fee, the Applicable Margin shall be deemed to be (i) (x) in Pricing Level II from the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date until the first Calculation Date occurring after the first full fiscal quarter of Parent subsequent to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (y) in Pricing Level I at any time during the existence of an Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a), (h) or (i) and (ii) if Parent fails to provide the consolidated financial information required by Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, or the Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.01(c) for the most recently ended fiscal quarter or year of Parent preceding
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any applicable Calculation Date, each Applicable Margin from such Calculation Date shall be based on Pricing Level I until such time as such consolidated financial information and an appropriate Officers Certificate is provided.
In the event that the Administrative Agent and Parent determine in good faith that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 is inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Revolving Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected would have led to a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an Applicable Period) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Parent shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to the corrected Compliance Certificate (but in no event shall the Lenders owe any amounts to the Borrowers), and (iii) the applicable Borrower shall within three Business Days of demand therefor by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder.
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitments represented by the aggregate of such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage and its Term Commitment Percentage at such time, in each case subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15 or 2.17; provided that if the Commitments of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender of each Class and for all Classes is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 under the caption Commitments of the applicable Class or under the caption Aggregate Commitment Percentage, as applicable, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
Applicable Prepayment has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(f).
Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Asset Disposition means any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) of any assets (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock) by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of which either the fair market value of such property or the Disposition Consideration payable to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries exceeds $500,000, excluding any Disposition by way of Casualty or Condemnation.
Assignee Group means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor or by Affiliated investment advisors.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b) and/or the definition of Eligible Assignee), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower.
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Auction Agent means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or advisor employed by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.19; provided that neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent).
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c)(iii).
Available Amount means, at any date, an amount equal to:
(a) the sum of (without duplication):
(i) $250,000,000;
(ii) the Net Cash Proceeds received after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and on or prior to such date from any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock by Parent;
(iii) the Net Cash Proceeds received after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and on or prior to such date by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance of convertible or exchangeable debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of Parent; and
(iv) Cumulative Excess Cash Flow as of such date that has not been applied to prepay Loans, or, in the case of any calculation of Cumulative Excess Cash Flow for any period other than an Excess Cash Flow Period, (A) in the case of any such period ending prior to the end of the initial Excess Cash Flow Period, 50% of Cumulative Excess Cash Flow for such period and (B) in the case of any such period ending after the initial Excess Cash Flow Period, the sum of (1) Cumulative Excess Cash Flow as of the most recently ended Excess Cash Flow Period that has not been applied to prepay Loans and (2) 50% of Cumulative Excess Cash Flow for the period that has elapsed since such Excess Cash Flow Period; minus
(b) the amount of any usage of such Available Amount pursuant to Section 7.04(w), Section 7.06(i) and Section 7.08(b), in each case prior to such date.
Available Amount Conditions means, prior to and after giving effect to any usage of the Available Amount, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) Parent shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.10 on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c) and (c) solely with respect to Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(i), the Total Leverage Ratio, as of the end of the most recently completed Test Period, shall be less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.0 on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c).
Azur Financial Statements means the audited financial statements of Azur Pharma for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Azur Merger means the merger effective January 18, 2012 of Jaguar Merger Sub Inc. into the U.S. Borrower, as result of which the U.S. Borrower became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
Azur Pharma means Azur Pharma Public Limited Company.
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Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Bankruptcy Law means the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, receivership, moratorium, conservatorship, assignment for the benefit of creditors, insolvency, examinership or similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
Base Rate means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1⁄2 of 1%, (ii) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (iii) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for a one month Interest Period beginning on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided that, in the case of the Term Loans, the Base Rate shall at all times be deemed to be not less than the Base Rate Floor. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.
Base Rate Floor means 1.75% per annum.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
BBA LIBOR means the LIBOR Rate as administered by the British Bankers Association or, in the event it shall no longer administer such rate, by any successor administrator of such rate.
Bermuda Share Charge means a charge granted by the Parent of its equity interests in the relevant Foreign Subsidiary in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties, which charge shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Board of Directors means, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person (or any committee or subcommittee thereof), (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers (or any committee or subcommittee thereof) or managing member of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
Borrower means the U.S. Borrower and the Irish Borrowers collectively on a joint and several basis (unless the context otherwise requires that such term shall apply only to the U.S. Borrower).
Borrower Materials has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(d).
Borrowing has the meaning specified in Section 1.07.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, (x) the state where the Administrative Agents Office is located and (y) if such day relates to the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation of any Irish Borrower, Ireland, except that (i) when used in Section 2.05 with respect to any action taken by or with respect to any L/C Issuer, the term Business Day shall not include any day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the jurisdiction where such L/C Issuers Lending Office is located and (ii) when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term Business Day means any such day that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank market.
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Capital Lease of any Person means any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person; provided that any lease or other arrangement that, under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, would not be required to be accounted for as a capital lease shall not constitute a Capital Lease hereunder.
Capital Lease Obligations means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases, which, as of any time of determination, shall be equal to the amount of liability under such Capital Leases required at such time to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Senior Credit Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash, deposit account balances or, if the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, benefiting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support (including a backup letter of credit), in each case pursuant to documentation (including as to stated amount in the case of a backup letter of credit which shall not be more than 103%) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) the Collateral Agent and (c) the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable) (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Cash Collateral and Cash Collateralization shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Management Agreement means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchasing cards, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
Cash Management Bank means any Person that at the request of a Loan Party is designated a Cash Management Bank and that is a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent (i) at the time it entered into a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party or (ii) is designated as a Cash Management Bank (so long as, upon such designation, a Cash Management Agreement exists between such Person and a Loan Party), in each case, even if such Person for any reason ceases for any reason after the execution of such agreement or such designation to be a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent.
Cash Management Obligations means all obligations under any Secured Cash Management Agreements.
Casualty means any casualty, damage, destruction or other similar loss with respect to real or personal property or improvements.
Casualty Event means any involuntary loss of title, any involuntary loss of, damage to or any destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any property of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. Casualty Event shall include but not be limited to any taking of all or any part of any real property of any person or any part thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any requirement of Law, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any real property of any person or any part thereof by any Governmental Authority, civil or military, or any settlement in lieu thereof.
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CEA Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
CFC means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any applicable law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any applicable 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, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control means (a) the acquisition of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Parent; (b) during any period of two consecutive years, a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of Parent shall cease to be occupied by individuals (i) who were members of such Board of Directors on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to such Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of such Board of Directors or (iii) whose election or nomination to such Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of such Board of Directors; (c) Parent ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower; or (d) the occurrence of a change of control, or other similar provision, as defined in any agreement or instrument evidencing any Material Indebtedness (triggering a default or mandatory prepayment, which default or mandatory prepayment has not been waived in writing) other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(p).
Class has the meaning specified in Section 1.07.
Closing Date means June 12, 2012.
Closing Date Refinancing means the repayment or other satisfaction in full and the termination of any commitment to make extensions of credit under all of the outstanding indebtedness of the Acquired Business listed on Schedule 1.01(A).
Co-Documentation Agent each of Royal Bank of Canada and SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as a Co-Documentation Agent.
Co-Syndication Agent each of Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as a Co-Syndication Agent.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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Collateral means all of the property, which includes Mortgaged Property and all other property of whatever kind and nature, which is subject or is purported to be subject to the Liens granted by any of the Collateral Documents.
Collateral Agent means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Finance Parties under the Collateral Documents, its successor or successors in such capacity.
Collateral Documents means, collectively, the U.S. Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Foreign Collateral Documents, any additional pledges, security agreements, patent, trademark or copyright filings or mortgages or deeds of trust required to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents and any instruments of assignment or other similar instruments or agreements executed pursuant to the foregoing.
Commitment
means (i) with respect to each Lender, its Revolving Commitment, Term Commitment (including the Additional Tranche 1 Term Commitment, the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term
Commitment and the Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitment), Incremental Revolving Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Other Revolving Commitment or Other Term Commitment, as and to the extent applicable, (ii) with respect to
each L/C Issuer, its L/C Commitment and (iii) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, the Swing Line Commitment, in each case as set forth on Schedule 2.01, Schedule I to Amendment
No. 11, Schedule I to Amendment No. 2 or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable,
as its Commitment of the applicable Class, as any such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
Commitment Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
Committed Tranche 1 Term Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(ii).
Committed Tranche 2 Term Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(iv).
Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et. seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Communications has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(d).
Company Material Adverse Effect has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(g).
Compliance Certificate means a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Officer, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Condemnation means any taking or expropriation by a Governmental Authority of property or assets, or any part thereof or interest therein, for public or quasi-public use under the power of eminent domain, by reason of any public improvement or condemnation or in any other manner.
Condemnation Award means all proceeds of any Condemnation or transfer in lieu thereof.
Consolidated Capital Expenditures means, without duplication, any expenditures for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset that would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP but excluding (i) expenditures made in connection with any replacement, substitution or restoration of property
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as a result of any involuntary loss of title, any involuntary loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any property of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) expenditures constituting consideration for any Permitted Acquisitions, (iii) expenditures constituting interest capitalized during such period, (iv) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and that actually are paid for by a third party and for which no Loan Party has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other Person and (v) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time.
Consolidated Current Assets means at any date, the consolidated current assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding cash, deferred income Taxes and Permitted Investments.
Consolidated Current Liabilities means at any date, the consolidated current liabilities of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding the current portion of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, outstanding Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, the current portion of interest expense (other than interest expense that is due and unpaid), accrued Taxes and accrued dividends.
Consolidated EBITDA means, with reference to any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) expense for Taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization, (v) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring non-cash expenses or losses incurred other than in the ordinary course of business, (vi) non-cash expenses related to stock based compensation, (vii) fees and expenses directly incurred or paid in connection with (x) the Azur Merger and the Transactions, (y) any other Permitted Acquisition and, to the extent permitted hereunder, Investments (other than Permitted Acquisitions) and Dispositions, to the extent the aggregate amount of all such fees and expenses does not exceed $30,000,000 during any fiscal year and (z) to the extent permitted hereunder, issuances or incurrence of Indebtedness, issuances of Equity Interests or refinancing transactions and modifications of instruments of Indebtedness, (viii) any non-recurring charges, costs, fees and expenses directly incurred or paid directly as a result of discontinued operations (other than such charges, costs, fees and expenses to the extent constituting losses arising from such discontinued operations), (ix) any unrealized losses in respect of Swap Agreements, (x) any other extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring cash charges or expenses incurred outside of the ordinary course of business, (xi) Milestone Payments and Upfront Payments, (xii) the amount of cost savings and synergies projected by Parent in good faith to be realized as a result of the Azur Merger, the Acquisition or any other Permitted Acquisition or Investment, in each case within the four consecutive fiscal quarters following the consummation of such acquisition or Investment (or following the consummation of the squeeze-out merger in the case of an acquisition structured as a two-step transaction), calculated as though such cost savings and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and net of the amount of actual benefits received during such period from such acquisition; provided that (A) a duly completed certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent certifying that such cost savings and synergies are reasonably expected and factually supportable in the good faith judgment of Parent, (B) no cost savings or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (xii) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period and (C) the aggregate amount of cost savings and synergies added back pursuant to this clause (xii) shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the four quarter period ending on any date of determination (prior to giving effect to the addback of such items pursuant to this clause (xii)), (xiii) restructuring charges or reserves,
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including write-downs and write-offs, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with the Azur Merger, the Acquisition, Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments and costs related to the closure, consolidation and integration of facilities, information technology infrastructure and legal entities, and severance and retention bonuses, (xiv) adjustments relating to purchase price allocation accounting, and (xv) the aggregate amount of all other non-cash charges, expenses or losses reducing Consolidated Net Income during such period, minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, (l) interest income (to the extent not netted against interest expense in the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense), (2) income tax credits and refunds (to the extent not netted from Tax expense), (3) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clauses (v) or (xv) above subsequent to the applicable Test Period in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were incurred, (4) any non-recurring income or gains directly as a result of discontinued operations, (5) any unrealized income or gains in respect of Swap Agreements (to the extent not included in clause (1) above or netted against interest expense in the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense) and (6) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains realized other than in the ordinary course of business, all as determined for Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing additions to, and subtractions from, Consolidated EBITDA shall not give effect to any items attributable to the Unrestricted Subsidiaries. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period, (i) if at any time during such Test Period, Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition or converted any Restricted Subsidiary into an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition or to such conversion for such Test Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Test Period, and (ii) if during such Test Period Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition or converted any Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary, Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto in accordance with Section 1.03(c) as if such Material Acquisition or such conversion occurred on the first day of such Test Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011, December 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012 shall be deemed to be $46,369,000, $51,937,000, $72,567,000 and $77,963,000, respectively.
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness means at any date, the Funded Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with reference to any period, the interest expense (including without limitation interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs and benefits under interest rate Swap Agreements to the extent such net costs and benefits are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP). In the event that Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have completed a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition since the beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined for such period on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition or disposition, and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning of such period.
Consolidated Net Income means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period, provided that there shall be excluded the income of any Restricted
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Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or other distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by any of its Organization Documents, a requirement of Law or any agreement or instrument applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary, except that the amount of cash dividends or other cash distributions actually paid to any Loan Party by any such Restricted Subsidiary during such period shall be included; provided, further, that there shall be excluded any income (or loss) of any Person other than Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, but any such income so excluded may be included in such period or any later period to the extent of any cash dividends or distributions actually paid in the relevant period to Parent or any wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of Parent.
Consolidated Secured Debt means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Senior Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any assets of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Senior Debt means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness outstanding on such date, but excluding any Specified Subordinated Indebtedness.
Consolidated Subsidiary means with respect to any Person at any date any Subsidiary of such Person or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Assets means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of the end of the most recently completed Test Period.
Consolidated Total Indebtedness means, as of the date of any determination thereof, (a) the sum, without duplication, of (x) the aggregate Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is of a type that would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent prepared as of such time in accordance with GAAP and (y) Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (x) hereof of another Person guaranteed by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by the assets of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of any letter of credit or bank guaranty, except to the extent of unreimbursed obligations in respect of any drawn letter of credit or bank guaranty less (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash (not to exceed $150,000,000) at such time, which aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash shall be determined without giving pro forma effect to the proceeds of Indebtedness incurred on such date.
Consolidated Working Capital means, as at any date, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Converted Term Loan means each Term Loan held by an Amendment No. 1 Consenting Lender on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 1 (or, if less, the amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date).
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Covered Jurisdictions has the meaning set forth in Section 6.09(e).
Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness means (a) Indebtedness or (b) Other Revolving Commitments, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) to Refinance, in whole or part, existing Term Loans, existing Incremental Term Loans, outstanding Revolving Loans (and Revolving Commitments), outstanding Incremental Revolving Loans (and Incremental Revolving Commitments) or any outstanding Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (Refinanced Debt); provided that (i) such Indebtedness (including, if such Indebtedness includes any Other Revolving Commitments, the unused portion of such Other Revolving Commitments) is in an original aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) not greater than the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Debt (and, in the case of Refinanced Debt consisting, in whole or in part, of unused Revolving Commitments, Incremental Revolving Commitments or Other Revolving Commitments, the amount thereof) (except by an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest and premium thereon, including tender premium, and underwriting and original issue discounts, fees, commissions, and expenses associated in connection with such extending, renewing, replacement or refinancing), (ii) such Indebtedness has a maturity equal to or later than, and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than, the Refinanced Debt, (iii) the Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, defeased or satisfied and discharged (and to the extent that the Refinanced Debt consists, in whole or in part, of Revolving Commitments, Incremental Revolving Commitments, Other Revolving Commitments (or Revolving Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Loans, or Swing Line Loans incurred pursuant to any Revolving Commitments, Incremental Revolving Commitments or Other Revolving Commitments), such Revolving Commitments, Incremental Revolving Commitments or Other Revolving Commitments, as applicable, shall be terminated), and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid, substantially concurrently with the issuance, incurrence or obtaining of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (iv) in the case of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of notes, such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness does not contain any mandatory prepayment provisions (other than related to customary asset sale and change of control offers or cash or net share conversion settlement provisions in the case of convertible or exchangeable debt securities) that could result in prepayments of such notes prior to the Refinanced Debt, (v) such Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed by any Persons other than the Loan Parties, (vi) such Indebtedness (if secured and not obtained pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment) shall be subject to a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, and (vii) the other terms and conditions of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (excluding pricing, fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are substantially identical to, or less favorable to the investors providing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness than, those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date).
Credit Exposure means, as applied to each Lender and with respect to each Class of its Commitments and/or Loans:
(i) at any time prior to the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders in respect of such Class, the sum, as applicable, of (A) the Revolving Commitment Percentage of such Lender multiplied by the Revolving Committed Amount plus (B) the Incremental Revolving Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Incremental Revolving Commitments of such Class plus (C) the Other Revolving Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Other Revolving Commitments of such Class plus (D)
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the Term Commitment Percentage of such Lender multiplied by the Term Committed Amount of such Class plus (E) the Other Term Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Other Term Commitments of such Class plus (F) the Incremental Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Incremental Term Loan Commitments of such Class; and
(ii) at any time after the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders in respect of such Class, the sum, as applicable, of (A) the principal balance of the outstanding Loans of such Lender of such Class plus (B) in the case of the termination of the Revolving Commitments, any Class of Incremental Revolving Commitments or any Class of Other Revolving Commitments, in each case, such Lenders Participation Interests in all L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans issued under the relevant terminated Class.
Credit Extension means a Borrowing or an L/C Credit Extension.
Cumulative Excess Cash Flow means an amount (not to be less than zero) equal to the sum of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2013 and each fiscal quarter thereafter.
Debt Issuance means the incurrence, issuance or assumption by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness.
Default means any condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of notice, the passage of applicable grace periods, or both, would be an Event of Default.
Default Rate means (i) overdue principal amounts (to the extent legally permitted) shall bear interest at a rate per annum that is equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan plus 2%, and (ii) any overdue interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any Commitment Fee or other amount payable hereunder shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Class of Loans plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Class of Loans, the rate then applicable to Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date such amount was due until such overdue amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans or participations in respect of an L/C Obligation within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, any Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lenders determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the
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Administrative Agent or the U.S. Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, after the date of this Agreement, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, 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 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 or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the U.S. Borrower, each L/C Issuer, each Swing Line Lender and each Lender.
Discharge of Senior Credit Obligations means (i) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not a claim for such interest is, or would be, allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any, on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents and termination of all commitments to lend or otherwise extend credit under the Loan Documents, (ii) payment in full in cash of all other Finance Obligations under the Loan Documents that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (including legal fees and other expenses, costs or charges accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not a claim for such fees, expenses, costs or charges is, or would be, allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), other than Cash Management Obligations and Swap Obligations not yet due and payable, and (iii) termination, cancellation or Cash Collateralization of all Letters of Credit issued or deemed issued under the Loan Documents.
Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b)(ii).
Discount Range has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(i).
Discount Range Prepayment Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(i).
Discount Range Prepayment Notice means a written notice of a Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.19(c)(i) substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto.
Discount Range Prepayment Offer means the irrevocable written offer by a Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit O hereto, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following the Auction Agents receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
Discount Range Prepayment Response Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(i).
Discount Range Proration has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(iii).
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Discounted Prepayment Determination Date has the meaning specified Section 2.19(d)(iii).
Discounted Prepayment Effective Date means in the case of an Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offer or Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offer, five (5) Business Days following the receipt by each relevant Term Lender of notice from the Auction Agent in accordance with Section 2.19(b), Section 2.19(c) or Section 2.19(d), as applicable unless a shorter period is agreed between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and Auction Agent.
Discounted Term Loan Prepayment has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(a).
Disposition means, with respect to any Person, a sale, transfer, lease, disposition or Exclusive License of any asset of such Person (including any such transaction effected by way of merger or consolidation and including any issuance of any of Equity Interests in a Subsidiary of such Person). Dispose and Disposed, as to any asset subject to the Disposition, shall have a corollary meaning.
Disposition Consideration means (a) for any Disposition (other than an Exclusive License), the aggregate fair market value of any assets sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of and (b) for any Exclusive License, the aggregate cash payment paid to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the consummation of the Exclusive License (and which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any royalty, earnout, contingent payment or any other deferred payment that may be payable thereafter).
Disqualified Capital Stock means any Equity Interest of any Person that is not Qualified Capital Stock.
Dollars and $ means, lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Guarantor means each Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary.
Domestic Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, each Subsidiary of such Person that is not a Foreign Subsidiary, and Domestic Subsidiaries means any two or more of them.
Drug Acquisition means any acquisition (including any license or any acquisition of any license) solely or primarily of all or any portion of the rights in respect of one or more drugs or pharmaceutical products, whether in development or on market, and related property or assets, but not of Equity Interests in any Person or any operating business unit.
Economic Sanctions Laws refers to applicable U.S. Laws regarding economic sanctions or embargoes including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et. seq., the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1 et. seq., and any regulations promulgated thereunder imposing economic sanctions or embargoes.
Eligible Assignee means (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, (iii) an Approved Fund and (iv) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by, solely in the case of this clause (iv), the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Commitment, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender) and unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the applicable Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and; provided that, with respect to any Borrower consent that is required, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after the applicable Borrower has received notice thereof); provided,
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however that any assignment in connection with the primary syndication of the Commitments and Loans made by Barclays Bank PLC to an Eligible Assignee previously identified to and reasonably agreed to by the applicable Borrower shall be permitted to be made without otherwise complying with Section 10.06(b); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing (but, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to the provisions of Section 2.19), Eligible Assignee shall not include Parent or any of Parents Subsidiaries.
Embargoed Person refers to any Person that is identified on the Specially Designated Nationals List maintained by OFAC.
Employee Benefit Arrangements means in any jurisdiction the benefit schemes or arrangements in respect of any employees or past employees operated, maintained or contributed to by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or in which Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries participates and which provide benefits on retirement, ill-health, injury, death or voluntary withdrawal from or termination of employment, including termination indemnity payments and life assurance and post-retirement medical benefits, other than Plans.
Enforceability Limitations has the meaning specified Section 5.04.
Environment means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, land and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
Environmental Laws means all Laws, Environmental Permits or governmental restrictions relating to pollution or the protection of the Environment, including those relating to the generation, use, transportation, distribution, storage, treatment, disposal, presence, Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Materials.
Environmental Liability means any liability, contingent or otherwise, of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries resulting from or based on (i) violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage or treatment of any Hazardous Material, (iii) exposure to any Hazardous Material, (iv) the presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material into the Environment or (v) any contract or agreement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Environmental Permit means any permit, license, approval, registration, notification, exemption, consent or other authorization required by or from a Governmental Authority under Environmental Law.
Equity Equivalents means with respect to any Person any rights, warrants, options, convertible securities, exchangeable securities, indebtedness or other rights, in each case exercisable for or convertible into or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of such Person or securities exercisable for or convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of such Person, whether at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event, but excluding any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests.
Equity Interests means all shares of capital stock, partnership interests (whether general or limited), limited liability company membership interests, beneficial interests in a trust and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of profits or losses, or distributions of assets, of an issuing Person, but excluding any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for such Equity Interests.
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ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulation promulgated thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate means each entity that is a member of a controlled group of corporations, under common control or an affiliated service group with Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code, or required to be aggregated with Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under Section 414(o) of the Code or is under common control with Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
ERISA Event means:
(i) a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such Section with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation has waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event;
(ii) the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of any Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days;
(iii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412 of the Code), the application for a minimum funding waiver under Section 303 of ERISA with respect to any Plan (or, after the effective date of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Section 302(c) of ERISA), the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code (or Section 430(j) of the Code, as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006) with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, the 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);
(iv) (A) the incurrence of any liability by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Title I of ERISA or to the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3 of ERISA), or the occurrence or existence of any event, transaction or condition that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Title I of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code; or (B) the incurrence of any liability by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title IV of ERISA or the occurrence or existence of any event, transaction or condition that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability or imposition of any lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title IV of ERISA or to Section 412 of the Code;
(v) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (or the reasonable expectation of such provision of notice) of intent to terminate such Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Plan or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of a Plan by the PBGC, or the appointment of a trustee by the PBGC to administer any Plan;
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(vi) the withdrawal of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliate in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliate of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA or is in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA;
(vii) the imposition of liability (or the reasonable expectation thereof) on Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA;
(viii) the assertion of a claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) or the assets thereof, or against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or, with respect to a Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, an ERISA Affiliate, in connection with any Plan;
(ix) the receipt by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the United States Internal Revenue Service of notice of (x) the failure of any Plan (or any Employee Benefit Arrangement intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code) to qualify under Section 401 (a) of the Code, or (y) the failure of any trust forming part of any Plan or Employee Benefit Arrangement to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; and
(x) the establishment or amendment by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Welfare Plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits other than as may be required under applicable law.
Eurodollar Loan means at any date a Loan which bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Rate means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum equal to the
British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (BBA LIBOR), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time
to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period; provided that the Eurodollar Rate for the initial Interest Period for the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loans shall be the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period
in effect for the Tranche 1 Term Loans immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period shall be the rate
per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Loan being made, continued or converted
by Barclays Bank PLC and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market to Barclays Bank PLC at its request at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days prior
to the commencement of such Interest Period.
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage means for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any other entity succeeding to the functions currently performed thereby) for
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determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency liabilities). The Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Loan shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
EUSA Financial Statements means the audited financial statements of the Acquired Business for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
Excess Cash Flow means, for any period, without duplication:
(a) the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income (or loss) for such period, plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of all non-cash charges deducted (less the amount of all non-cash credits included) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (or loss), plus
(iii) the difference, if positive, of the amount of Consolidated Working Capital at the end of the prior Excess Cash Flow Period (or the beginning of the Excess Cash Flow Period in the case of the first Excess Cash Flow Period) over the amount of Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, plus
(iv) the amount of any loss (less any gain) incurred in connection with the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds (other than sales of inventory and other Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) of the type described in clause (i) of the definition thereof to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income (or loss), plus
(v) the aggregate amount of cash dividends and other cash distributions received during such period by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of minority Equity Interests in any Person, less
(b) the sum of:
(i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures (A) made or paid by the Parent and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period solely to the extent permitted by this Agreement and (B) excluding any amount funded with proceeds from the issuance of Funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) or Equity Interests, plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of Investments, Restricted Payments and acquisitions of intellectual property (A) made or paid by Parent and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period solely to the extent permitted by this Agreement and (B) excluding any amount funded (I) with the proceeds from the issuance of Funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) or Equity Interests or (II) out of the Available Amount, plus
(iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled and other mandatory principal payments of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness made during such period, excluding any amount funded with proceeds from the issuance of Funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) or Equity Interests, plus
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(iv) the aggregate principal amount of all optional prepayments or repurchases (if such repurchases are made at a discount, the amount paid for such repurchases) of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (other than Term Loans, Other Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is revolving in nature) made during such period, excluding any amount funded through (I) proceeds from the issuance of Funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) or Equity Interests, (II) proceeds from any Asset Disposition or (III) proceeds of any Casualty or Condemnation, plus
(v) the absolute value of the difference, if negative, of the amount of Consolidated Working Capital at the end of the prior Excess Cash Flow Period (or the beginning of the Excess Cash Flow Period in the case of the first Excess Cash Flow Period) over the amount of Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, plus
(vi) any premium, make-whole or penalty payments paid in cash during such period in connection with the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction prior to scheduled maturity of Indebtedness permitted to be prepaid, redeemed, purchased, defeased or satisfied hereunder to the extent such premium, make-whole or penalty payments are not expensed during such period or otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, excluding any amount funded (I) with proceeds from the issuance of Funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) or Equity Interests, (II) with proceeds from any Asset Disposition, or (III) with the proceeds of any Casualty or Condemnation, plus
(vii) the aggregate amount of net income in respect of minority Equity Interests in any Person for such period included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (or loss).
Excess Cash Flow Period means (a) the period commencing on July 1, 2013 and ending on December 31, 2014 and (b) each fiscal year of Parent thereafter.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Excluded Assets means:
(a) real property owned by Parent or any Subsidiary with a fair market value less than $5,000,000 and any leasehold interest in Real Property;
(b) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(c) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization is prohibited or restricted thereby (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law);
(d) (i) Equity Interests in joint ventures or any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries to the extent not permitted by the terms of such entitys Organization Documents or joint venture documents and (ii) Margin Stock;
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(e) any lease, license or agreement or property subject to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement permitted by the Credit Agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law), other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(f) any assets (including intangibles) not located in the United States to the extent the grant of a security interest therein is restricted or prohibited by applicable Law or contract (after giving effect to applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law);
(g) any intent-to-use application trademark application prior to the filing of a Statement of Use or Amendment to Allege Use with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under applicable federal Law;
(h) voting Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, in excess of 65% of the total voting Equity Interests in such Subsidiary, to the extent the pledge thereof would result in material adverse Tax consequences to Parent and its Subsidiaries as determined in good faith by Parent; and voting Equity Interests in a Domestic Subsidiary that holds no material assets other than Equity Interests in one or more CFCs in excess of 65% of the total voting Equity Interests in such Subsidiary;
(i) all commercial tort claims (as defined in the UCC) below $500,000; and
(j) any other assets where the cost of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such assets exceeds the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in writing (in consultation with the U.S. Borrower).
Excluded Subsidiary means (a) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any Law or by any contractual obligation existing on the Closing Date (or, if later, the date of acquisition of such Subsidiary) from guaranteeing the Senior Credit Obligations or any Subsidiary that would require consent, approval, license or authorization of any Governmental Authority in order to guarantee the Senior Credit Obligations unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, (b) any Foreign Subsidiary for which the providing of a guarantee under the Guaranty Agreement would result in material adverse Tax consequence to the Parent and its Subsidiaries (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) as determined in good faith by Parent, (c) any Domestic Subsidiary that holds no material assets other than Equity Interests in one or more CFCs, (d) any Foreign Subsidiary for which the providing of the guarantee under the Guaranty Agreement could reasonably be expected to result in any violation or breach of, or conflict with, fiduciary duties of such Subsidiarys officers, directors or managers, (e) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Parent, (f) any Immaterial Subsidiary and (g) those Foreign Subsidiaries as to which the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine in writing that the costs of providing the guarantee under the Guaranty Agreement are excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby.
Excluded Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any CEA Swap Obligation, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such CEA Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee
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thereof) is illegal at such time under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such CEA Swap Obligation. If a CEA Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such CEA Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender Party or any other recipient of any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document,
(a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) overall net income, and franchise Taxes imposed (in lieu of net income Taxes), by the United States or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its Lending Office is located, or as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) of the Governmental Authority imposing such Tax (other than a connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, performed its obligations or received a payment under, received or perfected a security interest under, having been a party to, having enforced, or having engaged in any other transaction pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document);
(b) any branch profits Taxes under Section 884(a) of the Code or any similar Taxes imposed by a jurisdiction described in clause (a) of this definition;
(c) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on or with respect to amounts payable to a Non-U.S. Lender by a law in effect on the date on which such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office), except (i) to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the applicable Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01, or (ii) if such Non-U.S. Lender is an assignee pursuant to a request by the applicable Borrower under Section 3.07;
(d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes attributable to such recipients failure to comply with Section 3.01(f);
(e) any U.S. federal Taxes imposed under FATCA; or
(f) solely with respect to any Revolving Borrowing, any Irish withholding taxes imposed on or with respect to amounts payable to a Lender by a Law in effect on the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office), except (i) to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the applicable Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01, or (ii) if such Lender is an assignee pursuant to a request by the applicable Borrower under Section 3.07.
Exclusive License means, with respect to any drug or pharmaceutical product, any license to develop, commercialize, sell, market and promote such drug or pharmaceutical product with a term greater than five (5) years (unless terminable prior to such time without material penalty or premium by the applicable Loan Party) and which provides for exclusive rights to develop, commercialize, sell,
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market and promote such drug or product within the United States; provided that an Exclusive License shall not include (a) any license to distribute any such drug or product on an exclusive basis within any particular geographic region or territory, (b) any licenses, which may be exclusive, to manufacture any such drug or product, and (c) any license to manufacture, use, offer for sale or sell any authorized generic version of such drug or product. Exclusively License shall have the correlative meaning.
