Exhibit 10.2
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of [___], 2023 (the "Fourth Amendment Effective Date"), is made by HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation (the "Borrower"), the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined)), each of the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 28, 2020 (as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the "Credit Agreement"; except as otherwise defined in this Amendment, defined terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Lenders amend certain terms of the Credit Agreement as set forth herein; and the Lenders are willing to do so upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, covenant and agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Credit Agreement.
(a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment:
(i) the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read in the form attached hereto as Annex A; and
(ii) Exhibit 2.5.1 to the Credit Agreement [Loan Request] is amended in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Annex B.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms of the Credit Agreement (immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment) applicable to Euro Rate Loans that are denominated in Dollars and Euros shall continue in full force and effect and shall continue to apply to each Euro Rate Loan that is denominated in Dollars or Euros with an Interest Period that commenced prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date until the expiration of the then current Interest Period for each such Euro Rate Loan following the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
2. General.
(a) Conditions Precedent. The Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the amendments set forth herein shall only be effective upon the occurrence of all the following conditions precedent:
(i) Amendment. The Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall have executed and delivered this Amendment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) USA Patriot Act Diligence. Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent and each Lender, such documentation and other information requested in connection with applicable "know your customer" and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act. If the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent and each Lender that so requests, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
(iii) Fees and Expenses. The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent all fees due and payable on or before the date hereof and any documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, including without limitation, the reasonable and invoiced out-of-pocket fees of the Administrative Agent's outside counsel in connection with this Amendment.
(b) Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Borrower and each Guarantor covenants and agrees with and represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:
(i) the Obligations under the Credit Agreement are and shall remain secured by the Collateral, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(ii) the Borrower and each of the Guarantors possess all of the powers requisite to enter into and carry out the transactions of the Borrower and such Guarantor referred to herein and to execute, enter into and perform the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and any other documents contemplated herein that are to be performed by the Borrower or such Guarantor; any and all actions required or necessary pursuant to the Borrower's or such Guarantor's organizational documents or otherwise have been taken to authorize the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and such Guarantor of the terms and conditions of this Amendment; the officers of the Borrower and each Guarantor executing this Amendment are the duly elected, qualified, acting and incumbent officers of such Loan Party and hold the titles set forth below their names on the signature lines of this Amendment; and such execution, delivery and performance will not conflict with, constitute a default under or result in a breach of (A) any applicable law, (B) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, any material agreement or instrument or (C) any order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which the Borrower or such Guarantor is a party or by which the Borrower or such Guarantor or any of its properties is bound, and that all consents, authorizations and/or approvals required or necessary from any third parties in connection with the entry into, delivery and performance by the Borrower and such Guarantor of the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained by the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, and are full force and effect;
(iii) this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws and by general equitable principles, whether enforcement is sought by proceedings at law or in equity;
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(iv) all representations and warranties made by the Borrower and each Guarantor in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of any such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Change, in all respects), except for representations and warranties which (A) specifically refer to an earlier date which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date referred to therein, and (B) are qualified by materiality which will be true and correct in all respects and the Borrower and each Guarantor has complied with all covenants and undertakings in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(v) this Amendment is not a substitution, novation, discharge or release of the Borrower's or any Guarantor's obligations under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, all of which shall and are intended to remain in full force and effect;
(vi) no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents; there exist no defenses, offsets, counterclaims or other claims with respect to the Borrower's or any Guarantor's obligations and liabilities under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents;
(vii) no Material Adverse Change has occurred since January 1, 2022; and
(viii) the Borrower and each Guarantor hereby ratify and confirm in full its duties and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents applicable to it, each as modified hereby.
(c) Incorporation into the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents. This Amendment shall be incorporated into the Credit Agreement by this reference and each reference to the Credit Agreement that is made in the Credit Agreement or any other document executed or to be executed in connection therewith shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. The term "Loan Documents" as defined in the Credit Agreement shall include this Amendment.
(d) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, or the other Loan Documents shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and this Amendment shall otherwise remain in full force and effect.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall apply to and be binding upon the Borrower and each Guarantor in all respects and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, provided that neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate its duties and obligations hereunder. Nothing expressed or referred to in this Amendment is intended or shall be construed to give any person or entity other than the parties hereto a legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or with respect to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, it being the intention of the parties hereto that this Amendment and all of its provisions and conditions are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
(f) Reimbursement of Expenses. The Borrower unconditionally agrees to pay and reimburse the Administrative Agent and save the Administrative Agent harmless against liability
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for the payment of reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel actually incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the development, preparation, execution, administration, interpretation or performance of this Amendment and all other documents or instruments to be delivered in connection herewith.
(g) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by different parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered shall be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Entire Agreement. This Amendment sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof. No representation, promise, inducement or statement of intention has been made by any party which is not embodied in this Amendment, and no party shall be bound by or liable for any alleged representation, promise, inducement or statement of intention not set forth herein.
(i) Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment or any provisions hereof.
(j) No Novation. This Amendment amends the Credit Agreement, but is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute, a novation of the Obligations of the Borrower and/or the Guarantors under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(k) Construction. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment.
(l) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER:
HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
a Florida corporation
By: ________________________________
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Chief Financial Officer
GUARANTORS:
ENOVATION CONTROLS, LLC,
an Oklahoma limited liability company
By: Helios Technologies, Inc.,
its managing member
By: ________________________________
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SUN HYDRAULICS, LLC,
a Florida limited liability company
By: Helios Technologies, Inc.,
its sole manager
By: _______________________________
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Chief Financial Officer
FASTER, INC.,
an Ohio corporation
By:
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SPA & BATH HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Chairwoman
BALBOA WATER GROUP, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Vice President
HELIOS CENTER OF ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: President
HELIOS HYDRAULICS AMERICAS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: Helios Technologies, Inc.,
its sole manager
By: ________________________________
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Chief Financial Officer
DAMAN PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: Helios Hydraulics Americas, LLC.,
its sole member
By: Helios Technologies, Inc.,
the sole manager of Helios Hydraulics Americas, LLC
By: ________________________________
Name: Tricia Fulton
Title: Chief Financial Officer
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Loan Lender and a Lender
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUIST BANK, as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
REGIONS BANK, as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
BANK OF MONTREAL, as an Issuing Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION., as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
SYNOVUS BANK, as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
M&T BANK, successor by merger to People’s United Bank, N.A., as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
Annex A to Fourth Amendment
CUSIP NO. (REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY) 42328JAB1
CUSIP NO. (TERM LOAN FACILITY) 42328JAC9
$600,000,000.00
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
(as amended by the First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2021, the Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated November 19, 2021, the Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2022 and the Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of [__], 2023)
by and among
HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
and
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arranger
and
TRUIST BANK,
as Syndication Agent
and
BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A.
