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EX-10.2 - NINTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER - Fusion Connect, Inc. | fsnn_ex102.htm |
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Exhibit 99.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated
as of May [__], 2018
by and
among
[BORROWER],
as Borrower,
VARIOUS
LENDERS,
GOLDMAN
SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
as Administrative Agent
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
and
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Custodian
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1
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1.1.
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Definitions.
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1
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1.2.
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Accounting
Terms.
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27
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1.3.
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Interpretation,
Etc.
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27
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1.4.
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Assumptions,
Etc.
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28
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SECTION 2. LOANS AND COMMITMENTS
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28
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2.1.
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Loans
and Commitments.
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28
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2.2.
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Pro
Rata Shares; Availability of Funds
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29
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2.3.
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Use
of Proceeds.
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30
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2.4.
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Evidence
of Debt; Register; Lenders' Books and Records; Notes.
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30
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2.5.
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Interest
on Loans.
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31
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2.6.
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Default
Interest.
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32
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2.7.
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Prepayments;
Voluntary Commitment Reductions.
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32
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2.8.
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Required
Principal Payments.
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32
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2.9.
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General
Provisions Regarding Payments.
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33
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2.10.
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Ratable
Sharing.
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33
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2.11.
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Making
or Maintaining Floating Rate Loans.
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34
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2.12.
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Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy.
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36
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2.13.
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Taxes;
Withholding, Etc.
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37
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2.14.
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Obligation
to Mitigate.
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40
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2.15.
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Bank
Party Fee.
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40
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SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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40
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3.1.
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Initial
Credit Date.
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40
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3.2.
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Conditions
to Credit Extensions.
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43
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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44
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4.1.
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Organization;
Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification.
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44
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4.2.
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Equity
Interests; Ownership.
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44
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4.3.
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Due
Authorization
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45
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4.4.
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No
Conflict
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45
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4.5.
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Governmental
Consents
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45
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4.6.
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Binding
Obligation
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45
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4.7.
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Adverse
Proceedings, Etc.
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45
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4.8.
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Payment
of Taxes.
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46
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4.9.
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Properties
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46
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4.10.
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No
Defaults
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46
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4.11.
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Material
Contracts
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46
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4.12.
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Governmental
Regulation
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46
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4.13.
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Federal
Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act
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46
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4.14.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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46
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4.15.
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Solvency
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47
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4.16.
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Compliance
with Statutes, Etc.
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47
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4.17.
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Disclosure
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47
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4.18.
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Sanctioned
Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act
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47
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SECTION 5. COVENANTS
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48
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5.1.
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Compliance
with Laws, Etc.
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48
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5.2.
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Maintenance
of Books and Records.
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48
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5.3.
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Existence
of Borrower, Etc.
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48
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5.4.
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Protection
of Collateral.
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49
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5.5.
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Opinions
as to Collateral.
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50
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5.6.
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Performance
of Obligations.
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50
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5.7.
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Negative
Covenants.
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51
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5.8.
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No
Consolidation.
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52
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5.9.
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No
Other Business; Etc.
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53
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5.10.
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Certain
Tax Matters.
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53
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5.11.
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Certain
Regulations.
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53
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5.12.
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Financial
and Other Information; Notices.
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53
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5.13.
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Inspections,
Etc.
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54
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5.14.
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Maintenance
of Properties.
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55
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SECTION 6. ACCOUNTS; ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES.
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55
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6.1.
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Collection
of Money.
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55
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6.2.
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Collection
Account.
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56
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6.3.
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Other
Transaction Accounts.
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57
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6.4.
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Accountings.
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58
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6.5.
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Additional
Reports.
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58
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6.6.
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Delivery
of Pledged Obligations; Custody Documents; Etc.
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58
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6.7.
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Release
of Collateral.
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59
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6.8.
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Procedures
Relating to the Establishment of Transaction Accounts Controlled by
the Collateral Agent.
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59
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SECTION 7. APPLICATION OF MONIES
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59
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SECTION 8. PURCHASES AND SALES OF COLLATERAL;
AMENDMENTS
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62
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8.1.
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Purchases
and of Collateral Obligation.
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62
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8.2.
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Amendments
to Underlying Instruments.
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63
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SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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63
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SECTION 10. THE AGENTS
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66
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10.1.
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Appointment
of Agents.
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66
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10.2.
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Powers
and Duties.
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67
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10.3.
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General
Immunity.
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67
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10.4.
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Agents
Entitled to Act as Lender.
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72
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10.5.
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Lenders'
Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
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72
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10.6.
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Right
to Indemnity.
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72
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10.7.
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Successor
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
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73
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10.8.
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Collateral
Documents.
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74
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10.9.
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Withholding
Taxes.
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75
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10.10.
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Administrative
Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of
Claim.
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75
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SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS
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76
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11.1.
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Notices.
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11.2.
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Expenses.
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11.3.
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Indemnity.
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78
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11.4.
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Set-Off.
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79
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11.5.
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Amendments
and Waivers.
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80
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11.6.
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Successors
and Assigns; Participations.
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81
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11.7.
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Independence
of Covenants.
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84
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11.8.
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
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84
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11.9.
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No
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
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84
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11.10.
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Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside.
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84
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11.11.
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Severability.
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85
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11.12.
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Obligations
Several; Independent Nature of Lenders' Rights.
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85
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11.13.
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Headings.
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85
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11.14.
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APPLICABLE
LAW.
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85
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11.15.
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION.
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85
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11.16.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
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86
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11.17.
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Usury
Savings Clause.
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86
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11.18.
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Effectiveness;
Counterparts.
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87
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11.19.
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PATRIOT
Act.
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87
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11.20.
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Electronic
Execution of Assignments.
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87
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11.21.
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No
Fiduciary Duty.
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87
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11.22.
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Judgment
Currency.
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11.23.
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Confidentiality
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89
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SECTION 12. SUBORDINATION
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90
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SECTION 13. COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN
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90
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APPENDICES:
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A
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Commitments
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B
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Notice Addresses
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C
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Material Contracts
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SCHEDULES:
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A
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Financial and Other Information
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EXHIBITS:
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A
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Form of Funding Notice
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B-1
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
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(For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships)
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B-2
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
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(For Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships)
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B-3
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
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(For Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships)
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B-4
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
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(For Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships)
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C
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Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
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D
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Form of Margining Agreement
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E
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Form of Power of Attorney
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F
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Form of Fusion Assignment Consent Letter
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G
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Form of Available Capital Certificate
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H
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Form of Request for Release of Custody Documents
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as
of May [__], 2018 is entered into by and among:
(a)
[BORROWER], an exempted company incorporated with limited liability
under the law of the Cayman Islands (the "Borrower");
(b)
the Lenders party hereto from time to time;
(c)
GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC ("Goldman Sachs"), in its capacity as
Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent");
(d)
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Collateral Agent
(in such capacity, the "Collateral
Agent"); and
(e)
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Collateral
Custodian (in such capacity, the "Collateral Custodian").
RECITALS
Capitalized terms
used in these recitals and in the preamble shall have the
respective meanings given to such terms in Section 1.1
hereof.
The
Borrower has requested the Lenders to make term loans to it in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed the aggregate Commitment
of the Lenders, the proceeds of which will be used by the Borrower
(together with additional funds available to the Borrower) to
Acquire a par amount of the Collateral Obligation at least equal to
the Minimum Par Amount, to make certain deposits in the Transaction
Accounts as set forth herein, to pay certain fees and expenses and
for the other limited purposes set forth in Section 2.3
hereof.
The
Borrower has agreed to secure all of the Obligations by granting to
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on
all of its assets, all on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein and in the other Transaction
Documents.
The
Borrower and the other Credit Parties form an affiliated group of
Persons, and each Credit Party will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefits from the making of the Loans to the Borrower
hereunder (which benefits are hereby acknowledged by each Credit
Party party hereto).
Accordingly, in
consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.1. Definitions.
The
following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals,
exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following
meanings:
"Accounts Securities Intermediary" means
the person acting as custodian (including as a securities
intermediary) under the Securities Account Control
Agreement.
"Acquire" means to purchase, enter into,
originate, receive by contribution or otherwise acquire. The terms
"Acquired", "Acquiring" and "Acquisition" have correlative
meanings.
1
"Additional Information Request" is
defined in Section 3.2(a).
"Adjusted Debt to EBITDA Level" means, at
any time, the product of:
(a) the
principal amount of the Loan outstanding at such time divided by the outstanding principal
amount of the Collateral Obligation held by the Borrower at such
time; and
(b) the
total principal amount of the Underlying Obligor's first lien term
debt and any debt senior to or pari passu with such first lien term
debt outstanding at such time (determined assuming that all
revolving commitments, delayed draw commitments and other similar
amounts available under all credit facilities are fully drawn at
such time) divided by the
Underlying Obligor's consolidated adjusted EBITDA for the prior
twelve months,
all as
determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith. For purposes of
making calculations under clause (b) above, testing is to be made
on a quarterly basis corresponding to the fiscal quarters of the
Underlying Obligor, and the amount of first lien term debt and any
debt senior to or pari
passu with such first lien term debt to be determined by
reference to the Underlying Obligor's most recent financial
statements and "EBITDA" having the meaning assigned to the term
"Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA" in the Underlying Credit Agreement
or, if not defined therein, as determined by the Administrative
Agent in its sole and absolute discretion.
"Adjusted USD LIBOR Rate" means, for any
Interest Period for any Loan, the rate per annum obtained by
dividing:
(a)
(1) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent (and notified to the Borrower) to be the
London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark
Administration (or any other person which takes over the
administration of that rate) for U.S. Dollar deposits (for delivery
on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period displayed on the relevant Screen Page,
determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on
the related Interest Rate Determination Date; or (2) if the rate
referenced in the preceding clause (1) is not available, the rate
per annum equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks
in the London interbank market by a leading bank in the London
interbank market (selected by the Borrower in consultation with the
Administrative Agent) for U.S. Dollar deposits (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) of amounts in same day funds
comparable to the principal amount of the outstanding Loans with
maturities comparable to such Interest Period as of approximately
11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate
Determination Date, by
(b)
an amount equal to (1) one minus (2) the Applicable Reserve
Requirement,
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adjusted
USD LIBOR Rate shall at no time be less than 1.0% per
annum.
"Administration Agreement" means the
Administration Agreement dated on or around the Initial Credit Date
between the Borrower and the Administrator relating to the various
corporate management functions that the Administrator will perform
on behalf of the Borrower, including communications with
shareholders and the general public, and the provision of certain
clerical, registered office, administrative and other services in
the Cayman Islands during the term of such agreement.
"Administrative Agent" is defined in the
preamble.
"Administrative Expense Cap" means, for
any Payment Date, an amount in USD equal to U.S.$250,000;
provided that, for any
Payment Date, to the extent that the full Administrative Expense
Cap was not applied on any of the three immediately preceding
Payment Dates, such excess amount shall be added to the
Administrative Expense Cap for such Payment Date.
2
"Administrative Expenses" means amounts
due or accrued with respect to any Payment Date and payable in the
following order to:
(a) the
Bank Parties under the Bank Party Fee Letter and the other
Transaction Documents;
(b) the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under and the other Transaction
Documents;
(c) the
Administrator pursuant to the Administration
Agreement;
(d) the
Independent Directors pursuant to the Constitutive Documents in
respect of services provided to the Borrower
thereunder;
(e) the
agents and counsel of the Borrower for fees, including retainers,
and expenses (including the expenses associated with complying with
FATCA and any other tax compliance regulations); and
(f) without
duplication, any Person in respect of any other reasonable fees or
expenses of the Borrower (including in respect of any indemnity
obligations, if applicable) not prohibited under this Agreement and
any reports and documents delivered pursuant to or in connection
with this Agreement.
"Administrator" means Walkers Fiduciary
Limited, in its capacity as administrator of the
Borrower.
"Advance Rate" is defined in the Pricing
Side Letter.
"Adverse Proceeding" means any action,
suit, proceeding, hearing (in each case, whether administrative,
judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration
(whether or not purportedly on behalf of any Credit Party) at law
or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic
or foreign (including any environmental claims), whether pending
or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or
affecting any Credit Party or any property of any Credit
Party.
"Affected Lender" and "Affected Loans" are defined in Section
2.11(b).
"Affiliate" or "Affiliated" means, with respect to a
Person, (a) any other Person who, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, or controlled by, or is under common control with, such
Person or (b) any other Person who is a director, officer or
employee (1) of such Person, (2) of any Subsidiary or parent
company of such Person or (3) of any Person described in subclause
(a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person
means the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote more than 50% of
the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors of any such Person or (y) to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by
contract or otherwise. With respect to the Borrower, this
definition shall exclude the Independent Directors, their
Affiliates and any other special purpose vehicle to which the
Independent Directors are or will be providing administrative
services, as a result solely of the Independent Directors acting in
such capacity or capacities.
"Agent" means each of (a) the
Administrative Agent (including as Calculation Agent), (b) the
Collateral Agent, (c) the Collateral Custodian, (d) the Account
Securities Intermediary, (e) the other Bank Parties and (f) any
other Person appointed under and in accordance with the Transaction
Documents to serve in an agent or similar capacity (including, in
each of the foregoing cases (a) through (f), any of their
respective receivers or delegates permitted under the Transaction
Documents). For the purposes hereof and the other Transaction
Documents, no Equity Holder shall constitute an
"Agent".
3
"Agent Affiliates" is defined in Section
11.1(b).
"Aggregate Amounts Due" is defined in
Section 2.10.
"Agreement" means this Credit
Agreement.
"Amendment" means, with respect to the
Collateral Obligation, any amendment or waiver or other
modification of, or supplement to, or any consent given under, any
Underlying Instrument with respect to the Collateral
Obligation.
"Amendment Consent Request" is defined in
Section 8.2.
"Anti-Corruption Laws" is defined in Section
4.18.
"Applicable Integral Multiple" means, for
each borrowing and Voluntary Prepayment, U.S.$1.
"Applicable Minimum Amount" means, for
each borrowing and Voluntary Prepayment,
U.S.$1,000,000.
"Applicable Reserve Requirement" means,
at any time, for any Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a
decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special,
supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be
maintained with respect thereto against "Eurocurrency liabilities"
(as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued
from time to time by the Board of Governors or other applicable
banking regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing,
the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves
required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i)
any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to
which a Floating Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be
determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other
assets which include Loans. A Loan shall be deemed to constitute
Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to
reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration,
exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to
the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Loans shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
"Approved Electronic Communications"
means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or
other material that is distributed by means of electronic
communications pursuant to Section 11.1(b).