Failed Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d).
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) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
FCPA has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
Fee Letter means the Fee Letter dated April 26, 2012 between Parent and Barclays Bank PLC.
Finance Document means (i) each Loan Document, (ii) each Swap Agreement between one or more Loan Parties and a Swap Creditor evidencing Swap Obligations and (iii) each Secured Cash Management Agreement, and Finance Documents means all of them, collectively.
Finance Obligations means, at any date, (i) all Senior Credit Obligations, (ii) all Swap Obligations of a Loan Party permitted hereunder owed or owing to any Swap Creditor and (iii) all Cash Management Obligations.
Finance Party means each Lender, the Swing Line Lender, each L/C Issuer, each Swap Creditor, each Cash Management Bank, each Agent and each Indemnitee and their respective successors and assigns, and Finance Parties means any two or more of them, collectively.
Financial Officer means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, senior vice president of finance, treasurer or controller of Parent.
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement means a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and one or more Senior Representatives for holders of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Senior Credit Obligations, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Foreign Collateral Documents means the Irish Parent Debenture, the Irish Security Documents, the Bermuda Share Charge and each of the other documents set forth on Schedule 1.01(B).
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Foreign Pension Plan means any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any superannuation fund) or other similar program established or maintained outside the United States by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary primarily for the benefit of employees of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary residing outside the United States, which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
Foreign Guarantor means Parent and each Guarantor that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lenders Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of Section 2.17(a)(iv).
Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
Funded Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that by its terms matures more than one year after the date of determination or incurrence or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year after such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year after such date, including, without limitation, all amounts of Funded Indebtedness of such Person required to be paid or prepaid within one year after the date of its creation.
GAAP means, subject to Section 1.03(b), United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
Gentium has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
Gentium Acquisition has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
Gentium Acquisition Agreement has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
Gentium Acquisition Sub has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
Gentium Stock has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
Gentium Tender Offer has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
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Government Acts has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(l).
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Group means at any time a group of Loans consisting of (i) all Loans which are Base Rate Loans at such time or (ii) all Loans which are Eurodollar Loans having the same Interest Period at such time; provided that, if a Loan of any particular Lender is converted to or made as a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Article III, such Loan shall be included in the same Group or Group of Loans from time to time as it would have been had it not been so converted or made.
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 obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the stated or determinable amount of the primary payment obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (b) the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary payment obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing Person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of the Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing Persons maximum reasonably possible liability in respect thereof as reasonably determined by Parent in good faith.
Guaranteed Obligations shall have the meaning as set forth in the Guaranty Agreement.
Guarantor means collectively, (A) Parent, (B) each Restricted Subsidiary of Parent (except the
(i) the U.S. Borrower with respect to Guaranteed Obligations of the U.S. Borrower, (ii) Jazz Financing I with respect to Guaranteed Obligations of Jazz Financing I, (iii) Jazz Ireland with respect to Guaranteed Obligations of Jazz
Ireland and (iv) and any Excluded Subsidiary) and (C) each Subsidiary of Parent that becomes a party to the Guaranty Agreement or other guaranty agreement after the Closing Date required pursuant to Section 6.09, and
Guarantors means any two or more of them.
Guaranty Agreement means the Guaranty, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, by Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and of this Agreement.
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Hazardous Materials means all materials, chemicals, substances, wastes, pollutants, contaminants, compounds, mixtures and constituents in any form, including petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, regulated pursuant to, or which can give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law.
Honor Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(e)(i).
Identified Participating Lenders has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(iii).
Identified Qualifying Lenders has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(iii).
Immaterial Asset Sale means any Disposition or series of related Dispositions of property in respect of which the fair market value of such property and the Disposition Consideration payable to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or less than $20,000,000.
Immaterial Subsidiary means, as of any date of determination, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent that has been designated by Parent to the Administrative Agent in writing (and not redesignated as a Material Subsidiary as provided below) as an Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that (i) for purposes of this Agreement, at no time shall (a) (I) the total assets of any Immaterial Subsidiary equal or exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recently completed Test Period or (II) the revenues for any Immaterial Subsidiary equal or exceed 5% of the consolidated revenues of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period or (b) (I) the total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries equal or exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recently completed Test Period or (II) the revenues for all Immaterial Subsidiaries equal or exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the consolidated revenues of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, (ii) the Parent shall not designate any new Immaterial Subsidiary if such designation would not comply with the provisions set forth in clause (i) above, (iii) if the total assets or revenues of all Subsidiaries so designated by Parent as Immaterial Subsidiaries (and not redesignated as Material Subsidiaries) shall at any time exceed the limits set forth in clause (i)(b) above, then Parent (or in the event Parent has failed to do so concurrently with the delivery of financial statements required for such Test Period by Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Administrative Agent) shall redesignate one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries such that, as a result thereof, the total assets and revenues of all Subsidiaries still designated as Immaterial Subsidiaries do not exceed such limits, and (iv) no Borrower nor any direct or indirect parent company of any Borrower may be designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary; and provided, further, that Parent may designate and re-designate a Subsidiary as an Immaterial Subsidiary at any time, subject to the terms set forth in this definition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any determination made as of or prior to the date any Person becomes an indirect or direct Subsidiary of Parent, such determination and designation shall be made based on financial statements provided by or on behalf of such Person in connection with the acquisition by Parent of such Person or such Persons assets.
Increase Effective Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Increase Joinder has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(c).
Incremental Facilities has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Loans means, collectively, the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loans.
Incremental Revolving Commitment Percentage means, for each Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Incremental Revolving Commitments represented by such Lenders Incremental
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Revolving Commitment at such time and identified as its Incremental Revolving Commitment Percentage in any Increase Joinder, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any Assignment and Assumption made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b).
Incremental Revolving Commitments has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Revolving Increase has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Revolving Loans has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Term Facility has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Term Loan Commitment Percentage means, for each Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Incremental Term Loan Commitments represented by such Lenders Incremental Term Loan Commitment at such time and identified as its Incremental Term Loan Commitment Percentage in any Increase Joinder, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any Assignment and Assumption made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b).
Incremental Term Loan Commitments has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Term Loans has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
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 and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business and licenses in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding (i) trade accounts and accrued expense payable not more than 90 days overdue incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) payroll liabilities and deferred compensation and (iii) any purchase price adjustment, royalty, earnout, Milestone Payment, contingent payment or deferred payment of a similar nature incurred in connection with an acquisition), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and surety bonds, (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers acceptances, (h) 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; provided that, if such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness, such obligations shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) fair market value of such property at the time of determination (in Parents good faith estimate), (i) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others and (j) all Disqualified Capital Stock. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Indemnified Taxes means any Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
Information has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.
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Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding means (i) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Loan Party, (ii) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, examinership, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Loan Party or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets, (iii) any liquidation, dissolution, examinership, reorganization or winding up of any Loan Party whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (iv) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any Loan Party.
Insurance Proceeds means all insurance proceeds (other than business interruption insurance proceeds), damages, awards, claims and rights of action with respect to any Casualty.
Intercompany Note means a promissory note contemplated by Section 7.04(d), substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, and Intercompany Notes means any two or more of them.
Interest Payment Date means (i) as to Base Rate Loans, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December (commencing September 30, 2012) and the Maturity Date for Loans of the applicable Class and (ii) as to Eurodollar Loans, the last day of each applicable Interest Period and the Maturity Date for Loans of the applicable Class, and
in addition where the applicable Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan is greater than three months, then also the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period;
provided that the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date shall constitute an Interest Payment Date with respect to accrued and unpaid interest up to but excluding the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date for all Loans; provided further that the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date shall constitute an Interest Payment Date with
respect to accrued and unpaid interest up to but excluding the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date for all Loans.
Interest Period means with respect to each Eurodollar Loan, a period commencing on the date of borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or on the date specified in the applicable Notice of Extension/Conversion and ending one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) (or if agreed by all relevant Lenders, twelve (12)) months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may elect in the applicable notice; provided that:
(i) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall, subject to clause (v) below, be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;
(iii) no Interest Period in respect of Term Loans may be selected which extends beyond a Principal Amortization Payment Date for Loans of the applicable Class unless, after giving effect to the selection of such Interest Period, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans which are comprised of Base Rate Loans together with such Term Loans comprised of Eurodollar Loans with Interest Periods expiring on or prior to such Principal Amortization Payment Date are at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans due on such date;
(iv) if so provided in a written notice to the applicable Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required
Lenders, no Interest Period in excess of one month may be selected at any time when an Event of Default is then in existence; and
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(v) no Interest Period may be selected which would end after the Maturity Date for Loans of the applicable Class; and
(vi) the initial Interest Period for the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loans shall be equal to the unexpired portion of the Interest Period in effect with respect to the Tranche 1Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
Investment has the meaning specified in Section 7.04.
Irish Borrowers means, collectively, Jazz Financing I and Jazz Ireland and Irish Borrower means either Jazz Financing I or Jazz Ireland, as the context requires.
Irish Parent Debenture means the debenture dated 12 June 2012 made between Parent, Jazz Ireland and the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Parent and Jazz Ireland created fixed and floating charges over their respective assets located in Ireland as amended and supplemented by a supplemental deed dated 7 December 2012 made between Parent, Jazz Ireland and the Collateral Agent.
Irish Security
Documents means (a) the supplemental deed and deed of confirmation dated June 13, 2013 to the Irish Parent Debenture (charging the shares held by (i) Parent
in Jazz Financing I, and (ii) Jazz Ireland in Jazz Financing II) to be made between Parent, Jazz Ireland, and the Collateral Agent, and (b) the debenture to
bedated June 13, 2013 made between Jazz Financing I, Jazz Financing II and the Collateral Agent and
(c) the deed of charge over shares dated September 11, 2013 made between Jazz Financing S.à r.l. and the Collateral Agent, which security documents shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
ISP means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Jazz Financial Statements means the audited financial statements of the U.S. Borrower for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Jazz Financing I has the meaning specified in the preamble.
Jazz Financing II means Jazz Financing II Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland.
Jazz Ireland has the meaning specified in the preamble.
Joint Bookrunners means Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Junior Debt Payments has the meaning specified in Section 7.08(b).
JV Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and that is a joint venture with a third party unaffiliated with Parent or any other Subsidiary of Parent.
Latest Maturity Date means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or termination date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Other Term Loan, any Other Term Commitment, any Other Revolving
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Loan or any Other Revolving Commitment (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted External Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
Laws means, collectively, all applicable international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directives, licenses, authorizations and permits of any Governmental Authority.
L/C Borrowing means a Revolving Borrowing made pursuant to Section 2.05(e)(iv) and (v) to refinance Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of drawn Letters of Credit.
L/C Commitment means the commitment of one or more L/C Issuers to issue Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount at any one time outstanding (together with the amounts of any unreimbursed drawings thereon) of up to the L/C Sublimit.
L/C Credit Extension means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
L/C Disbursement means a payment or disbursement made by an L/C Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
L/C Documents means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit, any amendments thereto, any documents delivered in connection therewith, any Letter of Credit Application and any agreements, instruments, Guarantee or other documents (whether general in application or applicable only to such Letter of Credit) governing or providing for (i) the rights and obligations of the parties concerned or at risk or (ii) any collateral security for such obligations.
L/C Issuer means (i) Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit under Section 2.05(a), and its successor or successors in such capacity and (ii) any other Revolving Lender (or, if reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, an Affiliate of any Revolving Lender) which the U.S. Borrower shall have designated as an L/C Issuer by notice to the Administrative Agent with the consent of such other Revolving Lender or Affiliate of a Revolving Lender, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither Barclays Bank PLC nor any of its branches or Affiliates shall be required to issue any commercial letters of credit hereunder.
L/C Issuer Fees has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(b)(iii).
L/C Obligations means at any time, the sum of (i) the maximum amount which is, or at any time thereafter may become, available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referred to in such Letters of Credit plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts not then paid by the applicable Borrower as provided in Section 2.05(e)(ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) to the applicable L/C Issuer in respect of drawings under Letters of Credit, including any portion of any such obligation to which a Lender has become subrogated pursuant to Section 2.05(e)(vi). For all purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
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L/C Sublimit means an amount equal to $10,000,000. The L/C Sublimit is a part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Committed Amount.
Lead Arranger means Barclays Bank PLC in its capacity as lead arranger, or any successor lead arranger.
Leases means any and all leases, subleases, tenancies, options, concession agreements, rental agreements, occupancy agreements, franchise agreements, access agreements and any other agreements (including all amendments, extensions, replacements, renewals, modifications and/or guarantees thereof), whether or not of record and whether now in existence or hereafter entered into, affecting the use or occupancy of all or any portion of any real property.
Lender means a Revolving Lender, Term Lender and each Eligible Assignee that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 10.06(b) and their respective permitted successors and shall include, as the context may require, the Swing Line Lender in such capacity and each L/C Issuer in such capacity.
Lender Party means any Lender, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender.
Lending Office means (i) with respect to any Lender and for each Type of Loan made to any Borrower, the Lending Office of such Lender (or of an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in such Lenders Administrative Questionnaire or in any applicable Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder or such other office of such Lender (or of an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and any Borrower as the office by which its Loans of such Type to such Borrower are to be made and maintained and (ii) with respect to any L/C Issuer and for each Letter of Credit made to any Borrower, the Lending Office of such L/C Issuer (or of an Affiliate of such L/C Issuer) designated on the signature pages hereto or such other office of such L/C Issuer (or of an Affiliate of such L/C Issuer) as such L/C Issuer may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower as the office by which its Letters of Credit are to be issued and maintained with respect to such Borrower.
Letter of Credit means any commercial or standby letter of credit issued hereunder by an L/C Issuer on or after the Closing Date.
Letter of Credit Application means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form and from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.
Letter of Credit Expiration Date means the fifth Business Day prior to the Revolving Termination Date then in effect.
Letter of Credit Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(b)(i).
Letter of Credit Request has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
Lien means any security interest, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that any operating lease or license (other than an Exclusive License), and any filing of a UCC financing statement that is a protective lease filing in respect of an operating lease and any filings with the Governmental Authority in respect of any license (other than an Exclusive License) do not constitute Liens.
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Loan means a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan, an Other Term Loan, an Incremental Revolving Loan, an Other Revolving Loan or a Swing Line Loan (or a portion of any Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Other Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans), individually or collectively as appropriate; provided that, if any such loan or loans (or portions thereof) are combined or subdivided pursuant to a Notice of Extension/Conversion, the term Loan shall refer to the combined principal amount resulting from such combination or to each of the separate principal amounts resulting from such subdivision, as the case may be.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty Agreement, the Collateral Documents, each L/C Document and any agreement creating or perfecting rights in cash collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of this Agreement, collectively, in each case as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and all other related agreements and documents executed by a Loan Party in favor of, and delivered to, any Senior Credit Party in connection with or pursuant to any of the foregoing, but for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Swap Agreements and any Cash Management Agreements.
Loan Parties means each Borrower and the Guarantors, and Loan Party means any of the foregoing.
Margin Stock means margin stock as such term is defined in Regulation U.
Material Acquisition means any Permitted Acquisition that involves the payment of aggregate Acquisition Consideration by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000,000.
Material Adverse Effect means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, property, results of operations, or financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (after taking into account any applicable insurance and any applicable indemnification (to the extent the provider of such insurance or indemnification has the financial ability to support its obligations with respect thereto and is not disputing or refusing to acknowledge the same)); or (b) material adverse effect on the rights of or benefits or remedies available to the Lenders or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document.
Material Disposition means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property that involves payment of aggregate Disposition Consideration to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000,000.
Material Indebtedness means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the principal amount of the obligations of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the termination value (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
Material Restricted Subsidiary means each Restricted Subsidiary (i) which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of Parent, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, contributed greater than 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period or (ii) which contributed greater than 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of such date; provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets attributable to all Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) that are not Material Restricted Subsidiaries exceeds 15%
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of Consolidated EBITDA for any such period or 15% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of any such fiscal quarter, Parent (or, in the event Parent has failed to do so concurrently with the delivery of financial statements for such period or quarter required pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Administrative Agent) shall designate sufficient Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) as Material Restricted Subsidiaries to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Restricted Subsidiaries.
Material Subsidiary means, at any date of determination, each Subsidiary of the Parent that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary (but including, in any case, any Subsidiary that has been designated as a Material Subsidiary as provided in, or has been designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary in a manner that does not comply with, the definition of Immaterial Subsidiary).
Maturity Date means (i) as to the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, the Revolving Termination Date and (ii) as to Term Loans, the Term Loan Maturity Date.
Maximum Rate has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
Merger Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
Merger Documents means the Merger Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, and all agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, including without limitation, any bill of sale or other transfer instruments executed in connection therewith, in each case as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof and of this Agreement (and for the avoidance of doubt shall not include any of the Loan Documents).
Merger Sub has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements.
Milestone Payments means payments made under Contractual Obligations existing during the period of twelve months ending on the Closing Date or Contractual Obligations arising thereafter, in each case in connection with the Acquisition, any Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition (including any license or the acquisition of any license) of any rights in respect of any drug or other pharmaceutical product (and any related property or assets) to sellers (or licensors) of the assets or Equity Interests acquired (or licensed) therein based on the achievement of specified revenue, profit or other performance targets (financial or otherwise).
Minimum Collateral Amount means, at any time, (a) as to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 103% of the Fronting Exposure of all L/C Issuers with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (b) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers in their sole discretion.
MNPI has the meaning set forth in Section 2.19(a).
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors or, absent any such successor, such nationally recognized statistical rating organization as the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent may select.
Mortgage means each mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement that conveys or evidences a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties, on the Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, including any amendment, restatement, modification or supplement thereto.
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Mortgage Instruments means such title reports, title insurance, Life-of-Loan flood certifications and flood insurance, opinions of counsel, surveys, appraisals, environmental reports, acknowledged borrower notices of flood insurance requirements and other similar information and related certifications as are customary for the jurisdiction of the applicable Mortgaged Property and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that in the case of real property located in the United States, Mortgage Instruments may include a Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Standard Flood Hazard Determination (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the U.S. Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto), and if such Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area, evidence of flood insurance confirming that such insurance has been obtained to the extent required by this Agreement.
Mortgaged Property means each fee interest in any real property (other than Excluded Assets), if any, owned or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Net Cash Proceeds means:
(i) with respect to any Asset Disposition (other than the issuance of Equity Interests), Casualty or Condemnation, (A) the gross amount of all cash proceeds (including cash Insurance Proceeds and cash Condemnation Awards) in the case of any Casualty or Condemnation actually paid to or actually received by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation (including any cash proceeds received as income or other proceeds of any noncash proceeds of any Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation as and when received), less (B) the sum of (1) the amount, if any, of all customary fees, legal fees, brokerage fees, commissions, costs and other expenses that are incurred in connection with such Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation and are payable by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, but only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i)(A) above, (2) Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in connection therewith (including Taxes imposed on the distribution or repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds), (3) in the case of any Disposition by, or Condemnation or Casualty affecting, a non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (3)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of Parent or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, (4) appropriate amounts that must be set aside as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any indemnities, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) associated with such Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation, (5) if applicable, the principal amount of any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien that has been repaid or refinanced in accordance with its terms with the proceeds of such Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation and (6) any payments to be made by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as agreed between Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary and the purchaser of any assets subject to an Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation in connection therewith; and
(ii) with respect to any Debt Issuance or issuance of Equity Interests, the gross amount of cash proceeds paid to or received by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Debt Issuance or issuance of Equity Interests (including cash proceeds subsequently as and when received at any time in respect of such Debt Issuance or issuance of Equity Interests from non-cash consideration initially received or otherwise), less the sum of underwriting discounts and commissions or placement fees, investment banking fees, legal fees, consulting fees, accounting fees and other customary fees and expenses incurred by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith.
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Nominal Shares means (i) for any Foreign Subsidiary, nominal issuances of Equity Interests in an aggregate amount not to exceed 5.0% of the Equity Interests or Equity Equivalents of such Subsidiary on a fully-diluted basis and (ii) in any case, directors qualifying shares, in each case to the extent such issuances are required by applicable Laws.
Non-Consenting Lender means any Lender that does not approve any amendment, waiver or consent that (a) requires the approval of all affected Lenders, or all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class of Loans, in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
Non-Extension Notice Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c)(iii).
Non-U.S. Lender means any Lender Party that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Note means a Revolving Note, a Term Note or a Swing Line Note, and Notes means any combination of the foregoing.
Notice of Borrowing means a request by the applicable Borrower for a Borrowing, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto.
Notice of Extension/Conversion has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).
OFAC means the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment means the offer by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Section 2.19(b).
Offered Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(i).
Offered Discount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(i).
Officers Certificate means a certificate executed by the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, secretary or one of the Financial Officers, each in his or her official (and not individual) capacity.
OID has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c)(iii).
OML means Orphan Medical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
OML Settlement Agreements means, collectively, the Civil Settlement Agreement among the United States of America, the U.S. Borrower and OML dated July 13, 2007, (ii) the Non-prosecution Agreement between the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York and the U.S. Borrower dated July 13, 2007, (iii) the Plea Agreement between the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York and OML dated July 13, 2007 and (iv) the Corporate Integrity Agreement between the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Borrower dated July 13, 2007.
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Organization Documents means (i) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-United States jurisdiction); (ii) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-United States jurisdiction); and (iii) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-United States jurisdiction) and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
Original Revolving Commitments means the Revolving Commitments in effect under this
Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date.
Original Revolving Loans means the Revolving Loans made pursuant to the Original Revolving Commitments.
Original Swing Line Loans means the Swing Line Loans made pursuant to this Agreement in effect immediately
prior to the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date.
Original Term Loans means the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i).
Other Revolving Commitment Percentage means, for each Lender, for each Class of Other Revolving Commitments, the percentage of the aggregate Other Revolving Commitments of such Class represented by such Lenders Other Revolving Commitment of such Class at such time and identified as its Other Revolving Commitment Percentage of such Class in the relevant Refinancing Amendment, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any Assignment and Assumption made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b).
Other Revolving Commitments means one or more Classes of revolving credit commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
Other Revolving Loans means the Revolving Loans made pursuant to any Other Revolving Commitment.
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, or filing Taxes, or any other excise, property or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
Other Term Commitment Percentage means, for each Lender, for each Class of Other Term Commitments, the percentage of the aggregate Other Term Commitments of such Class represented by such Lenders Other Term Commitment of such Class at such time and identified as its Other Term Commitment Percentage of such Class in the relevant Refinancing Amendment, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any Assignment and Assumption made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b).
Other Term Commitments means one or more Classes of term loan commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
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Other Term Loans means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
Outstanding Amount means, with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date, including any L/C Borrowings outstanding on such date, but after giving effect to any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Borrowings as a Revolving Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on or before such date.
Parent has the meaning specified in the preamble.
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
Participant Register has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
Participating Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(ii).
Participation Interest means a Credit Extension by a Lender by way of a purchase of a participation interest in Letters of Credit or L/C Obligations as provided in Section 2.05(e), in Swing Line Loans as provided in Section 2.01(c)(vi) or in any Loans as provided in Section 2.13.
Patriot Act has the meaning set forth in Section 10.14.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
Perfection Certificate means with respect to any Loan Party a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit J to this Agreement, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby and duly executed on behalf of such Loan Party by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party.
Permitted Acquisition means the purchase or other acquisition (including by merger or consolidation) by Parent
or any Restricted Subsidiary of 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 (including rights in respect of any drug or other
pharmaceutical product) or line of business of) any Person, or any Exclusive License of rights to a drug or other product line, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions if: (a) (i) in the case of any purchase or other
acquisition of Equity Interests in a Person, such Person (including each Subsidiary of such Person), upon the consummation of such purchase or acquisition, will be a Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a merger or consolidation between
Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and such Person, with, in the case of a merger or consolidation involving Parent, Parent being the surviving entity) or (ii) in the case of any purchase, license or other acquisition of other assets, such
assets will be owned and/or licensed by Parent or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary; (b) the business of such Person, or the business conducted with such assets, as the case may be, constitutes a business permitted by
Section 7.03(b); (c) at the time of and immediately after giving effect (including pro forma effect) to any such purchase, license or other acquisition, (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) if the
Acquisition Consideration with respect thereto exceeds $25,000,000, Parent shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer, 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 requirements set forth in clause
(c)(ii) above and
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(d) below, as applicable; (d) after giving effect (on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c)) to any such purchase, license or other acquisition,
the Secured Leverage Ratio shall not exceed the maximum permitted Secured Leverage Ratio set forth for the current period in Section 7.10 and (e) such purchase or acquisition was not consummated pursuant to a hostile tender offer.
Permitted Encumbrances means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04 and Liens for unpaid utility charges;
(b) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens and other like Liens imposed by Law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;
(c) pledges and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or employment laws or to secure other public, statutory or regulatory obligations and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (c)(i) above;
(d) pledges and deposits (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade and commercial contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (d)(i) above;
(e) judgment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VIII or securing appeal or surety bonds related to such judgments;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(g) bankers liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions and payment processors; provided that such deposit accounts or funds are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness.
Permitted Exchange means an exchange of real property of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary that qualifies as a like-kind exchange pursuant to and in compliance with Section 1031 of the Code.
Permitted External Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness means Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred by the applicable Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior lien secured, junior lien secured or unsecured notes or loans (other than pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment); provided that (i) such Indebtedness is not secured by any property or assets of Parent, the applicable Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral and (ii) the security agreements, if any, relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Collateral Documents (as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower) (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
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Permitted Foreign Loan means a loan made by any Loan Party to any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party after the date hereof that satisfies the following requirements: (a) the proceeds of such loan are used, directly or indirectly, to finance an acquisition or other Investment permitted under clause (b), (q), (u) or (w) of Section 7.04; (b) such loan is evidenced by a promissory note of such Foreign Subsidiary; and (c) such promissory note is delivered and pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents.
Permitted Indebtedness means unsecured Indebtedness (including Subordinated Indebtedness) of any Loan Party and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness; provided that (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness matures on or after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (it being understood that any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of a change of control or asset sale and any cash settled or net share settled conversion obligations shall not violate the foregoing restriction), (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent other than the Subsidiary Guarantors (which guarantees, if such Indebtedness is subordinated, shall be expressly subordinated to the Finance Obligations on terms not less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness) and (iv) both immediately prior to and after giving effect to the increase of such Indebtedness (on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c)), the Total Leverage Ratio as the end of the most recently completed Test Period shall not exceed 4.50 to 1.00.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moodys;
(c) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, demand deposits, bankers acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $250,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clauses (a) and (c) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
(e) marketable short-term money market and similar liquid funds having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moodys or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency);
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(f) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moodys (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency);
(g) investment funds investing substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) above;
(h) in the case of any Parent or Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Parent or Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes; and
(i) investments permitted pursuant to Parents investment policy as approved by the Board of Directors (or committee thereof) of the Parent from time to time.
Permitted Liens has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to Refinance) other Indebtedness; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premium) thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting and original issue discounts, fees, commissions and expenses, associated with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (b) the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is no earlier than the maturity date of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (it being understood that, in each case, any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of a change of control or asset sale shall not violate the foregoing restriction), (c) if the Indebtedness (including any Guarantee thereof) being Refinanced is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Finance Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (including any Guarantee thereof) shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Finance Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent), (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have obligors or contingent obligors that were not obligors or contingent obligors (or that would not have been required to become obligors or contingent obligors) in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured on terms no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Loan Parties than those contained in the documentation (including any intercreditor agreement) governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent).
Permitted Reorganization means the consummation of one or more transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated Tax efficiency of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, pursuant to which (i) certain Foreign Subsidiaries of the U.S. Borrower shall become Subsidiaries of Parent and not the U.S. Borrower, (ii) intellectual property assets held by one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of Parent shall be Disposed to one or more other Subsidiaries of Parent; provided that with respect to clause (i), no Loan Party shall become an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of such transaction and, with respect to clause (ii), any such Subsidiary of Parent to which such intellectual property assets (in each case other than Excluded Assets) are Disposed, shall be a Guarantor or shall become a Guarantor within the time periods specified under Section 6.09.
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Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code maintained by or contributed to by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, including a Multiemployer Plan.
Pledged Collateral means collectively the Pledged Collateral as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement and the Foreign Collateral Documents.
Pre-Commitment Information means, taken as an entirety, (i) information with respect to Parent and the Acquired Business contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May 2012 and (ii) any other written information in respect of Parent and the Acquired Business provided to any Agent or Lender by or on behalf of the U.S. Borrower prior to the Closing Date.
Prime Rate means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Person acting as the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent or any Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
Principal Amortization Payment means a scheduled principal payment on the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(b) (including the remaining payment due on the Term Loan Maturity Date).
Principal Amortization Payment Date means (i) the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing with September 30, 2013 and (ii) the Term Loan Maturity Date.
Pro rata Share has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(b).
Process Agent has the meaning set forth in Section 10.13(d).
Qualified Capital Stock means Equity Interests of Parent that do not include a cash dividend (other than dividends that are solely payable as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Parent) and are not mandatorily redeemable by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or redeemable at the option of the holder of such Equity Interests, in each case prior to the 91st day following the Term Loan Maturity Date (other than redemptions solely for Qualified Capital Stock in such Person and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests and redemptions upon the occurrence of an asset sale or a change in control (or similar event, however denominated) so long as any such redemption requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full (or waiver thereof) of all the Senior Credit Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations); provided, however, that 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 constitute Qualified Capital Stock notwithstanding any obligation of Parent or any Subsidiary to repurchase such Equity Interest in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death or disability).
Qualified ECP Loan Party means, in respect of any CEA Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant
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security interest becomes effective with respect to such CEA Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an eligible contract participant under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an eligible contract participant at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Qualifying Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(iii).
Refinance has the meaning set forth in the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness. Refinanced and Refinancing shall have the corresponding meanings
Refinanced Debt has the meaning set forth in the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
Refinancing Amendment means an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Borrower and Parent executed by each of (a) each applicable Borrower, (b) Parent, (c) the Administrative Agent and (d) each Eligible Assignee and Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.18.
Refunded Swing Line Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(iii).
Register has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).
Regulation T, U or X means Regulation T, U or X, respectively, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as amended, or any successor regulation.
Reimbursement Obligations means each Borrowers obligation under Section 2.05(e) to reimburse L/C Disbursements.
Reinvestment Funds means, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds of Insurance Proceeds, any Condemnation Award or any Asset Disposition in respect of the single event or series of related events giving rise thereto, that portion of such funds as, according to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent within one Business Day after the occurrence of the Casualty, Condemnation or Asset Disposition giving rise thereto, are expected to be reinvested (or to which the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary expects to enter into a binding commitment for any such reinvestment) within twelve months after the occurrence of the Casualty, Condemnation or Asset Disposition giving rise thereto (or if some or all of such Net Cash Proceeds are scheduled to be received at a later date than the date of such occurrence, within 12 months following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds) in long-term assets useful in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, if any such Net Cash Proceeds are not actually so reinvested within 18 months of such Casualty, Condemnation or Asset Disposition (or twelve months of such Casualty, Condemnation or Asset Disposition if not so committed on or prior to the last day of such twelve-month period), such unreinvested portion shall no longer constitute Reinvestment Funds and shall be applied on the last day of such period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in Section 2.09(c)(iii); provided, further, that such certificate may only be delivered (and any related Net Cash Proceeds may only be deemed Reinvestment Funds) if (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such certificate or (y) if Parent or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have then entered into one or more continuing agreements with a Person not an Affiliate of any of them for the reinvestment in long-term assets useful in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, none of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall have commenced any action or proceeding to exercise or seek to exercise any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral (including any action of foreclosure, enforcement, collection or execution or by and proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding).