and
REGIONS BANK, as co-Documentation Agents
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
Dated as of October 28, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. |
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
1 |
1.1 |
Certain Definitions |
1 |
1.2 |
Construction |
40 |
1.3 |
Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP |
40 |
1.4 |
Currency Calculations |
41 |
1.5 |
Divisions |
41 |
1.6 |
Benchmark Replacement Notification |
41 |
2. |
REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES |
42 |
2.1 |
Revolving Credit Commitments |
42 |
2.1.1 |
Revolving Credit Loans; Optional Currency Loans |
42 |
2.1.2 |
Swing Loan Commitment |
42 |
2.2 |
Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans |
42 |
2.3 |
Commitment Fees |
42 |
2.4 |
Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments |
43 |
2.5 |
Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests |
43 |
2.5.1 |
Loan Requests |
43 |
2.5.2 |
Swing Loan Requests |
44 |
2.6 |
Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans |
44 |
2.6.1 |
Making Revolving Credit Loans |
44 |
2.6.2 |
Presumptions by the Administrative Agent |
45 |
2.6.3 |
Making Swing Loans |
45 |
2.6.4 |
Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans |
45 |
2.6.5 |
Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans |
45 |
2.6.6 |
Swing Loans Under Cash Management Agreements |
46 |
2.7 |
Notes |
46 |
2.8 |
Use of Proceeds |
46 |
2.9 |
Letter of Credit Subfacility |
46 |
2.9.1 |
Issuance of Letters of Credit |
47 |
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2.9.2 |
Letter of Credit Fees |
48 |
2.9.3 |
Disbursements, Reimbursement |
48 |
2.9.4 |
Repayment of Participation Advances |
49 |
2.9.5 |
Documentation |
50 |
2.9.6 |
Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests |
50 |
2.9.7 |
Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations |
50 |
2.9.8 |
Indemnity |
52 |
2.9.9 |
Liability for Acts and Omissions |
52 |
2.9.10 |
Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements |
53 |
2.9.11 |
Cash Collateral for Extended Letters of Credit |
54 |
2.10 |
Defaulting Lenders |
55 |
2.10.1 |
Defaulting Lender Adjustments |
55 |
2.10.2 |
Defaulting Lender Cure |
56 |
2.10.3 |
New Swing Loans/Letters of Credit |
57 |
2.11 |
Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Term Loans |
57 |
2.12 |
Utilization of Commitments in Optional Currencies |
60 |
2.12.1 |
Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional Currency Loans and Letters of Credit Outstanding; Repayment in Same Currency |
60 |
2.13 |
European Monetary Union |
60 |
3. |
Initial TERM LOAN |
61 |
3.1 |
Term Loan Commitments |
61 |
3.2 |
Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Term Loans; Repayment Terms |
61 |
4. |
INTEREST RATES |
62 |
4.1 |
Interest Rate Options |
62 |
4.1.1 |
Revolving Credit Interest Rate Options; Swing Line Interest Rate |
63 |
4.1.2 |
Swing Loan Interest Rate |
64 |
4.1.3 |
Term Loan Interest Rate Options |
64 |
4.1.4 |
Interest Act (Canada) |
64 |
4.1.5 |
Rate Calculations; Rate Quotations |
64 |
4.2 |
Conforming Changes Relating to Term SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR, or Daily Simple SOFR. |
64 |
4.3 |
Interest After Default |
65 |
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4.3.1 |
Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate |
65 |
4.3.2 |
Other Obligations |
65 |
4.3.3 |
Acknowledgment |
65 |
4.4 |
4.4 Rate Unascertainable; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available; Illegality; Benchmark Replacement Setting |
65 |
4.4.1 |
Unascertainable; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available |
65 |
4.4.2 |
Illegality |
66 |
4.4.3 |
Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights |
66 |
4.4.4 |
Benchmark Replacement Setting |
67 |
4.5 |
Selection of Interest Rate Options |
72 |
5. |
PAYMENTS |
72 |
5.1 |
Payments |
72 |
5.2 |
Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders |
73 |
5.3 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
74 |
5.4 |
Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
74 |
5.4.1 |
Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent |
74 |
5.4.2 |
Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent |
75 |
5.5 |
Interest Payment Dates |
75 |
5.6 |
Voluntary Prepayments |
75 |
5.6.1 |
Right to Prepay |
75 |
5.6.2 |
Replacement of a Lender |
76 |
5.6.3 |
Designation of a Different Lending Office |
77 |
5.7 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
78 |
5.7.1 |
Sale of Assets and Recovery Events |
78 |
5.7.2 |
[Reserved] |
78 |
5.7.3 |
Debt Issuances |
78 |
5.7.4 |
Certain Foreign Subsidiary Debt Issuances |
78 |
5.7.5 |
Currency Fluctuations |
78 |
5.7.6 |
Application Among Interest Rate Options |
79 |
5.8 |
Increased Costs |
79 |
5.8.1 |
Increased Costs Generally |
79 |
5.8.2 |
Capital Requirements |
79 |
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5.8.3 |
Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans |
80 |
5.8.4 |
Delay in Requests |
80 |
5.8.5 |
Additional Reserve Requirements |
80 |
5.9 |
Taxes |
80 |
5.9.1 |
Issuing Lender |
80 |
5.9.2 |
Payments Free of Taxes |
80 |
5.9.3 |
Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties |
81 |
5.9.4 |
Indemnification by the Loan Parties |
81 |
5.9.5 |
Indemnification by the Lenders |
81 |
5.9.6 |
Evidence of Payments |
81 |
5.9.7 |
Status of Lenders |
81 |
5.9.8 |
Treatment of Certain Refunds |
84 |
5.9.9 |
Survival |
84 |
5.10 |
Indemnity |
84 |
5.11 |
Settlement Date Procedures |
85 |
5.12 |
Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments |
85 |
5.13 |
Indemnity in Certain Events |
85 |
5.14 |
Cash Collateral |
86 |
5.14.1 |
Grant of Security Interest |
86 |
5.14.2 |
Application |
86 |
5.14.3 |
Termination of Requirement |
86 |
6. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
86 |
6.1 |
Representations and Warranties |
87 |
6.1.1 |
Organization and Qualification; Power and Authority; Compliance With Laws; Title to Properties; Event of Default |
87 |
6.1.2 |
Subsidiaries; Investment Companies |
87 |
6.1.3 |
Validity and Binding Effect |
88 |
6.1.4 |
No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents |
88 |
6.1.5 |
Litigation |
88 |
6.1.6 |
Financial Statements |
88 |
6.1.7 |
Margin Stock |
89 |
6.1.8 |
Full Disclosure |
89 |
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6.1.9 |
Taxes |
89 |
6.1.10 |
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc |
90 |
6.1.11 |
Liens in the Collateral |
90 |
6.1.12 |
Insurance |
90 |
6.1.13 |
ERISA Compliance |
90 |
6.1.14 |
Environmental Matters |
91 |
6.1.15 |
Solvency |
91 |
6.1.16 |
Sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws |
91 |
6.1.17 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
91 |
6.1.18 |
EEA Financial Institution |
91 |
6.1.19 |
Material Contracts; Burdensome Restrictions |
91 |
6.1.20 |
Employment Matters |
92 |
6.1.21 |
Beneficial Ownership |
92 |
7. |
CONDITIONS TO EffectIVENESS and LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT |
92 |
7.1 |
Conditions to Effectiveness |
92 |
7.1.1 |
Deliveries |
92 |
7.1.2 |
Payment of Fees |
94 |
7.2 |
Each Loan or Letter of Credit |
94 |
8. |
COVENANTS |
95 |
8.1 |
Affirmative Covenants |
95 |
8.1.1 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc |
95 |
8.1.2 |
Payment of Taxes |
95 |
8.1.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
95 |
8.1.4 |
Maintenance of Properties and Leases |
95 |
8.1.5 |
Visitation Rights |
95 |
8.1.6 |
Keeping of Records and Books of Account |
96 |
8.1.7 |
Compliance with Laws; Use of Proceeds |
96 |
8.1.8 |
Pledged Assets, Further Assurances |
96 |
8.1.9 |
Additional Guarantors |
97 |
8.1.10 |
Sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws |
98 |
8.1.11 |
Post-Closing Obligations |
98 |
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8.2 |
Negative Covenants |
98 |
8.2.1 |
Indebtedness |
98 |
8.2.2 |
Liens; Lien Covenants |
99 |
8.2.3 |
Guaranties |
99 |
8.2.4 |
Investments |
100 |
8.2.5 |
Dividends and Related Distributions |
100 |
8.2.6 |
Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions |
101 |
8.2.7 |
Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries |
103 |
8.2.8 |
Affiliate Transactions |
103 |
8.2.9 |
Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures |
104 |
8.2.10 |
Continuation of or Change in Business |
104 |
8.2.11 |
Fiscal Year |
104 |
8.2.12 |
[Reserved] |
104 |
8.2.13 |
Changes in Organizational Documents |
104 |
8.2.14 |
Maximum Leverage Ratio |
104 |
8.2.15 |
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio |
105 |
8.2.16 |
Sanctions and other Anti-Terrorism Laws |
105 |
8.2.17 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
105 |
8.2.18 |
Limitation on Negative Pledges |
105 |
8.2.19 |
Use of Proceeds |
106 |
8.3 |
Reporting Requirements |
106 |
8.3.1 |
Quarterly Financial Statements |
106 |
8.3.2 |
Annual Financial Statements |
106 |
8.3.3 |
Certificate of the Borrower |
106 |
8.3.4 |
Notices |
106 |
8.3.5 |
Electronic Delivery |
108 |
9. |
DEFAULT |
108 |
9.1 |
Events of Default |
108 |
9.1.1 |
Payments Under Loan Documents |
108 |
9.1.2 |
Breach of Warranty |
108 |
9.1.3 |
[Reserved] |
109 |
9.1.4 |
Breach of Negative Covenants, Visitation Rights or Anti-Terrorism Laws |
109 |
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9.1.5 |
Breach of Other Covenants |
109 |
9.1.6 |
Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness |
109 |
9.1.7 |
Final Judgments or Orders |
109 |
9.1.8 |
Loan Document Unenforceable |
109 |
9.1.9 |
Uninsured Losses; Proceedings Against Assets |
109 |
9.1.10 |
Events Relating to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans |
110 |
9.1.11 |
Change of Control |
110 |
9.1.12 |
Relief Proceedings |
110 |
9.2 |
Consequences of Event of Default |
110 |
9.2.1 |
Generally |
110 |
9.2.2 |
Set-off |
111 |
9.2.3 |
Enforcement of Rights and Remedies |
111 |
9.2.4 |
Application of Proceeds |
112 |
10. |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
113 |
10.1 |
Appointment and Authority |
113 |
10.2 |
Rights as a Lender |
113 |
10.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
113 |
10.4 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
114 |
10.5 |
Delegation of Duties |
115 |
10.6 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent |
115 |
10.7 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
116 |
10.8 |
No Other Duties, Etc |
116 |
10.9 |
Administrative Agent’s Fee |
116 |
10.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
116 |
10.11 |
Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors |
117 |
10.12 |
No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program |
118 |
10.13 |
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedges, Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedges and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program |
118 |
11. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
118 |
11.1 |
Modifications, Amendments or Waivers |
118 |
11.1.1 |
Increase of Commitment |
118 |
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11.1.2 |
Extension of Payment; Reduction of Principal, Interest or Fees; Modification of Terms of Payment |
118 |
11.1.3 |
Release of Collateral or Guarantor |
119 |
11.1.4 |
Miscellaneous |
119 |
11.2 |
No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies |
120 |
11.3 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
120 |
11.3.1 |
Costs and Expenses |
120 |
11.3.2 |
Indemnification by the Borrower |
120 |
11.3.3 |
Reimbursement by Lenders |
121 |
11.3.4 |
Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc |
121 |
11.3.5 |
Payments |