"Asset Current Price" means, in respect
of the Collateral Obligation on any date:
(a)
on the date on which the Collateral Obligation is Acquired by the
Borrower, the Assigned Price of the Collateral Obligation;
and
(b)
on each date thereafter, the bid side market value of the
Collateral Obligation (expressed as a percentage of par of the
Collateral Obligation Notional Amount but excluding any accrued
interest), as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and
absolute discretion (and taking into account such factors as the
Calculation Agent deems relevant, including the impact of OID and,
for the avoidance of doubt, reflecting the ratio of the initial
price of the portion of the Collateral Obligation acquired by the
Borrower to the initial price of the Collateral Obligation acquired
by other initial lenders in the Asset Current Price) on each
Business Day.
"Assigned Price" is defined in the
Pricing Side Letter.
4
"Assignment Agreement"
means:
(a) with
respect to the Loans and the Commitments, an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with
such amendments or modifications as may be approved by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower; and
(b)
with respect to the Collateral Obligation, an assignment and
assumption agreement in the form required, pursuant to and in
accordance with the related Underlying Instruments, for the
transfer by the Borrower of all or a portion of the legal and
beneficial interest in the Collateral Obligation. If no form of
assignment and assumption agreement is required, pursuant to and in
accordance with the related Underlying Instruments, for the
transfer of all or a portion of the legal and beneficial interest
in the Collateral Obligation, then the "Assignment Agreement" for
the Collateral Obligation shall be a reference to the form of
assignment and assumption agreement, and any related documents,
that are customary in the relevant market for the transfer of the
legal and beneficial interest in the Collateral
Obligation.
"Assignment Effective Date" is defined in
Section 11.6(b).
"Authorized Officer" means:
(a)
With respect to the Borrower, any Officer of such Person or any
other Person who is authorized to act for such Person in matters
relating to, and binding upon, such Person.
(b)
With respect to the Accounts Securities Intermediary or the
Collateral Custodian, any officer, of such Person who is authorized
to act for such Person in matters relating to, and binding upon,
such Person with respect to this Agreement and the Securities
Account Control Agreement and the subject matter of the request,
certificate or order in question.
(c)
With respect to the Collateral Agent or any other bank or trust
company acting as trustee of an express trust or as custodian, a
Trust Officer.
(d)
With respect to the Administrative Agent, any officer thereof who
has responsibility with respect to the administration of this
Agreement.
Each
party may receive and accept a certification (which shall include
contact information and email addresses) of the authority of any
other party as conclusive evidence of the authority of any Person
to act, and such certification may be considered as in full force
and effect until receipt by such other party of written notice to
the contrary.
"Availability Period" means the period
from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of
(a) May [__], 2018 and (b) the date of the termination of the
Commitments in full pursuant to Section 9.
"Available Capital" means, at any time,
(a) the aggregate amount of all Uncalled Commitments of all
Investors of Borrower Parent 1 minus (b) the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower Parent 1. As used
herein:
"Demand Notice" means a drawdown notice
made to the Investors for the making of capital contributions
pursuant to and in accordance with the limited partnership
agreement of Borrower Parent 1.
"Investor" means each investor in
Borrower Parent 1, other than investors (i) that are insolvent,
(ii) that are in default of funding obligations, (iii) have
disclaimed or repudiated their obligations to make additional
capital contributions or (iv) that are otherwise excused from
making capital contributions to fund margin calls or other payments
with respect to the Loan.
5
"Outstanding Indebtedness" means any
indebtedness for borrowed money (including under the Capital Call
Facility but excluding indebtedness incurred hereunder) that may be
repaid out of a draw on Uncalled Commitments pursuant to the terms
of the applicable limited partnership agreements or other
Organizational Documents of Borrower Parent 1 and any related
feeder funds.
"Pending Demand Notice" means any Demand
Notice that has been issued to Investors and that has not yet been
funded by the applicable Investor, but with respect to which such
Investor is not in default under the terms of the applicable
limited partnership agreement beyond any notice and cure period
therein, where applicable.
"Uncalled Commitment" means, with respect
to any Investor at any time, such Investor's Unused Commitment
minus any portion of such
Investor's Unused Commitment that is subject to a Pending Demand
Notice.
"Unused Commitments" means, with respect
to any Investor at any time, such Investor's unfunded capital
commitment under the limited partnership agreement of Borrower
Parent 1.
"Available Capital Certificate" means a
certificate duly executed by the Borrower and Borrower Parent 1 in
the form of Exhibit G hereto.
"Bank" means U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association, in its individual
capacity and not as Agent, and any successor thereto.
"Bank Parties" means the Bank in its
capacities as Collateral Agent, Collateral Custodian and Accounts
Securities Intermediary and in its other capacities hereunder and
under the other Transaction Documents.
"Bank Party Fees" is defined in Section
2.15.
"Bank Party Fee Letter" means the Fee
Letter dated May [_], 2018 from the Bank and acknowledged by the
Borrower on or about the Initial Credit Date with respect to
certain fees to be paid from time to time to the Bank Parties and
their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
"Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the
United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy".
"Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate
per annum equal to the greatest of:
(a) the
Prime Rate in effect on such day;
(b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%;
(c) the
sum of (1) the applicable Floating Rate (after giving effect to any
Floating Rate "floor") that would be payable on such day for a Loan
bearing interest based on such Floating Rate with a one-month
interest period plus (2)
1.0%; and
(d) 3.75%.
Any
change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective
day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective
Rate, respectively. The Agents or Lenders may make commercial loans
or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Base
Rate or any rate referred to in the definition
thereof.
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"Basel III" means, collectively, those
certain agreements on capital and liquidity standards contained in
"Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks
and Banking Systems", "Basel III: International Framework for
Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring", and
"Guidance for National Authorities Operating the Countercyclical
Capital Buffer", each as published by the Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision in December 2010 (as revised from time to
time), and "Basel III: The Liquidity Coverage Ratio and Liquidity
Risk Monitoring Tools", as published by the Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision in January 2013 (as revised from time to time),
and, in each case, as implemented by such Lender's primary U.S.
bank regulatory authority.
"Bid Disqualification Condition" means,
with respect to any bid submitted by any third party on any date,
in the Calculation Agent's sole and absolute judgment:
(a) either
(x) such third party is ineligible to accept assignment or transfer
of the Collateral Obligation or any portion thereof, as applicable,
substantially in accordance with the then-current market practice
in the principal market for the Collateral Obligation, as
reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent, or (y) such third
party would not, through the exercise of its commercially
reasonable efforts, be able to obtain any consent required under
any agreement or instrument governing or otherwise relating to the
Collateral Obligation to the assignment or transfer of the
Collateral Obligation or such portion thereof, as applicable, to
it; or
(b) such
bid is not bona fide, including due to (x) the insolvency of the
bidder, (y) the inability, failure or refusal of the bidder to
settle the purchase of the Collateral Obligation or any portion
thereof, as applicable, or otherwise settle transactions in the
relevant market or perform its obligations generally or (z) with
respect to the component of such bid in synthetic form, such bid
not accurately reflecting the transfer of the credit risk of the
Collateral Obligation through its maturity.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect
to the Borrower, the directors or officers of the Borrower duly
appointed by the members of the Borrower or the directors of the
Borrower, as applicable.
"Board of Governors" means the Board of
Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System.
"Borrower" is defined in the
preamble.
"Borrower Parent 1" means [Borrower
Parent 1], a Cayman Islands exempted limited
partnership.
"Borrower Parent 2" means [Borrower
Parent 2], a Cayman Islands exempted limited
partnership.
"Borrower Order" mean a written order or
request (which may be a standing order) dated and signed in the
name of the Borrower by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, as
the context may require or permit. An order or request provided in
an email or other electronic communication by an Authorized Officer
of the Borrower, except in each case to the extent the Collateral
Agent requests otherwise in writing.
"Breakage Event" is defined in Section
2.11(c).
"Business Day" means:
(a) for
all purposes other than as covered by clause (b) below, any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be in New York, New
York, London, England or the location of the Corporate Trust Office
(initially Chicago, Illinois), a legal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other
government action to close; and
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(b) with
respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and
payments of principal and interest on, Loans, any day that is a
Business Day described in clause (a) above and that is also a day
for trading by and between banks in U.S. Dollar deposits in the
interbank LIBOR market.
"Calculation Agent" means the
Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise expressly stated herein, all
determinations by the Calculation Agent hereunder and under the
Margining Agreement shall be made in its sole and absolute
discretion.
"Capital Call Facility" means the Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of July 18, 2017 among Silicon
Valley Bank; Borrower Parent 1, as borrower, and [General Partner
of Borrower Parent 1 and Borrower Parent 2] acting by its general
partner [General Partner of General Partner of Borrower Parent 1
and Borrower Parent 2] (as it may be amended, extended, refinanced
or replaced, including with a financial institution other than
Silicon Valley Bank).
"Cash" means such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for
payment of all public and private debts.
"Certificated Security" is defined in
Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.
"Change in Law" means the occurrence,
after the date hereof, of any of the following: (a) the
adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty,
(b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the
administration, interpretation, implementation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance
of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or
directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all
requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank
for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United
States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to
Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a "Change in Law",
regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
"Clean-Up Call Event" means an event that
will be deemed to occur if the aggregate principal amount of the
Loans outstanding at such time is less than the amount specified in
the Pricing Side Letter.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the
Exchange Act.
"Closing Date" means May [__],
2018.
"Code" means the United States Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collateral" means, collectively, all of
the real, personal and mixed property (including Equity Interests)
in which Liens are purported to be granted to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the Transaction Documents as security for the
Obligations.
"Collateral Agent" is defined in the
preamble.
"Collateral Custodian" is defined in the
preamble.
"Collateral Custodian Termination
Notice" is
defined in Section 13.
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"Collateral Documents" means the
Margining Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the
Securities Account Control Agreement, the Power of Attorney and all
other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by or on
behalf of any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the
other Transaction Documents in order to grant to, or perfect in
favor of, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties,
a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party
as security for the Obligations.
"Collateral Obligations" means the
Tranche B Term Loans outstanding under the Underlying Credit
Agreement.
"Collateral Obligation Notional Amount"
means, at any time, the outstanding principal amount of the
Collateral Obligations owned by the Borrower at such
time.
"Collection Account" means the account
maintained pursuant to Section 6.2(a).
"Collections" means all payments,
receipts, recoveries and other proceeds of the Collateral
Obligation and the other Collateral, including all payments of
interest, dividends, commitment fees, facility fees, amendment and
waiver fees, late payment fees and all other fees received thereon,
all premiums (including prepayment premiums) received thereon, all
payments of compensation on account of delayed settlement with
respect thereto, all principal payments thereon, all recoveries
thereon, all sales proceeds with respect thereto and all other
amounts (however designated) received on or in respect of the
Collateral Obligation and the other assets of the Borrower.
"Collections" with respect
to any Payment Date means the Collections (as defined above)
received during the related Due Period.
"Commitment" means:
(a) With
respect to the lending facility under this Agreement, the
commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Loan, and
"Commitments" means such commitments of all Lenders in the
aggregate. The amount of each Lender's Commitment is set forth on
Appendix A or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to
any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions
hereof.
(b) With
respect to the Collateral Obligation, means a binding commitment to
purchase or sell a loan between the buyer and seller of such loan
entered into pursuant to customary documents in the relevant
market. The terms "Commit"
and "Committed" have
correlative meanings.
"Confidential Information" is defined in
Section 11.23.
"Connection Income Taxes" means Other
Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income
(however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits
Taxes.
"Constitutive Documents" means, with
respect to:
(a) the
Borrower, its Certificate of Incorporation dated April 11, 2018 and
its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated April 11,
2018;
(b) Borrower
Parent 1, its Certificate of Registration of Exempted Limited
Partnership dated [ ] and its Amended and Restated Limited
Partnership Agreement dated [ ]; and
(c) Borrower
Parent 2, its Certificate of Registration of Exempted Limited
Partnership dated [ ] and its Amended and Restated Limited
Partnership Agreement dated [ ].
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"Corporate Trust Office" means, with
respect to the Collateral Agent, the principal corporate trust
office of the Collateral Agent at:
U.S.
Bank National Association
190
South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois
60603
Attn:
[Global Corporate Trust Service – [Borrower]]
Email: [maciek.zdeb@usbank.com]
"Credit Date" means the date of a Credit
Extension.
"Credit Definitions" means the 2003 ISDA
Credit Derivatives Definitions as published by the International
Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc.
"Credit Event" means, with respect to the
Collateral Obligation, any of the following:
Bankruptcy
Change
of Control
Collateral
Obligation Amendment
Collateral
Obligation Default
Failure
to Pay
Restructuring
As used
herein:
"Bankruptcy" means, with respect to the
Collateral Obligation, a "Bankruptcy" (as defined in the Credit
Definitions) with respect to the Underlying Obligor.
"Change of Control" means, with respect
to the Collateral Obligation, a "Change of Control" (as defined in
the Underlying Credit Agreement) with respect to the Underlying
Obligor.
"Collateral Obligation Default" means the
occurrence of any default or event of default or analogous event
(howsoever designated) with respect to the Collateral Obligation
under the Underlying Instruments relating thereto, in each case as
such Underlying Instruments are amended, modified, supplemented or
waived and in effect from time to time.
"Collateral Obligation Amendment" means
that any Amendment with respect to the Collateral Obligation, or
the Underlying Instruments relating thereto, has become effective
in accordance with its terms, in each case unless such Amendment,
in the sole and absolute judgment of the Administrative Agent,
could not have an adverse effect on (a) the business, operations,
properties, assets or financial condition of the Underlying Obligor
or its Subsidiaries; (b) the ability of the Underlying Obligor or
any of its Subsidiaries to perform its respective obligations under
the Underlying Instruments; (c) the legality, validity, binding
effect or enforceability of the Underlying Instruments; or (d) the
rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any
agent or lender under any Underlying Instrument.
"Failure to Pay" means (a) after the
expiration of any applicable grace period (however defined under
the terms of the Collateral Obligation), the occurrence of a
non-payment of a payment of interest Scheduled to be Due or
principal on the Collateral Obligation when due, in accordance with
the terms of the Collateral Obligation at the time of such failure
or (b) the failure of Fusion to pay any of its material
obligations. As used herein, "Scheduled to be Due" means, in the case
of an interest payment, that such interest payment would be due and
payable during the related calculation period for the Collateral
Obligation.
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"Restructuring" means, with respect to
the Collateral Obligation, a "Restructuring" (as defined in Section
4.7 of the Credit Definitions) has occurred in respect of the
Collateral Obligation except that, for such purposes, Section
4.7(a)(iv) of the Credit Definitions shall be amended to include
the following at the end thereof: "; or a release of liens or other
credit support for the Obligation; or any other change that
materially reduces the level of subordination enhancing the
Obligation". For purposes of this Agreement, "Multiple Holder
Obligation" will not be applicable in determining whether any such
Restructuring occurs.
"Credit Extension" means the making of a
Loan.
"Credit Party" means the Borrower, the
Limited Guarantor and each Equity Holder.
"Custodial Office" is defined in Section
13.