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Rejected Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(f).
Rejection Deadline has the meaning set forth in the Section 2.09(f).
Rejection Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(f).
Related Obligations has the meaning specified in Section 9.12.
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the partners, trustees, directors, officers, employees and agents of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Release means any spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, upon, or from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture.
Representative has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.
Repricing Transaction shall mean (i) any prepayment or repayment of Loans under the Term Facility (including by means of a Refinancing Amendment) with the proceeds of, or any conversion of Term Loans into, any new or replacement term loans bearing interest at an effective interest yield less than the effective interest yield applicable to the Term Facility (as such comparative yields are reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) and (ii) any amendment to the Term Facility that reduces the effective interest yield applicable to the Loans thereunder (in each case, such effective interest yield shall take into account margins, the Adjusted LIBOR Floor or Base Rate Floor, original issue discount and upfront fees).
Required Lenders means, at any date of determination, Lenders whose aggregate Credit Exposure constitutes more than 50% of the Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time; provided, however, that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time then there shall be excluded from the determination of Required Lenders such Lender and its Credit Exposure at such time.
Required Revolving Lenders means Lenders whose aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure constitutes more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time; provided, however, that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time then there shall be excluded from the determination of Required Revolving Lenders such Lender and the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.
Required Term Lenders means, at any date of determination, Lenders whose aggregate Term Credit Exposure constitutes more than 50% of the Term Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time; provided, however, that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time then there shall be excluded from the determination of Required Term Lenders such Lender and its Term Credit Exposure at such time.
Responsible Officer means the chief executive officer, president, senior vice president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of a Loan Party or, in the case of a Foreign Guarantor, any duly appointed authorized signatory or any director or managing member of such Person that has been designated in writing by Parent as being so authorized. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
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Restricted Margin Stock shall mean Margin Stock owned by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent the value of which (determined in accordance with clause (2)(i) of the definition of indirectly secured set forth in Regulation U) represents not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with clause (2)(i) of the definition of indirectly secured set forth in Regulation U).
Restricted Payment means (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), direct or indirect, on account of any class of Equity Interests or Equity Equivalents of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, now or hereafter outstanding, and (ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation, termination or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any class of Equity Interests or Equity Equivalents of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, now or hereafter outstanding (other than purchases (i) by Parent of Equity Interests or Equity Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary from such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests or Equity Equivalents of any other Restricted Subsidiary from such Restricted Subsidiary, Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary, in each case to the extent such purchase constitutes an Investment permitted under Section 7.04 or (iii) by any Restricted Subsidiary of its Equity Interests or Equity Equivalents from Parent or other Restricted Subsidiary).
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of Parent (including each Borrower) that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Revolving Availability Period means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Revolving Termination Date, (ii) the date of the termination of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.10 and (iii) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.
Revolving Borrowing means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans and identified as such in the Notice of Borrowing with respect thereto.
Revolving Commitment means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment of such Lender, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of up to such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Committed Amount, (i) to make Revolving Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a), (ii) to purchase Participation Interests in Swing Line Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(c)(iv) and (iii) to purchase Participation Interests in Letters of Credit in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05(d).
Revolving Commitment Percentage means, for each Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Lenders Revolving Commitment at such time and identified as its Revolving Commitment Percentage on Schedule 2.01 hereto, as such percentage may be (i) increased pursuant to Section 2.15 or reduced pursuant to Section 2.10 and (ii) modified in connection with any assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b).
Revolving Committed Amount means
$200,000,000425,000,000 or such lesser amount to which the Revolving Committed Amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.10.
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Revolving Credit Exposure means, as applied to each Lender and with respect to each Class of its Commitments and/or Loans:
(i) at any time prior to the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders in respect of such Class, the sum, as applicable, of (A) the Revolving Commitment Percentage of such Lender multiplied by the Revolving Committed Amount plus (B) the Incremental Revolving Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Incremental Revolving Commitments of such Class plus (C) the Other Revolving Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Other Revolving Commitments of such Class; and
(ii) at any time after the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders in respect of such Class, the sum, as applicable, of (A) the principal balance of the outstanding Loans of such Lender of such Class plus (B) in the case of the termination of the Revolving Commitments, any Class of Incremental Revolving Commitments or any Class of Other Revolving Commitments, in each case, such Lenders Participation Interests in all L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans issued under the relevant terminated Class.
Revolving Lender means each Lender identified in Schedule 2.01 as having a Revolving Commitment and each Eligible Assignee which acquires a Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 10.06(b) and their respective permitted successors.
Revolving Loan means the revolving loans made by the Revolving Lenders to any Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Revolving Note means a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, evidencing the obligations of the applicable Borrower to repay outstanding Revolving Loans, as such note may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.
Revolving Outstandings means at any date the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans plus the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.
Revolving Termination Date means the date which is the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) or such earlier date upon which the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated in their entirety in accordance with this Agreement.
Sale/Leaseback Transaction means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party providing for the leasing to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any property, whether owned by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been, or are to be, advanced by such Person on the security of such property.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors or, absent any such successor, such nationally recognized statistical rating organization as the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent may select.
Sanctions has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.21(b).
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SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement means a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and one or more Senior Representatives for holders of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that are junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Finance Obligations, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Secured Cash Management Agreement means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank.
Secured Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.
Senior Credit Obligations means, with respect to each Loan Party, without duplication:
(i) in the case of each Borrower, all principal of and interest (including, without limitation, any interest which accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to such Borrower, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on any Loan or L/C Obligation under, or any Note issued pursuant to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii) all fees, expenses, indemnification obligations and other amounts of whatever nature now or hereafter payable by such Loan Party (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to such Loan Party, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(iii) all expenses of the Agents as to which one or more of the Agents have a right to reimbursement by such Loan Party under Section 10.04(a) of this Agreement or under any other similar provision of any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any and all sums advanced by the Collateral Agent to preserve the Collateral or preserve its security interests in the Collateral to the extent permitted under any Loan Document or applicable Law;
(iv) all amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement by such Loan Party under Section 10.04(b) of this Agreement or under any other similar provision of any other Loan Document; and
(v) in the case of each Borrower and each Guarantor, all amounts now or hereafter payable by such Borrower or such Guarantor and all other obligations or liabilities now existing or hereafter arising or incurred (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to such Borrower or such Guarantor, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on the part of such Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement or any other Loan Document;
together in each case with all renewals, modifications, consolidations or extensions thereof.
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Senior Credit Party means each Lender, each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Indemnitee and their respective successors and assigns, and Senior Credit Parties means any two or more of them, collectively.
Senior Representative means, with respect to any series of Indebtedness, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers means the solicitation by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance by a Term Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified range at a discount to par pursuant to Section 2.19(c).
Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers means the solicitation by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance, if any, by a Term Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Section 2.19(d).
Solicited Discount Proration has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(iii).
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(i).
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice means an irrevocable written notice of a Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.19(d)(i) substantially in the form of Exhibit P hereto.
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer means an irrevocable written offer by each Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit Q hereto, submitted following the Auction Agents receipt of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(i).
Solvent means, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of a particular date, that on such date (i) the fair value of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds, on a consolidated basis, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital.
Specified Discount Prepayment Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b)(i).
Specified Discount Prepayment Notice means an irrevocable written notice of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of a Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.19(b)(i) substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto.
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Specified Discount Prepayment Response means the irrevocable written response by each Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b)(i).
Specified Discount Proration has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b)(iii).
Specified
Person has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.21(b).
Specified Subordinated Indebtedness means Subordinated Indebtedness (i) the principal of which by its terms is not required to be repaid, in whole or in part, before six months after the Term Loan Maturity Date and (ii) which is subordinated in right of payment to the Finance Obligations pursuant to payment and subordination provisions reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
Submitted Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(i).
Submitted Discount has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(c)(i).
Subordinated Indebtedness means Indebtedness of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, the payment of which is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Finance Obligations.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, more than 50% of the total voting power of stock entitled (other than stock or such other ownership interest having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, limited liability company, association or business entity other than a corporation, more than 50% of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof (other than stock or such other ownership interest having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Parent.
Subsidiary Guarantor means each Restricted Subsidiary that is party to the Guaranty Agreement (including (a) the U.S. Borrower with respect to Guaranteed Obligations of each Irish Borrower, (b) Jazz Financing I with respect to Guaranteed Obligations of the U.S. Borrower and Jazz Ireland and (c) Jazz Ireland with respect to Guaranteed Obligations of the U.S. Borrower and Jazz Financing I) or other guaranty agreement pursuant to which it Guarantees the Finance Obligations.
Swap Agreement means (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement and
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(ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Swap Creditor means any Agent, Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender or Agent from time to time party to one or more Swap Agreements (even if entered into prior to the Closing Date) with a Loan Party and any party to a Swap Agreement with a Loan Party that was an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of any Agent or Lender at the time it entered into such agreement (even if any such Lender for any reason ceases after the execution of such agreement to be a Lender hereunder), and its successors and assigns, and Swap Creditors means any two or more of them, collectively.
Swap Obligations of any Person means all obligations (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Person, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) of such Person in respect of any Swap Agreement, excluding any amounts which such Person is entitled to set-off against its obligations under applicable Law; provided that Swap Obligations with respect to any Guarantor, at any time, shall exclude all Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor at such time).
Swing Line Borrowing means a Borrowing comprised of Swing Line Loans and identified as such in the Notice of Borrowing with respect thereto.
Swing Line Commitment means the agreement of the Swing Line Lender to make Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(c). The Swing Line Commitment is a part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Committed Amount.
Swing Line Committed Amount means $10,000,000 as such Swing Line Committed Amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.10.
Swing Line Lender means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as the Swing Line Lender under Section 2.01(c), and its permitted successor or successors in such capacity.
Swing Line Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).
Swing Line Loan Request has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(b).
Swing Line Note means a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3, hereto, evidencing the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay outstanding Swing Line Loans, as such note may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.
Swing Line Termination Date means the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) or such earlier date upon which the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated in their entirety in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) the date on which the Swing Line Commitment is terminated in its entirety in accordance with this Agreement.
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.
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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 payment obligations were accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations. For purposes of Section 7.02, 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.
Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, and any and all liabilities (including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties) applicable thereto.
Term Borrowing means a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans and identified as such in the Notice of Borrowing with respect thereto.
Term Commitment means (i) with respect to any Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a Term Loan
on the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to such Lenders Term Commitment Percentage of the Term Committed Amount and, (ii) with respect to the Additional
Tranche 1 Lender, the Additional Tranche 1 Term Commitment, (iii) with respect to the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Lender, the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term
Loan Commitment and (iv) with respect to the Additional Tranche 2 Lender, the Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitment.
Term Commitment Percentage means, for each Lender, (i) with respect to Original Term Loans, the percentage of the
aggregate Term Commitments represented by such Lenders Term Commitment at such time and identified as its Term Commitment Percentage on Schedule 2.01 and(as of
the Closing Date), (ii) with respect to the Committed Tranche 1 Term Loan of the Additional Tranche 1 Term Lender, 100%, (iii) with respect to the Amendment No. 2
Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan of the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Lender, 100% and (iv) with respect to the Committed Tranche 2 Term Loan of the Additional Tranche 2 Term Lender, 100% in the case of each of clauses
(i) and, (ii), (iii) and (iv) as such percentage may be (a) increased pursuant
to Section 2.15 or reduced pursuant to Section 2.10 and (b) modified in connection with any Assignment and Assumption made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b).
Term Committed Amount means (i) with respect to Original Term Loans, $475,000,000
and475,000,000, (ii) with respect to the Committed Tranche 1 Term Loan, an amount equal to $557,187,500 minus the aggregate principal amount of Converted Term Loans of
all Lenders, (iii) with respect to the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan, $350,000,000 and (iv) with respect to the Committed Tranche 2 Term Loan, an amount
equal to $554,401,563 minus the aggregate principal amount of Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loans of all Lenders.
Term Credit Exposure means, as applied to each Lender and with respect to each Class of its Commitments and/or Loans:
(i) at any time prior to the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders in respect of such Class, the sum, as applicable, of (A) the Term Commitment Percentage of such Lender multiplied by the Term Committed Amount of such Class plus (B) the Other Term Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Other Term Commitments of such Class plus (C) the Incremental Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the relevant Class of such Lender multiplied by the total Incremental Term Loan Commitments of such Class; and
(ii) at any time after the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders in respect of such Class, the sum, as applicable, of the principal balance of the outstanding Loans of such Lender of such Class.
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Term Lender means each Lender that has a Term Commitment (including each Tranche 1 Term Loan Lender and each Tranche 2 Term Loan Lender) and each Eligible Assignee which acquires a Term Loan pursuant to Section 10.06(b) and their respective permitted successors.
Term Loan Maturity Date means the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
Term Loans means (i) the Original Term Loans
and, (ii) the Tranche 1 Term Loans and (iii) the Tranche 2 Term Loans.
Term Note means a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, evidencing the obligation of the U.S. Borrower to repay outstanding Term Loans, as such note may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Test Period means, at any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent then last ended for which financial statements have been delivered or were required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) or, prior to the first such requirement, the four quarter period ended March 31, 2012.
Total Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.
Tranche 1 Term
LoansLoan has the meaning set
forthspecified in Section 2.01(b)(ii).
Tranche 1 Term Loan Lender means each Lender with an Additional Tranche 1 Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Tranche 1 Term Loan.
Tranche 2 Term Loans has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b)(iii).
Tranche 2 Term Loan Lender means each Lender with an Additional Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment, an Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Tranche 2 Term Loan.
Transaction Documents means the Merger Documents and the Loan Documents, collectively; Transaction Document means any one of them.
Transactions means the events contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Closing Date Refinancing.
Type has the meaning specified in Section 1.07.
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UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or of any other state the Laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the perfection or priority of security interests in any collateral.
UCP has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(g).
Unfunded Liabilities means, except as otherwise provided in Section 5.11(a)(i)(B), (i) with respect to each Plan, the amount (if any) by which the present value of all nonforfeitable benefits under each Plan exceeds the current value of such Plans assets allocable to such benefits, all determined in accordance with the respective most recent valuations for such Plan using applicable PBGC plan termination actuarial assumptions (the terms present value and current value shall have the same meanings specified in Section 3 of ERISA) and (ii) with respect to each Foreign Pension Plan, the amount (if any) by which the present value of all nonforfeitable benefits under each Foreign Pension Plan exceeds the current value of such Foreign Pension Plans assets allocable to such benefits, all determined in accordance with the respective most recent valuations for such Plan using the most recent actuarial assumptions and methods being used by the Foreign Pension Plans actuaries for financial reporting under applicable accounting and reporting standards.
United States means the United States of America, including each of the States and the District of Columbia, but excluding its territories and possessions.
Unreimbursed Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(e)(iv).
Unrestricted Cash means cash or Permitted Investments of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would not appear as restricted on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Unrestricted Margin Stock shall mean any Gentium Stock for so long as it constitutes Margin Stock owned by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary which is not Restricted Margin Stock.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (i) OML and (ii) any Subsidiary designated by Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.10 subsequent to the Closing Date.
Unused Revolving Committed Amount means, for any
period, the amount by which (i) the then applicable Revolving Committed Amount exceeds (ii) the daily average sum for such period of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans plus (B) the aggregate
amount of all outstanding L/C Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, no deduction shall be made on account of outstanding Swing Line Loans in calculating the Unused Revolving
CommitmentCommitted Amount.
Upfront Payments means any upfront or similar payments made during the period of twelve months ending on the Closing Date or arising thereafter in connection with any drug or pharmaceutical product research and development or collaboration arrangements or the closing of any Drug Acquisition.
USAO Settlement Obligations means obligations of OML and the U.S. Borrower arising under the OML Settlement Agreements.
U.S. Borrower has the meaning specified in the preamble.
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U.S. Security Agreement means the Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, dated as of the Closing Date among the U.S. Borrower, the Domestic Guarantors, the Foreign Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (A) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (B) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Welfare Plan means a welfare plan as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
Wholly Owned means, with respect to any Subsidiary of any Person at any date, that all of the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiary (except Nominal Shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
Womens Health Disposition means the disposition of certain assets of Parent, Jazz Pharmaceuticals International Limited, a Bermuda limited liability company, Jazz Pharmaceuticals International Limited II, a Bermuda limited liability company (JPILII), and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Commercial Corp., a New York corporation, pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 15, 2012 by and among Parent, JPILII, Meda Pharma Sàrl, a Luxembourg limited liability company, and Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Section 1.02 Other Interpretative Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(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. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) 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 or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (iii) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (vi) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
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(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including, the words to and until each mean to but excluding and the word through means to and including.
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms and Determinations.
(a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein or as disclosed to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either (x) the U.S. Borrower or (y) within 30 days after delivery of any financial statements reflecting any change in GAAP (or after the Lenders have been informed of the change in GAAP affecting such financial statements, if later), the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the U.S. Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the U.S. Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and any other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
(c) All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any Material Acquisition, Material Disposition, Permitted Acquisition, designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness shall be calculated after giving effect to such acquisition, disposition, designation or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness (and to any other such transaction consummated since the first day of the period for which such pro forma computation is being made and on or prior to the date of such computation) as if such transaction (and any other such transactions) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period, and, to the extent applicable, the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of, any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness). Solely for the purpose of making any determination required hereunder regarding compliance with Section 7.10 on a pro forma basis for any Test Period ended before September 30, 2012, the maximum Secured Leverage Ratio requirement for such purpose shall be deemed to be 2.75:1.0.
Section 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
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Section 1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any L/C Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit 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 such time.
Section 1.07 Classes and Types of Borrowings. The term Borrowing denotes the aggregation of Loans of one or more Lenders made to any Borrower pursuant to Article II on the same date, all of which Loans are of the same Class and Type (subject to Article III) and, except in the case of Base Rate Loans, have the same initial Interest Period. Loans hereunder are distinguished by Class and Type. The Class of a Loan (or of a Commitment to make such a Loan or of a Borrowing comprised of such Loans) refers to whether such Loan is a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan, an Incremental Revolving Loan, an Incremental Term Loan, an Original Term Loan, a Tranche 1 Term Loan, an Other Revolving Loan or an Other Term Loan. The Type of a Loan refers to whether such Loan is a Eurodollar Loan or a Base Rate Loan. Identification of a Loan (or a Borrowing) by both Class and Type (e.g., a Term Eurodollar Loan) indicates that such Loan is a Loan of both such Class and such Type (e.g., both a Term Loan and a Eurodollar Loan) or that such Borrowing is comprised of such Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, all Tranche 2 Term Loans (including the Amendment No. 2 Tranche Term Loans and the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loans) shall be considered a single Class.
Section 1.08 Currency Translation. For purposes of any determination under Article VI, Article VII (other than Section 7.10) or Article VIII or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at currency exchange rates in effect on the date of such determination; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Article VII with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Asset Disposition, Investment or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness is incurred or Asset Disposition, Investment or Restricted Payment is made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.08 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness may be incurred or Asset Disposition, Investment or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of Section 7.10, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b).
Section 1.09 Baskets. To the extent that the size of any basket or carve-out set forth in Article VII is determined by reference to a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to occur with respect to any transaction consummated or incurred pursuant to such basket or carve-out as a result of any decrease in the amount of Consolidated EBITDA subsequent to such consummation or incurrence which results in such basket or carve-out no longer being sufficient to permit such transaction or incurrence.
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ARTICLE II.
THE CREDIT FACILITIES
Section 2.01 Commitments To Lend.
(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to any Borrower in Dollars pursuant to this Section 2.01(a) from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in amounts such that its Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed (after giving effect to all Revolving Loans repaid, all reimbursements of L/C Disbursements made, and all Refunded Swing Line Loans paid concurrently with the making of any Revolving Loans) its Revolving Commitment; provided that, immediately after giving effect to each such Revolving Loan, (i) the aggregate Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Committed Amount and (ii) with respect to each Revolving Lender individually, such Lenders outstanding Revolving Loans plus its (other than the Swing Line Lenders in its capacity as such) Participation Interests in outstanding Swing Line Loans plus its Participation Interests in outstanding L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Committed Amount; provided, further, that no more than the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) an amount sufficient to fund original issue discount and/or upfront fees in connection with the Revolving Loans and the Term Loans may be drawn on the Closing Date. Each Revolving Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or any larger multiple of $100,000, and each Revolving Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or any larger multiple of $100,000 (except (i) with respect to Revolving Loans, if any, borrowed on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (ii) that any such Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount of the unused Revolving Commitments and any L/C Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount of any outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts owed to one or more L/C Issuers as provided in Section 2.05(e)(iv)) and shall be made from the several Revolving Lenders ratably in proportion to their respective Revolving Commitments. Within the foregoing limits, each Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), repay, or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.09, prepay, Revolving Loans and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a).
(b) Term Loans.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a Term Loan to the U.S. Borrower in Dollars on the Closing Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Term Commitment. The Term Borrowing shall be made from the several Term Lenders ratably in proportion to their respective Term Commitments. The Term Commitments are not revolving in nature, and amounts repaid or prepaid prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date may not be reborrowed. Any Term Commitments not funded on the Closing Date will be terminated.
(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (x) the Additional Tranche 1 Term Lender agrees to make a Term Loan to the
U.S. Borrower in Dollars on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Additional Tranche 1 Term Commitment (the Committed Tranche 1 Term Loan, and together with each Term Loan converted from a
Converted Term Loan pursuant to clause (y) below, athe Tranche 1 Term
Loans) and (y) each Converted Term Loan of each Amendment No. 1 Consenting Lender shall be converted into a Tranche 1
Term Loan of such Lender effective as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Lenders Converted Term Loan immediately prior to such conversion. The Additional Tranche 1 Term
Commitment is not revolving in nature, and amounts of the Amendment No. 1 Tranche 1 Term Loans repaid or prepaid prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date may not be reborrowed. Any
Additional Tranche 1 Term Commitment not funded on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date will be terminated. Loan
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(iii) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Lender agrees to make a Term Loan to the U.S. Borrower in Dollars on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment (the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan and, together with the Amendment No. 2 Tranche 2 Term Loans, the Tranche 2 Term Loans). The Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment is not revolving in nature, and amounts of Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loans repaid or prepaid prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date may not be reborrowed. Any Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment not funded on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date will be terminated.
(iv) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (x) the Additional Tranche 2 Term Lender agrees to make a Term Loan to the U.S. Borrower in Dollars on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitment (the Committed Tranche 2 Term Loan, and together with each Term Loan converted from an Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan pursuant to clause (y) below, each an Amendment No. 2 Tranche 2 Term Loan) and (y) each Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan of each Amendment No. 2 Consenting Lender shall be converted into a Tranche 2 Term Loan of such Lender effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Lenders Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loan immediately prior to such conversion. The Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitment is not revolving in nature, and amounts of the Tranche 2 Term Loans repaid or prepaid prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date may not be reborrowed. Any Additional Tranche 2 Term Commitment not funded on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date will be terminated.
(c) Swing Line Loans.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees in its sole discretion, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this subsection (c), to make a portion of the Revolving Commitments available to any Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period by making Swing Line Loans to such Borrower in Dollars (each such loan, a Swing Line Loan and, collectively, the Swing Line Loans); provided that (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans outstanding at any one time shall not exceed the Swing Line Committed Amount, (B) each Swing Line Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or any larger multiple of $100,000, (C) with regard to each Lender individually (other than the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as such), such Lenders outstanding Revolving Loans plus its Participation Interests in outstanding Swing Line Loans plus its Participation Interests in outstanding L/C Obligations shall not at any time exceed such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Committed Amount, (D) with regard to the Revolving Lenders collectively, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans outstanding plus the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans outstanding plus the aggregate amount of L/C Obligations outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Committed Amount, (E) the Swing Line Committed Amount shall not exceed the aggregate of the Revolving Commitments then in effect, (F) no Swing Line Loans may be drawn on the Closing Date and (G) the Swing Line Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swing Line Loans if any Revolving Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender (in its sole discretion) with the applicable Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate the Swing Line
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Lenders actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Swing Line Loans then proposed to be made and all other Swing Line Loans as to which the Swing Line Lender has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion. Swing Line Loans shall be made and maintained as Base Rate Loans and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof prior to the Swing Line Termination Date. Swing Line Loans may be made notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Swing Line Lenders other Revolving Outstandings, exceed its Revolving Commitment. The proceeds of a Swing Line Borrowing may not be used, in whole or in part, to refund any prior Swing Line Borrowing.
(ii) The principal amount of all Swing Line Loans shall be due and payable on the earliest of (A) the fifth day after the incurrence of such Swing Line Loan, unless another maturity date shall be agreed to by the Swing Line Lender and the applicable Borrower with respect to such Swing Line Loan, (B) the Swing Line Termination Date, (C) the occurrence of any proceeding with respect to any Borrower under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or (D) the acceleration of any Loan or the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.02.
(iii) With respect to any Swing Line Loans that have not been voluntarily prepaid by a Borrower or paid by a Borrower when due under clause (ii) above, the Swing Line Lender (by request to the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent at any time may, on one Business Days notice, require each Revolving Lender, including the Swing Line Lender, and each such Lender hereby agrees, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.01(c), to make a Revolving Loan (which shall be initially funded as a Base Rate Loan) in an amount in Dollars equal to such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the amount of the Swing Line Loans (the Refunded Swing Line Loans) outstanding on the date notice is given.
(iv) In the case of Revolving Loans made by Lenders other than the Swing Line Lender under clause (iii) above, each such Revolving Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent, in same day funds, at the Administrative Agents Office, not later than 1:00 P.M. on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall be immediately delivered to the Swing Line Lender (and not to any Borrower) and applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loans. On the day such Revolving Loans are made, the Swing Line Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Refunded Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be paid with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan made by the Swing Line Lender and such portion of the Swing Line Loans deemed to be so paid shall no longer be outstanding as Swing Line Loans and shall instead be outstanding as Revolving Loans. The applicable Borrower authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender to charge such Borrowers account with the Administrative Agent (up to the amount available in such account) in order to pay immediately to the Swing Line Lender the amount of such Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Lenders, including amounts deemed to be received from the Swing Line Lender, are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swing Line Loans. If any portion of any such amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to the Swing Line Lender should be recovered by or on behalf of the applicable Borrower from the Swing Line Lender in bankruptcy, by assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all Revolving Lenders in the manner contemplated by Section 2.13.
(v) A copy of each notice given by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to this Section 2.01(c) shall be promptly delivered by the Swing Line Lender to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower. Upon the making of a Revolving Loan by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this Section 2.01(c), the amount so funded shall no longer be owed in respect of its Participation Interest in the related Refunded Swing Line Loans.
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(vi) If as a result of any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, Revolving Loans are not made pursuant to this Section 2.01(c) sufficient to repay any amounts owed to the Swing Line Lender as a result of a nonpayment of outstanding Swing Line Loans, each Revolving Lender agrees to purchase, and shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in such outstanding Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the unpaid amount together with accrued interest thereon. Upon one Business Days notice from the Swing Line Lender, each Revolving Lender shall deliver to the Swing Line Lender an amount equal to its respective Participation Interest in such Swing Line Loans in same day funds at the office of the Swing Line Lender specified or referred to in Section 10.02. In order to evidence such Participation Interest each Revolving Lender agrees to enter into a participation agreement at the request of the Swing Line Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to all parties. In the event any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Swing Line Lender the amount of such Revolving Lenders Participation Interest as provided in this Section 2.01(c)(vi), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender together with interest at the customary rate set by the Swing Line Lender for correction of errors among banks in New York City for one Business Day and thereafter at the Base Rate plus the then Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.
(vii) Each Revolving Lenders obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to clause (iv) above and to purchase Participation Interests in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to clause (vi) above shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (without limitation) (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender or any other Person may have against the Swing Line Lender, any Borrower or any other Loan Party, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the termination or reduction in the amount of the Revolving Commitments after any such Swing Line Loans were made, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Borrower or any other Person, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Finance Document by any Borrower or any other Lender, (v) whether any condition specified in Article IV is then satisfied or (vi) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the forgoing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Swing Line Lenders demand therefor, and until such time as such Lender makes the required payment, the Swing Line Lender shall be deemed to continue to have outstanding Swing Line Loans in the amount of such unpaid Participation Interest for all purposes of the Finance Documents other than those provisions requiring the other Lenders to purchase a participation therein. Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Loans, and any other amounts due to it hereunder, to the Swing Line Lender to fund Swing Line Loans in the amount of the Participation Interest in Swing Line Loans that such Lender failed to purchase pursuant to this Section 2.01(c)(vii) until such amount has been purchased (as a result of such assignment or otherwise).
Section 2.02 Notice of Borrowings.
(a) Borrowings Other Than Swing Line Loans and L/C Borrowings. Except in the case of Swing Line Loans and L/C Borrowings, the
applicable Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 not later than 12:00 P.M. on (i) the first Business Day before the proposed Base Rate Borrowing and
(ii) the third Business Day before each proposed Eurodollar Loan (except that the Notice of Borrowing with respect to (1) Revolving Loans and Tranche 1 Term Loans to be
borrowed on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date pursuant to the Additional Tranche 1 Term Commitment may be in such form and may be provided on such shorter notice as may be agreed by the Administrative
Agent) and (2) Tranche 2 Term Loans to be borrowed on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Tranche 2 Term
Loan Commitment may be in such form (which form may be conditioned upon the effectiveness of Amendment No. 2; provided that to the extent the applicable Borrower does not borrow the
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Eurodollar Rate Loans set forth in any such conditional notice Lenders will have the right to be compensated under Section 3.05 for
losses, costs or expenses related thereto) as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and may be provided not later than 2:00 P.M. on the Business Day before the proposed borrowing), unless such Borrower wishes to request an Interest
Period for such Borrowing other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of Interest Period, in which case on the fourth Business Day before each such Eurodollar Loan), specifying:
(i) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(iii) the Class and initial Type of the Loans comprising such Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, the duration of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period and to Section 2.06(a); and
(v) the location (which must be in the United States or, in the case of an Irish Borrower, Ireland) and number of such Borrowers account, to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.03.
If the duration of the initial Interest Period is not specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Loan, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an initial Interest Period of one month, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period and to Section 2.06(a).
(b) Swing Line Borrowings. The applicable Borrower shall request a Swing Line Loan by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto (a Swing Line Loan Request) to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 P.M. on the Business Day of the requested Swing Line Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) that a Swing Line Loan is requested, (ii) the date of the requested Swing Line Loan (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) the principal amount of the Swing Line Loan requested. Each Swing Line Loan shall be made as a Base Rate Loan and, subject to Section 2.01(c)(ii), shall have such maturity date as agreed to by the Swing Line Lender and the applicable Borrower upon receipt by the Swing Line Lender of the Swing Line Loan Request from such Borrower.
(c) L/C Borrowings. Each L/C Borrowing shall be made as specified in Section 2.05(e)(iv) without the necessity of a Notice of Borrowing.
(d) Foreign Borrowings. Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan available to any Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary of Parent by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.03 Notice to Lenders; Funding of Loans.
(a) Notice to Lenders. If a Borrower has requested an Interest Period of other than one, two, three or six months in duration, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice of such request to the applicable Lenders and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 11:00 A.M. on the third Business Day before the requested date of such a Eurodollar Loan, the Administrative Agent shall notify such Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders. Upon receipt of a Notice of Borrowing,
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the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such Lenders ratable share (if any) of the Borrowing referred to therein, and such Notice of Borrowing shall not thereafter be revocable by the applicable Borrower.
(b) Funding of Loans.
(i) (x) Not later than 1:00 P.M. on the date of each Borrowing (other than a Base Rate Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing and an L/C Borrowing) or (y) not later than 1:00 P.M. on the date of each Base Rate Borrowing, each Lender participating therein shall make available its share of such Borrowing, in Federal or other immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office. Unless the Administrative Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in Article IV has not been satisfied, the Administrative Agent shall make the funds so received available to the applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (A) crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (B) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by such Borrower in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition precedent herein shall not have been met, promptly return the amounts received from the Lenders in like funds, without interest.