122 |
11.3.6 |
Survival |
122 |
11.4 |
Holidays |
122 |
11.5 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication |
122 |
11.5.1 |
Notices Generally |
122 |
11.5.2 |
Electronic Communications |
122 |
11.5.3 |
Change of Address, Etc |
123 |
11.5.4 |
Platform |
123 |
11.6 |
Severability |
123 |
11.7 |
Duration; Survival |
124 |
11.8 |
Successors and Assigns |
124 |
11.8.1 |
Successors and Assigns Generally |
124 |
11.8.2 |
Assignments by Lenders |
124 |
11.8.3 |
Register |
126 |
11.8.4 |
Participations |
126 |
11.8.5 |
Cashless Settlement |
127 |
11.8.6 |
Arrangers/Bookrunners |
127 |
11.8.7 |
Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally |
127 |
11.9 |
Confidentiality |
127 |
11.9.1 |
General |
127 |
11.9.2 |
Sharing Information With Affiliates of the Lenders |
128 |
11.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution; Electronic Records |
128 |
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11.10.1 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
128 |
11.10.2 |
Electronic Execution |
128 |
11.10.2 |
Electronic Records |
129 |
11.11 |
CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
129 |
11.11.1 |
Governing Law |
129 |
11.11.2 |
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION |
129 |
11.11.3 |
WAIVER OF VENUE |
130 |
11.11.4 |
SERVICE OF PROCESS |
130 |
11.11.5 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
130 |
11.12 |
USA Patriot Act Notice |
131 |
11.13 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
131 |
11.14 |
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement |
131 |
11.15 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
131 |
11.16 |
Amendment and Restatement |
132 |
12. |
GUARANTY |
135 |
12.1 |
The Guaranty |
135 |
12.2 |
Obligations Unconditional |
135 |
12.3 |
Reinstatement |
136 |
12.4 |
Certain Additional Waivers |
137 |
12.5 |
Remedies |
137 |
12.6 |
Rights of Contribution |
137 |
12.7 |
Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee |
137 |
12.8 |
Keepwell |
137 |
12.9 |
Amendment and Restatement |
138 |
LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1.1(A) - COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
SCHEDULE 1.1(B) - PERMITTED LIENS
SCHEDULE 1.1(C) - PERMITTED INVESTMENTS
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SCHEDULE 1.1(D) - PROJECT VITALITY CONSOLIDATED EBITDA
SCHEDULE 1.1(E) - EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT
SCHEDULE 6.1.2(i) - SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE 6.1.2(ii) - REAL PROPERTY
SCHEDULE 8.1.3 - INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COLLATERAL
SCHEDULE 8.1.11 POST-CLOSING OBLIGATIONS
SCHEDULE 8.2.1 - PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1.1(A) - ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1(B) - JOINDER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1(C) - [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT 1.1(D) - REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
EXHIBIT 1.1(E) - SWING LOAN NOTE
EXHIBIT 1.1(F) - TERM NOTE
EXHIBIT 2.5.1 - LOAN REQUEST
EXHIBIT 2.5.2 - SWING LOAN REQUEST
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(A) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(B) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(C) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(D) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
EXHIBIT 8.2.6 - ACQUISITION COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT 8.3.3 - COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (as hereafter amended, the “Agreement”) is dated as of October 28, 2020 and is made by and among HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Borrower”), each of the GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), the LENDERS (as hereinafter defined) and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement.
The Borrower (formerly known as Sun Hydraulics Corporation), the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 22, 2016 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the “Existing Credit Agreement”). The Borrower (i) requests the Lenders to provide a revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 as of the Closing Date and (ii) further requests the Lenders to provide a term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 as of the Closing Date, collectively, as evidenced by this Agreement which amends, restates and supersedes the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety. In consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions. In addition to words and terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context hereof clearly requires otherwise:
“Adjustment Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.14 [Maximum Leverage Ratio].
“Administrative Agent” shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder.
“Administrative Agent’s Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].
“Administrative Agent’s Letter” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].
“Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” as to any Person shall mean any other Person (i) which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, (ii) which beneficially owns or holds 10% or more of any class of the voting or other equity interests of such Person, or (iii) 10% or more of any class of voting interests or other equity interests of which is beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
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“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and any other similar anti-corruption laws or regulations administered or enforced in any jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries conduct business.
“Anti-Terrorism Law” shall mean any Law in force or hereinafter enacted related to terrorism, money laundering or Sanctioned Persons, including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA PATRIOT Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701, et. seq., the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1, et. seq., 18 U.S.C. § 2332d, and 18 U.S.C. § 2339B and any regulations or directives promulgated under these provisions.
“Applicable Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin” below the heading “Commitment Fee.”
“Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate” shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin” below the heading “Letter of Credit Fee.”
“Applicable Margin” shall mean the corresponding percentages per annum as specified below based on the Leverage Ratio:
Pricing Level |
Leverage Ratio |
Commitment Fee |
Letter of Credit Fee |
Term Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, British Pounds Sterling and Euros; and Swing Loans |
Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars |
I |
Less than 1.00 to 1.00 |
0.175% |
1.50% |
1.50% |
0.50% |
II |
Greater than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00, but less than 1.75 to 1.00 |
0.20% |
1.75% |
1.75% |
0.75% |
III |
Greater than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00, but less than 2.50 to 1.00 |
0.25% |
2.00% |
2.00% |
1.00% |
IV |
Greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, but less than 3.25 to 1.00 |
0.25% |
2.25% |
2.25% |
1.25% |
V |
Greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00 |
0.30% |
2.75% |
2.75% |
1.75% |
The Applicable Margin shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date on which the Borrower is required to provide a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 8.3.3 [Certificate
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of the Borrower] for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower (each such date, a “Calculation Date”); provided that (a) the Applicable Margin shall be based on Pricing Level V until the Calculation Date related to the Compliance Certificate delivered for the first full fiscal quarter after the fiscal quarter in which the Closing Date occurs, and, thereafter the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding the applicable Calculation Date, and (b) if the Borrower fails to provide any Compliance Certificate when due as required by Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower], the Applicable Margin from the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered shall be based on Pricing Level V until such time as such Compliance Certificate is delivered, at which time the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower preceding such Calculation Date. The applicable Pricing Level shall be effective from one Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date, except as provided in the preceding sentence. Any adjustment in the Pricing Level shall be applicable to all extensions of credit then existing or subsequently made or issued.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements], Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] or Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower], respectively, is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether (i) this Agreement is in effect, (ii) any Commitments are in effect, or (iii) any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligation is outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered or such financial statement or Compliance Certificate was delivered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the actual Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (A) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (B) the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period shall be determined as if the Leverage Ratio in the corrected Compliance Certificate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (C) the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the applicable Lenders) the accrued additional interest and fees 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 Section 5.4 [Administrative Agent’s Clawback]. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Sections 5.1 [Payments] and 9.2 [Consequences of Event of Default] nor any of their other rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any Loans and payments in any Optional Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Optional Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Approved Fund” shall mean any fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and 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.
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“Asset Sale” shall mean any disposition or series of dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof of the type described in clause (iv) of Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries].
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” shall mean an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee permitted under Section 11.8.2 [Assignments by Lenders], in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(A).
“Australian Dollar” shall mean the lawful currency of Australia.
“Australian Rate Lookback Day” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”
“Authorized Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party, any manager or the members (if member managed) in the case of any Loan Party which is a limited liability company, or such other individuals, designated by written notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower, authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents on behalf of such Loan Party required hereunder. The Borrower may amend such list of individuals from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to the Administrative Agent.