"Custody Documents" means:
(a) all
Escrowed Assignment Agreement Documents delivered to the Collateral
Custodian pursuant to Section 6.6(e); and
(b) all
Underlying Instruments in relation to the Collateral
Obligation.
"Debtor Relief Laws" means,
collectively:
(a) the
Bankruptcy Code;
(b) with
respect to any Credit Party organized or domiciled in the Cayman
Islands, Part V of the Companies Law (2018 Revision) of the Cayman
Islands, the Bankruptcy Law (1997 Revision) of the Cayman Islands,
the Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings (International Cooperation)
Rules 2018 of the Cayman Islands and the Companies Winding Up Rules
2018 of the Cayman Islands; and
(c) 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, any state thereof or any other applicable
jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
"Default" means a condition or event
that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an
Event of Default.
"Deposit Account" means a demand, time,
savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan
association, credit union or like organization, other than an
account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of
deposit.
"Determination Date" means, with respect
to a Payment Date, the last Business Day of the immediately
preceding Due Period.
"Disposition" means the sale, transfer,
assignment or other disposition of an asset. "Dispose" has a corresponding
meaning.
"Distribution" means any payment of
principal or interest or any dividend, premium or fee payment made
on, or any other distribution in respect of, a security or
obligation.
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"Documentation Package" means (a) the
original executed note (if any) for the Collateral Obligation; (b)
a copy of each executed document or instrument evidencing the
assignment of the Collateral Obligation to the Borrower; (c) a copy
of all Underlying Instruments governing the Collateral Obligation;
and (d) the Escrowed Assignment Agreement Documents and (e) the
Fusion Assignment Consent Letter.
"Dollars", "USD", "U.S.$" and the sign "$" mean the lawful money of the United
States of America.
"Draft Amendment Package" is defined in
Section 8.2.
"Due Period" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the period commencing on the day immediately
following the third Business Day prior to the preceding Payment
Date (or in the case of the Due Period relating to the First
Payment Date, beginning on the Closing Date) and ending on (and
including) the third Business Day prior to such Payment Date (or,
in the case of the Due Period that is applicable to the Payment
Date relating to the Maturity Date, ending on (and including) the
day immediately preceding such Payment Date).
"Eligible Assignee" means any Person
other than a Natural Person that is (a) a Lender or an Affiliate of
such Lender, or (b) a commercial bank, insurance company,
investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an "accredited
investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and
that extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of
business; provided that no
Credit Party or Affiliate of a Credit Party shall be an Eligible
Assignee.
"Eligible Investment" means any
investment that, at the time it, or evidence of it, is acquired by
the Borrower (directly or through an intermediary or bailee), is
either cash or one or more of the following obligations or
securities (in each case denominated in USD):
(a) direct
debt obligations of, and debt obligations the timely payment of
principal and interest on which is fully and expressly guaranteed
by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America the obligations of which are
expressly backed by the full faith and credit of the United States
of America that satisfies the Eligible Investment Required Ratings
at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing
for such investment;
(b) demand
and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, accounts with,
bankers' acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by any
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws
of the United States of America (including the Bank) or any state
thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities, in each case payable within 183
days of issuance, so long as the commercial paper and/or the debt
obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in
the case of the principal depository institution in a holding
company system, the commercial paper or debt obligations of such
holding company) at the time of such investment or contractual
commitment providing for such investment have the Eligible
Investment Required Ratings; and
(c) money
market funds domiciled outside of the United States which funds
have, at all times, credit ratings "AAAm" by S&P;
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subject,
in each case, to such obligations or securities having a maturity
date not later than the earlier of (A) the date that is 60 days
after the date of delivery thereof and (B) the Business Day
immediately preceding the Payment Date immediately following the
date of delivery thereof; provided that Eligible Investments
shall not include (1) any interest-only security, any security
purchased at a price in excess of 100% of the par value thereof or
any security whose repayment is subject to substantial non-credit
related risk, (2) any obligation or security whose rating assigned
by S&P includes the subscript "f", "p", "q", "pi", "r", "sf" or
"t", (3) any obligation or security if any payments with respect to
such obligation or security or proceeds of disposition thereof are
subject to withholding taxes by any jurisdiction unless (x) the
payor is required to make "gross-up payments" that cover the full
amount of any such withholding tax on an after-tax basis or (y)
such withholding is imposed under or in respect of FATCA, (4) any
obligation or security that is subject to an Offer or (5) any
obligation or security secured by real property. Eligible
Investments may include those investments with respect to which the
Bank or an Affiliate of the Bank is an obligor or provides
services.
"Eligible Investment Required Ratings"
means a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least "A" and
a short-term credit rating of at least "A-1" by S&P (or, if
such institution has no short-term credit rating, a long-term
senior unsecured debt rating of at least "A+" by
S&P).
"Employee Benefit Plan" means any
"employee benefit plan" is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which
is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required
to be contributed by, any Credit Party or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates.
"Enforcement Priority of Payments" is
defined in Section 7(c).
"Equity Holders" means Borrower Parent 1
and Borrower Parent 2.
"Equity Interests" means 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), including partnership interests and membership
interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase
or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the
foregoing.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974.
"ERISA Affiliate" means, as applied to
any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled
group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Code of which that Person is a member; (b) any trade or business
(whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of
trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of
Section 414(c) of the Code of which that Person is a member; and
(c) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of
Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which that Person, any
corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business
described in clause (b) above is a member. Any former ERISA
Affiliate of the Borrower shall continue to be considered an ERISA
Affiliate of the Borrower within the meaning of this definition
with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of
the Borrower and with respect to liabilities arising after such
period for which the Borrower could be liable under the Code or
ERISA.
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"ERISA Event" means (a) a "reportable
event" within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan
(excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the
PBGC has been waived by regulation); (b) the failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to
any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section
412(c) of the Code) or the failure to make by its due date a
required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect
to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required
contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by the
administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of
ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress
termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the
withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any
Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the
termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064
of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to
terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or
condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on the Borrower or
any of its ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of
ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA;
(g) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections
4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any
potential liability therefore, or the receipt by the Borrower or
any of its ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan
that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that
it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or
4042 of ERISA; (h) the occurrence of an act or omission which could
give rise to the imposition on the Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under
Chapter 43 of the Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or
(l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit
Plan; (i) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine
claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a
Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Borrower
or any of its ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee
Benefit Plan; (j) receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of
any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code) to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming
part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation
under Section 501(a) of the Code; or (k) the imposition of a Lien
pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or ERISA or a violation of
Section 436 of the Code.
"Escrowed Assignment Agreement
Documents" means
three Assignment Agreements, each executed in blank by (a) the
Borrower, as assignor, and (b) the Underlying Obligor.
"Event of Default" is defined in Section
9.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
"Excluded Payments" means all Administrative Expenses
payable to a Bank Party constituting indemnities, but only to the
extent such indemnities became payable to such Person as a result
of or arising out of such Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
"Excluded Taxes" means any of the
following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or
required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient:
(a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however
denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each
case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized
under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case
of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the
jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision
thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case
of a Lender, Cayman or U.S. 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 of which: (i) such Lender acquires such interest
in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending
office (other than pursuant to Section 2.14), except in each case
to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.13, 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; (c) Taxes
attributable to such Recipient's failure to comply with Section
2.13(c); and (d) any Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
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"Extraordinary Event" means an event that
will occur if (for any reason due to the structure and activities
of the Credit Parties and the affiliates thereof involved in the
Transactions under the Transaction Documents) the Borrower becomes
subject on a net basis or gross basis to U.S. or Cayman income
tax.
"FATCA" means Sections 1471 through 1474
of the Code, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor
version that is substantively comparable and not materially more
onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or
official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into
pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental
agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of
such Sections of the Code, and any legislation, regulation or
guidance giving effect to such intergovernmental
agreements.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means for
any day, the rate per annum
equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next
succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a
Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall
be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business
Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if
no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day,
the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average
rate charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
"Financial and Other
Information" means, with respect to the
Collateral Obligation, all reports, written financial information,
requests for amendments, waivers, supplements or other similar
requests and other written information made available by or on
behalf of the related obligors or any administrative agents or
servicers (or analogous representatives) to lenders under the
related Underlying Instruments.
"Financial Asset" is defined in Section
8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
"Financing Statements" is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(39) of the UCC.
"Firm Bid" means, as to the Collateral
Obligation, a good, irrevocable and actionable bid for value given
by a creditworthy purchaser to purchase the Collateral Obligation
Notional Amount of the Collateral Obligation (both on a cash basis
and synthetically), expressed as a percentage of such Collateral
Obligation Notional Amount, and exclusive of accrued interest, for
scheduled settlement substantially in accordance with the
then-current market practice in the principal cash and synthetic
markets for the Collateral Obligation, provided that:
(a) such
bid is accompanied by appropriate contact information for the
provider of such bid, including the name of the individual
responsible for such bid together with his or her telephone number,
email address or other analogous contact details; and
(b) such
bid is not subject to any Bid Disqualification Condition (and, if
any such bid is subject to any Bid Disqualification Condition, the
Calculation Agent shall be entitled to disregard such bid as
invalid).
All
determinations of whether a bid constitutes a Firm Bid shall be
made by the Calculation Agent. No Lender or Agent shall have any
obligation to provide a Firm Bid at any time. Neither the Borrower
nor any of the Borrower's Affiliates may provide Firm Bids at any
time, unless the Requisite Lenders shall otherwise expressly
agree.
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"First Payment Date" means [__________
__], 2018.
"First Priority" means, with respect to
any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any
Collateral Document, that such Collateral is subject to no equal or
prior Lien and is not subject to any other Liens, except in each
case for Permitted Liens.
"Floating Rate" means, with respect to
any Loan for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal
to the Adjusted USD LIBOR Rate for such Interest
Period.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if, in the determination of any Floating Rate for any
Loan for any Interest Period, no rate having a duration equal to
such Interest Period is available on the relevant Screen Page, then
the Floating Rate for such Interest Period shall be determined by
the Administrative Agent by interpolating on a linear basis between
(1) the applicable rate for the longest period (for which an
interest rate is available on such Screen Page) that is shorter
than the Interest Period of that Loan; and (2) the applicable rate
for the shortest period (for which an interest rate is available on
such Screen Page) that is longer than the Interest Period of that
Loan.
The
Floating Rate for each Loan will be adjusted automatically with
respect to all Loans then outstanding as of the effective date of
any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
"Funding Notice" means a notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
"Funding Ratio" means, at any time, the
ratio of (a) the principal amount of the Loan on such day to (b)
the outstanding principal amount of the Collateral Obligation held
by the Borrower on such day.
"Fusion" means Fusion Connect, Inc.
(f/k/a Fusion Telecommunications International Inc.).
"Fusion Assignment Consent Letter" means
a consent from the Underlying Obligor in the form of Exhibit F,
duly executed and delivered.
"GAAP" means, subject to the provisions
of Section 1.2, United States generally accepted accounting
principles in effect as of the date of determination
thereof.
"general intangibles" is defined in the
UCC.
"Goldman Sachs" is defined in the
preamble.
"Governmental Authority" means any
federal, state, municipal, national or other government,
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency
or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity,
officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any
government or any court, in each case whether associated with a
state of the United States, the United States, the Cayman Islands,
the United Kingdom, the European Union or any other foreign entity
or government (including any successor to any of the
foregoing).
"Governmental Authorization" means any
permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or
consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
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"Grant" means to grant, bargain, sell,
warrant, alienate, remise, demise, release, convey, assign,
transfer, mortgage, pledge, create and grant a security interest in
and right of set-off against, deposit, set over or confirm. A Grant
of the Collateral, or of any other instrument, shall include all
rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the
granting party thereunder, including the immediate continuing right
to claim for, collect, receive and receipt for principal and
interest payments in respect of the Collateral, and all other
monies payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise
all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the
granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive
anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or
receive thereunder or with respect thereto. The term "Granted" has a correlative
meaning.
"Grantor" is defined in the Pledge and
Security Agreement.
"Highest Lawful Rate" means the maximum
lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time
may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws
applicable to any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the
extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may
hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum
non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now
allow.
"Indemnified Liabilities" means,
collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs,
expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket
disbursements of outside counsel for Indemnitees, including in
connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person,
whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party
or a potential party thereto, and any reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing
this indemnity), whether based on any federal, state or foreign
laws, statutes, rules or regulations, on common law or equitable
cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred
by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating
to or arising out of (a) this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
(including the Lenders' agreement to make Credit Extensions or the
use or intended use of the proceeds thereof), the performance of
the Indemnitees of their respective obligations hereunder or
thereunder or the consummation of any transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, any enforcement of any of the Transaction
Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon any of the Collateral) and any reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket attorneys' fees and expenses of outside
counsel for the Indemnitees and reasonable and documented court
costs and any losses incurred directly as a result of a successful
defense, in whole or in part, of any claim that an Agent breached
its standard of care; or (b) any fee letter delivered by any Agent
or any Lender to the Borrower with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
provided that "Indemnified
Liabilities" shall not include (i) special punitive, indirect or
consequential damages (including lost profits), even if the
Borrower has been advised of the possibility of such damages and
regardless of the form of action unless actually incurred or
payable by the Indemnified Party, or (ii) any liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions,
judgments, suits, fees, costs, expenses or disbursements to the
extent the same have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence
or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or a breach of this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document by such
Indemnitee.
"Indemnified Taxes" means: (a) Taxes
other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any
payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower
under any Transaction Document; and (b) to the extent not otherwise
described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
"Indemnitee" is defined in Section
11.3(a).
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"Independent" means as to any Person, any other
Person (including a firm of accountants or lawyers and any member
thereof or an investment bank and any member thereof) who
(a) does not have and is not committed to acquire any material
direct or any material indirect financial interest in such Person
or in any Affiliate of such Person, (b) is not connected with such
Person as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, voting
trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions
and (c) is not Affiliated with a firm that fails to satisfy the
criteria set forth in clauses (a) and (b). "Independent" when used
with respect to any accountant may include an accountant who audits
the books of any Person if in addition to satisfying the criteria
set forth above the accountant is independent with respect to such
Person within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code of Ethics of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
"Independent Director" means a natural
person who (a) for the five-year period prior to his or her
appointment as an Independent Director has not been, and during the
continuation of his or her service as such Independent Director is
not: (1) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager,
partner or officer of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates
(provided that an
Independent Director may be a Person that serves as an independent
director or independent manager or officer of Affiliates of the
Borrower that are structured to be "bankruptcy remote" in a manner
substantially similar to the Borrower or the employee of an entity
that provides corporate services and independent directors or
independent managers or officers in the ordinary course of
business); (2) a customer or supplier of the Borrower or any of its
Affiliates (other than a supplier of his or her service as an
independent director or independent manager or officer of the
Borrower or such Affiliate); or (iii) any member of the immediate
family of a person described in clause (1) or (2) above; and (b)
has (1) prior experience as an independent director or independent
manager or officer for a corporation, limited liability company or
limited partnership whose charter documents required the unanimous
consent of all independent directors or independent managers or
officers thereof before such corporation, limited liability
company, or limited partnership could consent to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a
petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law
relating to bankruptcy; and (2) at least three years of employment
experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary
course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or
placement services to issuers of securitization or structured
finance instruments, agreements or securities.