(ii) Not later than 3:00 P.M. on the date of each Swing Line Borrowing, the Swing Line Lender shall, unless the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Swing Line Lender that any applicable condition specified in Article IV has not been satisfied, make available the amount of such Swing Line Borrowing, in Federal or other immediately available funds, to the applicable Borrower at the Swing Line Lenders address referred to in Section 10.02.
(iii) Not later than 1:00 P.M. on the date of each L/C Borrowing, each Revolving Lender shall make available its share of such Borrowing, in Federal or other immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office. Unless the Administrative Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in Article IV has not been satisfied (other than the delivery of a Notice of Borrowing), the Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer which has issued Letters of Credit having outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts as contemplated by Section 2.05(e)(v).
(c) Funding by the Administrative Agent in Anticipation of Amounts Due from the Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section 2.03, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, but is not required to, make available to applicable Borrower on such date 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 applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower 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 Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by a Borrower, the interest rate applicable thereto pursuant to Section 2.06. If a Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays
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its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by a Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent. A notice of the Administrative Agent to a Lender, a Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) Failed Loans. If any Lender shall fail to make any Loan (a Failed Loan) which such Lender is otherwise obligated hereunder to make to a Borrower on the date of Borrowing thereof, and the Administrative Agent shall not have received notice from such Borrower or such Lender that any condition precedent to the making of the Failed Loan has not been satisfied, then, until such Lender shall have made or be deemed to have made (pursuant to the last sentence of this subsection (d)), the Failed Loan in full or the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Borrower or such Lender that any condition precedent to the making of the Failed Loan was not satisfied at the time the Failed Loan was to have been made, whenever the Administrative Agent shall receive any amount from such Borrower for the account of such Lender, (i) the amount so received (up to the amount of such Failed Loan) will, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been paid to the Lender in satisfaction of the obligation for which paid, without actual disbursement of such amount to the Lender, (ii) the Lender will be deemed to have made the same amount available to the Administrative Agent for disbursement as a Loan to the such Borrower (up to the amount of such Failed Loan) and (iii) the Administrative Agent will disburse such amount (up to the amount of the Failed Loan) to such Borrower or, if the Administrative Agent has previously made such amount available to such Borrower on behalf of such Lender pursuant to the provisions hereof, reimburse itself (up to the amount of the amount made available to such Borrower); provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to disburse any such amount to such Borrower, or otherwise apply it or deem it applied as provided herein unless the Administrative Agent shall have determined in its sole discretion that to so disburse such amount will not violate any Law, rule, regulation or requirement applicable to the Administrative Agent. Upon any such disbursement by the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan of the same Class as the Failed Loan to the applicable Borrower in satisfaction, as applicable, to the extent thereof, of such Lenders obligation to make the Failed Loan.
Section 2.04 Evidence of Loans.
(a) Lender and Administrative Agent Accounts; Notes. The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to a Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Senior Credit Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a single Revolving Note or Term Note, as applicable, in each case, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 or B-2, as applicable, payable to the order of such Lender for the account of its Lending Office in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lenders Revolving or Term Loans, as applicable, which shall evidence such Lenders Loans in addition to such accounts or records. If requested by the Swing Line Lender, the Swing Line Loans shall be evidenced by a single Swing Line Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3, payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Swing Line Loans. Each Lender having one
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or more Notes shall record the date, amount, Class and Type of each Loan made by it and the date and amount of each payment of principal made by the applicable Borrower with respect thereto, and may, if such Lender so elects in connection with any transfer or enforcement of any Note, endorse on the reverse side or on the schedule, if any, forming a part thereof appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing information with respect to each outstanding Loan evidenced thereby; provided that the failure of any Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement or any error in any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of such Borrower hereunder or under any such Note. Each Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized by the applicable Borrower so to endorse each of its Notes and to attach to and make a part of each of its Notes a continuation of any such schedule as and when required.
(b) Certain Participation Interests. In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a) above, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing purchases and sales by such Lender of Participation Interests in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.05 Letters of Credit.
(a) Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, (A) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue standby or, subject to the limitations set forth in the definition of L/C Issuer, commercial Letters of Credit for the account, and upon the request, of a Borrower (or jointly for the account of any Borrower, Parent or any Subsidiary) and in support of obligations of any Borrower, Parent or one or more Subsidiaries (including (x) obligations in respect of and in lieu of deposits or security guarantees in the ordinary course of business, (y) to provide support for performance, payment or appeal bonds, indemnity obligations or other surety, including, without limitation, workers compensation insurance and (z) for such other general corporate purposes as the L/C Issuer may agree in its reasonable discretion), and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (c) below, and (B) to honor drawings under its Letters of Credit, and (ii) each Revolving Lender severally agrees to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of any Borrower, Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent and any drawing thereunder in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) below; provided that, immediately after each Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit, (ii) the Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Committed Amount and (iii) with respect to each individual Revolving Lender, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Lenders Revolving Loans plus its Participation Interests in outstanding L/C Obligations plus its (other than the Swing Line Lenders) Participation Interests in outstanding Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Committed Amount. Each request by a Borrower, Parent or a Subsidiary for the issuance or increase in the stated amount of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation such Borrower, Parent or such Subsidiary that the issuance or increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, a Borrowers ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly a Borrower may, during the period specified in clause (i)(A) above, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
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(b) Certain Limitations on Issuances of Letters of Credit.
(i) No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit, if (A) subject to subsection (c) below with respect to Auto-Extension Letters of Credit, the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date, or (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date.
(ii) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if: (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having a force of Law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it; (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit shall violate any Laws or one or more policies of such L/C Issuer; (C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $250,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit; (D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars, except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer; or (E) a default of any Revolving Lenders obligations to fund under subsection (e)(iv) or (vi) below exists or any Revolving Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with any Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuers actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(iii) No L/C Issuer shall amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(iv) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(v) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the L/C Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
(c) Procedures for Issuance and Increases in the Amounts of Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the applicable Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
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Agent) substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto (a Letter of Credit Request), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Request must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 P.M. at least four Business Days (or such later date and time as the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of increase, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof, (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an increase in the stated amount of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the amount of the proposed increase; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. If requested by the applicable L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower shall also submit a Letter of Credit Application on such L/C Issuers standard form in connection with any request for the issuance or increase in the stated amount of a Letter of Credit. Additionally, the applicable Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any L/C Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from the applicable Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of such Borrower (or jointly for the account of any Borrower and Parent or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuers usual and customary business practices.
(iii) If a Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to a date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of subsection (c)(i) or (ii) above or otherwise) or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (x) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (y) from the Administrative Agent or any
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Loan Party that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 are not then satisfied (for the avoidance of doubt, the provision of any such notice to the L/C Issuer pursuant to this clause (y) shall not relieve any Revolving Lender of its obligation to fund its share of any such Letter of Credit that is not extended, to the extent such Letter of Credit is drawn under the terms of this Agreement), and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(d) Purchase and Sale of Letter of Credit Participation. Immediately upon the issuance by an L/C Issuer of a Letter of Credit, such L/C Issuer shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from such L/C Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided Participation Interest in such Letter of Credit and the related L/C Obligations in the proportion its Revolving Commitment Percentage bears to the Revolving Committed Amount (although any fronting fee payable under Section 2.11 shall be payable directly to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, and the Lenders (other than such L/C Issuer) shall have no right to receive any portion of any such fronting fee) and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto. Upon any change in the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 10.06, there shall be an automatic adjustment to the Participation Interests in all outstanding Letters of Credit and all L/C Obligations to reflect the adjusted Revolving Commitments of the assigning and assignee Lenders or of all Lenders having Revolving Commitments, as the case may be.
(e) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof and shall determine in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit whether such drawing should be honored. If the L/C Issuer determines that any such drawing shall be honored, such L/C Issuer shall make available to such beneficiary in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit the amount of the drawing and shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent as to the amount to be paid as a result of such drawing and the payment date (which date shall be one Business Day after the date of the drawing) (each such date, an Honor Date).
(ii) The applicable Borrower shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated forthwith to reimburse each L/C Issuer or each L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent for any amounts paid by such L/C Issuer upon any drawing under any Letter of Credit, together with any and all reasonable charges and expenses which the L/C Issuer may pay or incur relative to such drawing. Such reimbursement payment shall be due and payable on the same day as the Honor Date if notice is received prior to 11:00 A.M., or the next Business Day after the Honor Date otherwise. In addition, such Borrower agrees to pay to the L/C Issuer interest, payable on demand, on any and all amounts not paid by such Borrower to the L/C Issuer when due under this subsection (e)(ii), for each day from and including the date when such amount becomes due to but excluding the date such amount is paid in full, whether before or after judgment, at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate. Each reimbursement and other payment to be made by such Borrower pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be made to the L/C Issuer in Federal or other funds immediately available to it at its address referred to in Section 10.02.
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(iii) Subject to the satisfaction of all applicable conditions set forth in Article IV, a Borrower may, at its option, utilize the Swing Line Commitment or the Revolving Commitments, or make other arrangements for payment satisfactory to the L/C Issuer, for the reimbursement of all L/C Disbursements as required by clause (ii) above.
(iv) With respect to any L/C Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by the applicable Borrower when due under clauses (ii) and (iii) above (an Unreimbursed Amount), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount and the amount of such Revolving Lenders pro rata share thereof and such Revolving Lenders pro rata share of such unreimbursed L/C Disbursement (determined by the proportion its Revolving Commitment Percentage bears to the aggregate Revolving Committed Amount). In such event, such Borrower shall be deemed to have requested an L/C Borrowing of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the next Business Day following the Honor Date in an aggregate amount in Dollars equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.01(a), but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Notice of Borrowing), and each such Revolving Lender hereby agrees to make a Revolving Loan (which shall be initially funded as a Base Rate Loan) in an amount equal to such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount outstanding on the date notice is given. Any such notice given by the Administrative Agent given pursuant to this clause (iv) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(v) Each Revolving Lender (including any Revolving Lender acting as L/C Issuer in respect of any Unreimbursed Amount) shall, upon any notice from the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (iv) above, make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Dollars in Federal or other immediately available funds, at the Administrative Agents Office, not later than 1:00 P.M. on the Business Day specified in such notice, whereupon, subject to clause (vi) below, each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Base Rate Loan to the applicable Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) to the applicable L/C Issuer.
(vi) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by an L/C Borrowing pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) above because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender (other than the relevant L/C Issuer), and each such Revolving Lender shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such L/C Issuer, such Revolving Lenders pro rata share of such Unreimbursed Amount (determined by the proportion its Revolving Commitment Percentage bears to the aggregate Revolving Committed Amount) in Dollars in Federal or other immediately available funds. Such payment from the Revolving Lenders shall be due (i) at or before 1:00 P.M. on the date the Administrative Agent so notifies a Revolving Lender, if such notice is given at or before 10:00 A.M. on such date or (ii) at or before 10:00 A.M. on the next succeeding Business Day, together with interest on such amount for each day from and including the date of such drawing to but excluding the day such payment is due from such Revolving Lender at the Federal Funds Rate for such day (which funds the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable L/C Issuer). Each payment by a Revolving Lender to the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer in respect of an Unreimbursed Amount shall constitute a payment in respect of its Participation Interest in the related Letter of Credit purchased pursuant to subsection (d) above. The failure of any Revolving Lender to make available to the Administrative
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Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer its pro rata share of any Unreimbursed Amount shall not relieve any other Revolving Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its pro rata share of any payment made under any Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no such Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer such other Lenders pro rata share of any such payment. Upon payment in full of all amounts payable by a Lender under this clause (vi), such Lender shall be subrogated to the rights of the L/C Issuer against the applicable Borrower to the extent of such Lenders pro rata share of the related L/C Obligation so paid (including interest accrued thereon).
(vii) Each Revolving Lenders obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to clause (iv) above and to make payments in respect of its Participation Interests in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to clause (vi) above shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including: (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lenders obligation to make Revolving Loans as a part of an L/C Borrowing pursuant to clause (iv) above is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the applicable Borrower of a Notice of Borrowing). No such making by a Revolving Lender of a Revolving Loan or a payment by a Revolving Lender of an amount in respect of its Participation Interest in Unreimbursed Amounts shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of such Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(viii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection (e) by the time specified therefor, then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the applicable L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the applicable L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate for such day. Any payment made by any Lender after 3:00 P.M. on any Business Day shall be deemed for purposes of the preceding sentence to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (viii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) Repayment of Funded Participations in Respect of Drawn Letters of Credit.
(i) Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment of an L/C Obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of an L/C Issuer any payments from the Revolving Lenders pursuant to subsection (e) above (whether directly from the applicable Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of cash collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Revolving Lender which has paid its pro rata share thereof an amount equal to such Lenders pro rata share of the amount thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which the payments from the Revolving Lenders were received) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to clause (i) above is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its pro rata share thereof (determined by the proportion its Revolving Commitment Percentage bears to the aggregate
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Revolving Committed Amount) on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate for such day.
(g) Obligations Absolute. The obligations of each Borrower under Sections 2.05(e)(i) and 2.05(e)(ii) above shall be absolute (subject to the right to bring subsequent claims subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.05(l)(v)) and unconditional and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, ISP and Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP), as applicable, under all circumstances whatsoever, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any other Loan Document;
(iii) the use which may be made of the Letter of Credit by, or any acts or omission of, a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary may be acting);
(iv) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other rights that Parent or any Subsidiary may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary or transferee may be acting), any L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or any Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto or any unrelated transaction;
(v) any draft, demand, certificate, statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever, or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(vi) any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(vii) any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, examiner, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; or
(viii) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by any L/C Issuer or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this clause (viii), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of each Borrowers obligations hereunder;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the applicable Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to punitive or consequential damages or lost profits, claims in respect of which are waived by such Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by such Borrower that are caused by acts or omissions by such L/C Issuer constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such L/C Issuer (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment).
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Each Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with such Borrowers instructions or other irregularity, such Borrower will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. Each Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(h) Role of L/C Issuers; Reliance. Each Revolving Lender and each Borrower agree that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Agents or their Related Parties or any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for: (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Request. Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude each Borrowers pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Agents or any of their Related Parties, or any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (viii) of subsection (g) of this Section 2.05; provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to such Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower which are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have been caused by the L/C Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuers willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(i) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the applicable Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit and (ii) the rules of the UCP, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(j) Conflict with L/C Documents. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any L/C Document, this Agreement shall govern.
(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Parent or Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent (other than the applicable Borrower), the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Parent or Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of such Borrower, and that such Borrowers business derives benefits from the businesses of Parent or such Subsidiaries.
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(l) Indemnification of L/C Issuer.
(i) In addition to its other obligations under this Agreement, each Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save each L/C Issuer harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) that such L/C Issuer may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (A) the issuance of any Letter of Credit or (B) the failure of such L/C Issuer to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority (all such acts or omissions herein called Government Acts).
(ii) As between the applicable Borrower and each L/C Issuer, such Borrower shall assume all risks of the acts or omissions of or the misuse of any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof. The L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for: (A) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (B) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (C) failure of the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon a Letter of Credit; (D) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (E) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (F) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any documents required in order to make a drawing under a Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; and (G) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the L/C Issuer, including, without limitation, any Government Acts. None of the above shall affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of the L/C Issuers rights or powers hereunder.
(iii) In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by an L/C Issuer, under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put the L/C Issuer under any resulting liability to any Borrower or any other Loan Party. It is the intention of the parties that this Agreement shall be construed and applied to protect and indemnify the L/C Issuer against any and all risks involved in the issuance of any Letter of Credit, all of which risks are hereby assumed by the Loan Parties, including, without limitation, any and all risks, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future Government Acts. The L/C Issuer shall not, in any way, be liable for any failure by the L/C Issuer or anyone else to pay any drawing under any Letter of Credit as a result of any Government Acts or any other cause beyond the control of the L/C Issuer.
(iv) Nothing in this subsection (l) is intended to limit the Reimbursement Obligation of any Borrower contained in this Section 2.05. The obligations of any Borrower under this subsection (l) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. No act or omission of any current or prior beneficiary of a Letter of Credit shall in any way affect or impair the rights of any L/C Issuer to enforce any right, power or benefit under this Agreement.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection (l), no Borrower shall have obligation to indemnify any L/C Issuer in respect of any liability incurred by such L/C Issuer arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such L/C Issuer, as determined by
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a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment. Nothing in this Agreement shall relieve any L/C Issuer of any liability to a Borrower in respect of any action taken by such L/C Issuer which action constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct of such L/C Issuer, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment.
(m) Resignation of an L/C Issuer. An L/C Issuer may resign at any time by giving 30 days notice to the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders and the U.S. Borrower; provided, however, that any such resignation shall not affect the rights or obligations of the L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation. Upon any such resignation, the U.S. Borrower shall (within 60 days after such notice of resignation) either appoint a successor or terminate the unutilized L/C Commitment of such L/C Issuer; provided, however, that, if the U.S. Borrower elects to terminate such unutilized L/C Commitment, the U.S. Borrower may at any time thereafter that the Revolving Commitments are in effect reinstate such L/C Commitment in connection with the appointment of another L/C Issuer. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an L/C Issuer hereunder by a successor L/C Issuer, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the interests, rights and obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer and the retiring L/C Issuer shall be discharged from its obligations to issue Letters of Credit hereunder. The acceptance of any appointment as L/C Issuer hereunder by a successor L/C Issuer shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such successor, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such successor shall be a party hereto and have all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous L/C Issuer, or to such successor and all previous L/C Issuers, as the context shall require. After the resignation of an L/C Issuer hereunder, the retiring L/C Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(n) Reporting. Each L/C Issuer (other than the Administrative Agent) will report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on the first Business Day of each month, the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the last Business Day of the preceding month, (ii) on or prior to each Business Day on which such L/C Issuer expects to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance or amendment, and the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and such L/C Issuer shall advise the Administrative Agent on such Business Day whether such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension occurred and whether the amount thereof changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such L/C Issuer makes any L/C Disbursement, the date and amount of such L/C Disbursement and (iv) on any Business Day on which a Borrower, as applicable, fails to reimburse an L/C Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such L/C Issuer on such day, the date and amount of such failure.
Section 2.06 Interest.
(a) Rate Options Applicable to Loans. Each Borrowing (other than a Swing Line Borrowing, which shall be made and maintained as Base Rate Loans) shall be comprised of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.02. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that such Borrower may not request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in an aggregate of more than ten separate Groups of Eurodollar Loans being outstanding hereunder at any one time. For this purpose, Loans having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether commencing on the same date, shall be considered separate Groups. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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(b) Rates Applicable to Loans. Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below, (i) each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the then Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans, (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each day from the date such Loan is made as, or converted into, a Base Rate Loan until it becomes due or is converted into a Loan of any other Type, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate for such day plus the then Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans, and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the then Applicable Margin for Swing Line Loans.
(c) Additional Interest. If any Loan or interest thereon or any fee described in Section 2.11 due and owing is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(d) Interest Payments. Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(e) Determination and Notice of Interest Rates. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time when Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Prime Rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change. Any notice with respect to Eurodollar Loans shall, without the necessity of the Administrative Agent so stating in such notice, be subject to the provisions of the definition of Applicable Margin providing for adjustments in the Applicable Margin applicable to such Loans after the beginning of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
Section 2.07 Extension and Conversion.
(a) Continuation and Conversion Options. The Loans included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate allowed by Section 2.06 and as specified by the applicable Borrower in the applicable Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter, such Borrower shall have the option, on any Business Day, to elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Group of Loans (subject in each case to the provisions of Article III and Section 2.07(d)), as follows:
(i) if such Loans are Base Rate Loans, such Borrower may elect to convert such Loans to Eurodollar Loans as of any Business Day; and
(ii) if such Loans are Eurodollar Loans, such Borrower may elect to convert such Loans to Base Rate Loans or elect to continue such Loans as Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period, subject to Section 3.05 in the case of any such conversion or continuation effective on any day other than the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such Loans.
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Each such election shall be made by delivering a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto (a Notice of Extension/Conversion) (which may be by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing), which notice shall not thereafter be revocable by the applicable Borrower, to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon on the third Business Day before the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be effective. A Notice of Extension/Conversion may, if it so specifies, apply to only a portion of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Group of Loans; provided that (i) such portion is allocated ratably among the Loans comprising such Group and (ii) the portion to which such Notice of Borrowing applies, and the remaining portion to which it does not apply, are each $5,000,000 or any larger multiple of $1,000,000.
(b) Contents of Notice of Extension/Conversion. Each Notice of Extension/ Conversion shall specify:
(i) the Group of Loans (or portion thereof) to which such notice applies;
(ii) the date on which the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be effective, which shall comply with the applicable clause of Section 2.07(a) above;
(iii) if the Loans comprising such Group are to be converted, the new Type of Loans and, if the Loans being converted are to be Eurodollar Loans, the duration of the next succeeding Interest Period applicable thereto; and
(iv) if such Loans are to be continued as Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period, the duration of such additional Interest Period.
Each Interest Period specified in a Notice of Extension/Conversion shall comply with the provisions of the definition of the term Interest Period. If no Notice of Extension/Conversion is timely received prior to the end of an Interest Period for any Group of Eurodollar Loans, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that such Group be converted to Base Rate Loans as of the last day of such Interest Period.
(c) Notification to Lenders. Upon receipt of a Notice of Extension/Conversion from the applicable Borrower pursuant to Section 2.07(a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof.
(d) Limitation on Conversion/Continuation Options. No Borrower shall be entitled to elect to convert any Loans to, or continue any Loans for an additional Interest Period as, Eurodollar Loans if the aggregate principal amount of any Group of Eurodollar Loans created or continued as a result of such election would be less than $5,000,000. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing when any Borrower delivers notice of such election to the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall not be entitled to elect to convert any Eurodollar Loans to, or continue any Eurodollar Loans for an Interest Period as, Eurodollar Loans having an Interest Period in excess of one month.
Section 2.08 Maturity of Loans.
(a) Maturity of Revolving Loans. The Revolving Loans shall mature on the Revolving Termination Date, and any Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding (together with accrued interest thereon and fees in respect thereof) shall be due and payable on such date.
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(b) Scheduled Amortization of Term Loans. Subject to adjustment as a result of
prior payments in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the U.S. Borrower shall repay, and there shall become due and payable (together with accrued interest thereon), on each Principal Amortization Payment Date falling in each month listed
below the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche 12 Term Loans indicated opposite such month:
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June 2015 |
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December 2015 |
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March 2016 |
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June 2016 |
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September 2016 |
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Any remaining unpaid principal amount of Tranche
12 Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. The U.S. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Tranche
12 Term Loans funded with respect to the Additional Tranche 12 Term Commitment to
repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders with OriginalTranche 1 Term Loans that are not
Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loans, all Original Term Loans that are not Converted Term Loans on the Amendment
No. 12 Effective Date.
Section 2.09 Prepayments.
(a) Voluntary Prepayment of Revolving Loans and Term Loans. Each Borrower shall have the right
voluntarily to prepay Revolving Loans and Term Loans, as applicable, in whole or in part from time to time, subject to Section 3.05 and Section 2.09(g) but otherwise without premium or penalty; provided,
however, that each partial prepayment of Revolving Loans and Term Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each payment pursuant to this Section shall be applied as set
forth in Section 2.09(e). For the avoidance of doubt, all Original Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and Borrower shall repay on the Amendment
No. 12 Effective Date all outstanding Original Revolving Loans and Original Swing Line Loans.
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(b) Swing Line Loans. Each Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 P.M. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by any Borrower, such Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(c) Mandatory Prepayments.
(i) Revolving Committed Amount. If on any date the aggregate Revolving Outstandings exceed the Revolving Committed Amount, the applicable Borrower shall repay, and there shall become due and payable (together with accrued interest thereon), on such date an aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans equal to such excess. If the outstanding Swing Line Loans have been repaid in full, the applicable Borrower shall prepay, and there shall become due and payable (together with accrued interest thereon), Revolving Loans in such amounts as are necessary so that, after giving effect to the repayment of the Swing Line Loans and the repayment of Revolving Loans, the aggregate Revolving Outstandings do not exceed the Revolving Committed Amount. If the outstanding Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans have been repaid in full, the applicable Borrower shall Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations so that, after giving effect to the repayment of Swing Line Loans and Revolving Loans and the Cash Collateralization of L/C Obligations pursuant to this subsection (i), the aggregate Revolving Outstandings do not exceed the Revolving Committed Amount. In determining the aggregate Revolving Outstandings for purposes of this Agreement, L/C Obligations shall be reduced to the extent that they are Cash Collateralized as contemplated by this subsection (i). Each prepayment of Revolving Loans required pursuant to this subsection (i) shall be applied ratably among outstanding Revolving Loans based on the respective amounts of principal then outstanding. Each Cash Collateralization of L/C Obligations required by this subsection (i) shall be applied ratably among L/C Obligations based on the respective amounts thereof then outstanding.
(ii) Excess Cash Flow. Within 90 days after the end of each Excess Cash Flow Period, the U.S. Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to (A) the Applicable ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period minus (B) the aggregate amount of all voluntary prepayments during such Excess Cash Flow Period of principal of the Term Loans, the Incremental Term Loans, the Other Term Loans, the Revolving Loans, the Incremental Revolving Loans, the Other Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans in each case that are not funded with the proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (but in the case of voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans, only to the extent the Revolving Commitments, Other Revolving Commitments, the Incremental Revolving Loans, as applicable, are permanently reduced). As used in this Section 2.09(c)(ii), the term Applicable ECF Percentage for any Excess Cash Flow Period means 50%; provided that the Applicable ECF Percentage shall be (i) reduced to 25% if the Total Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is equal to or less than 2.25 to 1.00 and greater than 1.25 to 1.00 and (iii) reduced to 0% if the Total Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is equal to or less than 1.25 to 1.00, in each case at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period.
(iii) Asset Dispositions, Casualties and Condemnations, etc. Within one Business Day after receipt by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Disposition (other than any Asset Disposition permitted under Section 7.03 (other than clause (a)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) or (xxi))), Casualty or Condemnation (excluding Net Cash Proceeds to the extent and so long as they (i) were received with respect to the Womens Health Disposition or (ii) constitute
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Reinvestment Funds), the U.S. Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid) the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation; provided that no such prepayment caused by the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Disposition shall be required to the extent that the sum of such Net Cash Proceeds and all other Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Dispositions (other than any Asset Disposition permitted under Section 7.03 (other than clause (a)(xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) or (xxi))) occurring after the Closing Date and during the same fiscal year does not exceed $20,000,000 (it being understood that a prepayment shall only be required of such excess).
(iv) Debt Issuances. Within one Business Day after receipt by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds from any Debt Issuance (other than any Debt Issuance permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of this Agreement), the U.S. Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid) the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Debt Issuance.
(v) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.09(c) shall be applied as follows:
(A) with respect to all amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(i) or in respect of an Other Revolving Loan pursuant to an analogous provision in any Refinancing Amendment, first to Swing Line Loans, second to Revolving Loans and any Other Revolving Loans, as applicable, and third to Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations; and
(B) with respect to all amounts paid by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(ii), (iii) or (iv), except as may be otherwise specified in any Refinancing Amendment or Increase Joinder, as applicable (with respect to any Other Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, subject to such Refinancing Amendment or Increase Joinder, as applicable; provided that such Refinancing Amendment or Increase Joinder, as applicable, shall not provide for better than pro rata treatment for such Other Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, with respect of each other Class of Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and Other Term Loans), ratably to the remaining Principal Amortization Payments; provided that, in the case of Section 2.09(c)(iii), at the U.S. Borrowers option, the U.S. Borrower may apply a portion of such amounts to prepay outstanding Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(s) to the extent (x) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Loans and (y) a mandatory prepayment in respect of such Asset Disposition, Casualty or Condemnation is required under the terms of such other Indebtedness, in which case, the amount of prepayment required to be made with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(iii) shall be deemed to be the amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans required to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(iii) and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such outstanding Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(s) and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans required to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(iii).
(vi) Payments Cumulative. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.09, payments required under any subsection or clause of this Section 2.09 are in addition to payments made or required under any other subsection or clause of this Section 2.09.
(d) Notice of Mandatory Prepayment Events. The U.S. Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give to the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders, at least one Business Days prior written or telecopy notice of each and every prepayment required under Section 2.09(c)(ii) through (iv), including the amount of Net Cash Proceeds expected to be received therefrom and the expected schedule for receiving such proceeds.
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(e) Notices of Prepayments. Other than as specified in subsection (d) above,
the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent, in the case of any Revolving Loan which is a Base Rate Loan, by 11:00 A.M. on the date of any voluntary prepayment hereunder and, in the case of any other Loan, by 11:00 A.M., at least
three Business Days prior to the date of voluntary prepayment in the case of Eurodollar Loans and at least one Business Day prior to the date of voluntary prepayment in the case of Base Rate Loans (except that with respect to Term Loans to be
prepaid on the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date, no such notice shall be required). Each notice of prepayment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
S and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount to be prepaid, whether the Loan to be prepaid is a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan, whether the Loan to be prepaid is a Eurodollar Loan or a Base Rate Loan and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Loan, the Interest Period of such Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lenders pro rata share, if any, thereof. Once such notice is given by a
Borrower, such Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable as specified therein. Subject to the foregoing, amounts prepaid under Section 2.09(a) shall be applied as the
applicable Borrower may elect; provided that if such Borrower fails to specify the application of a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans, then, except as may be otherwise specified in any Refinancing Amendment, such prepayments shall be applied
ratably to the remaining Principal Amortization Payments. Amounts prepaid under Section 2.09(c) shall be applied as set forth therein. All prepayments of Eurodollar Loans under this Section 2.09 shall be accompanied by
accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of payment, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
(f) Rejected Payments. In the event of any prepayment of any Term Loans of any Term Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(ii), (c)(iii) or (c)(iv) (an Applicable Prepayment), such Lender may reject all, but not less than all, of its share of such Applicable Prepayment by written notice (each, a Rejection Notice) to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 P.M. (New York time) one Business Day after the date of such Term Lenders receipt of notice of such Applicable Prepayment as otherwise provided herein (the Rejection Deadline). If a Term Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent at or prior to the Rejection Deadline, such Term Lender will be deemed to have accepted its share of the Applicable Prepayment. The aggregate portion of such Applicable Prepayment that is rejected by Term Lenders pursuant to Rejection Notices shall be referred to as the Rejected Amount. The Rejected Amount may be used by the U.S. Borrower in any manner not prohibited by the Loan Documents.
(g) Prepayment Premium. In the event that, on or prior to the date that is six months
following the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date, the U.S. Borrower (x) makes any prepayment of Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction, or (y) effects any amendment of this Agreement
resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the U.S. Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each applicable Term Lender, (I) in the case of clause (x), a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of the Term Loans
being prepaid and (II) in the case of clause (y), a payment equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment.
Section 2.10 Adjustment of Commitments.
(a) Optional Termination or Reduction of Commitments (Pro rata). Each Borrower may from time to time permanently reduce or terminate the Revolving Committed Amount, as applicable, in whole or in part (in minimum aggregate amounts of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the full remaining amount of the then applicable Revolving Committed Amount))
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upon five Business Days prior written or telecopy notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice may be conditional on the receipt of other financing to the extent specified in such notice); provided, however, that no such termination or reduction shall be made which would cause the Revolving Outstandings to exceed the Revolving Committed Amount as so reduced, unless, concurrently with such termination or reduction, the Revolving Loans are repaid (and, after the Revolving Loans have been paid in full, the Swing Line Loans are repaid and, after the Swing Line Loans have been paid in full, the L/C Obligations are Cash Collateralized) to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender of the receipt by the Administrative Agent of any notice from a Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.10(a). Any partial reduction of the Revolving Committed Amount pursuant to this Section 2.10(a) shall be applied to the Revolving Commitments of the Lenders pro rata based upon their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages. The applicable Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11, on the date of each termination or reduction of the Revolving Committed Amount, any fees accrued through the date of such termination or reduction on the amount of the Revolving Committed Amount so terminated or reduced.