“Bail-In Action” shall mean, the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (i) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate, plus 0.5%, (ii) the Prime Rate, and (iii) Daily Simple SOFR, plus the SOFR Adjustment, plus 1.00%, so long as Daily Simple SOFR is offered, ascertainable and not unlawful; provided, however, if the Base Rate as determined above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. Any change in the Base Rate (or any component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the case of any event specified in Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available] or Section 4.4.2[Illegality], to the extent any such determination affects the calculation of the Base Rate, the definition hereof shall be calculated without reference to clause (iii) until the circumstances giving rise to such event no longer exist.
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“Base Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(i)(A) [Revolving Credit Base Rate Option] or Section 4.1.3(i) [Term Loan Base Rate Option], as applicable. The Base Rate Option shall only be available for Loans denominated in Dollars.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party shall mean an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“BMO Harris Bank” shall mean BMO Harris Bank, N.A.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
“Borrowing Date” shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the date for the making thereof or the renewal or conversion thereof at or to the same or a different Interest Rate Option, which date shall be a Business Day.
“Borrowing Tranche” shall mean specified portions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, or Swing Loans, as the context may require, consisting of simultaneous loans of the same Type in the same Currency, and in the case of Term Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period. For the avoidance of doubt, Base Rate Loans shall be considered one Borrowing Tranche.
“British Pounds Sterling” shall mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed, or are in fact closed, for business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; provided that for purposes of any direct or indirect calculation or determination of, or when used in connection with any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements, payments, or other dealings with respect to any (i) Term SOFR Rate Loan or Daily SOFR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall mean any such day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, (ii) Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall mean any such day that is also a Eurocurrency Banking Day; and (iii) Term RFR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall mean any such day that is also a Term RFR Business Day.
“Canadian Dollar” shall mean the lawful currency of Canada.
“Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, but in no event will Capital Stock include any debt securities convertible or exchangeable into equity unless and until actually converted or exchanged.
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“Cash Collateralize” shall mean, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders, as collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Lender shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Lender. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Management Agreements” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.6.6 [Swing Loans Under Cash Management Agreements].
“Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person in its capacity as a party to such Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product that (i) at the time it enters into an Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) on the Closing Date, it (or its Affiliate), or the at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is party to an Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.
“CDOR Rate” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”
“CDOR Lookback Day” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”
“CEA” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.§1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“CFTC” shall mean the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or any successor agency.
“Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of any new Law, (ii) any change in any Law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Official Body or (iii) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any Official Body; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of Law) and (y) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations 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 (whether or not having the force of Law), in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented.
“Change of Control” shall mean (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means or warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower entitled to vote in
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the election of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower, or (b) in any twelve (12) month period, occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
“CIP Regulations” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.12 [No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program].
“Closing Date” shall mean the Business Day on which the first Loan shall be made, which shall be October 28, 2020.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“Collateral” shall mean the collateral under the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Documents” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Security and Pledge Agreement, and (ii) any other security documents executed and delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to Section 8.1.8 [Further Assurances].
“Commitment” shall mean as to any Lender the aggregate of its Revolving Credit Commitment, Term Loan Commitment and, in the case of PNC, its Swing Loan Commitment, and Commitments shall mean the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments, Term Loan Commitments and Swing Loan Commitment of all of the Lenders.
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees].
“Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
“Communications” shall mean as is specified in Section 11.5.4 [Platform].
“Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower].
“Computation Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.12.1 [Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional Currency Loans and Letters of Credit Outstanding; Repayment in Same Currency].
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR or any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate
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to reflect the adoption and implementation of the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR or such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR or the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consideration” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the aggregate, without duplication, of: (a) the cash paid by any of the Loan Parties, directly or indirectly, to the seller in connection therewith, (b) the Indebtedness incurred or assumed by any of the Loan Parties, whether in favor of the seller or otherwise and whether fixed or contingent, (c) any guaranty given or incurred by any Loan Party in connection therewith, and (d) any other consideration given or obligation incurred by any of the Loan Parties in connection therewith.
“Consolidated EBITDA” for any period of determination shall mean (i) the sum of (a) net income, (b) depreciation, (c) amortization, (d) other non-cash charges to net income (excluding non-cash charges that are expected to become cash charges in a future period or that are reserves for future cash charges), (e) interest expense, (f) income tax expense, (g) one-time fees and expenses relating to this Agreement and any Permitted Acquisition to the extent reducing net income in such period of determination not to exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate in any period of determination, (h) 100% of any contingent consideration expense related to future acquisitions to the extent reducing net income in such period, and (i) other one-time operating and restructuring charges not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any period of determination, minus (ii) non-cash credits to net income (excluding non-cash credits that represent an accrual or reserve for a future or potential future cash payment), in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP (as applicable). For any period of determination in which a Loan Party has completed a Permitted Acquisition or any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of a line of business, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis for such period as if such Permitted Acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first (1st) day of such period, as evidenced by pro forma financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case determined and consolidated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (as applicable); provided that, in preparing such pro forma financial statements, (a) with respect to any such disposition or (i) income statement and cash flow statement items attributable to the Person or property disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and (ii) Indebtedness which is retired shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period, and (b) with respect to any such acquisition, (i) income statement and cash flow statement items attributable to the Person or property acquired shall only be included to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement and cash flow statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance
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with any defined terms set forth in this Section 1.1 [Certain Definitions] and (B) such items are supported by financial statements of, or other information related to, the Person or property acquired, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (ii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such transaction and any Indebtedness of the Person or property acquired which is not retired in connection with such transaction shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, following the closing of the Project Vitality Acquisition, the pro forma amounts to be included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA hereunder for the last fiscal quarter of the 2019 fiscal year and the first, second, third and stub (through the Closing Date) fourth fiscal quarters of the 2020 fiscal year, attributable to the Project Vitality Acquisition, shall be as set forth on Schedule 1.1(D).
“Covered Entity” shall mean (a) the Borrower, each of Borrower’s Subsidiaries, all Guarantors and all pledgors of Collateral, and (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by or is in control of a Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of equity interests, contract or otherwise.
“Currency” means Dollars or any Optional Currency and “Currencies” shall mean, collectively, Dollars and each Optional Currency.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) (A) SOFR for the day (the “SOFR Determination Date”) that is 2 Business Days prior to (i) such SOFR Rate Day if such SOFR Rate Day is a Business Day or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day if such SOFR Rate Day is not a Business Day, by (B) a number equal to 1.00 minus the SOFR Reserve Percentage, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source identified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or its successor administrator for the secured overnight financing rate from time to time. If Daily Simple SOFR as determined above would be less than the SOFR Floor, then Daily Simple SOFR shall be deemed to be the SOFR Floor. If SOFR for any SOFR Determination Date has not been published or replaced with a Benchmark Replacement by 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the second Business Day immediately following such SOFR Determination Date, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR for the first Business Day preceding such SOFR Determination Date for which SOFR was published in accordance with the definition of “SOFR”; provided that SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be used for purposes of calculating Daily Simple SOFR for no more than 3 consecutive SOFR Rate Days. If and when Daily Simple SOFR as determined above changes, any applicable rate of interest based on Daily Simple SOFR will change automatically without notice to the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.
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“Daily SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on Daily Simple SOFR.
“Daily SOFR Option” means the option of the Borrower to have Swing Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms specified in Section 4.1.2 [Swing Loan Interest Rate].
“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean subject to Section 2.10.2 [Defaulting Lender Cure], any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Loan 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 Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan 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 Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, 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 Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the 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 Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (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, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; 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 an Official Body 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 Official Body) 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 any one or more of 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 2.10.2 [Defaulting
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Lender Cure]) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Loan Lender and each Lender.
“Designated Jurisdiction” shall mean any country or territory that itself is specifically targeted by a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx, or any successor list maintained by, or as otherwise published from time to time by, OFAC.
“Dollar, Dollars, U.S. Dollars” and the symbol $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency, as of any Computation Date, the Equivalent Amount of such currency expressed in Dollars.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of Borrower or any other U.S. domestic Loan Party domiciled in the United States which may now exist or which may hereafter be acquired, formed or created.
“Drawing Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.1.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” shall mean the date indicated in a document or agreement to be the date on which such document or agreement becomes effective, or, if there is no such indication, the date of execution of such document or agreement.
“Effective Federal Funds Rate” shall mean for any day the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1% announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the “Effective Federal Funds Rate” as of the date of this Agreement; provided that if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the “Effective Federal Funds Rate” for such day shall be the Effective Federal Funds Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
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the Effective Federal Funds Rate as determined under any method above would be less than zero percent (0.00%), such rate shall be deemed to be zero percent (0.00%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“Eligible Contract Participant” shall mean an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the CEA and regulations thereunder.