"Initial Credit Date" means the date of
the Credit Extension hereunder, which shall be (a) a date on or
after the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 and
3.2 have been satisfied and notified by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (which notification
may be made in the Funding Notice for the Credit Extension) or (b)
such other date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower with notice to the Collateral Agent.
"instruments" is defined in the
UCC.
"Interest Period" means:
(a) the
period from (and including) the Initial Credit Date to but
excluding the immediately following Payment Date; and
(b) each
successive period from and including each Payment Date to but
excluding the immediately following Payment Date until the
Obligations (other than contingent obligations for which no claim
has been asserted) are repaid in full.
"Interest Rate Determination Date" means,
with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
"Investment Company Act" means the U.S.
Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules, regulations and
orders issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.
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"investment property" and "investments" are defined in the
UCC.
"IRS" means the United States Internal
Revenue Service.
"Judgment Currency" and "Judgment Currency Conversion Date" are
defined in Section 11.22.
"knowledge" of a Person means the actual
knowledge of an Authorized Officer of such Person.
"Lender" means each financial institution
listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other
Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
Agreement.
"Lien" means (a) any lien, mortgage,
pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any
kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease
or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other
preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the
foregoing and (b) in the case of Securities, any purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
Securities.
"Limited Guarantor" means Borrower Parent
1 in its capacity as "Guarantor" under the Limited
Guaranty.
"Limited Guaranty" means the Limited
Guaranty Agreement dated on or around the Initial Credit Date
between the Limited Guarantor and the Collateral
Agent.
"Loan" is defined in Section
2.1(a).
"Mandatory Prepayment" and "Mandatory Prepayment Notice" are defined
in Section 2.8(b).
"Mandatory Prepayment Notice Date" means,
with respect to any Mandatory Prepayment, the date on which the
related Mandatory Prepayment Notice is delivered to the
Borrower.
"Mandatory Prepayment Period" means, in
connection with a Mandatory Prepayment, the period from and
including the related Mandatory Prepayment Notice Date to and
including the date that is 11 Business Days after such Mandatory
Prepayment Notice Date.
"Margin Account" means the account
maintained pursuant to Section 6.3(c).
"Margin Stock" means "margin stock" as
defined under Regulation U, including any debt security which is by
its terms convertible into "Margin Stock".
"Margining Agreement" means the Margining
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit
E.
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"Material Action" means to: (a) file or
consent to the filing of any bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization petition under any applicable federal, state or
other law relating to a bankruptcy naming the Borrower as debtor or
other initiation of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings by or
against the Borrower, or otherwise seek, with respect to the
Borrower, relief under any laws relating to the relief from debts
or the protection of debtors generally; (b) seek or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, conservator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official for the
Borrower or all or any portion of its properties; (c) make or
consent to any assignment for the benefit of the Borrower's
creditors generally; (d) admit in writing the inability of the
Borrower to pay its debts generally as they become due; (e)
petition for or consent to substantive consolidation of the
Borrower with any other person; (f) amend or alter or
otherwise modify or remove all or any part of the Special Purpose
Vehicle Provisions (as defined therein) or any analogous provisions
of the Constitutive Documents of the Borrower; or (g) amend, alter
or otherwise modify or remove all or any part of the definition of
"Independent Directors" or the definition of "Material Action" in
the Constitutive Documents of the Borrower.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a
material adverse effect on and/or material adverse developments
with respect to (a) the business, operations, properties, assets or
financial condition of the Borrower; (b) the ability of any Credit
Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations; (c) the
legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against a
Credit Party of a Transaction Document to which it is a party; or
(d) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred
upon, any Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party under any
Transaction Document.
"Material Amendment Information" means,
with respect to the Collateral Obligation:
(a)
all written information related to amendments, waivers,
modifications or supplements to any Underlying Instrument governing
the Collateral Obligation, including any written requests or
written communications related thereto; provided that requests or
communications relating thereto will not constitute "Material
Amendment Information" to the extent that such request or
communication consists solely of informal discussions relating to
amendments, waivers, modifications or supplements or of
administrative matters in connection therewith; and
(b) copies
of each executed amendment, waiver, modification and supplement to
such Underlying Instruments.
"Material Contract" means any contract or
other arrangement to which any Credit Party is a party (other than
the Transaction Documents) for which breach, nonperformance,
cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
"maturity" means, with respect to the
Collateral Obligation, the date on which such obligation shall be
deemed to mature (or its maturity date).
"Maturity Date" means the earlier of (a)
the Scheduled Maturity Date and (b) the date on which all Loans
shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by
acceleration or otherwise.
"Maximum Purchase Price" is defined in
the Pricing Side Letter.
"Minimum Par Amount" is defined in the
Pricing Side Letter.
"Monetary Default" means a default by a
party in the payment of money (other than ordinary course expense
reimbursements) when due under a contractual arrangement
(determined without regard to any grace period otherwise
specified), or a default by such party in the performance or
observance of any other obligation thereunder (determined without
regard to any grace period otherwise specified) that by its terms
can be cured solely by the payment of money.
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"money" is defined in the
UCC.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors
Service, Inc.
"Multiemployer Plan" means any Employee
Benefit Plan which is a "multiemployer plan" is defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA.
"Natural Person" means a natural person,
or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and
operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person.
"Non-U.S. Lender" is defined in Section
2.13(c).
"Note" means a promissory note in form
and substance satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Requisite Lenders.
"Obligation Currency" is defined in
Section 11.22.
"Obligations" means all obligations
(whether now existing or hereafter arising, absolute or contingent,
joint, several or independent) of every nature of each Credit
Party, including obligations from time to time owed to the Agents
(including former Agents), the Bank Parties, the Lenders or any of
them, under any Transaction Document, whether for principal,
interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would
have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed
against such Credit Party for such interest in the related
bankruptcy proceeding), other fees, expenses, indemnification or
otherwise.
"Offer" means, with respect to the
Collateral Obligation or Eligible Investment, any offer by the
issuer or borrower thereof or by any other Person made to all of
the holders thereof to purchase or otherwise Acquire such
Collateral Obligation or Eligible Investment; to exchange such
Collateral Obligation or Eligible Investment for any other
security, debt obligation, Cash or other property (other than, in
any case, pursuant to any redemption in accordance with the terms
of any related Underlying Instrument or for the purpose of
registering the security or debt obligation); or, with respect to
any Collateral Obligation that constitutes a bond, any solicitation
by the issuer or borrower thereof or any other Person to amend,
modify or waive any provision of such bond.
"Officer" means, (a) with respect to the
Borrower, any director, officer, President, Vice President,
Secretary or Treasurer of the Borrower or any other Person
authorized thereby to take any and all actions necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents; (b) with respect to any other entity that is a
partnership, any general partner thereof or any Person authorized
by such entity; (c) with respect to any other entity that is a
limited liability company, any member thereof or any Person
authorized by such entity; and (d) with respect to the Collateral
Agent and any bank or trust company acting as trustee of an express
trust or as custodian or agent, a Trust Officer.
"Officer's Certificate" means, with
respect to any Person, a certificate signed by an Authorized
Officer of such Person.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written
opinion addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, of a nationally or internationally recognized
law firm or an attorney admitted to practice (or law firm, one or
more of the partners of which are admitted to practice) before the
highest court of any State of the United States or the District of
Columbia (or of any other relevant jurisdiction, in the case of an
opinion relating to the laws of such other jurisdiction) in the
relevant jurisdiction, which attorney may, except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, be counsel for the Borrower
and which attorney or firm shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Whenever an Opinion of Counsel is required
hereunder, such Opinion of Counsel may rely on opinions of other
counsel who are so admitted and otherwise satisfactory which
opinions of other counsel shall accompany such Opinion of Counsel
and shall be addressed to the Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent (or shall state that the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely thereon).
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"Organizational Documents" means (a) with
respect to any corporation, company or exempted company, its
certificate, of incorporation, organization or association and its
by-laws or memorandum and articles of association; (b) with respect
to any limited partnership or exempted limited partnership, its
certificate of registration or declaration of limited partnership
and its limited partnership agreement or exempted limited
partnership agreement; (c) with respect to any general partnership,
its partnership agreement and (d) with respect to any limited
liability company, its articles of organization and its operating
agreement, each of the foregoing with all current amendments or
modifications thereto. If any term or condition of this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document requires any Organizational
Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar
governmental official, the reference to any such Organizational
Document shall only be to a document of a type customarily
certified by such governmental official. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Constitutive Documents of any Person shall
constitute Organizational Documents for such Person.
"Other Connection Taxes" means, with
respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or
former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction
imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such
Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed
its obligations under, received payments under, received or
perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other
transaction pursuant to or enforced any Transaction Document, or
sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Transaction
Document).
"Other Material Default" means a default
(other than a Monetary Default) by a party in the performance or
observance of any obligation of that party under a contractual
arrangement that (a) with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would become an event of default with respect to such party
and (b) materially and adversely affects the other party to such
contractual obligation.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or
future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or
similar Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or
similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery, performance, or enforcement or registration
of, from the receipt of perfection of a security interest under, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, except any Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed
with respect to an assignment or participation (other than an
assignment made pursuant to a request of the
Borrower).
"Participant Register" is defined in Section
11.6(g)(1).
"PATRIOT Act" is defined in Section
3.1.
"Payment Date" means each of the
following, as applicable:
(a) the
First Payment Date;
(b) thereafter,
each three-month anniversary of the First Payment Date to, but
excluding, the Maturity Date; and
(c) the
Maturity Date.
If any
such date is not a Business Day, the Payment Date shall be the next
following Business Day.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
"Pension Plan" means any Employee Benefit
Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
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"Permitted Lien" means (a) with respect
to the Collateral, security interests, liens and other encumbrances
created pursuant to the Transaction Documents; and (b) with respect
to the Collateral Obligation, customary security interests, liens
and other encumbrances in favor of the lead agent, the collateral
agent or the paying agent on behalf of all holders of indebtedness
of such obligor under the related facility.
"Person" means and includes natural
persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships,
limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint
stock companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts,
banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other
organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental
Authorities.
"Phase I Priority of Payments" is defined
in Section 7(a).
"Phase II Priority of Payments" is
defined in Section 7(b).
"Platform" means Debt Domain, Intralinks,
SyndTrak or another relevant website or other information
platform.
"Pledge and Security Agreement" means the
Pledge and Security Agreement dated on or around the Initial Credit
Date among the Borrower, the Equity Holders, [General Partner of
Borrower Parent 1 and Borrower Parent 2], as general partner of the
Equity Holders, [General Partner of General Partner of Borrower
Parent 1 and Borrower Parent 2], as general partner of the general
partner of the Equity Holders, and the Collateral
Agent.
"Pledged Obligations" means, on any date
of determination, the Collateral Obligation and the Eligible
Investments owned by the Borrower.
"Power of Attorney" means the power of
attorney dated on or around the Initial Credit Date by the Borrower
and the Equity Holders in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, in substantially the form of
Exhibit F hereto.
"Pricing Side Letter" means the Pricing
Side Letter dated as of May [ ], 2018, between the Borrower and
Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, and acknowledged by the
Collateral Agent.
"Primary Reserve Account" means the
account maintained pursuant to Section 6.3(a).
"Primary Reserve Amount" means
U.S.$25,000,000; provided
that the Primary Reserve Amount will be reduced to zero on the
Subordinated Note Mandatory Prepayment Date. The Primary Reserve
Amount, once reduced to zero, shall not thereafter be
increased.
"Prime Rate" means the rate of interest
quoted in the print edition of The
Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate
(currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at
least 75% of the nation's thirty largest banks), as in effect from
time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not
necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to
any customer. The Administrative Agent or any other Lender may make
commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or
below the Prime Rate.
"Principal Office" means, for each Agent,
such Person's office as set forth on Appendix B, or such other
office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as
such Person may from time to time designate in writing to the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each
Lender.
"Priority of Payments" is defined in
Section 7.
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"Proceeding" means any suit in equity,
action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
"Proceeds" means (a) any property
(including but not limited to Cash and securities) received as a
Distribution on the Collateral or any portion thereof, (b) any
property (including but not limited to Cash and securities)
received in connection with the sale, liquidation, exchange or
other disposition of the Collateral or any portion thereof and (c)
all proceeds (as such term is defined in the UCC) of the Collateral
or any portion thereof.
"Process
Agent" is defined in Section
11.15.
"Pro Rata Share" means, with respect to
all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Loans
of any Lender at any time, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans plus
the aggregate unused Commitments of that Lender at such time
by (b) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus the aggregate unused Commitments
of all Lenders at such time.
"Recipient" means Administrative Agent
and any Lender.
"Register" is defined in Section
2.4(b).
"Regulation A", "Regulation D", "Regulation T", "Regulation U" and "Regulation X" mean Regulations A, D, T,
U and X, respectively, of the Board of Governors and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
"Requisite Lenders" means, at any time,
Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the
aggregate unused Commitments at such time.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's
Financial Services LLC.
"Sanctions" and "Sanctions Laws" are defined in Section
4.18.
"Scheduled Maturity Date" means May [__],
2023.
"Screen Page" means the LIBOR01 page of
the Thompson Reuters Screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters
page which displays that rate) (or on the appropriate page of such
other information service which publishes that rate from time to
time in place of Thompson Reuters).
If any
such page or service ceases to be available, the Administrative
Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant
rate after consultation with the Borrower.
"Secondary Reserve Account" means the
account maintained pursuant to Section 6.3(b).
"Secondary Reserve Amount" means, at any
time, U.S.$300,000.
"Secured Parties" means the Agents and
the Lenders and each other Person (if any) identified as a "Secured
Party" in any of the Collateral Documents.
"Securities" means any stock, shares,
partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of
interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or
arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible,
subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly
known as "securities" or any certificates of interest, shares or
participations in temporary or interim certificates for the
purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase
or acquire, any of the foregoing.
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"securities" is defined in the
UCC.
"Securities Account Control Agreement"
means the Securities Account Control Agreement dated on or around
the Initial Credit Date between the Borrower and the Bank, as
Collateral Agent, the Bank, as Securities Intermediary, and the
Administrative Agent.
"Securities Intermediary" is defined in
Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC.
"Security Entitlement" is defined in
Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC.
"Solvent" means with respect to any
Person, (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person exceeds,
measured on a going concern basis, its debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair
saleable value of the property of such Person, measured on a going
concern basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to
pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other
liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course; (c)
such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and
matured in the ordinary course; and (d) such Person is not engaged
in, and is not about to engage in, business for which it has
unreasonably small capital.