(b) Termination. The Revolving Commitments and the related L/C Commitments of the relevant L/C Issuers shall terminate automatically on the Revolving Termination Date. The Swing Line Commitment of the Swing Line Lender shall terminate automatically on the Swing Line Termination Date. The Term Commitments shall terminate automatically immediately after the making of the Term Loans on the Closing Date.
(c) General. The applicable Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.10, on the date of each termination or reduction of the Revolving Committed Amount, the Commitment Fee accrued through the date of such termination or reduction on the amount of the Revolving Committed Amount so terminated or reduced.
Section 2.11 Fees.
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender (other than a
Defaulting Lender) a fee (the Commitment Fee) on such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the daily Unused Revolving Committed Amount, computed at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage.
The Commitment Fee shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall be due and payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (and on any date that the Revolving Committed Amount is reduced as provided
in Section 2.10(a) and on the Revolving Termination Date) for the period ending on each such date; provided that the first such payment shall be due on September 30, 2012. The U.S. Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid
Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees (as defined below) with respect to the Original Revolving Commitments through the Amendment
No. 12 Effective Date on the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date.
(b) Letter of Credit Fees.
(i) Letter of Credit Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender a fee (the Letter of Credit Fee) on such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the average daily maximum amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit) computed at a per annum rate for each day from the date of issuance to the date of expiration equal to the Applicable Margin for Letter of Credit Fees in effect from time to time; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer
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pursuant to Section 2.05 shall instead be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account. The Letter of Credit Fee will be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first of such dates to occur after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, and on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. The U.S. Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to this clause 2.11(b)(i) with respect to the Original Revolving Commitments through the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
(ii) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to the L/C Issuer. The applicable Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at a rate that has been separately agreed to between such Borrower and such L/C Issuer, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on last Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, and on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.
(iii) L/C Issuer Fees. In addition to the Letter of Credit Fee payable pursuant to clause (i) above and any fronting fees
payable pursuant to clause (ii) above, the applicable Borrower promises to pay to the L/C Issuer for its own account without sharing by the other Lenders the letter of credit fronting and negotiation fees agreed to by such Borrower and the L/C
Issuer from time to time and the customary charges from time to time of the L/C Issuer with respect to the issuance, amendment, transfer, administration, cancellation and conversion of, and drawings under, such Letters of Credit (collectively, the
L/C Issuer Fees). L/C Issuer Fees are due when earned and payable on demand and are nonrefundable. The U.S. Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to clauses 2.11(b)(i)-(iii) with respect to the
Original Revolving Commitments through the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
(c) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever. The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever except as otherwise agreed.
Section 2.12 Pro rata Treatment. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein:
(a) Loans. Each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of or interest on any Loan, each payment of fees (other than the L/C Issuer Fees retained by an L/C Issuer for its own account, and the administrative fees retained by the Agents for their own account), each reduction of the Revolving Committed Amount and each conversion or continuation of any Loan, shall be allocated pro rata among the relevant Lenders in accordance with the respective Revolving Commitment Percentages, Term Commitment Percentages, Other Revolving Commitment Percentage, Other Term Commitment Percentage, Incremental Revolving Commitment Percentage and Incremental Term Loan Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of such Lenders (or, if the Commitments of such Lenders have expired or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal amounts of the outstanding Loans of the applicable Class and Participation Interests of such Lenders); provided that, in the event any amount paid to any Lender pursuant to this
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subsection (a) is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so paid to such Lender, with interest for the period commencing on the date such payment is returned by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent receives such repayment at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(b) Letters of Credit. Each payment of L/C Obligations shall be allocated to each Revolving Lender pro rata in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage; provided that, if any Revolving Lender shall have failed to pay its applicable pro rata share of any L/C Disbursement as required under Section 2.05(e)(iv) or (vi), then any amount to which such Revolving Lender would otherwise be entitled pursuant to this subsection (b) shall instead be payable to the L/C Issuer.
Section 2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it or of its Participation Interests in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lenders receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or such Participation Interests and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (i) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (ii) purchase (for cash at face value) participation in the Loans and subparticipations in the Participation Interests in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing thereon; provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the applicable Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender and including payments made pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.05 or 2.16, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in Participation Interests in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to Parent or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party 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 Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
Section 2.14 Payments Generally; Administrative Agents Clawback.
(a) Payments by the Applicable Borrower. All payments to be made by any Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Each payment of principal of and interest on Loans, L/C Obligations and fees hereunder (other than fees payable directly to the L/C Issuer) shall be paid not later than 3:00 P.M. on the date when due, in Dollars and in
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Federal or other funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent at the account designated by it by notice to the applicable Borrower. Payments received after 3:00 P.M. shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day, and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. The Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, distribute such payments to the applicable Lending Offices of the applicable Lenders on the date of receipt thereof, if such payment is received prior to 3:00 P.M.; otherwise the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, distribute such payment to the applicable Lending Offices of the applicable Lenders on the date of receipt thereof or on the immediately succeeding Business Day. Whenever any payment hereunder shall be due on a day which is not a Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be), unless (in the case of Eurodollar Loans) such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment thereof shall be the next preceding Business Day. If the date for any payment of principal is extended by operation of Law or otherwise, interest thereon shall be payable for such extended time.
(b) Presumption by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice (which may be by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) from the applicable Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the applicable Lenders or any L/C Issuer 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 applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuer, 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 applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the applicable Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds promptly (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to purchase Participation Interests in the Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make a Loan required to be made by it as part of any Borrowing hereunder or to fund a Participation Interest shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make any Loan on the date of such Borrowing or fund any such Participation Interest, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on such date of Borrowing or fund its Participation Interest.
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(f) Computations. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case
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may be, and actual days elapsed. All computations of Commitment Fees and other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which Loan is made (or converted or continued), and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made (or continued or converted) shall, subject to subsection (a) above, bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Section 2.15 Increase in Commitments.
(a) Increase in Commitments. A Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to add one or more incremental
term loan facilities hereunder (each, an Incremental Term Facility; the commitments thereunder are referred to as Incremental Term Loan Commitments and loans pursuant thereto Incremental Term
Loans) and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Facility (any such increase, an Incremental Revolving Increase; the commitments thereunder are referred to as Incremental Revolving Commitments
and loans pursuant thereto Incremental Revolving Loans); the Incremental Term Facilities and the Incremental Revolving Increases are collectively referred to as Incremental Facilities); provided that the
(1) total aggregate amount for all such Incremental Facilities (assuming, for the purposes of determining each of clauses (A) and (B), in the case of any Incremental Revolving Increase, the full amount thereof is drawn) shall not (as of
any date of incurrence thereof) exceed the sum of (A) $200,000,000 and (B) an amount such that at the time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less
than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 and (2) the total aggregate amount for each Incremental Facility shall not be less than a minimum principal amount of $25,000,000 or, if less, the remaining amount permitted pursuant to the foregoing clause (1).
Each such notice shall specify (x) the date (each, an Increase Effective Date) on which such Borrower proposes that the Incremental Facility shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the
date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (y) the identity of each Eligible Assignee to whom such Borrower proposes any portion of such Incremental Facility be allocated and the amounts of such allocations;
provided that any existing Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the Incremental Facility may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such portion of the Incremental
Facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice shall be required in connection with the Incremental Facilities provided pursuant to Amendment No. 2.
(b) Conditions. The Incremental Facilities shall become effective, as of such Increase Effective Date; provided that:
(i) each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(a) shall be satisfied;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the Borrowings to be made on the Increase Effective Date;
(iii) after giving effect to the making of any Loans pursuant to any Incremental Facilities, Parent shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.10 on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c); and
(iv) Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered a certificate of a Responsible Officer demonstrating compliance with the foregoing conditions and in connection with any such transaction.
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(c) Terms of Incremental Facilities. The terms and provisions of the Incremental Facilities shall be as follows:
(i) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Loans shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the existing Term Loans and the maturity date of Incremental Term Loans shall not be earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date;
(ii) in the case of an Incremental Revolving Increase, the maturity date of such Incremental Revolving Increase shall be the Revolving Maturity Date, such Incremental Revolving Increase shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction (except as provided herein for all Revolving Commitments) and the Incremental Revolving Increase shall be on the exact same terms (other than pricing, as set forth in the Increase Joinder) and pursuant to the exact same documentation applicable to the existing Revolving Commitments (and Revolving Loans);
(iii) the Applicable Margins for the Incremental Loans shall be determined by the applicable Borrower and the Lenders of the Incremental Loans; provided that in the event that the Applicable Margins (or similar measure of interest margin) for any Incremental Loans are more than 0.50% per annum greater than the Applicable Margins for the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, then the Applicable Margins for the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Applicable Margins (or similar measure of interest margin) for the Incremental Loans are equal to the Applicable Margins for the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, plus 0.50% per annum; provided, further, that in determining the Applicable Margins applicable to the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, and the Incremental Loans, (x) original issue discount (OID) or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by such Borrower to the Lenders of the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, or the Incremental Loans at the closing thereof or in the primary syndication thereof shall be included (with OID being equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity), (y) if the Incremental Loans include an interest rate floor greater than the applicable interest rate floor under the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, such differential between interest rate floors shall be equated to the Applicable Margin for purposes of determining whether an increase to the Applicable Margin under the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, shall be required and (z) customary arrangement, commitment or underwriting fees payable to the arranger (or its Affiliates) in such capacity in connection with the Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as applicable, or to one or more arrangers (or their Affiliates) in such capacity of the Incremental Loans shall be excluded; and
(iv) any Incremental Term Loans, for purposes of prepayments, shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Term Loans and shall otherwise be on terms and pursuant to documentation as set forth in the Increase Joinder; provided that, to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the existing Term Loans (except to the extent permitted by clause (i) or (ii) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. No Incremental Revolving Loan shall mature prior to the Revolving Termination Date.
The Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Revolving Commitments shall be effected by a joinder agreement (the Increase Joinder) executed by the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender making such Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Commitment, as applicable, in form attached hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to each of them. The Increase Joinder may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to
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this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15. In addition, unless otherwise specifically provided herein or in the Increase Joinder, all references in Loan Documents to Term Loans shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include references to Incremental Term Loans and unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all references in Loan Documents to Revolving Loans shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include references to Incremental Revolving Loans and Incremental Revolving Commitments, respectively.
(d) Incremental Revolving Increases. On any Increase Effective Date on which an Incremental Revolving Increase is effective, the participations held by the Revolving Lenders in the L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans immediately prior to such increase will be reallocated so as to be held by the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages after giving effect to such Incremental Revolving Increase. If, on the date of an Incremental Revolving Increase, there are any Revolving Loans outstanding, the applicable Borrower shall prepay such Revolving Loans in accordance with this Agreement on the date of effectiveness of such Incremental Revolving Increase (but such Borrower may finance such prepayment with a concurrent borrowing of Revolving Loans from the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages after giving effect to such Incremental Revolving Increase).
(e) Making of New Term Loans. On any Increase Effective Date on which an Incremental Term Facility is effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, each Lender holding Incremental Term Commitments shall make an Incremental Term Loan to the applicable Borrower in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Commitment.
(f) Equal and Ratable Benefit. The Loans and Commitments established pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute Loans and Commitments under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the Guaranty Agreement and security interests created by the Collateral Documents. The Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that the Lien and security interests granted by the Collateral Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to the establishment of any such Class of Loans or any such new Commitments.
Section 2.16 Cash Collateral.
(a) Obligation to Cash Collateralize. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer (i) if the applicable L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Disbursement or (ii) if, as of the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding or there are any L/C Borrowings outstanding or there are any outstanding Letters of Credit, or as otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 2.09(c), Section 2.17 or Section 8.02, the applicable Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Bank (in each case, with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the applicable Borrower shall Cash Collateralize all Fronting Exposure of such L/C Issuer or Swing Line Bank, as applicable, with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount with respect thereto.
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(b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at the Collateral Agent. Each Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the applicable L/C Issuers and the applicable Lenders (including the applicable Swing Line Lenders), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c). If at any time the Collateral Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Collateral Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, or, if applicable, the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the applicable Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Collateral Agent, pay or provide to the Collateral Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or Sections 2.05, 2.09(c), 2.17, 8.02 or otherwise in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.
(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.06(b)) or (ii) the determination by the Collateral Agent that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise or received by the Administrative Agent from such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08) shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder;
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SECOND, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder;
THIRD, to Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.16;
FOURTH, as the applicable Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent;
FIFTH, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lenders potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.16;
SIXTH, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the applicable L/C Issuer or applicable Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the applicable L/C Issuer or applicable Swing Line Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement;
SEVENTH, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the applicable Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the such Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and
EIGHTH, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction;
provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, such Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. (x) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee payable pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and no Borrower shall be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such Defaulting Lender) and (y) each Defaulting Lender shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.11(b).
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(iv) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the applicable Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, such Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the sum of, without duplication, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any non-Defaulting Lender, plus such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time, plus such Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time to exceed such Lenders Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from such 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.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer agree in writing that a Defaulting Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.17), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the applicable Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c) New Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit. So long as any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) no Swing Line Lender shall be required to fund any Swing Line Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swing Line Loan and (ii) no L/C Issuer shall be required to issue, extend or amend any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
Section 2.18 Refinancing Amendments.
(a) At any time after the Closing Date, a Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Eligible Assignee, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of (a) all or any portion of the Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (a) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Term Loans) or (b) all or any portion of the Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments) and Incremental Revolving Loans (or unused Incremental Revolving Commitments) under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (b) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Revolving Loans and Other Revolving Commitments), in the form of (x) Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments or (y) Other Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, in each case pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness will rank pari passu in right of payment and of
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security with the other Loans and Commitments hereunder. The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsels form of opinion and such other changes as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent). Each Class of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this Section 2.18 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) (A) not less than $25,000,000 in the case of Other Term Loans or $10,000,000 in the case of Other Revolving Loans and (B) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or (y) such other amount as shall represent a refinancing of a Class of Loans in its entirety. Any Refinancing Amendment may, with the consent of the applicable L/C Issuers and Swing Line Lender, provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower, or the provision to such Borrower of Swing Line Loans, pursuant to any Other Revolving Commitments established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under the Revolving Commitments. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Commitments and/or Other Term Commitments). Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and each applicable Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each L/C Issuer, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Revolving Termination Date shall be reallocated from Lenders holding Revolving Commitments to Lenders holding extended revolving commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such Participation Interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Other Revolving Commitments, be deemed to be Participation Interests in respect of such Other Revolving Commitments and the terms of such Participation Interests (including, without limitation, the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.
(b) This Section 2.18 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.12 or Section 10.01 to the contrary.
Section 2.19 Discounted Prepayments. Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may prepay the outstanding Term Loans on the following basis:
(a) Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall have the right to make a voluntary prepayment of any Term Loans at a discount to par (such prepayment, a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment) pursuant to an Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers or Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, in each case made in accordance with this Section 2.19; provided that (i) Parent shall not make any Borrowing of Revolving Loans to fund any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, (ii) any Term Loans purchased are immediately cancelled, (iii) Parent or any Subsidiary, as applicable, does not have any material non-public information (MNPI) with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that (a) has not been disclosed to the Lenders (other than Lenders that do not wish to receive MNPI with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) prior to such time and (b) could reasonably be expected to have a
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material effect upon, or otherwise be material to a Lenders decision to participate in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, and (iv) as of the date Parent or its Subsidiary provides a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) (i) Subject to the proviso to subsection (a) above, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may from time to time offer to make an Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment by providing the Auction Agent with three (3) Business Days notice in the form of a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice; provided that (w) any such offer shall be made available, at the sole discretion of Parent or its Subsidiary, to each Term Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual Class basis, (x) any such offer shall specify the aggregate principal amount offered to be prepaid (the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount) with respect to each applicable Class, the Class or Classes of Term Loans subject to such offer and the specific percentage discount to par (the Specified Discount) of such Term Loans to be prepaid (it being understood that different Specified Discounts and/or Specified Discount Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different Classes of Term Loans and, in such an event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (y) the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $100,000 in excess thereof and (z) each such offer shall remain outstanding through the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each relevant Term Lender with a copy of such Specified Discount Prepayment Notice and a form of the Specified Discount Prepayment Response to be completed and returned by each such Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Term Lenders (the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date).
(ii) Each relevant Term Lender receiving such offer shall notify the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date whether or not it agrees to accept a prepayment of any of its relevant then outstanding Term Loans at the Specified Discount and, if so (such accepting Term Lender, a Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender), the amount and the Class or Classes of such Lenders Term Loans to be prepaid at such offered discount. Each acceptance of a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by a Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender shall be irrevocable. Any Term Lender whose Specified Discount Prepayment Response is not received by the Auction Agent by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept the applicable Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment.
(iii) If there is at least one Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender, Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, will make prepayment of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (b) to each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender in accordance with the respective outstanding amount and Class of Term Loans specified in such Lenders Specified Discount Prepayment Response given pursuant to subsection (ii); provided that, if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans accepted for prepayment by all Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders exceeds the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount, such prepayment shall be made pro rata among the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts accepted to be prepaid by each such Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the Specified Discount Proration). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three (3) Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, notify (x)
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the applicable Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, of the respective Term Lenders responses to such offer, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the Classes to be prepaid, (y) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, and the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date and (z) each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender of the Specified Discount Proration, if any, and confirmation of the principal amount and Class of Term Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to Parent or its Subsidiary shall be due and payable by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (f) below (subject to subsection (j) below).
(c) (i) Subject to the proviso to subsection (a) above, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may from time to time solicit Discount Range Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with three (3) Business Days notice in the form of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice; provided that (w) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, to each Term Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual Class basis, (x) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term Loans (the Discount Range Prepayment Amount), the Class or Classes of Term Loans subject to such offer and the maximum and minimum percentage discounts to par (the Discount Range) of the principal amount of such Term Loans with respect to each relevant Class of Term Loans willing to be prepaid by Parent or its Subsidiary (it being understood that different Discount Ranges and/or Discount Range Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different Classes of Term Loans and, in such an event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (y) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $100,000 in excess thereof and (z) each such solicitation by Parent or its Subsidiaries shall remain outstanding through the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each relevant Term Lender with a copy of such Discount Range Prepayment Notice and a form of the Discount Range Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding relevant Term Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Term Lenders (the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date). Each relevant Term Lenders Discount Range Prepayment Offer shall be irrevocable and shall specify a discount to par within the Discount Range (the Submitted Discount) at which such Term Lender is willing to allow prepayment of any or all of its then outstanding Term Loans of the applicable Class or Classes and the maximum aggregate principal amount and Classes of such Lenders Term Loans (the Submitted Amount) such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Submitted Discount. Any Term Lender whose Discount Range Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount to their par value within the Discount Range.
(ii) Auction Agent shall review all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received on or before the applicable Discount Range Prepayment Response Date and shall determine (in consultation with Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the Applicable Discount and Term Loans to be prepaid at such Applicable Discount in accordance with this subsection (c). Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, agrees to accept on the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date all
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Discount Range Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, in the order from the Submitted Discount that is the largest discount to par to the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par, up to and including the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range (such Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range being referred to as the Applicable Discount) which yields a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lower of (x) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount and (y) the sum of all Submitted Amounts. Each Term Lender that has submitted a Discount Range Prepayment Offer to accept prepayment at a discount to par that is larger than or equal to the Applicable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Submitted Amount (subject to any required proration pursuant to the following subsection (iii)) at the Applicable Discount (each such Lender, a Participating Lender).
(iii) If there is at least one Participating Lender, Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, will prepay the respective outstanding Term Loans of each Participating Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the Classes specified in such Lenders Discount Range Prepayment Offer at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the Submitted Amount by all Participating Lenders offered at a discount to par greater than the Applicable Discount exceeds the Discounted Range Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the relevant Term Loans for those Participating Lenders whose Submitted Discount is a discount to par greater than or equal to the Applicable Discount (the Identified Participating Lenders) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Participating Lenders in accordance with the Submitted Amount of each such Identified Participating Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with the applicable Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the Discount Range Proration). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within five (5) Business Days following the Discounted Range Prepayment Response Date, notify (w) Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, of the respective Term Lenders responses to such solicitation, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount of the Discount Term Loan Prepayment and the Classes to be prepaid, (x) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount and Classes of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (y) each Participating Lender of the aggregate principal amount and Classes of such Lender to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, and (z) if applicable, each Identified Participating Lender of the Discount Range Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be due and payable by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (f) below (subject to subsection (j) below).
(d) (i) Subject to the proviso to subsection (a) above, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may from time to time solicit Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with three (3) Business Days notice in the form of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice; provided that (w) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, to each Term Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual Class basis, (x) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans (the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount) and the Class or Classes of Term Loans Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, is willing to prepay at a discount (it being understood that different Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect
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to different Classes of Term Loans and, in such an event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (y) the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000 in excess thereof and (z) each such solicitation by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall remain outstanding through the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each relevant Term Lender with a copy of such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice and a form of the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Term Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 P.M., New York time on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Term Lenders (the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date). Each Term Lenders Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer shall (x) be irrevocable, (y) remain outstanding until the Acceptance Date, and (z) specify both a discount to par (the Offered Discount) at which such Term Lender is willing to allow prepayment of its then outstanding Term Loan and the maximum aggregate principal amount and Classes of such Term Loans (the Offered Amount) such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Offered Discount. Any Term Lender whose Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount.
(ii) The Auction Agent shall promptly provide Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, with a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received on or before the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall review all such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers and select the largest of the Offered Discounts specified by the relevant responding Term Lenders in the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers that is acceptable to Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, (the Acceptable Discount), if any. If Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable elects to accept any Offered Discount as the Acceptable Discount, then as soon as practicable after the determination of the Acceptable Discount, but in no event later than by the third Business Day after the date of receipt by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, from the Auction Agent of a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection (ii) (the Acceptance Date), Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall submit an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice to the Auction Agent setting forth the Acceptable Discount. If the Auction Agent shall fail to receive an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice from Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, by the Acceptance Date, Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be deemed to have rejected all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(iii) Based upon the Acceptable Discount and the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice (the Discounted Prepayment Determination Date), the Auction Agent will determine (in consultation with Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of Term Loans (the Acceptable Prepayment Amount) to be prepaid by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, at the Acceptable Discount in accordance with this Section 2.19(d). If Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, elects to accept any Acceptable Discount, then Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, agrees to accept all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, in the order from largest Offered Discount to smallest Offered Discount, up to and including the Acceptable Discount. Each Term Lender that has submitted a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer with an Offered Discount that is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to
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prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Offered Amount (subject to any required pro rata reduction pursuant to the following sentence) at the Acceptable Discount (each such Lender, a Qualifying Lender). Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, will prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this subsection (d) to each Qualifying Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the Classes specified in such Lenders Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer at the Acceptable Discount; provided that if the aggregate Offered Amount by all Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount exceeds the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the Term Loans for those Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount (the Identified Qualifying Lenders) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Qualifying Lenders in accordance with the Offered Amount of each such Identified Qualifying Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the Solicited Discount Proration). On or prior to the Discounted Prepayment Determination Date, the Auction Agent shall promptly notify (w) Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and Acceptable Prepayment Amount comprising the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the Classes to be prepaid, (x) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Acceptable Discount, and the Acceptable Prepayment Amount of all Term Loans and the Classes to be prepaid to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (y) each Qualifying Lender of the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of such Lender to be prepaid at the Acceptable Discount on such date, and (z) if applicable, each Identified Qualifying Lender of the Solicited Discount Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be due and payable by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (f) below (subject to subsection (j) below).
(e) In connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, Parent and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may require as a condition to any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the payment of customary fees and expenses by the U.S. Borrower in connection therewith.
(f) If any Term Loan is prepaid in accordance with paragraphs (b) through (d) above, Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall prepay such Term Loans on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable shall make such prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, at the Administrative Agents Office in the applicable currency and in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York time) on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The Term Loans so prepaid shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid up to, but not including, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. Each prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall be paid to the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, Identified Participating Lenders, Qualifying Lenders or Identified Qualifying Lenders, as applicable. The aggregate principal amount of the Classes and installments of the relevant Term Loans outstanding shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the Classes of Term Loans prepaid on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment.
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(g) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Term Loan Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent, with the provisions in this Section 2.19, established by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable.
(h) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 2.19, each notice or other communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon Auction Agents (or its delegates) actual receipt during normal business hours of such notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as of the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(i) Each of the Borrower and the Term Lenders acknowledges and agrees that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this Section 2.19 by itself or through any Affiliate of the Auction Agent and expressly consents to any such delegation of duties by the Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment provided for in this Section 2.19 as well as activities of the Auction Agent.
(j) Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have the right, by written notice to the Auction Agent, to revoke in full (but not in part) its offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and rescind the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice therefor (A) at its discretion at any time on or prior to the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, Discount Range Prepayment Response Date or Solicited Discount Prepayment Response Date, as applicable or (B) if, as of such time, any condition set forth in Section 2.19(a) ceases to be met prior to the making of such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and, in each case, such offer is revoked pursuant to the preceding clauses (A) or (B), any failure by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, to make any prepayment to a Term Lender, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 8.01 or otherwise.
ARTICLE III.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Taxes, unless otherwise required by law. If any applicable withholding agent shall be required by law to withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Lender Party or any Agent, (i) the applicable withholding agent shall make all such deductions, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, and (iii) to the extent the deduction is on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the amounts so payable by the applicable Loan Party to the Agent of Lender Party shall be increased as may be necessary so that, after such withholding agent has made all required deductions of Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01), such Lender Party or such Agent, as the case may be, shall have received an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.
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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by each Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, each Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Evidence of Payments. Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, 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.
(d) Indemnification by each Borrower. Each Borrower shall indemnify each Agent and each Lender Party for and hold them harmless against the full amount of Indemnified Taxes payable in connection with any payments made by or on account of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01), and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. This indemnification shall be made within 10 days after written demand therefor. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the applicable Borrower by a Lender Party (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by an Agent on its own behalf, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Treatment of Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund (in cash or as an offset against other Taxes otherwise due and payable) of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to the applicable Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amount paid, by the Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party, attributable to such refund and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the applicable Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party is required to repay such amount to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.
(f) Status of Lenders.
(i) Each Lender Party that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of any applicable withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. Each Lender Party shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation (including any specific documents required below in this Section 3.01(f)) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material
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respect, deliver promptly to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its inability to do so.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing any Lender Party shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender Party becomes a party hereto, two duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) in the case of a Lender Party that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender Party is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding; and
(B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to such tax treaty;
(C) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming an exemption from U.S. federal income Taxes for income that is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F (any such certificate, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate) and (y) IRS Form W-8BEN;
(E) to the extent that a Non-U.S. Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership or participating Lender), IRS Form W-8IMY of the Non-U.S. Lender, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner that would be required under this Section 3.01(f) if such beneficial owner were a Lender, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership (and not a participant Lender) and one or more beneficial owners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of such beneficial owners; or
(F) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Taxes, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent to reasonably determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(iii) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed under FATCA if the 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 Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower at the time or times prescribed by law, and at such other time or times reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the U.S. Borrower, the 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 Administrative Agent or the U.S. Borrower as may be necessary for the Administrative Agent or the U.S. Borrower to comply with its obligations under FATCA and to determine whether the Lender has complied with the Lender obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from the payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (iii), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.01(f), a Lender Party shall not be required to deliver any form or other documentation that such Lender Party is not legally eligible to deliver.
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Section 3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the applicable Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the applicable Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
Section 3.03 Inability To Determine Rates. If on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period; or
(ii) Lenders having 50% or more of the aggregate amount of the Commitments advise the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding their Eurodollar Loans for such Interest Period;
the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon, until the Administrative Agent notifies such Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to
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such suspension no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Loans, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Loans, shall be suspended and (ii) each outstanding Eurodollar Loan shall be converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto. Unless such Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 P.M. on the Business Day of the date of any Eurodollar Loan for which a Notice of Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, such Borrowing shall instead be made as a Base Rate Borrowing in the same aggregate amount as the requested Borrowing and shall bear interest for each day from and including the first day to but excluding the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto at the rate applicable to Revolving Base Rate Loans for such day.
Section 3.04 Increased Costs and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy.
(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 held by, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (or its Lending Office) (except any reserve requirement which is reflected in the determination of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate hereunder) or any L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender Party to any Taxes with respect to any Loan Document or any Loan made pursuant to this Agreement (other than Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes indemnified under Section 3.01, and Excluded Taxes); or
(iii) impose on any Lender (or its Lending Office) or L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or Participation Interest therein or any Letter of Credit or Participation Interest therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender, any of its applicable Lending Offices or its holding company or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, regarding capital and liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital for such Lender or its holding company or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by any L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or its holding company or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or its holding companys policies or such L/C Issuers or its holding companys policies, as applicable, with respect to capital and liquidity adequacy), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its holding company or such L/C Issuer or its holding company for any such reduction suffered.
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(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the applicable Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such Borrower shall pay such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate promptly (but in any event within ten days) after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or such L/C Issuers right to demand such compensation; provided that the applicable Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies such Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lenders or such L/C Issuers intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon written demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating such compensation, the applicable Borrower shall promptly (but in any event within ten days) after such demand compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of (a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); (b) any failure by the applicable Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurodollar Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by such Borrower; or (c) any assignment of such Lenders Eurodollar Rate Loans pursuant to Section 3.07(b) on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor, including, in each case, any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such Borrower shall not be obligated to compensate any Lender under this Section for any loss of anticipated profits in respect of any of the foregoing. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by any Borrower to the Lenders under this Section, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (excluding the impact of the proviso set forth in the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate definition) for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with each request for compensation by any Lender the applicable Borrower shall also pay such Lender with respect to each affected Eurodollar Rate Loan customary administrative fees requested by such Lender in an amount not to exceed $250 per such Eurodollar Rate Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall demand, and such Borrower shall not be obliged to make, any funding loss payments pursuant to this Section 3.05 with respect to the payment of accrued interest (i) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date with respect to the Converted Term Loans and (ii) on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date with respect to the Amendment No. 2 Converted Term Loans.
Section 3.06 Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Eurodollar Loans. If (i) the obligation of any Lender to make, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or to, Eurodollar Loans
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has been suspended pursuant to Section 3.02 or (ii) any Lender has demanded compensation under Section 3.04 with respect to its Eurodollar Loans, and in any such case the applicable Borrower shall, by at least five Business Days prior notice to such Lender through the Administrative Agent, have elected that the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall apply to such Lender, then, unless and until such Lender notifies such Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation no longer exist, all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender as (or continued as or converted to) Eurodollar Loans shall instead be Base Rate Loans (on which interest and principal shall be payable contemporaneously with the related Eurodollar Loans of the other Lenders). If such Lender notifies such Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation no longer exist, the principal amount of each such Base Rate Loan shall be converted into a Eurodollar Loan on the first day of the next succeeding Interest Period applicable to the related Eurodollar Loans of the other Lenders.