“Eligibility Date” shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party and each Swap, the date on which this Agreement or any other Loan Document becomes effective with respect to such Swap (for the avoidance of doubt, the Eligibility Date shall be the Effective Date of such Swap if this Agreement or any other Loan Document is then in effect with respect to such Loan Party, and otherwise it shall be the Effective Date of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document(s) to which such Loan Party is a party).
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and foreign Laws (including common law), constitutions, statutes, treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances and codes and any consent decrees, settlement agreements, judgments, orders, directives, policies or programs issued by or entered into with an Official Body pertaining or relating to: (i) pollution or pollution control; (ii) protection of human health from exposure to regulated substances; (iii) protection of the environment and/or natural resources; (iv) employee safety in the workplace; (v) the presence, use, management, generation, manufacture, processing, extraction, treatment, recycling, refining, reclamation, labeling, packaging, sale, transport, storage, collection, distribution, disposal or release or threat of release of regulated substances; (vi) the presence of contamination; (vii) the protection of endangered or threatened species; and (viii) the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.
“Equivalent Amount” shall mean, at any time, as determined by Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), with respect to an amount of any currency (the “Reference Currency”) which is to be computed as an equivalent amount of another currency (the “Equivalent Currency”), the amount of such Equivalent Currency converted from such Reference Currency at Administrative Agent’s rate (based on the market rates then prevailing and available to Administrative Agent) for such Equivalent Currency in exchange for such Reference Currency at a time determined by Administrative Agent on the date that is the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Lookback Day (for amounts relating to Eurocurrency Rate Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency to which the Eurocurrency Rate would apply), the applicable Term RFR Lookback Day (for amounts relating to Term RFR Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency to which a Term RFR would apply) immediately preceding the date of determination, or otherwise on the date which is two (2) Business Days immediately preceding the date of determination or otherwise with respect to Loans to which any other Interest Rate Option applies, the lookback date applicable thereto (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion).
“Equivalent Currency” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Equivalent Amount”.
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“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) with respect to a Pension Plan, a reportable event under Section 4043 of ERISA as to which event (after taking into account notice waivers provided for in the regulations) there is a duty to give notice to the PBGC; (b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group from a Multiemployer Plan, or occurrence of an event described in Section 4041A(a) of ERISA that results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(e) of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430.431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group.
“ERISA Group” shall mean, at any time, the Borrower and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and all other entities which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.1.
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.4.
“EURIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”.
“Euro” shall refer to the lawful currency of the Participating Member States.
“Eurocurrency Rate” shall mean the following:
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(a) for Eurocurrency Rate Borrowings denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum (the “CDOR Rate”) as determined by the Administrative Agent, equal to the arithmetic average rate applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances (C$BAs) for the applicable Interest Period appearing on the Bloomberg page BTMM CA, rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100 of 1% per annum, at approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, two (2) Eurocurrency Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if by such time such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg page BTMM CA, the CDOR Rate on such day shall be the rate for such period applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances quoted by a bank listed in Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada), as selected by the Administrative Agent, as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on such day or, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided further that any CDOR Rate so determined based on the immediately preceding Business Day shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of the Eurocurrency Rate for no more than three (3) consecutive Business Days (any such day, collectively, the “CDOR Lookback Day”);
(b) for Eurocurrency Rate Borrowings denominated in Australian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Australian Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate or the successor thereto as approved by the Administrative Agent as published by Bloomberg (or on any successor or substitute service providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided by such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for the applicable Interest Period, rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Sydney, Australia time), two (2) Eurocurrency Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in Australian Dollars with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period; provided, that if by such time the Australian Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate in respect of such day has not been so published, or such day is not a Business Day, then the Australian Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate for such day will be the Australian Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate as published in respect of the first preceding Business Day for which such Australian Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate was published thereon; provided further that any Australian Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate so determined based on the first preceding Business Day shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of the Eurocurrency Rate for no more than three (3) consecutive Business Days (any such day, collectively, the “Australian Rate Lookback Day”); and
(c) for Eurocurrency Rate Borrowings denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”) as administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for a period equal in length to such Interest Period, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg page (or on any successor or substitute page or service providing such quotations as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Eurocurrency Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided, that if by such time the EURIBOR in respect of such day has not been so published, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the EURIBOR for such day will be the EURIBOR as published in respect of the first preceding Business Day for which such EURIBOR Rate was published thereon; provided further that any EURIBOR so determined based on the first preceding Business Day shall be utilized for
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purposes of calculation of the Eurocurrency Rate for no more than three (3) consecutive Business Days (any such day, collectively, the “EURIBOR Lookback Day”);
provided that if the adjusted Eurocurrency Rate as determined above would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement. The Eurocurrency Rate for any Loans shall be based upon the Eurocurrency Rate for the Currency in which such Loans are requested. The Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the Eurocurrency Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing Tranche, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan comprising such Borrowing Tranche.
“Eurocurrency Rate Lookback Days” means, collectively, a CDOR Lookback Day, an Australian Rate Lookback Day and an EURIBOR Lookback Day, and each such day is a “Eurocurrency Rate Lookback Day”
“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D) or any other reserve ratio or analogous requirement of any central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency Rate Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(ii)(A) [Revolving Credit Term Rate Loan Option] or Section 4.1.3(ii) [Term Loan Eurocurrency Rate Option], as applicable.
“Eurocurrency Banking Day” means any day which is, as applicable, for Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to (i) Canadian Dollars, any day on which banks are open for business in Canada; and (ii) Australian Dollars, any day on which banks are open for business in Australia.
“Event of Default” shall mean any of the events described in Section 9.1 [Events of Default] and referred to therein as an “Event of Default.”
“Exchange Act” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of Change of Control.
“Excluded Account” shall mean (a) any deposit account used solely for funding payroll or segregating payroll taxes or funding other employee wage or benefit payments in the ordinary course of business, (b) any fiduciary or trust account, (c) any other zero balance account or
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disbursement only account and (d) any other deposit account with an average monthly balance of not more than $100,000; provided, that the aggregate average monthly balance of all deposit accounts and securities accounts constituting Excluded Accounts under this clause (d) shall not exceed $500,000.
“Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party, each of its Swap Obligations if, and only to the extent that, all or any portion of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates to such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulation or order of the CFTC, solely by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing or in any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the foregoing is subject to the following provisos: (a) if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, this definition shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulations or order of the CFTC, solely as a result of the failure by such Loan Party for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap, (b) if a guarantee of a Swap Obligation would cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability but the grant of a security interest would not cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability, such Swap Obligation shall constitute an Excluded Hedge Liability for purposes of the guaranty but not for purposes of the grant of the security interest, and (c) if there is more than one Loan Party executing this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and a Swap Obligation would be an Excluded Hedge Liability with respect to one or more of such Persons, but not all of them, the definition of Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities with respect to each such Person shall only be deemed applicable to (i) the particular Swap Obligations that constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities with respect to such Person, and (ii) the particular Person with respect to which such Swap Obligations constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
“Excluded Property” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, (a) any owned real property, (b) any leased real property, (c) unless requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, any trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights for which a perfected Lien thereon is not effected either by filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or by appropriate evidence of such Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (d) the equity interests of any Foreign Subsidiary to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to Section 8.1.8(a) [Equity Interests], (e) any trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles, automobiles, rolling stock or other registered mobile equipment or assets covered by certificates of title or ownership of any Loan Party, (f) any General Intangible (as defined in the Security and Pledge Agreement), permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument (as defined in the Security and Pledge Agreement) of a Loan Party to the extent the grant of a security interest in such General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Loan Party’s rights, titles and interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both); provided that (x) any such limitation described in this clause (f) shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition or right to terminate or accelerate or alter the Loan Party’s rights could not be rendered
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ineffective pursuant to the UCC (as defined in the Security and Pledge Agreement) or any other applicable Law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of equity and (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or right or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to no longer constitute Excluded Property hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, such General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument shall automatically and simultaneously no longer constitute Excluded Property hereunder, (g) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of or render void or result in the cancellation of, any registration issued as a result of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable Law; provided that upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of an amendment to allege pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall no longer constitute Excluded Property, (h) Excluded Accounts, (i) equipment owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a capital lease obligation to the extent that the Indebtedness secured by such purchase money security interest or capital lease obligation and such Lien is permitted under this Agreement and to the extent that the contractual agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such capital lease obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than a Loan Party and its Affiliates as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on such equipment and (j) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent determines (in its sole discretion) that the burden or cost of obtaining a security interest in or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders and other Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (a) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (b) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (a) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]) or (b) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders], amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders], and (iv) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA (except to the extent imposed due to the failure of the Borrower to provide documentation or information to the IRS).