"Specified Information" is defined in
Section 5.14.
"Sponsor" means the Equity Holders,
acting jointly.
"Sponsor Affiliate" means each Credit
Party and each other Affiliate of the Sponsor.
"Spread" is defined in the Pricing Side
Letter.
"Subordinated Note" means the
Subordinated Note issued by the Borrower to Fusion on the initial
Credit Date in an original principal amount equal to
U.S.$25,000,000.
"Subordinated Note Documents" means the
Subordinated Note and each other document executed and delivered in
connection therewith.
"Subordinated Note Interest Payment
Amount" means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to
product of:
(a) the
outstanding principal amount of the Subordinated Notes on such
Payment Date;
(b) the
average rate of interest received by the Borrower on the amounts
credited to the Primary Reserve Account during the related Due
Period (as determined by the Calculation Agent); and
(c) the
number of days in such Due Period divided by 360.
"Subordinated Note Mandatory Prepayment
Date" means the first Payment Date on or after the earlier
of:
(a) the
date on which the Adjusted Debt to EBITDA Level is below 1.00x at
the end of each of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Underlying Obligor, provided that no Default, Event of
Default or Credit Event has occurred and is then continuing;
and
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(b) the
date on which the principal of the Loan is paid in
full.
If
results for the current or any prior quarter of the Underlying
Obligor are for any reason not available to the Calculation Agent
or the Adjusted Debt to EBITDA Level cannot otherwise be
determined, then the Calculation Agent in its discretion may deem
that the Subordinated Note Mandatory Prepayment Date under clause
(a) above has not occurred.
"Subordinate Interests" means the rights of the Borrower
and the Equity Holders in and to the Collateral.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other
ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons
(whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing
similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof; provided that, in
determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person
controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature
of a "qualifying share" of the former Person shall be deemed to be
outstanding.
"Target Ratio" means:
(a) initially,
the Advance Rate;
(b) on
each day from the Initial Credit Date to but excluding May [__],
2019, the Target Ratio will be equal to the Funding Ratio on such
day (all as adjusted from time to time to take into account
payments of principal on the Loan and on the Collateral Obligation,
respectively); and
(c) on
May [__], 2019, the Target Ratio will be fixed at the Funding Ratio
as then in effect and will not change thereafter.
"Tax" means any present or future tax,
levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or
withholding (together with interest, penalties and other additions
thereto) of any nature and whatever called, imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental
Authority.
"Transaction Accounts" means the
Collection Account, the Primary Reserve Account, the Secondary
Reserve Account and the Margin Account.
"Transaction Document" means any of this
Agreement, the Notes (if any), the Subordinated Note Documents, the
Limited Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, the Fusion Assignment
Consent Letter, the Administration Agreement and all other
documents, certificates, instruments or agreements executed and
delivered by or on behalf of a Credit Party for the benefit of any
Agent or any Lender in connection herewith on or after the date
hereof.
"Trust Officer" means, when used with
respect to the Collateral Agent, any officer within the Corporate
Trust Services Division (or any successor group of the Collateral
Agent) including any director, managing director, vice president,
assistant vice president, associate or officer of the Collateral
Agent customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, or to whom
any corporate trust matter is referred at the Corporate Trust
Office because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject, in each case having direct responsibility for
the administration of this Agreement.
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"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code
(or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect from time
to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
"Unapproved Amendment Event" means, with
respect to any Amendment, that:
(a) such
Amendment was effected in violation of Section 8.2; or
(b) the
terms of the Underlying Instruments for the Collateral Obligation
after giving effect to such Amendment do not (in the Administrative
Agent's sole and absolute judgment) conform substantially to the
Draft Amendment Package and Material Amendment Information for the
Collateral Obligation delivered by the Borrower hereunder, and the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within 10 Business Days
of the date on which the executed copy of such Amendment is
delivered hereunder.
"Underlying Credit Agreement" means the
First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018
among Fusion, as Borrower, the Guarantor Subsidiaries party
thereto, the lenders party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National
Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent.
"Underlying Instruments" means, with
respect to the Collateral Obligation, (a) the Underlying Credit
Agreement, (b) each other agreement that governs the terms of or
secures the obligations represented by the Collateral Obligation or
of which the holders of such Collateral Obligation are the
beneficiaries and (c) all related closing documents.
"Underlying Obligor" means Fusion, in its
capacity as borrower of the Collateral Obligation.
"U.S. Lender" is defined in Section
2.13(c).
"U.S. Person" is defined in Regulation S
under the Securities Act.
"U.S. Tax
Compliance Certificate" is defined in Section
2.13(c).
1.2. Accounting
Terms.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information
required to be delivered by the Borrower to Lenders pursuant to
Schedule A shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect
at the time of such preparation.
1.3. Interpretation,
Etc.
(a)
Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise
requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the
reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or
Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an
Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically
provided. The use herein of the word "include" or "including", when
following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be
construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific
items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to
similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language
(such as "without limitation" or "but not limited to" or words of
similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be
deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the
broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or
matter.
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(b) References
to any statute or code shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed
to refer to such statute or code and all rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, all as amended, modified, supplemented,
waived, restated, amended and restated, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time.
(c)
References to:
(1) any
agreements shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to
such agreements as amended, modified, supplemented, waived,
restated, amended and restated, replaced or otherwise modified from
time to time;
(2) any
Person shall, unless otherwise specified, include references to
such Person's successors and assigns; and
(3) any
Person acting in any particular capacity shall, unless otherwise
specified, include references to such Person's successors and
assigns in such capacity,
provided that the foregoing is without prejudice to the
rights or remedies available to a party herein or in any of the
other Transaction Documents that restricts, limits or imposes
conditions upon, or provides consequences for, any amendments,
successions or assignments.
1.4. Assumptions,
Etc.
(a)
In connection with all calculations required to be made pursuant to
this Agreement with respect to Distributions on any Pledged
Obligations, or any payments on any other assets included in the
Collateral, and with respect to the income that can be earned on
Distributions on such Pledged Obligations and on any other amounts
that may be received for deposit in the Transaction Accounts, the
provisions set forth in this Section 1.4 shall be
applied.
(b)
All calculations under this Agreement shall be in U.S. Dollars
unless otherwise specified.
(c)
No Agent warrants, nor accepts responsibility, nor shall have any
liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any
other matter related to (1) the Floating Rates, the Base Rates, the
Prime Rate or, in each case, any comparable or successor rate
thereto or (2) the Screen Pages or any successors or replacements
thereto.
SECTION
2. LOANS
AND COMMITMENTS
2.1. Loans
and Commitments.
(a) Loans.
During the Availability Period, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make a single term loan to
the Borrower (each, a "Loan") in an aggregate amount up to but
not exceeding such Lender's Commitment as then in effect;
provided that the principal
amount of the Loans to be made in such Credit Extension shall not
exceed the Commitment of the Lenders as at the related Credit Date.
Each Lender's Commitment shall (1) terminate upon the making of the
Loans hereunder; and (2) terminate immediately and without further
action on the last day of the Availability Period.
Any
amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid
or prepaid may not be reborrowed. All amounts owed hereunder with
respect to the Loans shall be paid in full no later than the
Scheduled Maturity Date. No portion of any Loans shall be funded
with "plan assets" for purposes of Section 3(42) of
ERISA.
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(b) Borrowing
Mechanics for Loans.
(1) Loans
shall be in an aggregate minimum amount equal to the Applicable
Minimum Amount and integral multiples equal to the Applicable
Integral Multiple in excess of that amount.
(2) Subject
to Section 2.1(c), whenever the Borrower desires that Lenders make
Credit Extensions, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) a fully executed
Funding Notice no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at
least one Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date (or
such later time as the Administrative Agent may
agree).
(3)
For each Credit Extension, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and each Lender of the principal
amount of the Loans to be made, along with each Lender's respective
Pro Rata Shares thereof (which Pro Rata Shares shall be equal to
the Loan amount that each Lender will be obligated to fund to the
Borrower on the related Credit Date). Such notice shall be provided
by the Administrative Agent with reasonable promptness, but not
later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such Credit
Date.
(4)
For each Credit Extension, each Lender shall make the amount of its
Loans available to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the related Credit Date by wire
transfer of same day funds in USD at the office designated by the
Administrative Agent. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
precedent specified herein, the Administrative Agent shall make the
proceeds of the Loans available to the Borrower on such Credit Date
by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the
proceeds of all such Loans received by the Administrative Agent
from Lenders to be credited as agreed between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, in each case for application of such proceeds
in accordance with Section 2.3 or as otherwise agreed between the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
(5)
If a funding does not occur on any Credit Date because any
condition precedent to such requested borrowing herein specified
has not been met or not all Lenders have made their respective
Loans on such date, then the Administrative Agent shall return any
amounts received to the respective Lenders without
interest.
(c)
Notices. Each
Funding Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower in a writing delivered to the Administrative Agent. In
lieu of delivering a Funding Notice, the Borrower may give
Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any
proposed borrowing; provided that each such notice shall be
promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the applicable Funding
Notice to the Administrative Agent on or before the close of
business on the date that the telephonic notice is given;
provided that a Funding
Notice for all Loans made on the Initial Credit Date may, in the
Administrative Agent's sole and absolute discretion, be deemed to
have been provided by other documentation satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. In the event of a discrepancy between the
telephone notice and the written Funding Notice, the written
Funding Notice shall govern. Neither the Administrative Agent nor
any Lender shall incur any liability to the Borrower in acting upon
any telephonic notice referred to above that the Administrative
Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly
authorized officer or other person authorized on behalf of the
Borrower or for otherwise acting in good faith.
2.2. Pro
Rata Shares; Availability of Funds
(a)
Pro Rata Shares.
All Loans shall be made by Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being
understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by
any other Lender in such other Lender's obligation to make a Loan
requested hereunder.
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(b) Availability
of Funds. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that
such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative
Agent the amount of such Lender's Loan requested on such Credit
Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made
such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Credit
Date and the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If the Administrative
Agent has made such corresponding amount available to the Borrower
but such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender, then the Administrative Agent
shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand
from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from
such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to the
Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by the
Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for
three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender
does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the
Administrative Agent's demand therefor, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall on or
prior to the next Payment Date pay such corresponding amount to the
Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day
from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to the
Administrative Agent, at the interest rate otherwise payable
hereunder. If (1) the Administrative Agent declines to make a
requested amount available to the Borrower until such time as all
applicable Lenders have made payment to the Administrative Agent,
(2) a Lender fails to fund to the Administrative Agent all or any
portion of the Loans required to be funded by such Lender hereunder
prior to the time specified in this Agreement and (3) such Lender's
failure results in the Administrative Agent failing to make a
corresponding amount available to the Borrower on the applicable
Credit Date, then such Lender shall not receive interest hereunder
with respect to the requested amount of such Lender's Loans for the
period commencing with the time specified in this Agreement for
receipt of payment by the Borrower through and including the time
of the Borrower's receipt of the requested amount and the Borrower
shall have no obligation to pay interest on any amounts not so
advanced. Nothing in this Section 2.2(b) shall be deemed to relieve
any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder
or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any
Lender as a result of any default by such Lender
hereunder.
2.3. Use
of Proceeds.
The
proceeds of the Loans made hereunder and of the issuance of the
Subordinated Notes shall be used solely:
(a) to
Acquire the Collateral Obligation to be Acquired by the Borrower on
the Initial Credit Date;
(b) to
fund the Borrower's payment of the costs and expenses payable
hereunder;
(c) to
deposit an amount equal to the Primary Reserve Amount into the
Primary Reserve Account; and
(d) to
deposit an amount equal to the Secondary Reserve Amount into the
Secondary Reserve Account.
2.4. Evidence
of Debt; Register; Lenders' Books and Records; Notes.
(a) Lenders'
Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal
records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of the
Borrower to such Lender, including the amounts and currencies of
the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect
thereof. Any such recordation shall be prima facie evidence, absent
manifest error; provided
that (1) the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in
such recordation, shall not affect the Borrower's Obligations in
respect of any applicable Loans; and (2) in the event of any
inconsistency between the Register and any Lender's records, the
recordations in the Register shall govern.
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(b) Register.
The Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by
it) shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and
principal amounts of (and stated interest on) the Loans owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
"Register"). The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender
(with respect to (1) any entry relating to such Lender's Loans and
(2) the identity of the other Lender's (but not any information
with respect to such other Lenders' Loans)) at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The
Administrative Agent shall record, or shall cause to be recorded,
in the Register the Loans in accordance with the provisions of
Section 11.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the
principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be
conclusive and binding on the Borrower and each Lender, absent
manifest error; provided
that failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such
recordation, shall not affect the Borrower's Obligations in respect
of any Loan. The Borrower hereby designates the Administrative
Agent to serve as the Borrower's non-fiduciary agent solely for
purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section
2.4, and the Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent the
Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, the Administrative
Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents
and affiliates shall constitute "Indemnitees".
(c) Notes.
If so requested by any Lender by written notice to the Borrower
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) at least two Business
Days prior to the Initial Credit Date, or at any time thereafter,
the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if
applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is
a registered assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 11.6) on
the Initial Credit Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the
Initial Credit Date, promptly after the Borrower's receipt of such
notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender's Loans. Such Note
shall in its written terms require recordation in the Register of
the Note's execution, delivery and any subsequent transfer or
assignment. If Notes are delivered to any Lender, the Borrower may
establish commercially reasonable procedures for replacing lost or
stolen Notes.
2.5. Interest
on Loans.
(a) Interest
Accruals. Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan
shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the
date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise)
thereof at the Floating Rate applicable such Interest Period for
such Loan plus the
Spread.
(b) Interest
Rate Determinations. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, the
Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall,
absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all
parties) the interest rates that shall apply to the Loans for which
an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable
Interest Period, and shall promptly give notice thereof to the
Borrower, the Collateral Agent and each Lender.
(c) Day-Count
Fractions, Etc.
(1) Interest
payable pursuant to Section 2.5(a) shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days
elapsed in the period during which it accrues, except that any
interest accruing at a Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of
a 365-day year. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the
making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period
applicable to such Loan shall be included, and the date of payment
of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period
applicable to such Loan shall be excluded; provided that, if a Loan is repaid on
the same day on which it is made, one day's interest shall be paid
on that Loan.
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(2) Except
as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall accrue
on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Payment
Date, upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or
mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid and at
maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans, in
each case in accordance with the Priority of Payments or otherwise
as expressly provided herein.
2.6. Default
Interest.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
the principal amount of all Loans then outstanding and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, any interest thereon, and any
other amounts owing hereunder, shall bear interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws)
payable on demand at a rate that is 2.0% per annum in excess of the interest
rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the Loans. Payment
or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in
this Section 2.6 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment
and shall not in and of itself constitute a waiver of any Event of
Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of
any Secured Party.