Section 3.07 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If at any time (i) any Lender requires a Borrower to pay additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, (ii) any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04 or (iii) any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender or L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, at the request of such Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (A) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, and (B) in each case, would not subject such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be. Each Borrower, as applicable, hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If at any time (i) a Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, (ii) any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, (iii) any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, (iv) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or (v) any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, then such Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender (and such Lender shall be obligated) to assign pursuant to Section 10.06(b) (with the processing and recording fee under Section 10.06(b)(iii) to be paid by such Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that:
(A) (i) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement assignee and (ii) such Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);
(B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and funded participations in outstanding L/C Borrowings and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05 and Section 2.09(g)) from the applicable assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal, funded participations and accrued interest and fees) or such Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
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(C) in the case of any such assignment resulting from payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01 or a claim for compensation under Section 3.02 or Section 3.04, such assignment will result in a reduction in such payments or compensation thereafter or, in the case of any such assignment resulting from a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, such assignment will eliminate the need for such notice;
(D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law;
(E) if such Borrower elects to exercise such right with respect to any Lender pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, it shall be obligated to remove or replace, as the case may be, all Lenders that have similar requests then outstanding for compensation pursuant to Section 3.04 or 3.01, who have given notice pursuant to Section 3.02 or whose obligation to make Eurodollar Loans has been similarly suspended; and
(F) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall be deemed to have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
In connection with any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, if any such Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly executed Assignment and Assumption pursuant to Section 10.06(b) reflecting such assignment within five Business Days of the date on which the applicable assignee executes and delivers such Assignment and Assumption to such Defaulting Lender or non-Consenting Lender, then such Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Assumption without any action on the part of such Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender, whereupon such assignment shall become effective upon payment to such Lender of all amounts owing to such Lender under clause (B) above (which amounts shall be calculated by the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error) and compliance with the other applicable requirements pursuant to Section 10.06(b).
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) any Revolving Lender that acts as an L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements satisfactory to such Lender (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer, reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to such outstanding Letter of Credit and (ii) the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 9.07.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise (including any action taken by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section), the circumstances entitling the applicable Borrower to replace such Lender cease to apply.
Section 3.08 Survival. All of each Borrowers obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments and repayment of all other Senior Credit Obligations hereunder.
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ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder on the Closing Date was subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Executed Loan Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) of duly executed counterparts from each party thereto of: (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes (to the extent requested), (iii) the Guaranty Agreement and (iv) the U.S. Security Agreement and (v) the Foreign Collateral Documents.
(b) Organization Documents. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) a copy of the Organization Documents, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State or other applicable Governmental Authority of its respective jurisdiction of organization to the extent applicable; (ii) a certificate as to the good standing (or comparable status) of each Loan Party from such Secretary of State or other applicable Governmental Authority of its respective jurisdiction of organization, as of a recent date; provided that to the extent a certificate of good standing (or comparable status) is not applicable in the jurisdiction of any Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary, such Loan Party shall provide an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (iii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other applicable Responsible Officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that, in the case of the U.S. Borrower and any Domestic Guarantor, the Organization Documents of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing or comparable status from its jurisdiction of organization furnished pursuant to clause (ii) above and remains in full force and effect; (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the Organization Documents as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since the date of the resolutions described in clause (C) below or certifying that such Organization Documents have not been amended since such date, (C) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party and, in the case of the U.S. Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect and are the only resolutions authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents; and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each Responsible Officer executing any Loan Document; and (iv) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other applicable Responsible Officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (iii) above.
(c) Officers Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent on behalf of each Loan Party, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 4.01(f)(i), (g) and (m).
(d) Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion of (i) Cooley LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, (ii) A&L Goodbody, Irish counsel to the Loan Parties, (iii) Arthur Cox, Irish counsel to the Administrative Agent and (iv) Conyers, Dill & Pearman Limited, Bermuda counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender, dated the Closing Date, in the form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(e) Indebtedness. After giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, none of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have outstanding any Indebtedness other than (i) the Loans and Credit Extensions hereunder, (ii) the Indebtedness listed on Schedule 7.01 and (iii) Indebtedness owed to the U.S. Borrower or any Guarantor.
(f) Consummation of the Transactions.
(i) The Acquisition shall have been consummated or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the initial funding of the Loans hereunder, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments, consents or waivers thereto that are material and adverse to the Lenders (it being understood that any decrease in the amount of the consideration to be paid pursuant to the Merger Agreement that is less than or equal to 10% of the total consideration set forth in the Merger Agreement as of the date of the Merger Agreement shall not be deemed material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders).
(ii) The Closing Date shall have occurred on or prior to October 15, 2012.
(iii) Contemporaneously with the initial funding of the Loans hereunder, the Closing Date Refinancing shall have been consummated.
(g) Company Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2011, there shall not have occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect. For the purposes of this clause (g), Company Material Adverse Effect means any change, event, circumstance or occurrence (Effect) that (considered with all other Effects) has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for any Effect resulting from (a) changes in general economic, weather, regulatory or political conditions or changes that affect generally companies in the same or similar industries as the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries, (b) entry into the Merger Agreement or the announcement or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (including effects on the workforce or general labor relations), (c) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, the declaration of any national emergency or war or the occurrence of any other similar calamity or crisis, including acts of terrorism, (d) any change in applicable Law (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or GAAP (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (e) changes in debt or equity markets or (f) actions expressly required to be taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to the express terms of the Merger Agreement, or permitted to be taken pursuant to Section 5.3 therein, except in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a), (c), (d) and (e) to the extent that the same has had or would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate effect on the Acquired Business and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the Acquired Businesss and its Subsidiaries industry.
(h) Perfection of Personal Property Security Interests and Pledges; Search Reports. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) a Perfection Certificate executed by each Loan Party;
(ii) appropriate financing statements (Form UCC-1 or such other financing statements or similar notices as shall be required by local Law) authenticated and authorized for filing under the UCC or other applicable local law of each jurisdiction in
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which the filing of a financing statement or giving of notice may be required, or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to perfect the security interests intended to be created by the Collateral Documents;
(iii) certified copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, Tax and judgment lien searches or equivalent reports or searches within the United States, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which the U.S. Borrower or any Domestic Guarantor is organized or maintains its principal place of business and such other searches within the United States that are required by the Perfection Certificate or that the Collateral Agent deems necessary or appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Collateral Documents (other than Permitted Liens);
(iv) all of the Pledged Collateral, which Pledged Collateral shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, with signatures appropriately guaranteed, accompanied in each case by any required transfer tax stamps, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and
(v) all other filings and recordings of or with respect to the Collateral Documents and of all other actions in each case to the extent required by such Collateral Documents.
(i) Solvency Certificate. On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent a solvency certificate from a Responsible Officer or chief accounting officer of Parent, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto, setting forth the conclusions that, after giving effect to the Transactions and the consummation of all financings contemplated herein, Parent and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) are Solvent.
(j) Insurance Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 6.05 and the applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a standard or New York lenders loss payable endorsement and shall name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Finance Parties, as additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(k) Financial Statements. The Lead Arranger shall have received the financial statements described in Section 5.05(a).
(l) Payment of Fees. All costs, fees and expenses due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid or, contemporaneously with the funding of the Term Loans, will be paid, to the extent invoiced in reasonable detail at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Term Loans or, to the extent permitted hereunder, using the proceeds of Revolving Loans).
(m) Representations and Warranties. On the Closing Date, the representations and warranties made by Parent and the U.S. Borrower in Section 5.01 (other than subclause (A) to clause (ii) and other than clause (iii)), Section 5.02 (other than subclause (y)(ii)), 5.04, 5.13, 5.18,
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5.19, 5.20 and 5.21 as they relate to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such time and the representations made by the Acquired Business with respect to the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries in the Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders (but only to the extent that the U.S. Borrower has the right to terminate its obligations under the Merger Agreement as a result of such representations in such Merger Agreement not being true and correct in all material respects), shall be true and correct in all material respects.
(n) Patriot Act. At least five days prior to the Closing Date, each Loan Party shall have provided the documentation and other information concerning such Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger as has been reasonably requested in writing at least 10 days prior to the Closing Date by the Administrative Agent (as requested by any Lender to the Administrative Agent) that the Lenders reasonably determine is required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act.
(o) No Default. No Default or Event of Default (other than any Default or Event of Default that would result from the breach of any representations or warranties set forth herein other than those set forth in clause (m) above) shall exist or would result from the proposed Credit Extensions on the Closing Date or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(p) Notice of Borrowing. The U.S. Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, an appropriate Notice of Borrowing, duly executed and completed, by the time specified in, and otherwise as permitted by Section 2.02.
The documents referred to in this Section 4.01 shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than the Closing Date. The certificates and opinions referred to in this Section 4.01 shall be dated the Closing Date.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, or waived each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Promptly after the Closing Date occurs, the Administrative Agent shall notify the U.S. Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary it is understood that, to the extent any security interest in the Collateral (other than (1) any Collateral the security interest in which may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement, (2) with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the Domestic Guarantors by intellectual property filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (3) by the delivery of certificates representing the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower, the Acquired Business and their respective Domestic Subsidiaries) is not perfected or, with respect to (a) any Mortgages, (b) any Collateral, the pledge of which requires a filing in any foreign jurisdiction, and (c) any Foreign Collateral Documents, are not provided on the Closing Date after the U.S. Borrowers and Parents use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so, the perfection or provision of such security interest will not constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the initial Loans and other Credit Extensions on the Closing Date, but the U.S. Borrower and Parent agree to perfect such security interest no later than 90 days after the Closing Date (subject to extension by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
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Section 4.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of any Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than the initial Credit Extensions on the Closing Date), and the obligation of any L/C Issuer to issue (or renew or extend the term of) any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:
(a) Notice. The applicable Borrower shall have delivered (i) in the case of any Revolving Loan, to the Administrative Agent, an appropriate Notice of Borrowing, duly executed and completed, by the time specified in, and otherwise as permitted by, Section 2.02, (ii) in the case of any Letter of Credit, to the L/C Issuer, an appropriate Letter of Credit Request duly executed and completed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05 and (iii) in the case of any Swing Line Loan, to the Swing Line Lender, a Swing Line Loan Request, duly executed and completed, by the time specified in Section 2.02(b).
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Borrower and the other Loan Parties contained in Article V of this Agreement and in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any Compliance Certificate furnished at any time under or in connection herewith, shall be (i) in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language, true and correct in all respects and (ii) in the case of all other representations and warranties, true and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct on the basis set forth above as of such earlier date. The representations and warranties contained in subsection (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished after the Closing Date pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.
(c) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
The delivery of each Notice of Borrowing, Swing Line Loan Request and each request for a Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Loan Parties of the correctness of the matters specified in subsections (b) and (c) above.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Parent and each Borrower represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that on and as of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transactions and the making of the Loans and the other financial accommodations on the Closing Date and on and as of each date as required by Section 4.01 or 4.02:
Section 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (A) own its assets and carry on its business as presently conducted except to the extent that failure to possess such governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
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and (B) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (iii) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party (x) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other organizational action, and (y) do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Persons Organization Documents, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) under, any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject except in the case of this clause (ii) any such conflict, breach or contravention that would not reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) violate any Law, except in any case for such violations that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. Except for filings necessary to perfect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral, consents, authorizations, notices, approvals and exemptions that have been obtained prior to or as of the Closing Date or as are scheduled on Schedule 5.03 and consents, authorizations, notices, approvals and exemptions, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party.
Section 5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) that rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability (regardless of whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) (clauses (i) and (ii) being the Enforceability Limitations).
Section 5.05 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) Historical Financial Statements. Each of the Jazz Financial Statements, the Azur Financial Statements and the EUSA Financial Statements (x) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and (y) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the U.S. Borrower, Azur Pharma or the Acquired Business, as applicable, as of the date thereof and its results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein. The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Parent and the Acquired Business for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, (x) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and (y) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of Parent or the Acquired Business, as applicable, as of the respective dates thereof and their respective results of operations for the respective
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periods covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the respective periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein (or, in the case of such financial statements for the Acquired Business, the deviations from GAAP specified on Schedule 5.05(a)).
(b) Post-Closing Financial Statements. After the Closing Date, the financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as noted therein) and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the period to which they relate. After the Closing Date, the unaudited financial statements Parent and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as noted therein and for year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes) and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the period to which they relate.
(c) Material Adverse Change. Since the Closing Date, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.06 Litigation. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06, there are no actions, suits, investigations or legal, equitable, arbitration or administrative proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened in writing against or affecting Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.07 Ownership of Property, Liens.
(a) Generally. Each Loan Party has good title to, valid leasehold interests in, or license in, all its property material to its business and Mortgaged Property, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens and minor irregularities or deficiencies in title that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, (i) is in good operating order, condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear and damage by casualty excepted) and (ii) constitutes all the property which is required for the business and operations of the Loan Parties as presently conducted, in each case, to the extent that it would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Real Property. Schedules 7(a) and 7(b) to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date contain a true and complete list as of the Closing Date of each interest in material real property owned by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date. Except as described in Schedule 7(b) thereto (as updated from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents): (i) no Loan Party has entered into any leases, subleases, tenancies, franchise agreements, licenses or other occupancy arrangements as owner, lessor, sublessor, licensor, franchisor or grantor with respect to any of the real property described in Schedule 7(a) and (ii) no Loan Party has any material Leases which require the consent of the landlord, tenant or other party thereto to the Transactions.
(c) No Casualty Event/Flood Insurance. No Loan Party has received any notice of the occurrence of any Casualty Event affecting all or any portion of its property, except for any such Casualty Event as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent has been obtained in accordance with Section 6.05.
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Section 5.08 Environmental Matters. Except for any matters which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and their businesses, operations and property are in compliance with, and they have no liability under, Environmental Law;
(b) Each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has obtained, or has applied in a timely manner for, all Environmental Permits required for the conduct of their businesses and operations, and the ownership, operation and use of their property, under Environmental Law, and all such Environmental Permits are valid and in good standing;
(c) There has been no Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any real property or facility presently or, to the knowledge of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, formerly owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or their predecessors in interest that could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liability;
(d) There is no Environmental Liability pending or, to the knowledge of any of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened against any of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or relating to any real property or facilities currently or, to the knowledge of each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, formerly owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or relating to the operations of any of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and there are no actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, or occurrences that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of such Environmental Liability;
(e) Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is obligated to perform any action or otherwise incur any expense under Environmental Law pursuant to any order, decree, judgment or agreement by which it is bound or has assumed by contract, agreement or operation of law, and none of them is conducting or financing, in whole or in part, any investigation, response or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location; and
(f) No Lien has been recorded or, to the knowledge of any of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened under any Environmental Law with respect to any real property or other assets of any of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 5.09 Insurance. Schedule 5.09 sets forth a true, complete and correct description in all material respects of all insurance maintained by Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date. The properties of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries are insured with insurance companies that Parent believes are financially sound and reputable that are not Affiliates of Parent, in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards), with such deductibles and covering such risks as are prudent in the reasonable business judgment of Parents officers.
Section 5.10 Taxes.
(a) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have each timely filed, or caused to be filed, all federal, state, provincial, local and foreign Tax returns required to be filed, and paid all Taxes owing by it (including in their capacity as a withholding agent), whether or not shown on any such Tax returns, except (a) Taxes the validity or the amount of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which Parent or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves with
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respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, and (b) to the extent that the failure to so file or so pay could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries knows of any pending investigation, Tax audit or deficiencies of any of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries by any taxing authority or proposed Tax assessments against any of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, if made, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever participated in a listed transaction within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4.
Section 5.11 ERISA; Foreign Pension Plans; Employee Benefit Arrangements.
(a) ERISA.
(i) There are no Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $2,500,000 (A) with respect to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to any ERISA Affiliate; provided that for purposes of this Section 5.11(a)(i)(B) only, Unfunded Liabilities means the amount (if any) by which the projected benefit obligation exceeds the value of the plans assets as of its last valuation date using the actuarial assumptions and methods being used by the plans actuaries for making such determination.
(ii) Each Plan and Employee Benefit Arrangement, other than a Multiemployer Plan, complies in all respects with the applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code (including pursuant to any applicable correction procedures under applicable Law, as appropriate), and each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries complies in all respects with the applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code with respect to all Multiemployer Plans to which it contributes, except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan.
(iv) Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries: (A) is or has been within the last six years a party to any Multiemployer Plan; or (B) has completely or partially withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan.
(v) Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any contingent liability with respect to any postretirement benefit under a Welfare Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Foreign Pension Plans. Each Foreign Pension Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable Laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has incurred any obligation in an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Pension Plan.
(c) Employee Benefit Arrangements.
(i) All liabilities under the Employee Benefit Arrangements are (A) funded to at least the minimum level required by Law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing the Employee
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Benefit Arrangements, (B) insured with a reputable insurance company, (C) provided for or recognized in the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof or (D) estimated in the formal notes to the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof, where such failure to fund, insure, provide for, recognize or estimate the liabilities arising under such arrangements could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) There are no circumstances which may give rise to a liability in relation to the Employee Benefit Arrangements which are not funded, insured, provided for, recognized or estimated in the manner described in clause (i) above and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Laws, trust documentation and contracts relating to the Employee Benefit Arrangements (including pursuant to any applicable procedures under applicable Law, as appropriate), except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.12 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. Schedule 5.12 sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of all Subsidiaries of Parent. Schedule 5.12 sets forth as of the Closing Date the jurisdiction of formation of each such Subsidiary, whether each such Subsidiary is a Guarantor, the number of authorized shares of each class of Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary, the number of outstanding shares of each class of Equity Interests, the number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class of Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary owned (directly or indirectly) by any Person and the number and effect, if exercised, of all Equity Equivalents with respect to Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary. All the outstanding Equity Interests of each Restricted Subsidiary of Parent are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable and except as may arise under mandatory, nonwaivable provisions of applicable law) and were not issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any shareholder and, as of the Closing Date, those owned by Parent, directly or indirectly, are free and clear of all Liens (other than those arising under the Collateral Documents). Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.12, as of the Closing Date, no such Restricted Subsidiary has outstanding any Equity Equivalents nor does any such Person have outstanding any rights to subscribe for or to purchase or any options for the purchase of, or any agreements providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise) of, or any calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, its Equity Interests.
Section 5.13 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock. No part of the Letters of Credit or proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock in violation of Regulation U. Margin Stock does not constitute more than 25% of the value of the consolidated assets of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the direct or indirect use of the proceeds of the Loans) will violate or result in a violation of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or Regulation T, U or X.
(b) Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is an investment company registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 5.14 Disclosure. No written report, financial statement, certificate or other information including the Pre-Commitment Information (other than projections, budgets, estimates and other forward looking information or information of a general or industry specific nature), furnished
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concerning or affecting Parent, the Acquired Business or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of a material 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 materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. With respect to projections, budgets, estimates and other forward-looking information, Parent and the Borrower represent that such information was prepared in good faith on a basis consistent with the financial statements referred to in Section 5.05(a) and based jupon assumptions believed to be reasonable by the preparer thereof at the time made (it being understood and agreed that projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or guaranties of future performance, that actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may differ from the projected results and that such differences may be material and that the Loan Parties make no representation that such projections will in fact be realized).
Section 5.15 Compliance with Law. Each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all requirements of Law (including Environmental Laws) applicable to it or to its properties, except for any such failure to comply which could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries nor any of their respective material properties or assets is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction, decree or order of any court or other Governmental Authority which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15. As of the Closing Date, except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any written communication from any Governmental Authority that alleges that any of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is not in compliance in any material respect with any Law, except for allegations that have been satisfactorily resolved and are no longer outstanding or which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.16 Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.16, each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of its respective business, without conflict with the rights of any other Person except for those conflicts which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.17 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of (a) the Term Loans funded on the Closing Date and no more than the
amount of Revolving Loans specified in Section 2.01(a) as being available on the Closing Date will be used by Parent or its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date to consummate the Transactions and to pay related costs and expenses,
(b) the Term Loans, and any Revolving Loans funded on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date will be used by Parent and its Subsidiaries on the Amendment No. 2
Effective Date to consummate the Amendment No. 2 Transactions, (c) the Revolving Loans and the Swing Line Loans will be used by the applicable Borrower after the Closing Date to provide for ongoing working capital requirements of
Parent and its Subsidiaries and for general corporate purposes (including without limitation to effect Permitted Acquisitions and to finance Consolidated Capital Expenditures) and (cd) the Letters of Credit will be
used by Parent and its Subsidiaries for general corporate purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Irish Borrower shall use proceeds of Revolving Loans to subscribe for Equity Interests of any Person where such subscription would result in an
Irish Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor organized under the laws of Ireland providing unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Section 60 of the Irish Companies Act, 1963 unless the procedure set out in Section 60(2) of the
Irish Companies Act, 1963 has been complied with prior to such subscription.
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Section 5.18 Solvency. On the Closing Date, Parent and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) are and, after consummation of the Transactions and the financings related thereto, will be Solvent.
Section 5.19 Collateral Documents.
(a) Article 9 Collateral. The U.S. Security Agreement, when executed and delivered, is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Finance Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and, when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate and the Pledged Collateral is delivered to the Collateral Agent, the U.S. Security Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such of the Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected under Article 9 of the UCC by filing or by possession thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to Permitted Liens, and except for (i) certain items of Collateral with respect to which such Lien may be perfected only by possession thereof where the failure of the Collateral Agent to have possession thereof is expressly permitted pursuant to the U.S. Security Agreement and (ii) certain items of Collateral located in or otherwise subject to foreign law where the grant of a Lien or priority and perfection thereof in accordance with the UCC may not be recognized or enforceable.
(b) Intellectual Property. When financing statements in the appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate, the Patent Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit II to the U.S. Security Agreement, and the Trademark Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit III to the U.S. Security Agreement, is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit IV to the U.S. Security Agreement, is filed in the United States Copyright Office, then, to the extent that Liens may be perfected by such filings, the U.S. Security Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the United States patents, trademarks, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights covered in such agreements, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on U.S. issued patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date).
(c) Status of Liens. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Finance Parties, has the Liens provided for in the Collateral Documents and, subject to the filing by the Collateral Agent of continuation statements to the extent required by the UCC and maintaining of possession of Pledged Collateral to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and to the qualifications and limitations set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above, the Collateral Documents are sufficient to constitute valid and continuing liens of record and first priority perfected security interests in all the Collateral referred to therein, except (i) as priority may be affected by Permitted Liens as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Collateral Documents and (ii) for certain items of Collateral located in or otherwise subject to foreign law where the grant of a Lien or priority and perfection thereof in accordance with the UCC may not be recognized or enforceable.
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(d) Mortgages. Each Mortgage, when executed and delivered, is effective to create, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Finance Parties, legal, valid and enforceable first priority Liens on all of the Loan Parties right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties thereunder and the proceeds thereof, subject only to Permitted Liens, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified in the local counsel opinion delivered with respect thereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.09, the Mortgages shall constitute fully perfected Liens on all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than Permitted Liens.
(e) Foreign Collateral Documents.
(i) The Irish Parent Debenture, when executed and delivered, is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Finance Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable (A) first priority security interest in the case of assets of Parent located in Ireland which are charged by fixed charge (if any); and (B) first priority security interest in the case of assets of Parent located in Ireland which are charged by floating charge (if any) subject only to any claims which may rank ahead pursuant to Section 29 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990, Section 285 of the Companies Act, 1963 and, subject to the filing of details of the Irish Parent Debenture in the Irish Companies Office in accordance with Section 99 of the Companies Act 1963, a fully perfected security interest in those assets.
(ii) The Irish Security Documents, when executed and delivered, are each effective to create in favour of the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Finance Parties, with respect to: (a) the debenture, a legal, valid and enforceable (A) first priority security interest in the case of assets of each of Jazz Financing I and Jazz Financing II located in Ireland which are
charged by fixed charge (if any); and (B) first priority security interest in the case of assets of each of Jazz Financing I and Jazz Financing II located in Ireland which are charged by floating charge (if any) subject only to any claims which
may rank ahead pursuant to Section 29 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990, Section 285 of the Companies Act, 1963 and, subject to the filing of details of the debenture in the Irish Companies Office in accordance with Section 99 of
the Companies Act 1963, a fully perfected security interest in those assets; and: (b) the supplemental deed and deed of confirmation, a legal, valid and enforceable (A) first priority security interest in the case of the
shares held by (i) the Parent in Jazz Financing I, and (ii) Jazz Ireland in Jazz Financing II which are charged by fixed charge; and (B) first priority security interest in the case of the shares held by (i) the Parent in Jazz
Financing I, and (ii) Jazz Ireland in Jazz Financing II, and which are charged by floating charge subject only to any claims which may rank ahead pursuant to Section 29 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990, Section 285 of the
Companies Act, 1963 and, subject to the filing of details of the debenturesupplemental deed and deed of confirmation in the Irish Companies Office in accordance with
Section 99 of the Companies Act 1963, a fully perfected security interest in those assets; and (c) the deed of charge over shares, a legal, valid and enforceable (A) first
priority security interest in the case of the shares held by Jazz Financing S.à r.l. in Jazz Financing II which are charged by fixed charge; and (B) first priority security interest in the case of the shares held by Jazz Financing
S.à r.l. in Jazz Financing II and which are charged by floating charge subject only to any claims which may rank ahead pursuant to Section 29 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990, Section 285 of the Companies Act, 1963 and, subject
to the filing of details of the deed of charge over shares in the Irish Companies Office in accordance with Section 99 of the Companies Act 1963, a fully perfected security interest in those assets.
(iii) The Bermuda Share Charge when executed by Parent is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Finance Parties, a valid, legal and enforceable security interest in the shares of the relevant Foreign Subsidiaries covered thereby and upon filing of the Bermuda Share Charge in the office of the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda will ensure that the registered security interests will have priority in Bermuda over any unregistered charges and over any subsequently registered charges, in respect of the assets which are the subject of the Bermuda Share Charge.
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Section 5.20 Senior Indebtedness. The Senior Credit Obligations constitute Senior Indebtedness (or any comparable term) under and as defined in the documentation governing any Subordinated Indebtedness.
Section 5.21 Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws.
(a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Parent, none of the respective officers, directors or agents of such Loan Party or Subsidiary has violated or is in violation of any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
(b) No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates nor any director, officer, employee, agent, Affiliate or representative of
such Loan Party or Subsidiary (each,is a Specified Person) is an individual or entity currently the subject of any
sanctions administered or enforced by OFACthe United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury
(HMT), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor is any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates located, organized or
resident in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan or North Korea.a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions.
(c) Except to the extent conducted in accordance with applicable Law, Borrower will not use, directly or indirectly,
anyuse the proceeds of the Loanstransaction, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any Person for the purpose of financing theproceeds of the Loans to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any
unlicensed or unauthorized activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or
territory, that, at the time of such funding, is an Embargoed Person or is the subject of
Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by Parent, any of Parents Subsidiaries, any Agent, any Lender or any Amendment No. 2
Arranger.
(d) Except to the extent conducted in accordance with applicable Law, no Loan Party, nor any of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Parent, none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party or Subsidiary acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Embargoed Person, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction related to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Sanctions or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the applicable prohibitions set forth in any Economic Sanctions Laws.
(e) To each Borrowers knowledge, within the past five years, each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with and has not committed any material violation of applicable law or regulation, permit, order or other decision or requirement having the force or effect of law or regulation of any governmental entity concerning the importation of products, the exportation or re-exportation of products (including technology and services), the terms and conduct of international transactions and the making or receiving of international payments, including, as applicable, the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and other laws, regulations and programs administered or enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and their predecessor agencies, the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, the Export Administration Regulations, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended, the Trading With the Enemy
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Act, as amended, the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Executive Orders of the President regarding embargoes and restrictions on transactions with designated entities, the embargoes and restrictions administered by OFAC, the anti-boycott laws administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the anti-boycott laws administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Section 5.22 Anti-Corruption Laws. None of Parent, any Borrower and their Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of such Loan Party or Subsidiary is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the FCPA) or any other applicable anti-corruption laws, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization or approval of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give or authorization of the giving of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office in contravention of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption laws. Parent, each Borrower, and its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable anti-corruption laws and the FCPA and will maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance, in all material respects, with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
Section 5.23 No Default. Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or with respect to any Material Indebtedness that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.24 Labor Relations. There are no grievances, disputes or controversies with any union or other organization of Parents or any Subsidiarys employees, or, to Parents knowledge, any threatened strikes, work stoppages or demands for collective bargaining, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE VI.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired, terminated or been Cash Collateralized and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of Parent and each Borrower covenant and agree with the Lenders that:
Section 6.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:
(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, an audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows for Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, with such audited balance sheet and related consolidated financial statements reported on by KPMG or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a going concern or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
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(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent, commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2012, a condensed consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income or operations and cash flows for Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a Compliance Certificate of a Financial Officer of Parent (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) solely with respect to the Compliance Certificate delivered with the financial statements delivered under clause (a) above, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the Available Amount and (iii) demonstrating compliance with Section 7.10;
(d) concurrently with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b) above, the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements;
(e) concurrently with the delivery of the certificate of a Financial Officer of Parent under clause (c) above, supplements to the exhibits to the Perfection Certificate specifying any changes to such exhibits since the previous updating required hereby (provided that if there have been no changes to any such exhibits since the previous updating required thereby, Parent shall indicate that there has been no change to the applicable exhibits);
(f) as soon as available, but in any event not more than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a projected consolidated balance sheet, income statement (or statement of operations) and cash flow statement) of Parent for each quarter of the fiscal year then in progress as customarily prepared by management of Parent for its internal use;
(g) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, hold a meeting by conference call with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting, at which meeting shall be reviewed the financial results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent, the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and the budgets presented for the current fiscal year of Parent, the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) promptly after any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or by any Lender through the Administrative Agent; and
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(i) promptly upon an ERISA Event or upon request by the Administrative Agent, the most recently prepared actuarial reports in relation to the Employee Benefit Arrangements for the time being operated by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which are prepared in order to comply with the then current statutory or auditing requirements within the relevant jurisdiction. Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Borrower shall also furnish the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with such additional information concerning any Plan, Foreign Pension Plan or Employee Benefit Arrangement as may be reasonably requested, including, but not limited to, with respect to any Plans, copies of each annual report/return (Form 5500 series), as well as all schedules and attachments thereto required to be filed with the Department of Labor and/or the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to ERISA and the Code, respectively, for each plan year (within the meaning of Section 3(39) of ERISA).
Section 6.02 Notices of Material Events. Parent will, upon knowledge thereof by a Responsible Officer, 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 Parent or any Affiliate thereof that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event or similar event with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events or similar events with respect to Foreign Pension Plans that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. Parent will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, governmental authorizations and intellectual property rights material to the conduct of its business, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted; except in each case to the extent (other than with respect to the preservation of the existence of Parent and each Borrower) that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or pursuant to any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or Disposition permitted by Article VII.
Section 6.04 Payment of Obligations. Parent will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Parent or such Restricted 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 reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. Parent will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business, including the Mortgaged Property, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except if the failure to so keep and maintain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
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Effect and (b) maintain with carriers that Parent believes are financially sound and reputable (i) insurance in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards), with such deductibles and covering such risks as are prudent in the reasonable business judgment of Parents officers and (ii) all insurance required pursuant to the Mortgages, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary be required to obtain or maintain insurance that is more restrictive than its normal course of practice (it being understood that if any Mortgaged Property is in a flood hazard area, such evidence of flood insurance shall be in such amounts and in such form as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent). Each such policy of insurance shall as appropriate, (i) name the Collateral Agent as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and/or (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a mortgagee/loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Collateral Agent as the mortgagee/loss payee thereunder.
Section 6.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. Parent will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and applicable law are made of all material financial dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Parent will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (pursuant to a request made through the Administrative Agent), at reasonable times upon reasonable prior notice (but not more than once annually if no Event of Default shall exist), to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, including examination of its environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and to consent to such discussions with its independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested. Parent acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, after exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports pertaining to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries assets for internal use by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Section 6.07 Compliance with Laws. Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.08 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans and will use the Letters of Credit solely for the purposes set forth in Section 5.17. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X.
Section 6.09 Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional Collateral; Further Assurances.