“Executive Order No. 13224” shall mean the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
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“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean those letters of credit existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 1.1(E).
“Expiration Date” shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, October 28, 2025.
“Extended Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1.1.
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“Floor” shall mean a rate of interest equal to 0%.
“Foreign Currency Hedge” shall mean any foreign exchange transaction, including spot and forward foreign currency purchases and sales, listed or over-the-counter options on foreign currencies, non-deliverable forwards and options, foreign currency swap agreements, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangements, and any other similar transaction providing for the purchase of one currency in exchange for the sale of another currency.
“Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge.
“Foreign Direct Subsidiary” shall mean each first tier, direct Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower or any other U.S. domestic Loan Party which may now exist or which may hereafter be acquired, formed or created.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Foreign Lender” shall mean (i) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (ii) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Ratable Share of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any Swing Loan Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Ratable Share of outstanding Swing Loans made by such Swing Loan Lender other than Swing Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from time to time, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3 [Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP], and applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts.
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“Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.1 [The Guaranty].
“Guarantor” shall mean (a) with respect to all Obligations, (i) each of the parties to this Agreement which is designated as a “Guarantor” on the signature page hereof, and (ii) each other Person which joins this Agreement as a Guarantor after the date hereof, (b) with respect to (i) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge with any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) or any Subsidiary that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product owing by any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) or any Subsidiary and (ii) the payment and performance by each Specified Loan Party of its obligations under its Guaranty with respect to all Swap Obligations, the Borrower, and (c) the successors and permitted assigns of the foregoing.
“Guaranty” of any Person shall mean any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person, any performance bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
“Guaranty Agreement” shall mean the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, pursuant to Section 12 [Guaranty].
“Hedge Bank” shall mean any Person in its capacity as a party to such Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge that (i) at the time it enters into a Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) on the Closing Date, it (or its Affiliate), or the at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is party to a Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge.
“Hedge Liabilities” shall mean collectively, the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities and the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities.
“Hostile Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition of the capital stock or other equity interests of a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such capital stock or other equity interests which has not been approved (prior to such acquisition) by resolutions of the board of directors of such Person, or by similar action if such Person is not a corporation, or as to which such prior approval by resolutions of the board of directors of such Person has not been withdrawn.
“ICC” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
“Increasing Lender” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11 [Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Term Loans].
“Incremental Term Loan” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11 [Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Term Loans]; Incremental Term Loans shall mean collectively all of the Incremental Term Loans.
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“Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person at any time, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of: (i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility, (iii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit agreement, (iv) obligations under any currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other interest rate management device, (v) any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized and/or synthetic leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness), (vi) any Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money, or (vii) joint venture and/or partnership debt but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof. The amount of any net obligations under any Indebtedness of the type described in clause (iv) above on any date shall be deemed to be the swap termination value thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in the preceding clause (i), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower].
“Information” shall mean all written information received from the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties or any of such Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries.
“Initial Term Loan” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.1 [Term Loan Commitments].
“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) a case, action or proceeding with respect to such Person (i) before any court or any other Official Body under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or otherwise relating to the liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or relief of such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of such Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; undertaken under any Law.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (x) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to (y) consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case of clauses (x) and (y) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date.
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“Interest Period” shall mean the period of time selected by the Borrower in connection with (and to apply to) any election permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans bear interest under a Term Rate Loan Option. Subject to the last sentence of this definition and subject to availability for the interest rate applicable to the relevant Currency, such period shall be one, three or six months (or with respect to Interest Periods applicable to TSRR, one or three months). Such Interest Period shall commence on the effective date of such Term Rate Loan Option, which shall be (i) the Borrowing Date if the Borrower is requesting new Loans, or (ii) the date of renewal of or conversion to a Term Rate Loan Option if the Borrower is renewing or converting to a Term Rate Loan Option applicable to outstanding Loans. Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (A) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a date which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (B) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans that would end after the Expiration Date, (C) with respect to Term Loans, the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Term Loans that would end after the applicable Term Loan Maturity Date, and (D) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
“Interest Rate Hedge” shall mean an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
“Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge” in Section 1.1 [Certain Definitions].
“Interest Rate Option” shall mean any Term Rate Loan Option or the Base Rate Option.
“Investment” shall mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of equity interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guaranty or assumption of debt or other obligation of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person (including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guaranties Indebtedness of such other Person), or (c) an acquisition, whether by purchase or by merger, of (i) a majority of the voting equity interests or economic interests of another Person, or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of another Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of another Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“IOSCO Principles” means the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
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“IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto.
“ISP98” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
“Issuing Lender” shall mean (i) PNC, in its individual capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, (ii) with respect to the Project Vitality Letters of Credit only (but not any increase, extension or renewal thereof), Bank of Montreal and (iii) any other Lender that Borrower, Administrative Agent and such other Lender may agree may from time to time to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Japanese Yen” shall mean the lawful currency of Japan.
“Joint Venture” shall mean a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which any Person other than the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries holds, directly or indirectly, an equity interest.
“Law” shall mean any law(s) (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, issued guidance, release, ruling, order, executive order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award of or any settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, with any Official Body, foreign or domestic.
“Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge” shall mean a Foreign Currency Hedge which is entered into between any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Hedge Bank that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner, (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner, and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities owing to the Hedge Bank providing any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge (the “Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities”) by any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is party to such Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents be “Obligations” of such Person and of each Loan Party, be guaranteed obligations under the Guaranty Agreement and secured obligations under any other Loan Document, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person. The Liens securing the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, subject to the express provisions of Section 9.2.4 [Application of Proceeds].
“Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge” shall mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is entered into between a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Hedge Bank that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner, (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner, and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities owing to the Hedge Bank providing any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the “Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities”) by any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is party to such Lender Provided Interest
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Rate Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents be “Obligations” of such Person and of each Loan Party, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty Agreement and secured obligations under any other Loan Document, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person. The Liens securing the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, subject to the express provisions of Section 9.2.4 [Application of Proceeds].
“Lenders” shall mean the financial institutions named on Schedule 1.1(A) and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a Lender. For the purpose of any Loan Document which provides for the granting of a security interest or other Lien to the Lenders or to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as security for the Obligations, “Lenders” shall include any Affiliate of a Lender to which such Obligation is owed.
“Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1 [Issuance of Letters of Credit]. As of the Closing Date, each of the Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute, for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, a Letter of Credit issued and outstanding hereunder. As of the Project Vitality Closing Date, each of the Project Vitality Letters of Credit shall constitute, for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, a Letter of Credit issued and outstanding hereunder.
“Letter of Credit Borrowing” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.3.
“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.2 [Letter of Credit Fees].
“Letter of Credit Obligation” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit on such date (if any Letter of Credit shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount available to be drawn shall currently give effect to any such future increase) plus the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Reimbursement Obligations and Letter of Credit Borrowings on such date.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1.1.
“Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (A) consolidated Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date to (B) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date.
“Lien’ shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing).
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“LLC Division” shall mean, in the event a Borrower or Guarantor is a limited liability company, (a) the division of any such Borrower or Guarantor into two or more newly formed limited liability companies (whether or not such Borrower or Guarantor is a surviving entity following any such division) pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or any similar provision under any similar act governing limited liability companies organized under the laws of any other State or Commonwealth or of the District of Columbia, or (b) the adoption of a plan contemplating, or the filing of any certificate with any applicable Official Body that results or may result in, any such division.
“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Administrative Agent’s Letter, the Notes, the Collateral Documents and any other instruments, certificates or documents delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
“Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Loan Request” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5.1 [Loan Requests].
“Loans” shall mean collectively, and Loan shall mean individually, all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans and Term Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan, Swing Loan or Term Loan, as applicable.
“Material Adverse Change” shall mean any set of circumstances or events which (a) has or would reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) is or would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (c) impairs materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to duly and punctually perform any of the payment or material other Obligations, or (d) impairs materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, to the extent permitted, to enforce their legal remedies pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Material Permitted Acquisition” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or, within the preceding five plan years, has made or had an obligation to make such contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean in connection with any Asset Sale, any Recovery Event or the issuance of any Indebtedness by a Loan Party, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and cash equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking and other customary advisor fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness
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secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Collateral Document) and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).
“New Lender” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a) [Increasing Lenders and New Lenders].
“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers].
“Non-Qualifying Party” shall mean any Loan Party that fails for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Effective Date of the applicable Swap.
“Notes” shall mean collectively, and Note shall mean separately, the promissory notes in the form of Exhibit 1.1(D) evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans, in the form of Exhibit 1.1(E) evidencing the Swing Loan, and in the form of Exhibit 1.1(F) evidencing the applicable Term Loan.