2.7. Prepayments;
Voluntary Commitment Reductions.
(a)
Voluntary
Prepayments.
(1) Any
time and from time to time, the Borrower may prepay any Loans on
any Business Day in whole or in part (each, a "Voluntary Prepayment"), in an aggregate
minimum amount not less than the Applicable Minimum Amount and
integral multiples in excess of that amount equal to the related
Applicable Integral Multiple; provided that:
(x) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would
immediately result therefrom; and
(y) sufficient
amounts are on deposit in the Collection Account to pay the
principal of the Loans to be prepaid together with the other
amounts that will be owing in connection therewith.
(2) All
such prepayments shall be made, upon not less than three Business
Days prior written or telephonic notice (or such shorter period as
agreed to by the Administrative Agent), in each case given to the
Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) by 12:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by
telephone, promptly confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof
to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent will
promptly transmit a copy of such written notice to each Lender).
Each notice of a Voluntary Prepayment shall specify the Loans to be
prepaid, the principal amount to be prepaid and the related
prepayment date (which shall be a Business Day). Upon the giving of
any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in
such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date
specified therein.
(b) Other
Amounts. Each payment of principal of the Loans in
connection with a Voluntary Prepayment shall be accompanied by
payment of the amount of accrued interest on the portion of the
Loans so prepaid and (if such payment is made other than on the
last day of an interest period) any related breakage costs payable
under Section 2.11(c).
(c)
Non-Waterfall
Payments. Voluntary Prepayments and payment of amounts under
clause (b) above shall not be subject to the Priority of Payments
but instead shall be made solely out of Collections then on deposit
in the Collection Account.
2.8. Required
Principal Payments.
(a)
Scheduled
Amortization.
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(1)
Principal of the Loans will be repayable on each Payment Date in
accordance with the Priority of Payments.
(2)
On the Maturity Date the Borrower shall repay the aggregate
principal amount of the Loans that are then
outstanding.
(b)
Mandatory
Prepayments. If a Credit Event
occurs, or the Collateral Obligation is paid in full, or a Clean-Up
Call Event occurs, then the Borrower shall, upon receipt of not
less than three Business Days prior written notice thereof from the
Administrative Agent (a "Mandatory Prepayment Notice"), prepay
all outstanding Loans (a "Mandatory
Prepayment") during the related Mandatory Prepayment Period;
provided that funds on
deposit in the Collection Account and the Margin Account on the
first day of such Mandatory Prepayment Period shall be applied to
such Mandatory Prepayment on such date and funds deposited into the
Collection Account and the Margin Account on each Business Day
thereafter shall be applied to such Mandatory Prepayment no later
than the Business Day following the date of such
deposit.
(c)
Non-Waterfall
Payments. Mandatory Prepayment under clause (b) above shall
not be subject to the Priority of Payments but instead shall be
made solely out of Collections then on deposit in the Collection
Account and funds on deposit in the Margin Account, with any remaining unpaid amounts to be paid out
of Collections thereafter received in the Transaction Accounts
until paid in full, and all amounts that continue to be owing on
and after the next Payment Date shall be payable under the Priority
of Payments.
2.9. General
Provisions Regarding Payments.
(a)
All payments by the Borrower shall be made in USD, in same day
funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of
any restriction or condition not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the date due therefor. For purposes of computing
interest and fees, funds deposited after that time on such due date
shall be deemed to have been paid by the Borrower on the next
succeeding Business Day.
(b) Whenever
any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day
that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be due on the next
succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be
included in the computation of the payment of interest
hereunder.
(c) Except
as otherwise provided herein, all payments under this Agreement
shall be made on the Payment Dates in accordance with the Priority
of Payments.
(d) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been
waived or cured, and the maturity of the Obligations shall have
been accelerated pursuant to Section 9 or pursuant to any sale of,
any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of
the Collateral, all payments or proceeds received by Agents in
respect of any of the Obligations shall be applied in accordance
with the Enforcement Priority of Payments.
2.10. Ratable
Sharing.
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The
Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall,
whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of
Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof),
through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker's lien, by
counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right
under the Transaction Documents or otherwise, or as adequate
protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the
Bankruptcy Code or under analogous provisions of any other Debtor
Relief Law, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the
aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect
of fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender
hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents (collectively,
the "Aggregate Amounts Due"
to such Lender) that is greater than the proportion received by any
other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other
Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater
payment shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent and each other
Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of
such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed
to have purchased from each seller of a participation
simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of
such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so
that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared
by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them;
provided that, if all or
part of such proportionately greater payment received by such
purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise, those
purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such
participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably
to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Borrower
expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any
holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all
rights of banker's lien, consolidation, set-off or counterclaim
with respect to any and all monies owing by the Borrower to that
holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed
the amount of the participation held by that holder. The provisions
of this Section 2.10 shall not be construed to apply to
(1) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (2) any
payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the assignment
or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or other Obligations
owed to it.
2.11. Making
or Maintaining Floating Rate Loans.
(a) Inability
to Determine Applicable Interest Rate. If the Administrative
Agent or any Lender shall have determined (which determination
shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto),
on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any Loans,
that by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant interbank
market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the
interest rate applicable to such Loans on the basis provided for in
the definition of "Floating Rate", the Administrative Agent shall
on such date give notice to the Borrower and each Lender of such
determination, whereupon (i) such Loans shall bear interest at the
applicable Base Rate plus
the related Spread per annum until such time as the Administrative
Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances
giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Funding
Notice given by the Borrower with respect to such Loans shall be
deemed to be rescinded by the Borrower or, at the election of the
Borrower, a request that such Loans be made bearing interest based
on the applicable Base Rate instead of such Floating
Rate.
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(b)
Illegality or
Impracticability of Floating Rate Loans. If on any date
(i) any Lender shall have determined (which determination
shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto)
that the making, maintaining, converting to or continuation of its
Loans has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender
in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation,
guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty,
governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the
force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not
be unlawful), or (ii) Administrative Agent is advised in
writing by the Requisite Lenders (which determination shall be
final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that the
making, maintaining, converting to or continuation of their Loans
has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring
after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the
relevant interbank market or the position of the Lenders in that
interbank market, then, and in any such event, such Lenders (or in
the case of the preceding clause (i), such Lender) shall be an
"Affected Lender" and such
Affected Lender shall on that day give notice (by e-mail or by
telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice
Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender).
If the Administrative Agent receives a notice from (x) any
Lender pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence or
(y) a notice from Lenders constituting Requisite Lenders
pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then (A)
the obligation of the Lenders (or, in the case of any notice
pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender) to
make additional Loans shall be suspended until such time as such
circumstances cease to exist (at which time such notice shall be
withdrawn by each Affected Lender); (B) to the extent such
determination by the Affected Lender relates to a Loan then being
requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice, such
Funding Notice shall be deemed to be rescinded by the Borrower (or,
at the election of the Borrower, be deemed to be a request that
such Loan be made bearing interest based on the applicable Base
Rate); (C) the Lenders' (or in the case of any notice pursuant to
clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender's) obligations to
maintain their respective outstanding Loans that bear interest
based on the applicable Floating Rate (the "Affected Loans") shall be terminated at
the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then
in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by
law, and (D) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into
Loans that bear interest at the applicable Base Rate plus the related Spread per annum on the date of such
termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a
determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a
Loan then being requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Funding
Notice, the Borrower shall have the option, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.11(c), to rescind such Funding Notice as to
all Lenders by giving written or telephonic notice (promptly
confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof) to the
Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the
Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described
above (which notice of rescission the Administrative Agent shall
promptly transmit to each other Lender).
(c) Compensation
for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. The
Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such
Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such
amounts and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount
owing), for all reasonable losses (other than lost profits),
expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or payable by
such Lender to Lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its
Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender
in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds
but excluding loss of anticipated profits), which such Lender may
sustain as a result of any of the following (each, a "Breakage Event"):
(1) if
for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of
any Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding
Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing;
(2) if
any prepayment or other principal payment of any of the Loans on a
date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that
Loan; or
(3) if
any prepayment of any of its Loans is not made on any date
specified in a notice of prepayment given by the
Borrower.
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(d) Booking
of Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Loans at,
to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office
of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(e)
Assumptions Concerning
Funding of Loans. Calculation of all amounts payable to a
Lender under this Section 2.11 and under Section 2.12 shall be made
as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant
Loans through the purchase of a deposit in USD relating to such
Loans bearing interest at the applicable Floating Rate in an amount
equal to the amount of such Loan and having a maturity comparable
to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such
deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office
of such Lender in the United States of America; provided that each Lender may fund each
of its Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing
assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating
amounts payable under this Section 2.11 and under Section
2.12.
2.12. Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy.
(a) Compensation
for Increased Costs and Taxes. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.13 (which shall be controlling with respect to the
matters covered thereby), if any Lender shall determine (which
determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive
and binding upon all parties hereto) that any Change in Law: (1)
subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any
company controlling such Lender to any additional Tax (other than
(A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through
(d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income
Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit,
commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other
liabilities or capital attributable thereto; (2) imposes, modifies
or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency,
supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit,
liquidity, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement
against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for
the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended
by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender
(other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to
Loans that are reflected in the determination of the Floating
Rates) or any company controlling such Lender; or (3) imposes any
other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or
affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any
company controlling such Lender or such Lender's obligations
hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of
the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to
make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount
received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending
office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, the Borrower
shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement
referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts
(in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of
calculating, interest or in a lump sum or otherwise as such Lender
in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to
compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in
amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver
to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a written
statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this
Section 2.12(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding
upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(b) Capital
Adequacy and Liquidity Adjustment. If any Lender shall have
determined (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be
final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that (1)
any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity or (2)
compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any
company controlling such Lender with any Change in Law regarding
capital adequacy or liquidity, has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any
company controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with
reference to, such Lender's Loans, or participations therein or
other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a level
below that which such Lender or such controlling company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the
policies of such Lender or such controlling company with regard to
capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time, within
five Business Days after receipt by the Borrower from such Lender
of the statement referred to in the next sentence, the Borrower
shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such controlling company on an after-tax
basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a written statement,
setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the
additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.12(b), which
statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto
absent manifest error.
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(c) Delay
in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to
demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lender's right to demand such compensation;
provided that the Borrower
shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this
Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered
more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies
the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions, and of such Lender's intention to claim
compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the
nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include
the period of retroactive effect thereof).
2.13. Taxes;
Withholding, Etc.
(a) Payments
to Be Free and Clear. All sums payable by or on behalf of
any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents shall be paid free and clear of, and without any
deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax, unless such
deduction or withholding is required by applicable
law.
(b) Withholding
of Taxes. If any Credit Party or any other Person (acting as
a withholding agent) is (in such withholding agent's reasonable
good faith discretion) required by applicable law to make any
deduction or withholding on account of any Tax from any sum paid or
payable by any Credit Party to a Recipient under any of the
Transaction Documents: (1) the applicable Credit Party or other
Person shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and
shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law
and (2) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, unless otherwise
provided in this Section 2.13, the sum payable by the applicable
Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction,
withholding or payment of Indemnified Taxes is required shall be
increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making
of such deduction, withholding or payment of Indemnified Taxes
(including any such Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to additional amounts payable under this Section
2.13), such Recipient, as the case may be, receives on the due date
a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such
deduction, withholding or payment of Indemnified Taxes been made;
and (4) within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax
which it is required by clause (1) above to pay, the applicable
Credit Party or other Person shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by the
relevant Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of
the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such
deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to
the relevant Governmental Authority reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
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(c) Evidence
of Exemption from Withholding Tax. Any Lender that is
entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with
respect to payments made under any Transaction Document shall
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time
or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as
will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a
reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall
deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as
will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine
whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution
and submission of such documentation shall not be required if in
the Lender's reasonable judgment such completion, execution or
submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed
cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or
commercial position of such Lender. Each Lender (including any
assignee) that is a "United States person" (as such term is defined
in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a "U.S. Lender") shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower on or prior to the Initial
Credit Date (or, if later, on or prior to the date on which such
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) two copies of IRS Form
W-9 (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed
by such Lender, certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an
exemption from United States backup withholding tax, or otherwise
prove that it is entitled to such an exemption. Each Lender
(including any assignee) that is not a "United States person" (as
such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a
"Non-U.S. Lender") shall, to
the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such
Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from
time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is
applicable: (1) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the
benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a
party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any
Transaction Document, two executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or
W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or
reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the
"interest" article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any
other applicable payments under any Transaction Document, two
executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable,
establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal
withholding Tax pursuant to the "business profits" or "other
income" article of such tax treaty; (2) two executed copies of IRS
Form W-8ECI; (3) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the
benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section
881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-1 to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a "bank"
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a "10
percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a "controlled foreign corporation"
described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a "U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate") and
(y) two executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as
applicable; or (4) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the
beneficial owner, two executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY,
accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as
applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit B-2 or Exhibit B-3, two executed copies of IRS Form
W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial
owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a
partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such
Non-U.S. Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such
Non-U.S. Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4 on behalf of each such
direct and indirect partner. Each Lender agrees that if any form or
certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete
or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or
certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do
so.
(d) FATCA.
Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent at the time or times prescribed by applicable law and at such
time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable
law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the
Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their
obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and
withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (d),
"FATCA" shall include any
amendments made to FATCA after the date hereof.
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(e) Payment
of Other Taxes. The Borrower shall timely pay all Other
Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authorities in accordance with
applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely
reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(f) Borrower
Indemnity. Without duplication of any obligation under
Section 2.13(b) or (e), the Borrower shall indemnify the Recipient
for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including any such
Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section 2.13) paid or payable by such Recipient
or any of its respective Affiliates and any reasonable expenses
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such
Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority; provided that the Borrower shall not be
required to indemnify such Recipient for any interest, penalties or
expenses imposed as a result of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Recipient. A certificate as to the amount of
such payment or liability delivered to such Credit Party shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. Such payment shall be due within
ten days of such Credit Party's receipt of such
certificate.
(g) Lender
Indemnity. Each Lender shall severally indemnify each Agent
for (1) Taxes for which additional amounts are required to be paid
pursuant to Section 2.13(b) arising in connection with payments
made under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
(including any such Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to
amounts payable under this Section 2.13) attributable to such
Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already
indemnified such Agent therefor and without limiting the obligation
of the Borrower to do so); (2) any Taxes attributable to such
Lender's failure to comply with the provisions of Section
11.6(g)(1) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register
and (3) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each
case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in
connection with any Transaction Document and any reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not
such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of
such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the
Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Such payment shall be due within ten days of such Lender's receipt
of such certificate. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral
Agent or the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all
amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Transaction
Document or otherwise payable by such Agent to such Lender from any
other source against any amount due to an Agent under this
paragraph (g).
(h) Refunds.