(a) Within the time periods specified in the last paragraph of this Section 6.09, after (i) any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary or (ii) any Excluded Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary (each, a New Loan Party) (including, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, a Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary, including as a result of any Permitted Reorganization), in each case, Parent shall provide the Administrative Agent with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail describing the material assets of such New Loan Party and shall cause each such New Loan Party to deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) a guaranty or a joinder to the Guaranty Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, guaranteeing the Finance Parties obligations under the Finance Documents and (y) a joinder to all applicable Collateral Documents then in existence or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction with respect to which no Collateral Documents have been
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delivered prior to such time, new Collateral Documents substantially comparable to the Collateral Documents for other Foreign Subsidiaries (and consistent with customary collateral documents in such jurisdiction but, for the avoidance of doubt, with terms no more restrictive, when taken as a whole, than the other Collateral Documents applicable to Guarantors and without additional commercial obligations, representations, undertakings or indemnities materially broader than those contained in the Loan Documents entered into on the Closing Date unless required for the creation, perfection or effective enforcement of security), in each case as specified by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent, securing payment of all the Finance Obligations of such Subsidiary under the Finance Documents to be accompanied by appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate documentation and customary legal opinions as may be reasonably requested by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent and its counsel; provided, however, that any such foreign guarantees and foreign security will be limited or not required if (or to the extent) (A) it is limited by applicable corporate benefit, maintenance of capital, thin capitalization rules and financial assistance restrictions or (B) if the same would violate the fiduciary duties of their directors or contravene any legal prohibition or regulatory condition or it is generally accepted (taking into account market practice in respect of the giving of guarantees and security for financial obligations in the relevant jurisdiction) that it would result in a material risk of personal or criminal liability on the part of any officer or director of a Loan Party, provided that the relevant Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to overcome any such obstacle.
(b) Parent will cause, and will cause each other Loan Party to cause, all of its owned property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed but excluding Excluded Assets) to be subject at all times to perfected Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties to secure the Finance Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents on a first priority basis, subject to no other Liens other than Permitted Liens. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent (i) will cause 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary directly owned by Parent or any other Loan Party (other than Excluded Assets) to be subject at all times to a perfected Lien on a first priority basis, subject to Permitted Liens, in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure the Finance Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or such other pledge and security documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and (ii) will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, deliver Mortgages with respect to each Mortgaged Property, together with Mortgage Instruments; provided that with respect to jurisdictions that impose mortgage recording taxes, the applicable Mortgage and Mortgage Instruments and any other Collateral Documents shall not secure indebtedness in an amount exceeding 105% of the fair market value of the applicable Mortgaged Property, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Loan Parties and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, Parent will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages, and other documents and such other actions or deliveries of the type required by Section 4.01, as applicable), which may be required by law or which the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents, all at the expense of Parent.
(d) If any assets (including any real property or improvements thereto or any interest therein) are acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date (other than Excluded Assets and assets constituting Collateral under the Collateral Documents that become subject to the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent upon acquisition thereof), Parent will notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, if
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requested by the Administrative Agent, Parent will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Finance Obligations and will take, and cause the other Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (c) of this Section, all at the expense of Parent; provided that, with respect to real property and Equity Interests, such actions will be limited to those specified in paragraph (b) of this Section.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (i) no action shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights, other than the filing of a UCC financing statement, (ii) control agreements and perfection by control (other than in respect of certificated Collateral) shall not be required with respect to any Collateral, (iii) there shall be no requirement to obtain any landlord waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters, (iv) no actions outside any jurisdiction of any Borrower or any jurisdiction of any Guarantor that is a Material Restricted Subsidiary (the Covered Jurisdictions) shall be required in order to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the Covered Jurisdictions or to perfect any security interests in such assets, including any intellectual property registered in any jurisdiction (other than the Covered Jurisdictions) (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any jurisdiction other than a Covered Jurisdiction; provided, however, that no actions in any jurisdiction outside a Loan Partys jurisdiction of organization shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interests in (x) the Equity Interests held by such Loan Party of any Person that is not a Material Restricted Subsidiary or (y) immaterial assets of such Loan Party located outside such Persons jurisdiction of organization; (v) except as specified in paragraph (b) above, no filings in respect of any Lien shall be required in any jurisdiction that impose recording fees based on the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness secured and (vi) no actions in any jurisdiction outside the United States shall be required where the cost of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such assets exceeds the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby (taking into account any documentation in any Covered Jurisdiction related thereto) as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in writing (in consultation with the U.S. Borrower).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any deliverables delivered pursuant to this Section 6.09 as of the Closing Date shall be subject to the last paragraph of Section 4.01, (ii) with respect to any real property acquired after the Closing Date, the Loan Parties shall have ninety (90) days after the acquisition of the applicable real property (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its reasonable discretion with respect thereto) to take the actions required by this Section, and (iii) with respect to any other property or assets acquired after the Closing Date or with respect to any New Loan Party, the Loan Parties shall have forty-five (45) days, or ninety (90) days in the case of the Equity Interests, property or assets of, or actions required to be taken by, any Foreign Subsidiary, after the acquisition thereof or such Person becomes a New Loan Party (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its reasonable discretion with respect thereto) to take the actions required by this Section; provided that, in the case of any Equity Interests, property or assets of any Foreign Subsidiary acquired or any Foreign Subsidiary becoming a New Loan Party within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, the Loan Parties shall have the longer of (A) ninety (90) days after the Closing Date and (B) ninety (90) days after such acquisition or such Person becoming a New Loan Party to take any such actions (or, in each case such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its reasonable discretion with respect thereto).
Section 6.10 Designation of Subsidiaries. Parent may, at any time from and after the Closing Date, designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, Parent shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.10 on a pro forma
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basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c) (and as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, Parent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating such compliance) and (iii) if a Restricted Subsidiary is being designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder, such Restricted Subsidiary, together with all other Unrestricted Subsidiaries as of such date of designation (the Designation Date), must not have contributed greater than 10% of Parents Consolidated EBITDA (calculated inclusive of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries), as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Parent, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01. The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the applicable Loan Party therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the applicable Loan Partys investment therein (as determined in good faith by Parent). The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the applicable Loan Party in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of such Loan Partys Investment in such Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrower nor any direct or indirect parent company of any Borrower shall be permitted to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Section 6.11 Ratings. Until the Term Loans are paid in full and terminated in accordance with this Agreement, Parent and the U.S. Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause (x) S&P and Moodys to continue to issue ratings for the Term Loans, (y) Moodys to continue to issue a corporate family rating (or the equivalent thereof) of Parent and/or the U.S. Borrower and (z) S&P to continue to issue a corporate credit rating (or the equivalent thereof) of Parent and/or the U.S. Borrower (it being understood, in each case, that such obligation shall not require Parent or any Borrower to maintain a specific rating).
Section 6.12 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Each of the Loan Parties and Restricted Subsidiaries will comply, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other Persons occupying real property of any Loan Party to comply, with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits applicable to its operations, real property and facilities; obtain and renew all material Environmental Permits applicable to its operations, real property and facilities; and conduct all investigations, response and other corrective actions to address the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials to the extent required by, and in accordance with, Environmental Laws, except in each case for any such failure which would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that no Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to undertake any such action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.
Section 6.13 Post-Closing Collateral Matters. The Loan Parties shall execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 6.13, in each case within the time limits specified on such schedule subject to the extension by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
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ARTICLE VII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired, terminated or been Cash Collateralized and all L/C Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, Parent and each Borrower covenant and agree with the Lenders that:
Section 7.01 Indebtedness. Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the Finance Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 7.01 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(c) Indebtedness of Parent to any Subsidiary and of any Restricted Subsidiary to Parent or any other Subsidiary; provided that Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Loan Party shall be subject to, and shall comply with, clause (ii) of the proviso set forth in Section 7.04(d);
(d) (i) Guarantees by the U.S. Borrower of the USAO Settlement Obligations and (ii) Guarantees by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of Parent or any Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of clause (ii), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and other payment obligations (other than in respect of any overdrafts and related liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business from treasury, depository and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearing-house transfer of funds) of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party shall be permitted under Section 7.04(d) or (w);
(e) Indebtedness of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness (but not any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) is incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall not exceed, on a pro forma basis determined in accordance with Section 1.03(c), immediately after giving effect to the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period, at any time outstanding;
(f) Indebtedness of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade letters of credit;
(g) Indebtedness owed in respect of any services covered by Secured Cash Management Agreements and any other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, business credit card programs, overdraft protection and other treasury, depository and cash management services or incurred in connection with any automated clearing-house transfers of funds;
(h) Indebtedness under bid bonds, performance bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case, incurred by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting such bid bonds, performance bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations;
(i) Indebtedness of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Swap Agreements entered into (i) to hedge or mitigate risks to which Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or (ii) 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 Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(j) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries, and guarantees thereof by Foreign Subsidiaries, in respect of local lines of credit, letters of credit, bank guarantees and similar extensions of credit, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c), immediately after giving effect to the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period, at any time outstanding;
(k) Guarantees of Indebtedness of directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of expenses of such Persons in connection with relocations and other ordinary course of business purposes, if the aggregate amount of Indebtedness so Guaranteed, when added to the aggregate amount of unreimbursed payments theretofore made in respect of such Guarantees and the amount of loans and advances then outstanding under Section 7.04(t), shall not at any time exceed $10,000,000;
(l) Indebtedness arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from guaranties, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, the Acquisition or permitted Dispositions;
(m) Indebtedness representing installment insurance premiums owing in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation, severance, pension, and health and welfare retirement benefits or the equivalent to current and former employees of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business or existing on the Closing Date;
(o) unsecured Indebtedness arising out of judgments not constituting an Event of Default;
(p) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the date hereof, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by such Restricted Subsidiary in a Permitted Acquisition, and any refinancing, renewal, extension or replacement in respect thereof; provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Restricted 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 Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such assets being acquired and (B) neither Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Person and its Subsidiaries or the Restricted Subsidiary with which such Person is merged or consolidated or that so assumes such Persons Indebtedness and the Subsidiaries of such Person thereby acquired) shall Guarantee or otherwise become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness;
(q) Permitted Indebtedness;
(r) other Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not in excess of $125,000,000;
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(s) (i) Permitted External Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; and
(t) Indebtedness in the form of an intercompany note issued in connection with a Permitted Acquisition involving a tender offer followed by a short form merger (i.e. a statutory short form merger that requires no further approvals to consummate); provided that (i) such short form merger is consummated within five Business Days of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) not later than three Business Days after consummation of the related short form merger, such Indebtedness (x) is extinguished or retired or (y) otherwise becomes a permitted Investment.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.01. The principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of Parent dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Section 7.02 Liens. Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock), except the following (collectively, Permitted Liens):
(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Permitted Encumbrances;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 7.02 and any modifications, renewals and extensions thereof and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary other than improvements thereon or proceeds from the disposition of such property or asset and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof (other than as permitted by Section 7.01);
(d) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted 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 Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation occurs) and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the assets of any Subsidiary without significant assets that was formed solely for the purpose of effecting such acquisition) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated), as the case may be, and any refinancing, extensions, renewals or replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than as permitted by Section 7.01);
(e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 7.01 and obligations relating thereto not constituting Indebtedness in respect thereof and
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(ii) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary other than improvements thereon or proceeds from the disposition of such property or assets; provided further that in the event Indebtedness under Section 7.01(e) is owed to any Person with respect to financing under a single credit facility 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 under such credit facility;
(f) (i) Dispositions of assets not prohibited by Section 7.03 and in connection therewith, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such Dispositions pending the completion thereof, or in the case of a license, during the term thereof and (ii) any option or other agreement to Dispose any asset not prohibited by Section 7.03;
(g) 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;
(h) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease or sublease entered into by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and other statutory and common law landlords liens under leases;
(i) any interest or title of a licensor under any license or sublicense entered into by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary as a licensee or sublicensee (A) existing on the date hereof or (B) in the ordinary course of its business;
(j) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to other Persons permitted under Section 7.03;
(k) Liens on earnest money deposits of cash or cash equivalents made, or escrow or similar arrangements entered into, in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.04 or other acquisitions not prohibited hereunder;
(l) Liens in the nature of the right of setoff in favor of counterparties to contractual agreements with the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Liens (i) in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business and (ii) on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds thereof of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or such other goods in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Liens on the assets and equity interests of non-Guarantor Foreign Subsidiaries that secure only Indebtedness or other obligations of such non-Guarantor Foreign Subsidiaries permitted hereunder;
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(p) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(m);
(q) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 of the UCC (or other applicable Law) on the items in the course of collection, and (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(r) Liens in favor of any Borrower or any Guarantor securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(c);
(s) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(s); provided that such Liens shall either be (i) pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Senior Credit Obligations on the terms set forth in a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Finance Obligations on the terms set forth in a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(t) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(t), solely to the extent required by applicable Law; and
(u) Liens on assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted above so long as the aggregate amount of obligations subject to such Liens does not immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such obligations exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
Section 7.03 Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales.
(a) Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease, Exclusively License or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) any of its assets (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock) (including pursuant to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction), or any of the Equity Interests (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock) of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that:
(i) any Person may merge into or consolidate with a Borrower or Parent in a transaction in which such Borrower or Parent, as applicable, is the surviving corporation;
(ii) any Person (other than Parent and each Borrower) may merge into or consolidate with any Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is such Restricted Subsidiary (provided that any such merger, consolidation or liquidation involving a Subsidiary Guarantor must result in the surviving entity becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor);
(iii) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) may merge into or consolidate with any Person in a transaction permitted under clauses (xiv), (xv) and (xvii) hereunder in which the surviving entity is not a Subsidiary;
(iv) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) may Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution or otherwise) to Parent or any other Loan Party;
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(v) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) may liquidate or dissolve if Parent determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of Parent and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(vi) sales, transfers and other Dispositions of inventory, used, worn out, obsolete or surplus property, cash and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business and the assignment, cancellation, abandonment or other Disposition of intellectual property that is, in the reasonable judgment of Parent, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(vii) Dispositions to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) any such Disposition made by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section 7.04 and (ii) Equity Interests of a Loan Party may not be transferred to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(viii) the discount or sale, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of past due receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
(ix) leases, subleases, non-Exclusive Licenses or sublicenses of property to other Persons in the ordinary course of business not materially interfering with the business of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(x) Liens permitted by Section 7.02;
(xi) Investments permitted by Section 7.04;
(xii) subject to Section 2.09(c)(iii), dispositions of property as a result of a Casualty Event involving such property or any disposition of real property to a Governmental Authority as a result of a Condemnation of such real property;
(xiii) Permitted Exchanges;
(xiv) Dispositions of investments in joint ventures, to the extent required by, or made pursuant to buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(xv) sales or other Dispositions of non-core assets acquired in the Azur Merger, the Acquisition, any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment; provided that such sales shall be consummated within two years of such acquisition or Investment; and provided, further, that (i) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent) and (ii) either (A) no less than 75% thereof (excluding any consideration arising from the assumption of liabilities other than Indebtedness) shall be paid in cash, or (B) a Borrower, substantially concurrently with the receipt of any non-cash consideration (and in any event within one Business Day), prepays (or cause to be prepaid) the Loans in an amount equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the non-cash consideration exceeds 25% of such consideration, such prepayment to be made in accordance with Section 2.09(c)(iii);
(xvi) any Immaterial Asset Sale;
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(xvii) Dispositions of assets that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section 7.03; provided that the Disposition Consideration of all assets sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of, and of all assets Exclusively Licensed in reliance on this clause (xvii) shall not at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction exceed $200,000,000 in any fiscal year; and provided, further, that (i) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent) and (ii) no less than 75% thereof (excluding any consideration arising from the assumption of liabilities other than Indebtedness) shall be paid in cash;
(xviii) the surrender, waiver or settlement of contractual rights or claims and litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;
(xix) Dispositions of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary acquired in connection with any a Permitted Acquisition prior to the time of such Subsidiary becoming a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, in each case pursuant to any stock appreciation rights, plans, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans or the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, so long as such rights, plans, warrants, options or other securities were not entered into or issued in connection with or in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;
(xx) any Permitted Reorganization; and
(xxi) Dispositions of assets that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section 7.03; provided that the applicable Borrower shall substantially concurrently (and in any event within one Business Day) apply 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof to prepay (or cause to be prepaid) the Loans in accordance with Section 2.09(c)(iii) (it being understood that such Net Cash Proceeds shall not constitute Reinvestment Funds); and provided, further, that (i) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent) and (ii) no less than 75% thereof (excluding any consideration arising from the assumption of liabilities other than Indebtedness) shall be paid in cash.
(b) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries) on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto or similar or complementary thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.
(c) Parent will not, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal year from the basis in effect on the Closing Date; provided, however, that the Loan Parties may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change their respective fiscal years to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
Section 7.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (i) purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person that was not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity Interest, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other
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interest in, any other Person, (ii) purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) substantially all the assets of any Person or any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, division, product line (including rights in respect of any drug or other pharmaceutical product) or line of business of such Person, or (iii) acquire an Exclusive License of rights to a drug or other product line of any Person (each, an Investment) except:
(a) cash and Permitted Investments;
(b) Permitted Acquisitions and the Acquisition;
(c) Investments by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof or made by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to legally binding written contracts in existence on the date hereof, in each case, set forth on Schedule 7.04 and any modification, replacement, reinvestment, renewal or extension thereof to the extent not involving any additional net Investment;
(d) Investments made by Parent in or to any Restricted Subsidiary and made by any Restricted Subsidiary in or to Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary and Guarantees by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of obligations of any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the amount of any Investment under this clause (d) by a Loan Party in a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party made after the Closing Date or constituting a Guarantee of obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party made after the Closing Date shall not exceed, together with the aggregate amount of all other Investments made pursuant to this proviso, $100,000,000 at any time outstanding (excluding any intercompany accounts payable and receivable, guarantee fees and transfer pricing arrangements), and (ii) in the case of any intercompany Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness among Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and, for the avoidance of doubt, any intercompany accounts payable and receivable, guarantee fees and transfer pricing arrangements), (A) each item of intercompany Indebtedness shall be evidenced by a promissory note (which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto), (B) each promissory note evidencing intercompany Indebtedness made by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party shall contain the subordination provisions set forth in Exhibit I and (C) each promissory note evidencing intercompany Indebtedness held by a Loan Party shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents to the extent required thereby;
(e) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01;
(f) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Investments made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from a Disposition, of any asset in compliance with Section 7.03;
(h) Investments in the form of Swap Agreements entered into (i) to hedge or mitigate risks to which Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or (ii) 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 Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(i) payroll, travel and similar advances to directors, officers and employees of Parent, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that are made in the ordinary course of business;
(j) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Investments to the extent the consideration paid therefor consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Parent;
(l) Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided such Investment was not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof;
(m) the purchase by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of any call option (or similar instrument) to purchase Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Parent entered into contemporaneously and otherwise in connection with the issuance of convertible or exchangeable debt securities otherwise permitted to be issued under this Agreement; provided that (i) the aggregate consideration for such call option or options shall not exceed $75,000,000 million plus the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds received by Parent from the sale of any warrants (or similar instruments) to sell Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Parent entered into contemporaneously and otherwise in connection with the purchase of such option or options and issuance of such convertible or exchangeable debt securities and (ii) after giving effect to any such issuance of convertible or exchangeable debt securities (x) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0 and (y) the Secured Leverage Ratio shall be less than or equal to 2.25 to 1.0, in each case, as of the end of the most recently completed Test Period on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c);
(n) any customary upfront milestone, marketing or other funding payment in the ordinary course of business to another Person in connection with obtaining a right to receive royalty or other payments in the future;
(o) transfers of intellectual property to Foreign Subsidiaries, the Equity Interests of which are directly owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party and are pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents (including any local law governed pledge agreement requested by the Administrative Agent);
(p) Exclusive Licenses from a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party of rights to a drug or other pharmaceutical products, diagnostics, delivery technologies, medical devices or biotechnology businesses; provided that such drug or other pharmaceutical products, diagnostics, delivery technologies, medical devices or biotechnology businesses was not acquired by such Restricted Subsidiary in an acquisition prohibited by Section 7.03;
(q) Investments in joint ventures (including JV Subsidiaries) and acquisitions of Equity Interests that would constitute Permitted Acquisitions but for the fact that Persons in which such Equity Interests are acquired do not become Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Parent; provided that the sum of the aggregate amount of such Investments, plus the aggregate consideration paid in all such acquisitions, made under this clause (q) after the Closing Date shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(r) Permitted Foreign Loans;
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(s) Investments consisting of Permitted Liens, Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(t) loans or advances to directors and employees of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary made in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of such loans and advances outstanding, when aggregated with the Guarantees then outstanding under Section 7.01(k), at any time shall not exceed $10,000,000;
(u) any other Investment so long as the aggregate amount of all such Investments made after the Closing Date does not exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(v) any Permitted Reorganization; and
(w) Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments using the Available Amount so long as the Available Amount Conditions have been met.
For purposes of covenant compliance with this Section 7.04, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment or accrued and unpaid interest or dividends thereon, less any amount paid, repaid, returned, distributed or otherwise received in cash in respect of such Investment. For purposes of clause (q), clause (u) and clause (w) of this Section 7.04, the aggregate consideration payable for any Investment shall be the cash amount paid on or prior to the consummation of such Investment and shall not include any purchase price adjustment, Milestone Payment, royalty, earnout, contingent payment or any other deferred payment of a similar nature that may be payable in connection therewith.
Section 7.05 Transactions with Affiliates. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates (other than Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary), except (a) transactions that are on terms and conditions not materially less favorable to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary than it would obtain on an arms-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate, (b) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 7.06, (c) customary fees paid and indemnifications provided to directors of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (d) any Permitted Reorganization, (e) compensation and indemnification of, and other employment agreements and arrangements, employee benefit plans, and stock incentive plans with, directors, officers and employees of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary entered in the ordinary course of business, (f) Investments permitted by Section 7.04, (g) leases or subleases of property in the ordinary course of business not materially interfering with the business of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (h) transactions between or among Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary and any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction; (i) transactions relating to compliance with the USAO Settlement Obligations; (j) the payment of fees, expenses and indemnities and other payments pursuant to, and the transactions pursuant to, the agreements set forth on Schedule 7.05 (as such agreements are in effect on the Closing Date), and (k) the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection with the issuance of Equity Interests by Parent not otherwise prohibited by the Loan Documents.
Section 7.06 Restricted Payments. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make (unless such agreement is contingent upon such Restricted Payment not being prohibited by this Agreement), directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) Parent may declare and pay dividends or make other Restricted Payments with respect to its Equity
Interests payable solely in additional Equity Interests of Parent (other than Disqualified Equity Interests);
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(b) Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries may repurchase (i) Equity Interests upon the exercise of Equity Equivalents if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such Equity Equivalents and (ii) Equity Interests from any current or former officer, director, employee or consultant to comply with Tax withholding obligations relating to Taxes payable by such person upon the grant or award of such Equity Interests (or upon vesting thereof);
(c) Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise or conversion of Equity Equivalents;
(d) Any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to the holders of its Equity Interests; provided that in the case of a dividend or other distribution by a non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, such dividends or distributions shall be made ratably with respect to their Equity Interests;
(e) Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock incentive plans or other employee benefit plans for directors, officers or employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries;
(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, Parent and any Restricted Subsidiaries may purchase Equity Interests from present or former officers, directors or employees of Parent or any Subsidiary upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or service of such officer, director or employee, in an aggregate amount not exceeding $10,000,000 in any fiscal year of Parent;
(g) Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may purchase any call option (or similar instrument) to purchase Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Parent permitted under Section 7.04(m) and exercise any call or similar rights thereunder; provided that after giving effect to the issuance of the convertible or exchangeable debt securities referred to in Section 7.04(m), (x) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0 and (y) the Secured Leverage Ratio shall be less than or equal to 2.25 to 1.0, in each case as of the end of the most recently completed Test Period and on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.03(c);
(h) the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at such date of declaration or redemption notice such dividend, distribution or redemption, as the case may be, would have complied with this Section 7.06;
(i) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect (including pro form effect) thereto, Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments; provided however to the extent, after giving effect (including pro forma effect) to any such Restricted Payments, the Total Leverage Ratio is in excess of 2:00:1.00, the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the sum of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) if the Available Amount Conditions have been met, the Available Amount;
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(j) other Restricted Payments of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; and
(k) Parent and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may purchase theany remaining outstanding Equity Interests (and any Equity Equivalents) of any Subsidiary acquired in an Investment made in compliance
with Section 7.04 that iswas structured as a tender offer followed by a back-end
mergerpursuant to which not less than a majority of such Subsidiarys Equity Interests was acquired.
Section 7.07 Restrictive Agreements. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock), or (b) the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to holders of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to:
(a) restrictions and conditions imposed by Law or by any Loan Document;
(b) restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 7.07 and any amendments or modifications thereof that do not materially expand the scope of any such restriction or condition taken as a whole;
(c) restrictions and conditions imposed by agreements of any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary and any amendments or modifications thereof that do not materially expand the scope of any such restriction or condition taken as a whole, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary (or the Equity Interests thereof) that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder;
(e) restrictions imposed by any amendment or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents or the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A), (B) or (C) of this Section 7.07, provided that such amendments or refinancings do not materially expand the scope of any such restriction or condition;
(f) any restriction arising under or in connection with any agreement or instrument governing Equity Interests of any joint venture (including any JV Subsidiary) that is formed or acquired after the Closing Date;
(g) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the Disposition of any property permitted by Section 7.03 pending the consummation of such Disposition;
(h) customary provisions restricting the transfer or encumbrance of the specific property subject to a Permitted Lien;
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(i) restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement governing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01 (including any Permitted External Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that such restrictions and conditions are customary for such Indebtedness and are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the comparable restrictions and conditions set forth in this Agreement as determined in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent;
(j) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(k) restrictions on cash or other deposits (including escrowed funds) or net worth imposed under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
and (ii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to (1) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement secured by specific assets if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the specific assets securing such Indebtedness and (2) customary provisions in leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Section 7.08 Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or Organization Documents; Prepayments of Indebtedness.
(a) Neither Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiary will (i) amend, modify or waive any of its rights under any agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Subordinated Indebtedness to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver would reasonably be expected to be adverse in any material respect to the Lenders or (ii) amend or otherwise modify any of their Organization Documents to the extent such amendment or modification would reasonably be expected to be adverse in any material respect to the Lenders; provided that the re-domiciling of any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Permitted Reorganization, and amendments to the Organization Documents thereof in connection therewith, shall not be deemed to be adverse to the Lenders.
(b) Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will (i) voluntarily redeem, purchase, prepay, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment any Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than intercompany Indebtedness among Parent, any Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), or set aside any funds for such purpose, except any purchase, prepayment, retirement, defeasance or acquisition of such Indebtedness in connection with a refinancing of such Indebtedness with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof or (ii) make any cash interest payment in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness (other than regularly scheduled interest payments as and when due in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement if such payments are not then prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof, which shall be permitted) (all such payments set forth in clauses (i) and (ii), Junior Debt Payments), except Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Junior Debt Payments using the Available Amount so long as the Available Amount Conditions have been met.
(c) Neither Parent nor any of its restricted Subsidiaries will release, cancel, compromise or forgive in whole or in part any Indebtedness evidenced by any Intercompany Note (unless either a Loan Party is the obligor with respect to such Indebtedness or the release, cancellation, compromise or forgiveness thereof is otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.04).
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Section 7.09 Sale/Leaseback Transactions. None of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction unless (a) the sale or transfer of the property thereunder is permitted by Section 7.03, (b) any Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations arising in connection therewith are permitted by Section 7.01 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 by Section 7.02.
Section 7.10 Maximum Secured Leverage Ratio. Parent will not permit the Secured Leverage Ratio with respect to any Test Period to be greater than 3.00:1.00.
ARTICLE VIII.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 8.01 Events of Default. An Event of Default shall exist upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events or conditions (each, an Event of Default):
(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any L/C 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 Section 8.01) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 6.02(a), 6.03 (with respect to Parents or any Borrowers existence), 6.08 or 6.09 or in Article VII;
(e) Parent, any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the U.S. Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of the Required Lender);
(f) Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable;
(g) any event or condition that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits, after the expiration of any applicable
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grace period provided in the applicable agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness was created, the holder or holders of 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 this clause (g) shall not apply to
(i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or, with respect to any Material Indebtedness consisting of Swap Agreements, termination events or
equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Agreements and not as a result of any default thereunder by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii,
(ii) any Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a default under any agreement with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to the extent such default results from a sale, pledge or other disposition or encumbrance of Unrestricted Margin
Stock or any other breach or contravention of any provision of any Indebtedness which provision prohibits or otherwise restricts the ability of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber Unrestricted
Margin Stock and (iii) any conversion or exchange of any convertible or exchangeable debt securities and any conversion or exchange trigger that results in such debt securities becoming convertible or exchangeable, as applicable;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, examination, composition, assignment, arrangement, moratorium of any indebtedness, reorganization, winding up, dissolution or other relief in respect of Parent, any Borrower or any Material Restricted Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Bankruptcy Law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, examiner, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent, any Borrower or any Material Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) Parent, any Borrower or any Material Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, examination, reorganization compromise, composition, assignment, arrangement with any creditor or other relief under any Bankruptcy Law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section 8.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, examiner, liquidator, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Parent, any Borrower or any Material Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) Parent, any Borrower or any Material Restricted Subsidiary shall become unable, is deemed under any applicable law to be unable or is declared to be unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000 shall be rendered against Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed; provided that any such amount shall be calculated after deducting from the sum so payable any amount of such judgment or order that is covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance in favor of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary (but only if the applicable insurer shall have been advised of such judgment and of the intent of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary to make a claim in respect of any amount payable by it in connection therewith and such insurer shall not have disputed coverage);
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(l) an ERISA Event or similar event with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan shall have occurred that, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events or similar events with respect to Foreign Pension Plans that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) a Change of Control shall occur;
(n) any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (except pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.03) or Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall contest in writing the enforceability of any material provision of any Loan Document (except as result of the Discharge of Senior Credit Obligations and exclusive of questions of interpretation of any provision thereof) or shall deny in writing it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document (except as a result of the Discharge of the Senior Credit Obligations); or
(o) any Collateral Document shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first priority security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby (and to the extent required thereby), except (i) as permitted by the terms of any Loan Document, including as a result of a transaction permitted by Section 7.03, (ii) and the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results solely from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents.
Section 8.02 Acceleration; Remedies. Upon the occurrence of and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent, as applicable) shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a) Termination of Commitments. Declare the Commitments terminated whereupon the Commitments shall be immediately terminated.
(b) Acceleration of Loans. Declare the unpaid principal of and any accrued interest in respect of all Loans, any Reimbursement Obligations arising from drawings under Letters of Credit and any and all other indebtedness or obligations of any and every kind (other than contingent indemnification obligations) owing by a Loan Party to any of the Lenders hereunder to be due whereupon the same shall be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties.
(c) Cash Collateral. Direct the applicable Borrower to pay (and such Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h), (i) or (j), it will immediately pay) to the Collateral Agent additional cash, to be held by the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in a cash collateral account as additional security for the L/C Obligations in respect of subsequent drawings under all then outstanding Letters of Credit in an amount equal to the maximum aggregate amount which may be drawn under all Letters of Credit then outstanding plus all accrued interest and fees thereon.
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(d) Enforcement of Rights. Enforce any and all rights and interests created and existing under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies existing under the Loan Documents, all rights and remedies against a Guarantor and all rights of setoff.
(e) Enforcement Rights Vested Solely in Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. The Lenders agree that this Agreement may be enforced only by the action of the Administrative Agent, acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and, with respect to the Collateral, the Collateral Agent, and that no other Finance Party shall have any right individually to seek to enforce any Loan Document or to realize upon the security to be granted hereby.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(h), (i) or (j) shall occur, then the Commitments shall automatically terminate, all Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations under Letters of Credit, all accrued interest in respect thereof and all accrued and unpaid fees and other indebtedness or obligations owing to the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall immediately become due and payable and the obligation of any Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations, as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without the giving of any notice or other action by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, which notice or other action is expressly waived by the Loan Parties.