“NYFRB” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Overnight Bank Funding Rate”.
“Obligation” shall mean any obligation or liability of any of the Loan Parties, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, under or in connection with (i) this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent’s Letter or any other Loan Document whether to the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or their Affiliates or other persons provided for under such Loan Documents, (ii) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (iii) any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge and (iv) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
“OFAC” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Official Body” shall mean the government of the United States of America 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) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
“Optional Currency” shall mean the following lawful currencies: Australian Dollars, British Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Euros and any other currency approved by
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Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.13(iii) [European Monetary Union; Requests for Additional Optional Currencies], in each case so long as there is a published Term RFR or Eurocurrency Rate, as applicable, or a Benchmark Replacement effected pursuant to Section 4.4.4 [Benchmark Replacement Setting] with respect thereto. Subject to Section 2.13 [European Monetary Union], each Optional Currency must be the lawful currency of the specified country.
“Optional Currency Loans” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.1 [Revolving Credit Loans; Optional Currency Loans].
“Order” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.9 [Liability for Acts and Omissions].
“Original Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments].
“Other Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments].
“Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient (or an agent or Affiliate thereof) and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product” shall mean agreements or other arrangements entered into between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank that provides any of the following products or services to any of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, overdraft lines, accounts or services, or (g) foreign currency exchange.
“Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]).
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“NYFRB”), as set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day as the overnight bank funding rate by the NYFRB (or by such other recognized electronic source (such as Bloomberg) selected by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of displaying such rate); provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, the
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Overnight Bank Funding Rate for such day shall be such rate on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, further, that if such rate shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist, a comparable replacement rate determined by PNC at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If the Overnight Bank Funding Rate determined as above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based on changes in the Overnight Bank Funding Rate without notice to the Borrower.
“Overnight Rate” shall mean for any day with respect to any Loans in an Optional Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
“Participating Member State” shall mean any member State of the European Community that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Participation Advance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.3.
“Payment Date” shall mean the first Business Day of each calendar quarter after the date hereof and on the Expiration Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, or upon acceleration of the Notes.
“Payment In Full” and “Paid in Full” shall mean the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Loans and other Obligations hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnity and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made, (ii) other obligations in respect of Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized and (iii) obligations and liabilities under any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product (other than any such obligations for which written notice has been received by the Administrative Agent that either (x) amounts are currently due and payable under such Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, as applicable, or (y) no arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank party thereto have been made)), the termination of the Commitments and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized).
“Payment Recipient” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.17.1.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.
“Pension Plan” shall mean at any time an “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (including a “multiple employer plan” as described in
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Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA, but not a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code and either (i) is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group, or in the case of a “multiple employer” or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“Permitted Acquisition” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
“Permitted Intercompany Investments” shall mean (A) Investments in any Loan Party, (B) Investments by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (C) Permitted Non-Loan Party Investments.
“Permitted Investments” shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, and similar direct obligations of, or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of, Australia, Canada, any Participating Member State with a credit rating of not less than A by Standard & Poor’s, the United Kingdom, and any other nation approved by the Administrative Agent;
(ii) commercial paper maturing in 180 days or less rated not lower than A-1, by Standard & Poor’s or P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(iii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit maturing within one year in commercial banks whose obligations are rated A-1, A or the equivalent or better by Standard & Poor’s or P-1, P-2 or the equivalent or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(iv) money market or mutual funds whose investments are limited to those types of investments described in clauses (i)-(iii) above;
(v) corporate bonds that are rated BBB or better by Standard & Poor’s or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition; and
(vi) the securities or other investments existing on the date of this Agreement set forth on Schedule 1.1(C) and not defined in any other clause of this definition; provided that no additional securities or other investments shall be added to Schedule 1.1(C) after the date of this Agreement; and
(vii) investments made under the Cash Management Agreements or under cash management agreements with any other Lenders.
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“Permitted Joint Venture” shall mean (i) any joint venture (x) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower holds not less than twenty percent (20.0%) of the Capital Stock in such joint venture and retains an equivalent amount of the voting control thereof, (y) for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Borrower, as applicable, invested not more than $15,000,000 individually or $45,000,000 in the aggregate, and (z) with respect to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Borrower, as applicable, has pledged such Capital Stock in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and (ii) any other joint venture the acquisition of which has been approved in advance in writing by the Required Lenders.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean:
(i) Liens for Taxes that (a) are not yet due and payable or which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or (b) are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established;
(ii) Pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of workmen’s compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, or other social security programs or ERISA;
(iii) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable and Liens of landlords securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not overdue for more than thirty (30) days;
(iv) Good-faith pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money or as security for Hedge Liabilities or margining related to commodities hedges) or leases, not in excess of the aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds required in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land use;
(vi) Liens, security interests and mortgages in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing the Obligations (including Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedges, Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedges and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product Obligations);
(vii) Any Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 1.1(B), and in each case, any renewals or extensions thereof;, provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A)
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after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof, and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Closing Date and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(viii) Purchase Money Security Interests and Liens securing capitalized leases securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.2.1(iv); provided that such Liens shall be limited to the assets acquired with such purchase money financing or leased pursuant to such capital lease (and any replacements thereof, additions and accessions thereto and the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits); provided financings of the type permitted by Section 8.2.1(iv) provided by a lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of such type provided by such lender or its affiliates; and
(ix) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) any attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.1.7 [Final Judgments and Orders];
(xi) Liens on the assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiaries incurred under Section 8.2.1(vii); and
(xii) Liens on the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and other obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding.
provided that no “Permitted Liens” (other than liens described in clauses (v), (vi) and (ix) above) shall be permitted to encumber real property owned by the Loan Parties.
“Permitted Non-Loan Party Investments” shall mean Investments by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Investments shall not exceed $50,000,000.00 at any time.
“Permitted Project Cardinal Intercompany Investments” shall mean Investments by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party used solely and exclusively for the purposes of consummating the Project Cardinal Acquisition and to pay fees and expenses in connection therewith in an aggregate amount of all such Investments not to exceed $50,000,000 plus the fair market value of any such Investments consisting solely of the contribution of the Capital Stock of the Borrower to any such Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party.
“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.
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“Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” shall mean Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
“PNC” shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, its successors and assigns.
“Potential Default” shall mean any event or condition which with notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Prime Rate” shall mean the interest rate per annum announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not be the lowest or most favorable rate then being charged commercial borrowers or others by the Administrative Agent. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change is announced.
“Principal Office” shall mean the main banking office of the Administrative Agent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“Project Cardinal Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition of all of the equity interests of the Project Cardinal Target pursuant to the terms of the Project Cardinal Acquisition Agreement.
“Project Cardinal Acquisition Agreement” shall mean that certain Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated June 10, 2021, by and among Faster S.R.L., Silvia Venturelli and Ralf Torchalla, as amended, modified or supplemented.
“Project Cardinal Target” shall mean HE-DI S.R.L., an Italian società a responsabilità limitata, individually and/or collectively with its subsidiaries.
“Project Vitality Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition (by merger) of all of the equity interests of the Project Vitality Target pursuant to the terms of the Project Vitality Acquisition Agreement.
“Project Vitality Acquisition Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 9, 2020, by and among the Borrower, Project Vitality Merger Sub, Project Vitality Target, ICM Holdco I Corp, a Delaware corporation and SBF II Representative Corp., in its capacity as the Equityholder Representative thereunder.
“Project Vitality Closing Date” shall mean the date of the consummation of the Project Vitality Acquisition in accordance with Section 8.2.6(ii)(A).
“Project Vitality Letters of Credit” shall mean up to two (2) letters of credit with an aggregate stated amount not exceeding $2,500,000 issued by Bank of Montreal for the account of a Subsidiary of the Borrower (after giving effect to the Project Vitality Acquisition), which shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and (upon the consummation of the Project Vitality
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Acquisition) a Loan Party; provided that (i) BMO Harris Bank shall be a Lender as of the Project Vitality Closing Date, (ii) on the Project Vitality Closing Date, BMO Harris Bank and the Borrower shall have provided written notice to the Borrower identifying the Project Vitality Letters of Credit, including the letter of credit number and beneficiary with respect thereto, the stated amount thereof and any other information with respect thereto reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (iii) all of the conditions precedent with respect to issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder shall be satisfied with respect to the Project Vitality Letters of Credit, as if such Project Vitality Letters of Credit were issued hereunder on such date.
“Project Vitality Merger Sub” shall mean Vitality Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Project Vitality Target” shall mean BWG Holdings I Corp, a Delaware corporation, individually and/or collectively with its Subsidiaries.