If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good
faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it
has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.13 (including
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13), it shall pay to
the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to
the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.13 with
respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party
and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such
indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party,
shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant
to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other
charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) if such
indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be
required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to
this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified
party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the
indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to
indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been
deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification
payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never
been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any
indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other
information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to
the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(i) Defined
Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term
"applicable law" includes FATCA.
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2.14. Obligation
to Mitigate.
Each
Lender agrees that, if such Lender requests payment under Section
2.11, 2.12 or 2.13, then such Lender will, to the extent not
inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any
applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts
to make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions or
Commitments, including any Affected Loans, through another office
of such Lender if, as a result thereof, the additional amounts
payable to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.11, 2.12 or 2.13, as
the case may be, in the future would be eliminated or reduced and
if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the
making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Loans through such
other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case
may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Loans or the
interests of such Lender; provided that such Lender will not be
obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section
2.14 unless the Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable incremental
expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such
other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of
any such expenses payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section
2.14 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting
such amount) submitted by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
2.15. Bank
Party Fee.
The
Borrower has agreed to pay to the Bank Parties such fees (the
"Bank Party Fees"), in the
amounts and on the dates as are set forth in the Bank Party Fee
Letter.
SECTION
3. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
3.1. Initial
Credit Date.
The
obligation of each Lender to enter into this Agreement and make a
Credit Extension on the Initial Credit Date is subject to the
satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 11.5, of the
following conditions on or before the Initial Credit
Date:
(a) Transaction
Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
counterpart (which may be in the form of a facsimile or electronic
transmission (including a pdf file)) of each Transaction Document
executed and delivered by each Credit Party and each other Person
party thereto.
(b) Organizational
Documents; Incumbency. The Administrative Agent shall have
received, in respect of each Credit Party, (1) copies of each
Organizational Document as the Administrative Agent shall request,
and, to the extent applicable, certified as of the Initial Credit
Date or a recent date prior thereto by the appropriate Governmental
Authority; (2) signature and incumbency certificates of the
officers of such Credit Party; (3) resolutions of the Board of
Directors or similar governing body of such Credit Party approving
and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Initial
Credit Date, certified as of the Initial Credit Date by an
Authorized Officer as being in full force and effect without
modification or amendment; and (4) a good standing certificate from
the applicable Governmental Authority of such Credit Party's
jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation, each
dated the Initial Credit Date or a recent date prior
thereto.
(c) Governmental
Authorizations and Consents. Each Credit Party shall have
obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other
Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and
each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any
action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which
would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the
financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for
review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any
of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable
agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion
shall have expired.
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(d) Collateral.
In connection with the creation in favor of the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of Secured Parties, of a valid, perfected First
Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral,
each Grantor shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent:
(1) evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of the compliance by each
Grantor of their obligations under the Pledge and Security
Agreement and the other Collateral Documents (including their
obligations to execute or authorize, as applicable, and deliver
Financing Statements, originals of securities, instruments and
chattel paper and any agreements governing deposit and/or
securities accounts as provided therein);
(2) a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Grantor, dated as of
the Initial Credit Date, to the effect that:
(A) subject
to Permitted Liens, such Grantor has good and marketable title to
the Collateral Granted by it free and clear of any liens, claims,
encumbrances or defects of any nature whatsoever;
(B) such
Grantor has Acquired its ownership in the Collateral in good faith
without notice of any adverse claim;
(C) such
Grantor has not assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered any
interest in the Collateral other than interests Granted pursuant to
the Transaction Documents;
(D) such
Grantor has full right to Grant a security interest in and assign
and pledge the Collateral to the Collateral Agent;
(E) subject
to Permitted Liens, upon Grant by such Grantor and the taking of
the relevant actions contemplated by the Collateral Documents, the
Collateral Agent has a perfected security interest in the
Collateral that is of first priority, free of any adverse claim or
the legal equivalent thereof;
(3)
the Escrowed Assignment Agreement Documents; and
(4)
evidence that the Borrower shall have registered the security
granted under the Collateral Documents in the Register of Mortgages
and Charges maintained at the Borrower's registered office in the
Cayman Islands.
(e)
Opinions of
Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received an
executed copy (which may be in the form of a facsimile or
electronic transmission (including a pdf file)) of:
(i) an
opinion of Paul Hastings LLP, counsel to the Credit Parties dated
on or around the Initial Credit Date, covering such matters as the
Administrative Agent and its counsel shall reasonably request and
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in
its sole and absolute discretion;
(ii) an
opinion of Backenroth, Frankel & Krinsky, LLP, counsel to the
Credit Parties dated on or around the Initial Credit Date, covering
such bankruptcy matters as the Administrative Agent and its counsel
shall reasonably request and in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion;
and
(iii) an
opinion of Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel to the Credit Parties
dated on or around the Initial Credit Date, covering such matters
as the Administrative Agent and its counsel shall reasonably
request and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute
discretion.
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Each
Credit Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver all such
opinions to the Agents and Lenders.
(f)
Collateral Agent
Opinion. The Administrative Agent shall have received an
executed copy (which may be in the form of a facsimile or
electronic transmission (including a pdf file)) of an opinion of
Nixon Peabody LLP, counsel to the Collateral Agent, dated on or
around the Initial Credit Date, covering such matters as the
Administrative Agent and its counsel shall reasonably request and
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in
its sole and absolute discretion.
(g)
Equity Capital;
Subordinated Note Capital. The Administrative Agent shall
have received evidence satisfactory to it that:
(i) the
Equity Holders shall have contributed an amount not less than the
amount specified as "Equity Capital" in the Pricing Side Letter to
the Borrower, and such equity capital is on deposit in the
Collection Account; and
(ii) Subordinated
Notes have been issued by the Borrower for net proceeds not less
than U.S.$25,000,000, all on terms and conditions acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in sole and absolute discretion, and the
proceeds of such Subordinated Note issuance is on deposit in the
Collection Account.
(h)
Collateral Obligation
Closing and Assignment. The Administrative Agent shall have
received evidence satisfactory to it that:
(i)
the Underlying Credit Agreement shall have been executed and
delivered by the parties thereto in substantially the form most
recently delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the
Closing Date and without any amendments or waivers thereto, and the
Underlying Credit Agreement is in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute
discretion;
(ii)
all conditions precedent to such borrowing were satisfied without
waiver;
(iii) the
initial borrowing of the Collateral Obligation thereunder shall
have occurred (with respect to an initial principal amount not less
than U.S.$570,000,000 of Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche B Term
Loans under the Underlying Credit Agreement);
(iv)
no Credit Event has occurred;
(v)
the Borrower shall have executed and delivered an assignment
agreement with an affiliate of Goldman Sachs pursuant to which the
Borrower will acquire a par amount of the Collateral Obligations
that is not less than the Minimum Par Amount for a net purchase
price not exceeding the Maximum Purchase Price;
(vi) the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent the
Documentation Package for the Collateral Obligation;
and
(vii) the
Borrower shall have directed all the obligors and agents, as
applicable, on the Collateral Obligation to make all payments under
the relevant Underlying Instruments directly to the applicable
Transaction Accounts.
(i) Fees
and Expenses. The Borrower shall have paid to each Bank
Party the fees payable on or before the Initial Credit Date
referred to in Section 2.15 and all expenses payable pursuant to
Section 11.2 that have accrued to the Initial Credit
Date.
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(j) No
Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit,
investigation, litigation, proceeding, hearing or other legal or
regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any court or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the
reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, singly or in the
aggregate, materially impairs any of the other transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or that could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Patriot
Act. At least 10 days prior to the Initial Credit Date or
such shorter period of time as agreed by the Lenders in writing,
the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other
information required by bank regulatory authorities under
applicable "know-your-customer" and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October
26, 2001) the "PATRIOT
Act").
(l) Accounts.
The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory
to it of the establishment of each of the Transaction
Accounts.
(m) Available
Capital Certificate; Etc. The Administrative Agent shall
have received:
(i) an
Available Capital Certificate as of the Initial Credit Date or a
recent date prior thereto duly executed by the Borrower and
Borrower Parent 1 showing Available Capital of not less than
U.S.$10,000,000; and
(ii) evidence
acceptable to it in its sole and absolute discretion that Borrower
Parent 1 has not less than U.S.$20,000,000 in available liquidity
(in the form of unrestricted cash, available borrowing capacity
under the Capital Call Line and/or Available Capital).
(n)
Financing
Statements. Financing Statements with respect to the
Collateral and the Grantors (and their respective general partners)
shall have been filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the
District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. and in any other filing
offices as the Administrative Agent may deem
advisable.
(o)
Capital Call Facility
Waiver. The Administrative Agent shall have received an
executed copy of such amendments and waivers of terms of the
Capital Call Facility as may be necessary or advisable in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the grant of
security interests under the Collateral Documents.
(p)
Other Matters. The
Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably require; provided that nothing in this clause
shall imply or impose a duty on the Administrative Agent to so
require.
3.2. Conditions
to Credit Extensions.
(a) Conditions
Precedent. The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan on
any Credit Date, including the Initial Credit Date, are subject to
the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 11.5, of the
following conditions precedent:
(1)
the Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and
delivered Funding Notice relating thereto (which may be in the form
of a facsimile or electronic transmission (including a pdf
file));
(2) the
principal amount of the Loans to be made in such Credit Extension
shall not exceed the Commitment of the Lenders as at the related
Credit Date;
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(3) as
of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained
herein and in the other Transaction Documents shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of that Credit Date to
the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to
the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate
to an earlier date, in which case such representations and
warranties shall have been true and correct in all material
respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or
modified by materiality in the text thereof; and
(4) as
of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing
or would immediately result from the consummation of the applicable
Credit Extension that would constitute a Default or an Event of
Default or a Credit Event.
Any
Agent or the Requisite Lenders shall be entitled, but not obligated
to, request and receive, prior to the making of any Credit
Extension, additional information reasonably satisfactory to the
requesting party confirming the satisfaction of any of the
foregoing if, in the good faith judgment of such Agent or the
Requisite Lender such request is warranted under the circumstances
and such information is requested from the Borrower in writing (an
"Additional Information
Request") no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on
the date the applicable Funding Notice is received.
(b)
Deemed
Representations. Each borrowing of a Loan hereunder shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the
applicable Credit Date that the conditions contained in Section
3.2(a) have been satisfied except as otherwise acknowledged by the
Administrative Agent.
SECTION
4. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In
order to induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this
Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make each Credit Extension
to be made thereby, the Borrower represents and warrants to each
Agent and Lender, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that
the following statements are true and correct:
4.1. Organization;
Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification.
Each
Credit Party (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b)
has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its
properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions
contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in
good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located
and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations,
except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to
have, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2. Equity
Interests; Ownership.
(a)
The Equity Interests of the Borrower have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. As of the
Closing Date, other than any capital commitments or other rights of
a member or other equity holder as of the Closing Date to make
capital contributions to the Borrower, there is no existing option,
warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the
Borrower is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest
or other Equity Interests of the Borrower outstanding which upon
conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Borrower
of any additional membership interests or other Equity Interests of
it or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or
evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership
interest or other Equity Interests of such Person.
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(b)
The Borrower has no Subsidiaries as of the Closing
Date.
4.3. Due
Authorization
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
each of Credit Party that is a party thereto.
4.4. No
Conflict
The
execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do
not and will not (a) violate (1) any provision of any law or any
governmental rule or regulation applicable to it, (2) any of its
Organizational Documents or (3) any order, judgment or decree of
any court or other agency of government binding on it or its
properties, in each case except to the extent that such violation
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute
(with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any of
its Material Contracts; (c) result in or require the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other
than any Liens created under any of the Transaction Documents in
favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
and other Permitted Liens); or (d) require any approval of
stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any
Person under any Material Contract, except for such approvals or
consents which will be obtained on or before the Initial Credit
Date and disclosed in writing to Lenders.
4.5. Governmental
Consents
The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do
not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval
of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental
Authority, except for (a) such as have been obtained or made and
are in full force and effect, in each case, as of the Closing Date,
(b) filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be
made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or
recordation, as of the Initial Credit Date or (c) those consents,
approvals, notices or other actions, the failure of which to obtain
or make could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.6. Binding
Obligation
Each
Transaction Document to which each Credit Party is a party has been
duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party and is the legally
valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable
against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors'
rights generally or by equitable principles relating to
enforceability.
4.7. Adverse
Proceedings, Etc.
There
are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Credit Party (a) is in violation of any applicable laws that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) is subject to or in
default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions,
decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state,
municipal or other governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.8. Payment
of Taxes.
Except
as otherwise permitted hereunder, all material Tax returns and
reports required to be filed by the Borrower, if any, have been
timely filed, and all material Taxes that are due and payable by
the Borrower, if any, have been paid. There is no proposed material
Tax assessment against the Borrower that is not being actively
contested by the Borrower in good faith, by appropriate proceedings
and for which adequate reserves in accordance with the appropriate
applicable accounting principles are being maintained by the
Borrower.
4.9. Properties
Each
Grantor has good, sufficient and legal title to its properties and
assets. Except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties
and assets are free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens.
No Grantor owns or leases any real estate.
4.10. No
Defaults
No
Credit Party is in default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions
contained in any of its contractual obligations, and no condition
exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both, could constitute such a default, except where the
consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if
any, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.11. Material
Contracts
Appendix D contains
a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in
effect on the Closing Date and, except as described thereon, no
events of default, Monetary Defaults or Other Material Defaults
currently exist thereunder.
4.12. Governmental
Regulation
No
Credit Party is subject to regulation under the Investment Company
Act or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which
may limit its ability to incur indebtedness or which may otherwise
render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No
Credit Party is a "registered investment company" or a company
"controlled" by a "registered investment company" or a "principal
underwriter" of a "registered investment company" as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act.
4.13. Federal
Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act
No
Credit Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
buying or carrying Margin Stock. No portion of the proceeds of any
Credit Extension shall be used in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, that causes or could reasonably be expected to cause,
such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to
violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X or any other
regulation of the Board of Governors or to violate the Exchange
Act.
4.14. Employee
Benefit Plans
No
Credit Party maintains or contributes to any Employee Benefit Plan,
and no ERISA Event has occurred that could reasonably be expected
to result in material liability to any Credit Party. The assets of
Credit Parties are not treated as "plan assets" for purposes of
Section 3(42) of ERISA.
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4.15. Solvency
Each
Credit Party is and, immediately after giving effect to the
incurrence of any Loan by any Credit Party on any date on which
this representation and warranty is made, will be, in each case, on
a consolidated basis with its consolidated group (if applicable),
Solvent.
4.16. Compliance
with Statutes, Etc.