Section 8.03 Allocation of Payments After Event of Default.
(a) Priority of Distributions. Parent and each Borrower hereby irrevocably waive the right to direct the application of any and all payments in respect of their Finance Obligations and any proceeds of Collateral after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and agree that, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.09(c) and 2.14, after the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have been required to be Cash Collateralized), all amounts collected or received on account of any Finance Obligation shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.16 and Section 2.17, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
FIRST, to pay interest on and then principal of any portion of the Loans that the Administrative Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender for which the Administrative Agent has not then been reimbursed by such Lender or a Borrower;
SECOND, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with enforcing the rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents, including all expenses of sale or other realization of or in respect of the Collateral, including reasonable compensation to the agents and counsel for the Collateral Agent, and all expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by the Collateral Agent in connection therewith, and any other obligations owing to the Collateral Agent in respect of sums advanced by the Collateral Agent to preserve the Collateral or to preserve its security interest in the Collateral;
THIRD, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) of (i) each of the Lenders (including any L/C Issuer in their capacities as such) in connection with enforcing its rights under the Loan Documents or otherwise with respect to the Senior Credit Obligations owing to such Lender, (ii) each Swap Creditor in connection with enforcing any of its rights under the Swap Agreements or otherwise with respect to the Swap Obligations owing to such Swap Creditor and (iii) each Cash Management Bank in connection with enforcing any of its rights under any Secured Cash Management Agreement;
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FOURTH, to the payment of all of the Senior Credit Obligations consisting of accrued fees and interest;
FIFTH, except as set forth in clauses FIRST through FOURTH above, to the payment of the outstanding Finance Obligations owing to any Finance Party, pro rata, as set forth below, with (i) an amount equal to the Senior Credit Obligations being paid to the Collateral Agent (in the case of Senior Credit Obligations owing to the Collateral Agent) or to the Administrative Agent (in the case of all other Senior Credit Obligations) for the account of the Lenders or any Agent, with the Collateral Agent, each Lender and the Agents receiving an amount equal to its outstanding Senior Credit Obligations, or, if the proceeds are insufficient to pay in full all Senior Credit Obligations, its Pro rata Share of the amount remaining to be distributed, (ii) an amount equal to the Swap Obligations being paid to the trustee, paying agent or other similar representative (each, a Representative) for the Swap Creditors, with each Swap Creditor receiving an amount equal to the outstanding Swap Obligations owed to it by the Loan Parties or, if the proceeds are insufficient to pay in full all such Swap Obligations, its Pro rata Share of the amount remaining to be distributed (iii) an amount equal to the Cash Management Obligations being paid to Cash Management Banks, with each Cash Management Bank receiving an amount equal to the outstanding Cash Management Obligations it entered into with a Loan Party or, if the proceeds are insufficient to pay in full all such obligations, its Pro rata Share of the amount remaining to be distributed; and
SIXTH, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.
In carrying out the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to application to the next succeeding category; (ii) each of the Finance Parties shall receive an amount equal to its Pro rata Share of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses THIRD, FOURTH and FIFTH above; and (iii) to the extent that any amounts available for distribution pursuant to clause FIFTH above are attributable to the issued but undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by a Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 2.16, such amounts shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a cash collateral account and applied (x) first, to reimburse the L/C Issuer from time to time for any drawings under such Letters of Credit and (y) then, following the expiration of all Letters of Credit, to all other obligations of the types described in clause FIFTH above in the manner provided in this Section 8.03. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Swap Creditors shall not be entitled to receive any such payments from, or any proceeds of Collateral of, a Guarantor that is not an eligible contract participant (as defined in the definition of Excluded Swap Obligation) to the extent it would be considered a payment on account of Excluded Swap Obligations.
(b) Pro rata Treatment. For purposes of this Section 8.03, Pro rata Share means, when calculating a Finance Partys portion of any distribution or amount, that amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the then unpaid amount of such Finance Partys Senior Credit Obligations, Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the then outstanding amount of all Senior Credit Obligations, Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be. If any payment to any Finance Party of its Pro rata Share of any distribution would result in overpayment to such Finance Party, such excess amount shall instead be distributed in respect of the unpaid Senior Credit Obligations, Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, of the other Finance Parties, with each Finance Party whose Senior Credit Obligations, Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, have not been paid in full to receive an amount equal to such excess amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the unpaid Senior Credit Obligations, Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, of such Finance Party and the denominator of which is the unpaid Senior Credit Obligations, Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations, as the case may be, of all Finance Parties entitled to such distribution.
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(c) Distributions with Respect to Letters of Credit. Each of the Finance Parties agrees and acknowledges that if (after all outstanding Loans and Reimbursement Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit have been paid in full) the Lenders are to receive a distribution on account of undrawn amounts with respect to Letters of Credit issued (or deemed issued) under this Agreement, such amounts shall be deposited in a cash collateral account to be controlled by the Collateral Agent as cash security for the repayment of Finance Obligations owing to the Lenders as such. Upon termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit, all of such cash security shall be applied to the remaining Finance Obligations of the Lenders. If there remains any excess cash security, such excess cash shall be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent from such cash collateral account and distributed in accordance with Section 8.03(a) hereof.
(d) Reliance by Collateral Agent. For purposes of applying payments received in accordance with this Section 8.03, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon (i) the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and (ii) the Representative, if any, for the Swap Creditors for a determination (which the Administrative Agent, each Representative for any Swap Creditor and the Finance Parties agree (or shall agree) to provide upon request of the Collateral Agent) of the outstanding Senior Credit Obligations and Swap Obligations owed to the Agents, the Lenders or the Swap Creditors, as the case may be. Unless it has actual knowledge (including by way of written notice from a Swap Creditor or any Representatives thereof) to the contrary, the Collateral Agent, in acting hereunder, shall be entitled to assume that no Swap Agreements are in existence.
ARTICLE IX.
AGENCY PROVISIONS
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Barclays Bank PLC, to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Barclays Bank PLC, to act on its behalf as the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arranger, the Joint Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and no Borrower or any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (a) provided to the Agents in this Article with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and L/C Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Agent as used in this Article and the definition of Agent Related Person included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (b) as additionally provided herein with respect to each L/C Issuer.
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Section 9.02 Rights as a Lender. Each Person serving as an Agent, the Lead
Arranger, a Joint Bookrunner, an Amendment No. 1 Arranger or an Amendment No. 12
Arranger hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, the Lead Arranger, a Joint
Bookrunner, an Amendment No. 1 Arranger or an Amendment No. 12 Arranger, as applicable,
and the term Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as an Agent, the Lead Arranger, a Joint
Bookrunner, an Amendment No. 1 Arranger or an Amendment No. 12 Arranger, as applicable,
hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with
Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent, the Lead Arranger, a Joint Bookrunner, an Amendment No. 1 Arranger or an Amendment
No. 12 Arranger, as applicable, hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
Section 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. Each Agent, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent (together with the
Co-Syndication Agents, the Additional Agents), the Lead Arranger, each Joint Bookrunner, each Amendment No. 1 Arranger and each Amendment
No. 12 Arranger, each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all
benefits of this Article IX. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Agents,
Additional Agents, the Lead Arranger, the Joint Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers and the Amendment
No. 12 Arrangers:
(i) shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number of percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its judgment or the judgment of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Bankruptcy Law or that may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Bankruptcy Law; and
(iii) shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) 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 such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Article VIII and Section 10.01) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to such Agent by a Borrower, a Lender or an L/C Issuer and stating that such notice is a notice of default.
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No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term agent in this Agreement with reference to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term us used merely as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent will use an outside service provider for the tracking of all UCC financing statements required to be filed pursuant to the Loan Documents and notification to the Administrative Agent, of, among other things, the upcoming lapse or expiration thereof. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by such service provider.
Section 9.04 Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (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. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for a 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.
Section 9.05 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 9.06 Indemnification of Agents. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each Lender shall indemnify upon demand each Agent Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Borrower and without limiting the obligations of any Loan
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Party to do so) on a pro rata basis (determined as of the time that the applicable payment is sought based on each Lenders ratable share at such time) and hold harmless each Agent Related Person against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that (a) no Lender shall be liable for payment to any Agent Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Related Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct (and no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lender shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section) and (b) to the extent any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender is entitled to indemnification under this Section solely in its capacity and role as an L/C Issuer or as a Swing Line Lender, as applicable, only the Revolving Lenders shall be required to indemnify such L/C Issuer or such Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section (determined as of the time that the applicable payment is sought based on each Revolving Lenders Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof at such time). In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights and responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such costs or expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower.
Section 9.07 Resignation of Agents. Each Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the U.S. Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, the consent of the U.S. Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Agent shall notify the U.S. Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold as nominee such collateral security until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through an Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this Section 9.07. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) (and for the avoidance of doubt, any successor Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any Swap Agreements outstanding at such time), Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.07). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the U.S. Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agents resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent.
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Any resignation by Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.07 shall also constitute its resignation as the L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
Section 9.08 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent Related Person or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 further represents and warrants that it has reviewed the Pre-Commitment Information and each other document made available to it on the Platform in connection with this Agreement and has acknowledged and accepted the terms and conditions applicable to the recipients thereof and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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.
Section 9.09 No Other Duties, etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Agents, the Lead Arranger,
the Joint Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 12 Arrangers
listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a Lender or L/C
Issuer hereunder.
Section 9.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, examinership, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Senior Credit Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding;
(ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and
(iii) and any custodian, receiver, examiner, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and L/C
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Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 2.09 and 10.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Senior Credit Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
Section 9.11 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each Lender agrees that any action taken by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where required by the express terms of this Agreement, a greater or lesser proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or of the other Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater or lesser proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion:
(i) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under any Finance Document (A) upon Discharge of Senior Credit Obligations, (B) that is sold, transferred, disposed or to be sold, transferred, disposed as part of or in connection with any Disposition (other than any sale to a Loan Party) permitted hereunder or otherwise becomes an Excluded Asset, (C) subject to Section 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders or (D) to the extent such property is owned by a Guarantor upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (iii) below;
(ii) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by clause (c) or (d) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances or clause (d), (e), (m), (n) or (o) of Section 7.02;
(iii) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder (or designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.10); and
(iv) to enter into non-disturbance and similar agreements in connection with the licensing of intellectual property permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agents authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.11.
In each case as specified in this Section 9.11, the applicable Agent will (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the applicable Agent to), at the U.S. Borrowers expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request (i) to evidence the
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release or subordination of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, (ii) to enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements in connection with the licensing of intellectual property or (iii) to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.11 and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Agent.
Section 9.12 Related Obligations. The benefit of the Loan Documents and of the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Collateral shall extend to and be available in respect of any Swap Obligations and Cash Management Obligations permitted hereunder from time to time owing to one or more Affiliates of one or more Lenders or owing to one or more Swap Creditors or Cash Management Banks (collectively, Related Obligations) solely on the condition and understanding, as among the Collateral Agent and all Finance Parties, that (i) the Related Obligations shall be entitled to the benefit of the Loan Documents and the Collateral to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to such extent the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall hold, and have the right and power to act with respect to, the Guaranty Agreement and the Collateral on behalf of and as agent for the holders of the Related Obligations, but the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are otherwise acting solely as agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuer and shall have no fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Related Obligations, (ii) all matters, acts and omissions relating in any manner to the Guaranty Agreement, the Collateral, or the omission, creation, perfection, priority, abandonment or release of any Lien, shall be governed solely by the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and no separate Lien, right, power or remedy shall arise or exist in favor of any Finance Party under any separate instrument or agreement or in respect of any Related Obligation, (iii) each Finance Party shall be bound by all actions taken or omitted, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders, as applicable, each of whom shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion and exclusively in its own interest given its own Commitments and its own interest in the Loans, L/C Obligations and other Senior Credit Obligations to it arising under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without any duty or liability to any Swap Creditor or Cash Management Bank or as to any Related Obligation and without regard to whether any Related Obligation remains outstanding or is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral or becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby and (iv) no holder of Related Obligations and no other Finance Party (except the Lenders to the extent set forth in this Agreement) shall have any right to be notified of, or to direct, require or be heard with respect to, or to consent to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under this Agreement or the Loan Documents.
Section 9.13 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may deduct or withhold from any payment to any Lender Party an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 3.01, each Lender Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, within 10 days after written demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges, and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender Party for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender Party failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender Party by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to
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such Lender Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.13. The agreements in this Section 9.13 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender Party, the termination of the Agreement or Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01 Amendments, etc.
(a) Amendments Generally. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as may be specified herein) and the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have received notice and a fully executed written copy thereof, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that the Administrative Agent, Parent and the U.S. Borrower may, without the consent of the other Lenders, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, typographical error, defect or inconsistency if such amendment, modification or supplement if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
(b) Amendments and Waivers Pertinent to Affected Lenders. Notwithstanding subsection (a) above and in addition to any other consent that may be required thereunder, no amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(i) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of any Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(ii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest (other than Default interest), fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(iii) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest or any premium specified herein on, any Loan or unreimbursed L/C Disbursement, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (A) to amend the definition of Default Rate or to waive any obligation of a Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (B) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or any unreimbursed L/C Disbursement or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(iv) other than to the extent required to make the Lenders under Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans (and Incremental Revolving Commitments), Other Term
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Loans or Other Revolving Loans (and Other Revolving Commitments) or new Lenders under a Refinancing Amendment share, or, at their option, not share, in pro rata payments, change Section 2.12, Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or the order of payment required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(v) except in connection with the implementation of any Incremental Loans, Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Commitments, change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of Applicable Percentage, Required Lenders, or Required Revolving Lenders or any other provision hereof specifying the percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender which is a Lender of the applicable Class so specified;
(vi) permit the assignment or delegation by Parent or a Borrower of any of its rights or obligations under any Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender;
(vii) subordinate the Finance Obligations to any other obligation without the written consent of each Lender;
(viii) (a) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty Agreement without the written consent of each Lender (provided that the Administrative Agent may, without the consent of any Lender, release any Guarantor (or all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor) that is sold or transferred (other than to any Loan Party) in compliance with Section 7.03 or released in compliance with Section 9.11) and (b) release Parent from the Guaranty Agreement without the written consent of each Lender;
(ix) release all or substantially all of the Collateral securing the Senior Credit Obligations hereunder without the written consent of each Lender (provided that the Collateral Agent may, without consent from any other Lender, release any Collateral that is sold or transferred by a Loan Party (other than to any other Loan Party) in compliance with Section 7.03 or released in compliance with Section 9.11);
(x) impose any greater restrictions on the ability of the Lenders of any Class to assign any of their respective rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (A) each Revolving Lender if such Class is the Revolving Loans and (B) each Term Lender if such Class is the Term Loans;
(xi) (w) affect the rights or duties of any L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Request relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it, without the prior written consent of such L/C Issuer; (x) affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Swing Line Lender; and (y) affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent;
(xii) amend, modify or waive (A) any Loan Document so as to alter the ratable treatment of (i) Senior Credit Obligations outstanding after the payment of accrued fees and interest, (ii) Swap Obligations and (iii) Cash Management Obligations or (B) the definition of Swap Creditor, Swap Obligations, Finance Obligations, Claimholders, Senior Credit Obligations, Discharge of Senior Credit Obligations, Secured Cash Management Agreement, Cash Management Agreement, Cash Management Obligations or Cash Management Bank
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in each case in a manner adverse to any Swap Creditor or Cash Management Bank, as applicable, with Swap Obligations or Cash Management Obligations, as applicable, then outstanding without the written consent of any such Swap Creditor or Cash Management Bank (except that additional obligations may be secured pari passu with the Senior Credit Obligations, Swap Obligations and Cash Management Obligations and additional parties may be secured pari passu as Swap Creditors or Cash Management Banks, as applicable); and
(xiii) (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(l)) without the written consent of each Lender; and (b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Borrowing or the issuance of any Letter of Credit without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or Required Term Lenders, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, (i) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended, modified or supplemented with the consent of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent at the request of the applicable Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment is delivered in order to effectuate any amendment, modification or supplement pursuant to the proviso of Section 10.01(a), and (ii) any amendment or waiver that by its terms affects the rights or duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) will require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders.
Each Lender and each holder of a Note shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 10.01 regardless of whether its Note shall have been marked to make reference therein, and any consent by any Lender or holder of a Note pursuant to this Section 10.01 shall bind any Person subsequently acquiring a Note from it, whether or not such Note shall have been so marked.
Section 10.02 Notices.
(a) Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in 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 telecopier as follows:
(i) if to any Borrower or any Loan Party, to the U.S. Borrower at:
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3180 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone: (650) 496-2702
Telecopy: (650) 496-3781
Attn: Suzanne Sawochka Hooper, General Counsel
Email:
Suzanne.Hooper@jazzpharma.comJazz_notices@jazzpharma.com
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with a copy to:
Cooley LLP
101 California Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attn: Gian-Michele a Marca
Phone: (415) 693-2000
Fax: (415) 693-2222
Email: gmamarca@cooley.com
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Swing Line Lender, to it at:
Legal Address:
Barclays Bank PLC
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Servicing Contact:
(for payments and requests for Credit Extensions):
Barclays Bank PLC
1301 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Justin Snell
Phone: (212) 320-0708
Fax: (917) 522-0569
Email: justin.snell@barclays.com / xrausloanops5@barclays.com
Other Notices as Administrative Agent:
Barclays Bank PLC
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Alicia Borys / Kruthi RajAndrea Lubinsky
Phone: (212) 526-4291 / (212) 526-37131447
Fax: (212) 526-5115
Email: Alicia.Borys@barclays.com /
Kruthi.rajAndrea.Lubinsky@barclays.com
with a copy to:
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005
Attn: Michael Sherman
Phone: (212) 701-3747
Fax: (212) 378-2598
E-mail: msherman@cahill.com
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L/C ISSUER:
Barclays Bank PLC
Letter of Credit Department
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
Attn: Dawn Townsend
Phone: (201) 499-2081
Fax: (212) 412-5011
Email: Dawn.Townsend@barclays.com / XraLetterofCredit@barclays.com
with copy to:
Barclays Bank PLC
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Attn:
Alicia Borys / Kruthi RajAndrea Lubinsky
Phone: (212) 526-4291 / (212) 526-3713
Fax: (212) 526-5115
Email: Alicia.Borys@barclays.com /
Kruthi.rajAndrea.Lubinsky@barclays.com
(iii) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or its telecopier number, electronic email address or telephone 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 telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may (subject to Section 10.02(d)) be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it (including as set forth in Section 10.02(d)); provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
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(c) Change of Address, etc. Any party hereto may change its address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(d) Posting. Each Loan Party hereby agrees that it will provide to the Administrative Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or Interest Period relating thereto), (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any Default under this Agreement or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder (all such non-excluded communications, collectively, the Communications; such excluded communications the Excluded Communications), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent at Alicia.Borys@barclays.com with a copy to ltmny@barclays.com or at such other e-mail address(es) provided to the U.S. Borrower from time to time or in such other form, including hard copy delivery thereof, as the Administrative Agent shall require. In addition, each Loan Party agrees to continue to provide the Communications to the Administrative Agent in the manner specified in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in such other form, including hard copy delivery thereof, as the Administrative Agent shall require. Nothing in this Section 10.02 shall prejudice the right of the Agents, any Lender or any Loan Party to give any notice or other communication pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any other manner specified in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or as any such Agent shall require. Excluded Communications shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent by facsimile communication or as the Administrative Agent shall direct.
The Communications required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i), in the case of financial statements and Communications referred to in Section 6.01(a) and (b) and Section 6.02 on which such financial statements and/or appropriate disclosures are publicly available as posted on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) or any successor filing system of the SEC, (ii) a Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the U.S. Borrowers website on the Internet; or (iii) on which such documents are posted on behalf of the applicable Borrower on an Internet or Intranet website, if any, to which the Administrative Agent has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Borrower shall deliver copies (which may be electronic) of such documents to the Administrative Agent until a written request to cease delivering copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the U.S. Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent (and each Lender if there is at the time no incumbent Administrative Agent) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e. soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by any Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender
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shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents. Furthermore, if any financial statement, certificate or other information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 shall be required to be delivered on any date that is not a Business Day, such financial statement, certificate or other information may be delivered to the Administrative Agent on the next succeeding Business Day after such date.
To the extent consented to by the Administrative Agent in writing from time to time, the Administrative Agent agrees that receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address(es) set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents; provided that the U.S. Borrower shall also deliver to the Administrative Agent an executed original of each Compliance Certificate required to be delivered hereunder.
Each Loan Party further agrees that the Administrative Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on a Platform. The Platform is provided as is and as available. The Agents do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Communications, or 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, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent 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 the Loan Parties, any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Partys or the Administrative Agents transmission of communications through the Internet, except to the extent the liability of such Person is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Persons gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Additionally, in no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties have any liability to the Loan Parties, any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any other Person for any special, incidental or consequential damages.
Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger
and/or, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers and/or the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers will make available
to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic
system (the Platform) and (ii) certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to each Borrower or their Affiliates, or the
respective securities of any of the foregoing) (each, a Public Lender). Each Borrower hereby agrees that so long as the Parent is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are issued pursuant to a public
offering registered with the SEC or in a private placement for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities: (i) all Borrower Materials are to be made
available to Public Lenders unless clearly and conspicuously marked Private Contains Non-Public Information which, at a minimum, shall mean that the words Private Contains Non-Public Information shall appear
prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) by not marking Borrower Materials Private Contains Non-Public Information, each Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger, the
Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public
information with respect to any Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as
set forth in Section 10.07); (iii) all Borrower Materials that are not marked Private Contains Non-Public Information are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated Public
Investor, and (iv) the
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Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger and, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers
and the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are marked Private Contains Non-Public Information as being suitable
only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated Public Investor.
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or any L/C Issuer or by the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.
Section 10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, agree to pay
(i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arranger, the Joint Bookrunners
and, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers and their respective
Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent) in connection with the syndication and closing of the Loans provided for herein, the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification or waiver of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), including in connection with post-closing searches to confirm that security filings and recordations have been properly made and including any costs and expenses of the service provider referred
to in Section 9.03 and in connection with its the protection of its rights and remedies (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 10.04, or (B) in
connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and including in connection with any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit, (ii) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by any L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit
or any demand for payment thereunder, and (iii) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights and remedies (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights
under this Section 10.04, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law, and including in connection with any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit; provided, however, that no Borrower will be required to pay the fees and expenses of third party
advisors to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (which shall not include counsel) retained without the consent of the U.S. Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or more than
(x) one counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (plus one local counsel in each applicable local jurisdiction and one specialty counsel in each applicable specialty) and (y) one counsel to the Required Lenders (plus
one local counsel in each applicable local jurisdiction, one specialty counsel in each applicable specialty and any additional counsel for a Lender reasonably deemed appropriate due to potential conflicts of interest incurred in connection with the
enforcement protection of its rights and remedies pursuant to this Section 10.04(a)).
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(b) Indemnification by Borrower. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Lead Arranger, the Joint Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers,
the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an
Indemnitee) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs (including settlement costs), disbursements and
out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection
with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification or waiver of the provisions hereof or thereof, or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, thereby, or related thereto or, in the case of the
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including
any refusal by the L/C Issuer 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 or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, under or from any property owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at any time, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Borrower
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or
by any Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or a Related Party thereof, or
(y) disputes solely among Indemnitees not involving any act or omission of any Loan Party or any of their respective Related Parties (other than a dispute against the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger, any Joint
Bookrunner or, any Amendment No. 1 Arranger or any Amendment No. 2 Arranger in their
capacities as such); provided further that the Loan Parties shall not be required to reimburse the legal fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to one special counsel in each specialty area, up to one local counsel in
each applicable local jurisdiction and any additional counsel for an Indemnified Party reasonably deemed appropriate by virtue of potential conflicts of interests incurred in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such
action, suit, proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) or claim (whether or not any Agent, any Lender or any other such Indemnified Party is a party to any action or proceeding out of which any such expenses arise)) or one other third
party advisor for all Indemnitees (plus any additional third party advisor for an Indemnified Party reasonably deemed appropriate by virtue of potential conflicts of interests incurred in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to
defend any such action, suit, proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) or claim (whether or not any Agent, any Lender or any other such Indemnified Party is a party to any action or proceeding out of which any such expenses arise).
(c) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, and each of the Agents, each L/C Issuer and each Lender agrees not to assert or permit any of their respective subsidiaries to assert any claim against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents or advisors, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential (including, without limitation, any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) or punitive damages (in each case, as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
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connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof (for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.04(c) shall limit any Indemnitees right to indemnification provisions for third party claims as set forth in Section 10.04(b)). No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(d) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(e) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Senior Credit Obligations.
Section 10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, then (i) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (ii) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Senior Credit Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.06 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 10.06, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section 10.06 or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower or any Lender shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the other Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
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(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time 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 Commitments and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), any Participation Interests in the Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided, however, that:
(i) except in the case of any assignment in connection with the primary syndication of the Commitments and Loans made by Barclays Bank PLC to an Eligible Assignee previously identified to the U.S. Borrower, or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment and the Loans of the applicable Class, as the case may be, owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, (A) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitment (which for this purpose includes Revolving Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Revolving Commitments are not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Revolving 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 or, if Trade Date is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the applicable Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (B) the aggregate amount of any Term Loans of an assigning Lender subject to each such assignments, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if Trade Date is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the applicable Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;
(ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of Swing Line Loans;
(iii) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; provided, further, that only a single processing and recordation fee shall be payable in respect of multiple contemporaneous assignments to Approved Funds with respect to any Lender. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire;
(iv) No such assignment shall be made to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this subclause (iv); and
(v) In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the
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applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning 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 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, the applicable Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note or Notes to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section 10.06.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The Register shall record each transfer of the Loans to a transferee upon written notification by the registered owner of such transfer, provided, however, that failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lenders Commitments in respect of any Loan. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and each Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by each Borrower, the L/C Issuer, the Collateral Agent, the Swing Line Lender and, with respect to its own interest only, any other Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lenders participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lenders obligations under this
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Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and L/C Issuer 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 the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that directly affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 or 3.04, and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the applicable Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations 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 Commitments, Credit Extensions or other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary in connection with a Tax audit or other proceeding to establish that any such Commitment, Credit Extension or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
No participation shall be or shall be deemed to be a discharge, rescission, extinguishment or substitution of any outstanding Loan and any Loan subject to a participation shall continue to be the same obligation and not a new obligation.
(e) Limitations on Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the applicable Borrowers prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or the right to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law after the participant becomes a Participant.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent, pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include
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electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, managing members or managers, counsel, accountants and other representatives (collectively, Representatives) (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 Authority or regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (in which case, the Administrative Agent or such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to notify the U.S. Borrower prior to such disclosure to the extent practicable and legally permitted to do so), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) to any state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating any Lender, (g) (i) any rating agency, and (ii) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.07, to (x) any assignee of or Participant in (or their Representatives, 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), or any prospective assignee of or Participant in (or their Representatives, 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) any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Representatives, 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) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Parent or Borrower and their respective obligations, (h) with the consent of the U.S. Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Borrower. For purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries relating to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Section 10.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, and each of their respective Affiliates 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) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the then due and owing obligations of such Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable, now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or L/C Issuer, irrespective of
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whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (x) such obligations may be contingent or unmatured or (y) are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Senior Credit Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees to notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
Section 10.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the Maximum Rate). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the applicable Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof and (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Senior Credit Obligations hereunder.
Section 10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in 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, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof; provided that, notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Fee Letter shall survive the Closing Date. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 10.11 Survival of Agreement. 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 Agents, the L/C Issuer or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default, Event of Default, or incorrect representation or warranty at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Discharge of Senior Credit Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations). The
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provisions of Sections 2.14, 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04, and Sections 10.10 through 10.16 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Loans, the payment of the Reimbursement Obligations, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 10.12 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. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Bankruptcy Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
Section 10.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein), and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of the State of New York.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Waiver of Venue. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in Section 10.13(b). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, in the manner provided for notices (other than telecopier) in Section 10.02. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Laws. Each of the Parent and each Irish Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the U.S. Borrower as its agent for service of process with respect to all of the Loan Documents and all other related agreements to which it is
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a party (the Process Agent) and the U.S. Borrower hereby accepts such appointment as the Process Agent and hereby agrees to forward promptly to the Parent and each Irish Borrower, as applicable, all legal process addressed to the Parent and each Irish Borrower, as applicable, received by the Process Agent.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, any right it may have to a trial by jury in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (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 10.13.
Section 10.14 PATRIOT Act Notice Lenders Compliance Certification.
(a) Each Lender that is subject to the U.S. Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the Patriot Act), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of each Loan Party and other information regarding such Borrower that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the Patriot Act and is effective as to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
(b) Lenders Certification. Each Lender or assignee or Participant of a Lender that is not incorporated under the Laws of the United States or a State thereof (and is not excepted from the certification requirement contained in Section 313 of the Patriot Act and the applicable regulations because it is both (i) an Affiliate of a depository institution or foreign bank that maintains a physical presence in the United States or foreign country and (ii) subject to supervision by a banking regulatory authority regulating such affiliated depository institution or foreign bank) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the certification or, if applicable, recertification, certifying that such Lender is not a shell and certifying to other matters as required by Section 313 of the Patriot Act and the applicable regulations thereunder: (i) within 10 days after the Closing Date or, if later, the date such Lender, assignee or Participant of a Lender becomes a Lender, assignee or Participant of a Lender hereunder and (ii) at such other times as are required under the Patriot Act.
Section 10.15 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each
transaction contemplated hereby, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates understanding, that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection
therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Parent, Borrower and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers and the Amendment
No. 12 Arrangers, on the other hand, and Parent and each Borrower are capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers and the Amendment
No. 12 Arrangers is and has been acting
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solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary for Parent and any Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person;
provided that Parent and each Borrower acknowledge that Barclays Capital Inc. has been retained by the Borrowers as financial advisor (in such capacity, the Financial Advisor) to the Borrowers in connection with the
Acquisition; (iii) neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers
nor the Amendment No. 12 Arrangers has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Borrower with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger, or the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers or the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers has advised or is
currently advising any Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead
Arranger, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers nor the Amendment No. 12 Arrangers has any
obligation to Parent, any Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger and, the Amendment No. 1
Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent,
each Borrower and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger, the Amendment
No. 1 Arrangers nor the Amendment No. 12 Arrangers has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or
fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger, the Amendment No. 1
Arrangers and the Amendment No. 12 Arrangers have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or Tax advice with respect to any
of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and Parent and each Borrower have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and Tax advisors to the extent
they have deemed appropriate. Parent and each Borrower hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that they may have against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Additional Agents, the Joint
Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 12
Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty. Parent and each Borrower further agree to the retention of the Financial Advisor, and agree not to assert any claim Parent or such Borrower might allege based on any
actual or potential conflicts of interest that might be asserted to arise or result from, on the one hand, the engagement of the Financial Advisor, and on the other hand, Barclays Bank PLC and its affiliates relationships with Parent and each
Borrower as described and referred to herein.
Section 10.16 Judgment Currency.
(a) The obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to make payments in a specified currency (the Obligation Currency) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by a Finance Party of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable to it under this Agreement or another Loan Document. If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Loan Party in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency other than the Obligation Currency (such other currency being hereinafter referred to as the Judgment Currency) an amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be made, at the rate of exchange (as quoted by the Administrative Agent or if the Administrative Agent does not quote a rate of exchange on
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such currency, by a known dealer in such currency designated by the Administrative Agent) determined, in each case, as of the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the judgment is given (such Business Day being hereinafter referred to as the Judgment Currency Conversion Date).
(b) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Currency Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, each Borrower covenants and agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, or remit, or cause to be remitted, such additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount), as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion Date.
(c) For purposes of determining any rate of exchange or currency equivalent for this Section 10.16, such amounts shall include any premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of the Obligation Currency.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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