“Purchase Money Security Interest” shall mean Liens upon tangible personal property securing loans to any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party or deferred payments by such Loan Party or Subsidiary for the purchase of such tangible personal property.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term "qualified financial contract" in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.15 [Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs].
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” shall mean, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that, at the time the Guaranty (or grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or such other Loan Party as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and which may cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Ratable Share” shall mean:
(i) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans, participate in Letters of Credit and other Letter of Credit Obligations, and receive payments, interest, and fees related thereto, the proportion that such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment bears to the Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders, provided however that if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the Ratable Shares for purposes of this clause shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
(ii) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make any class of Term Loans and receive payments, interest, and fees related thereto, the proportion that such Lender’s applicable Term Loans bear to the applicable Term Loans of all of the Lenders.
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(iii) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment plus Term Loans by (ii) the sum of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments plus Term Loans of all Lenders; provided however that if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the computation in this clause shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments, and not on the current amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments and provided further in the case of Section 2.10 [Defaulting Lenders] when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Ratable Share” shall mean the percentage of the aggregate Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.
“Recipient” shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) any Lender and (iii) the Issuing Lender, as applicable.
“Recovery Event” shall mean any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any event described in clause (iii) of Schedule 8.1.3 hereof.
“Reference Currency” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Equivalent Amount.”
“Reimbursement Obligation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.1.
“Reinvestment Notice” shall mean a written notice executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire or repair assets useful in its business, other than current assets within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds.
“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relief Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding seeking a decree or order for relief in respect of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party in a voluntary or involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party for any substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, or an assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
“Reportable Compliance Event” shall mean that any Covered Entity becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, or custodially detained in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law or Anti-Corruption Law or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law or Anti-Corruption Law, or has knowledge of facts or
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circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in actual or probable violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or any Anti-Corruption Law.
“Required Lenders” shall mean at least two (2) Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender) or, after the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Ratable Share of Letter of Credit Obligations and outstanding Swing Loans of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender) and (b) the aggregate outstanding amount of any Term Loans.
“Required Share” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11 [Settlement Date Procedures].
“Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.5 [Dividends and Related Distributions].
“Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the amount initially set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(A) in the column labeled “Amount of Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans,” as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or modified and Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.
“Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean collectively and Revolving Credit Loan shall mean separately all Revolving Credit Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lenders or one of the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 [Revolving Credit Commitments] or Section 2.9.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
“Revolving Facility Usage” shall mean at any time the sum of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, the outstanding Swing Loans, and the Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Sanctioned Person” shall mean (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx, or as otherwise published from time to time, (b) a Person named on the lists maintained by the European Union available at http://eeas.europa.eu/cfsp/sanctions/consol-list_en.htm, or as otherwise published from time to time, (c) a Person named on the lists maintained by Her Majesty’s Treasury available at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/fin_sanctions_index.htm, or as otherwise published from time to time, (d) a Person that is specifically targeted by any other relevant sanctions authority of a jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries conduct business, (e) (i) an agency of the government of, or an organization controlled by, a Designated Jurisdiction, to the extent such agency or organization is subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC, or (ii) a Person located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, to the extent such Person is subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC or (f) a Person controlled by any such Person set forth in clauses (a) through (e) above.
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“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, any Hedge Bank, any Cash Management Bank, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 11.5 [Delegation of Duties], and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Security and Pledge Agreement” shall mean that certain Consolidated, Amended and Restated Security and Pledge Agreement executed and delivered on or about the date hereof by each of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Settlement Date” shall mean the Business Day on which the Administrative Agent elects to effect settlement pursuant Section 5.11 [Settlement Date Procedures].
“SOFR” means, for any day, a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Adjustment” means, 0.10% per annum (10.0 basis points).
“SOFR Floor” means a rate of interest per annum equal to 0.0 basis points (0.0%).
“SOFR Reserve Percentage” shall mean, for any day, the maximum effective percentage in effect on such day, if any, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements (including, without limitation, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to SOFR funding.
“Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, taking into account any right of reimbursement, contribution or similar right available to such Person from other Persons, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (iv) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (v) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Loan Party” shall mean any Loan Party that is, at the time on which the Guaranty (or grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes effective with respect to a Swap Obligation, a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity that would
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not be an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act at such time but for the effect of Section 12.8 [Keepwell].
“Standard & Poor’s” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“Statements” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements].
“Subsidiary” of any Person at any time shall mean any corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (i) of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities or other interests normally entitled to vote for the election of the directors or trustees (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute the voting rights) is at such time owned directly or indirectly by such Person or one or more of such Person’s Subsidiaries, or (ii) which is controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person or one or more of such Person’s Subsidiaries; provided that any trust formed by a Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with the Project Vitality Acquisition shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower so long as the value of its assets does not exceed $15,000,000 (and if such amount is exceeded, it shall only be a Subsidiary to the extent otherwise constituting a Subsidiary in accordance with this definition).
“Subsidiary Equity Interests” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.2 [Subsidiaries; Investment Companies].
“Supported QFC” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.15 [Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs].
“Swap” shall mean any “swap” as defined in Section 1a(47) of the CEA and regulations thereunder, other than (a) a swap entered into, or subject to the rules of, a board of trade designated as a contract market under Section 5 of the CEA, or (b) a commodity option entered into pursuant to CFTC Regulation 32.3(a).
“Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a Swap which is also a Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge or a Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge.
“Swing Loan Commitment” shall mean PNC’s commitment to make Swing Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan Commitment] hereof in an aggregate principal amount up to $35,000,000.
“Swing Loan Lender” shall mean PNC, in its capacity as a lender of Swing Loans.
“Swing Loan Note” shall mean the Swing Loan Note of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit 1.1(E) evidencing the Swing Loans, together with all amendments, extensions, renewals, replacements, refinancings or refundings thereof in whole or in part.
“Swing Loan Request” shall mean a request for Swing Loans made in accordance with Section 2.5.2 [Swing Loan Requests] hereof.
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“Swing Loans” shall mean collectively, and Swing Loan shall mean separately, all Swing Loans or any Swing Loan made by PNC to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan Commitment] hereof.
“TARGET2” shall mean the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.
“TARGET Day” shall mean any day on which TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in Euros.
“Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Official Body, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Loan” shall mean collectively, and individually, as applicable, all Term Loans made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1 [Term Loan Commitments] and/or any Incremental Term Loans.
“Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(A) in the column labeled “Amount of Commitment for Term Loans”, as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or modified and Term Loan Commitments shall mean the aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all of the Lenders.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, (i) with respect to the Initial Term Loans made pursuant to Section 3.1 [Term Loan Commitments], October 28, 2025 and (ii) with respect to any Incremental Term Loan, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable amendment relating to such Incremental Term Loan.
“Term Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate, Term SOFR Rate or Term RFR.
“Term Rate Loan Option” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms specified in [Section 4.1.1(ii) [Revolving Credit Term Rate Loan Option] or Section 4.1.3(ii) [Term Loan Eurocurrency Rate Option], as applicable.
“Term RFR” means, for any Term RFR Borrowing for any Interest Period, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (rounded upwards, at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions, or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to Sterling, the TSRR as administered by the TSRR Administrator (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for a period equal in length to such Interest Period, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg page (or on any successor or substitute page or service providing such quotations as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time; in each case, the “TSRR Rate”) at approximately 11:55 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided, that if by such time the TSRR Rate in respect of such day has not been so published, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the TSRR Rate for such day will be the TSRR Rate as published in respect of the first preceding Business Day for which such TSRR Rate was published
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thereon; provided further that any TSRR Rate so determined based on the first preceding Business Day shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of the TSRR for no more than three (3) consecutive Business Days (any such day, collectively, the “TSRR Lookback Day”); provided further that if the Term RFR as determined above would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement. The Term RFR for each outstanding Term RFR Loan shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the first day of each Interest Period without notice to the Borrower. Determination of the Term RFR by Administrative Agent shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error.
“Term RFR Adjustment” means with respect to Term RFR Loans, the applicable adjustment set forth in the table below:
Term RFR |
Interest Period |
Adjustment to |
TSRR Rate |
1 month |
0.326% |
TSSR Rate |
3 month |
0.1193% |
“Term RFR Administrator” means the TSRR Administrator.
“Term RFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing Tranche, a Term RFR Loan comprising such Borrowing Tranche.
“Term RFR Business Day” means as applicable, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to Sterling, a day on which banks are open for general business in London.
“Term RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on a Term RFR.
“Term RFR Lookback Day” means the TSRR Lookback Day.
“Term RFR Option” means the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms specified in Section 4.1.1(ii)(C) [Revolving Credit Term RFR Option].
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Determination Date” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR Rate”.
“Term SOFR Rate” sha