Each
Credit Party is in compliance with all applicable statutes,
regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed
by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its
business and the ownership of its property, except such
non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.17. Disclosure
No
representation or warranty of any Credit Party contained in any
Transaction Document or in any other documents, certificates or
written statements furnished to any Agent or Lender by or on behalf
of any Credit Party for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact (known to the Borrower, in
the case of any document not furnished by it) necessary in order to
make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which the same were made. There are
no facts known (or which should upon the reasonable exercise of
diligence be known) to any Credit Party (other than matters of a
general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents,
certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, immediately after giving effect to the
delivery of any Financial and Other Information and any and all
updates and deliveries to the Administrative Agent or Lenders from
time to time.
4.18. Sanctioned
Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act
No
Credit Party nor any of its directors, managers, officers or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, employees, agents, advisors or
Affiliates is the subject of or target of any sanctions or economic
embargoes administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of State
or the U.S. Department of Treasury (including the Office of Foreign
Assets Control) or any other applicable sanctions authority
(collectively, "Sanctions",
and the associated laws, rules, regulations and orders,
collectively, "Sanctions
Laws"). Each Credit Party and their respective directors,
managers, officers and, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
employees, agents, advisors and Affiliates is in compliance, in all
material respects, with (a) all Sanctions Laws, (b) the United
States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and any other
applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, rules, regulations
and orders (collectively, "Anti-Corruption Laws") and (c) the
PATRIOT Act and any other applicable terrorism and money laundering
laws, rules, regulations and orders.
The
Borrower will not use any part of the proceeds of the Loans
directly or indirectly, (A) for the purpose of financing any
activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or
territory that at such time is the subject or target of any
Sanctions, (B) in any manner that would constitute or give rise to
a violation of any Sanctions by any Credit Party, the Lender or any
other party hereto or (C) for any payments to any governmental
official or employee, political party, official of a political
party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an
official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or
obtain any improper advantage, in violation of any Anti-Corruption
Law.
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SECTION
5. COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in
effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than
contingent obligations for which no claim has been asserted), the
Borrower shall perform all covenants set forth in this Section
5.
5.1. Compliance
with Laws, Etc.
The
Borrower will comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations,
writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees, awards and orders with
respect to it, its business and its properties, in each case except
where such non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will comply in
all material respects with all Material Contracts.
5.2. Maintenance
of Books and Records.
The
Borrower shall maintain and implement administrative and operating
procedures reasonably necessary in the performance of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
and the Borrower shall keep and maintain, or cause its Board of
Directors to keep or maintain at all times, or cause to be kept and
maintained at all times in the registered office of the Borrower
specified in its respective Constitutive Documents, all documents,
books, records, accounts and other information as are required
under applicable law.
5.3. Existence
of Borrower, Etc.
(a)
The Borrower shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its
identity as a separate legal entity from that of its members. The
Borrower shall keep its principal place of business at the address
specified on Appendix B (as may be updated from time to time by the
Borrower by notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Section 11.1). The Borrower will always maintain at least two
non-compensated Independent Directors.
(b)
The Borrower shall:
(1) have
a board of directors separate from that of any other person
(although members of the board of directors of the Borrower may
serve as directors, officers or managers of one or more Affiliates
of the Borrower);
(2) not
commingle its assets with assets of any other Person;
(3) conduct
its business in its own name and strictly comply with all
organizational formalities necessary to maintain its separate
existence (and the Borrower hereby represents that all such
formalities have been complied with since the Borrower's
formation);
(4) maintain
books and records separate from any other Person;
(5) maintain
separate financial statements (it being understood that, if the
Borrower's financial statements are part of a consolidated group
with its Affiliates, then any such consolidated statements shall
contain a note indicating the Borrower's separateness from any such
Affiliates and that its assets are not available to pay the debts
of such Affiliate);
(6) pay
its own liabilities only out of its own funds;
(7) maintain
an arm's-length relationship with its Affiliates;
(8) hold
itself out as a separate Person, and not hold out its credit or
assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of
others;
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(9) pay
its fair and reasonable share of overhead for shared office space,
if any;
(10) use
separate stationery, invoices and checks and not of any other
entity (unless such entity is clearly designated as being the
Borrower's agent);
(11) not
pledge its assets as security for the obligations of any other
person;
(12) correct
any known misunderstanding regarding its separate
identity;
(13) maintain
adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose,
transactions and liabilities and pay its operating expenses and
liabilities from its own assets;
(14) not
take any Material Action without the unanimous affirmative vote of
each member of its board of directors, including, in all cases,
each of the Independent Directors;
(15) not
have any employees;
(16) not
acquire or form any Subsidiary; and
(17) file
its own Tax returns, if required, and maintain its separate
existence.
5.4. Protection
of Collateral.
(a)
The Borrower shall from time to time execute and deliver all such
supplements and amendments hereto and all such Financing
Statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, and shall take such other action
as may be reasonably necessary to secure the rights and remedies of
the Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents (provided that
the Borrower shall be entitled to rely on any Opinion of Counsel
delivered pursuant to Section 3 or Section 5.5 (each such Opinion
of Counsel, a "Lien
Opinion") to determine what actions are reasonably
necessary, and shall be fully protected in so relying on such a
Lien Opinion, unless the Borrower has knowledge that the procedures
described in any such Lien Opinion are no longer adequate to
maintain such perfection and priority) and to:
(1) Grant
more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral;
(2) maintain
or preserve the lien (and the priority thereof) under the
Collateral Documents and the other Transaction Documents to which
it is a party or to carry out more effectively the purposes hereof
and thereof;
(3) perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to
be made by the Collateral Documents;
(4) enforce
any of the Pledged Obligations or other instruments or property
included in the Collateral;
(5) preserve
and defend title to the Collateral and the rights therein of the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in the Collateral and the
Collateral Agent against the claims of all persons and
parties;
(6) pay
any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the
Collateral and use its commercially reasonable efforts to minimize
taxes and any other costs arising in connection with its
activities; and
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(7) give,
execute, deliver, file and/or record any Financing Statement,
notice, instrument, document, agreement or other papers that may be
necessary or desirable to create, preserve, perfect or validate the
security interest granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents or
under the other Transaction Documents or to enable the Collateral
Agent to exercise and enforce its rights hereunder and thereunder
with respect to such pledge and security interest, and hereby
authorizes the Collateral Agent to file Financing Statements
listing "all assets" of the debtor in the collateral description of
such Financing Statements.
The
Borrower hereby designates the Collateral Agent as the agent and
attorney-in-fact for the Borrower to file, upon Borrower Order, any
Financing Statement, continuation statement or other instrument
required pursuant to this Section 5.4; provided that such appointment shall
not impose upon the Collateral Agent any of the Borrower'
obligations under this Section 5.4. The Borrower shall cause to be
filed one or more continuation statements under the applicable UCC
(it being understood that the Borrower (and to the extent the
Collateral Agent takes any action, the Collateral Agent) shall be
entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel, including a Lien
Opinion, as to the need to file such Financing Statements and
continuation statements, the dates by which such filings are
required to be made and the jurisdictions in which such filings are
required to be made).
(b)
The Collateral Agent shall not (1) remove any portion of the
Collateral that consists of Cash or is evidenced by an instrument,
certificate or other writing (A) from the jurisdiction in which it
was held at the date the most recent Lien Opinion was delivered
pursuant hereto or (B) from the possession of the Person who held
it on such date or (2) cause or permit ownership or the pledge of
any portion of the Collateral that consists of book entry
securities to be recorded on the books of a Person (A) located in a
different jurisdiction from the jurisdiction in which such
ownership or pledge was recorded at such date or (B) other than the
Person on whose books such ownership or pledge was recorded at such
date, unless the Collateral Agent shall have first received an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the lien and security
interest created by this Agreement with respect to such property
will continue to be maintained immediately after giving effect to
such action or actions.
5.5. Opinions
as to Collateral.
On or
before March 31 in each calendar year, commencing in the calendar
year following the Closing Date, the Borrower shall furnish to the
Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent a New York law
opinion (and a law opinion for each other jurisdiction that is
relevant to the Collateral Agent's security interest in the
Collateral) relating to the security interests granted by the
Grantors to the Collateral Agent under the Transaction Documents,
stating that, as of the date of each such opinion, the lien and
security interest created by the Transaction Documents with respect
to the Collateral remain in effect and that no further action
(other than as specified in any such opinion) needs to be taken to
ensure the continued effectiveness of such lien over the next
year.
5.6. Performance
of Obligations.
(a)
The Borrower shall not take any action that would release any
principal obligor from any of such principal obligor's covenants or
obligations under any Underlying Instrument.
(b)
Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower shall not contract with other Persons for the performance
of actions and obligations to be performed by the Borrower
hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents.
(c)
The Borrower shall comply in all material respects with all
requirements applicable to it set forth in any Opinion of Counsel
obtained pursuant to any provision of this Agreement including
satisfaction of any event identified in any Opinion of Counsel as a
prerequisite for the obtaining or maintaining by the Collateral
Obligation of a perfected security interest in the Collateral
Obligation, any Eligible Investment or other Collateral that is of
first priority, free of any adverse claim or the legal equivalent
thereof, as applicable.
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5.7. Negative
Covenants.
(a)
The Borrower will not:
(1) sell,
transfer, assign, participate, exchange or otherwise dispose of, or
pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise encumber (by security
interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), preference, priority or
other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever or otherwise) (or permit such to occur or suffer
such to exist), any part of the Collateral, except as expressly
permitted by the Transaction Documents;
(2) (A)
incur or assume or guarantee any indebtedness or any contingent
obligations, other than the Obligations and the other agreements
and transactions expressly contemplated hereby and thereby or (B)
issue any additional securities (other than the issuance of its
equity on the date hereof), it being understood that receipt of
additional capital contributions by the Borrower from the Equity
Holders (without issuance of additional securities or interests in
the Borrower) is not prohibited by this clause (B);
(3) (A)
permit the validity or effectiveness of the Collateral Documents or
any other Transaction Document or any Grant thereunder to be
impaired, or permit the liens under the Transaction Documents to be
amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or
permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations
with respect to the Transaction Document, except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, adverse
claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (including
any preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever or
otherwise, other than the liens under any the Transaction
Documents) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or
burden the Collateral or any part thereof, any interest therein or
the Proceeds thereof (except for Permitted Liens), or (C) take any
action that would cause the liens under the Transaction Documents
not to constitute a valid perfected security interest in the
Collateral that is of first priority, free of any adverse claim or
the legal equivalent thereof, as applicable, except as may be
expressly permitted hereby (including with respect to any Permitted
Liens or in connection with a disposition of Collateral required
hereby);
(4) make
or incur any capital expenditures, except as reasonably required to
perform its functions in accordance with the terms of the
Transaction Documents;
(5) become
liable in any way, whether directly or by assignment or as a
guarantor or other surety, for the obligations of the lessee under
any lease (other than in accordance with the Transaction
Documents);
(6) enter
into any transaction with any Affiliate other than (A) the
Transaction Documents and (B) transactions on terms that are no
less favorable than those obtainable in an arm's length transaction
with a wholly unaffiliated Person and on terms that are fair and
equitable to the Borrower under all the facts or circumstances
under applicable law;
(7) maintain
any bank accounts or securities accounts other than the Transaction
Accounts;
(8) change
its name without (A) receiving the prior written consent of
Requisite Lenders, (B) delivering to the Collateral Agent and
Administrative Agent notice thereof and (C) receiving an Opinion of
Counsel that such name change will not adversely affect the
Collateral Agent's lien or the interest under the Collateral
Documents of the Secured Parties or the Collateral
Agent;
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(9) fail
to pay any tax, assessment, charge or fee with respect to the
Collateral, or fail to defend any action, if such failure to pay or
defend will adversely affect the priority or enforceability of the
lien over the Collateral created by the Transaction
Documents;
(10) other
than the Transaction Documents and agreements involving the
Acquisition of the Collateral Obligation having customary purchase
terms, enter into any agreement or contract with any Person unless
such contract or agreement contains "limited recourse" and
"non-petition" provisions, (x) which limited recourse provisions
provide that the obligations of the Borrower are limited recourse
obligations, payable solely from the Collateral in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and
(y) which non-petition provisions provide that, prior to the date
that is one year and one day after all Obligations have been paid
in full (or, if longer, the applicable preference period under
applicable insolvency law), such Person shall not take any action
or institute any proceeding against the Borrower under any
insolvency law applicable to it or which would be reasonably likely
to cause it to be subject to, or seek protection of, any such
insolvency law; provided
that such Person shall be permitted to become a party to and to
participate in any Proceeding or action under any such insolvency
law that is initiated by any other Person other than one of its
Affiliates;
(11) amend
any Transaction Document without the prior written consent of the
Requisite Lenders;
(12) amend
any limited recourse or non-petition provisions of any applicable
agreement;
(13) register
as or Acquire any assets or business or take any action that would
require it to register as an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act;
(14) enter
into any transaction other than on arm's length terms and at market
rates other than as expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents;
(15) have
any Subsidiaries;
(16) pay
distributions on its equity interests other than in accordance with
the express terms of this Agreement and its Organizational
Documents; or
(17) pay
any amounts under the Subordinated Note Documents other than in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement and the
Subordinated Note Documents.
(b)
The Borrower shall not sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise
dispose of Collateral, or enter into or engage in any business with
respect to any part of the Collateral except as expressly permitted
or required by the Transaction Documents, provided that the foregoing shall not
prohibit any liquidation of short term cash management instruments
at a price equal to or greater than the purchase price of such
instruments.
5.8. No
Consolidation.
The
Borrower shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
Person or, other than the security interest Granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Transaction Documents, convey or
transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person.
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5.9. No
Other Business; Etc.
The
Borrower shall not engage in any business or activity other than
borrowing the Loans pursuant to this Agreement, incurring
indebtedness under the Subordinated Note Documents, Acquiring and
holding the Collateral Obligation, pledging the Collateral
Obligation under the Collateral Documents and entering into,
performing its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party and other documents and agreements contemplated
thereby and/or incidental thereto. The Borrower shall not amend, or
permit the amendment of, its Constitutive Documents or any
Subordinated Note Documents without prior written consent of the
Requisite Lenders.
5.10. Certain
Tax Matters.
The
Borrower will pay all material Taxes imposed upon it or any of its
properties or assets or in respect of any of its income before any
penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all material claims for sums
that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become
a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when
any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto unless
the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings which stay the enforcement of such Lien and for which
adequate reserves in accordance with the appropriate applicable
accounting principles are being maintained by the
Borrower.
5.11. Certain
Regulations.
The
Borrower understands that Executive Orders issued by the President
of the United States of America, Federal regulations administered
by OFAC and other federal laws prohibit, among other things, U.S.
persons or persons under jurisdiction of the United States from
engaging in certain transactions with, the provision of certain
services to, and making certain investments in, certain foreign
countries, territories, entities and individuals, and that the
lists of prohibited countries, territories, entities and
individuals can be found on, among other places, the OFAC website
at www.treas.gov/ofac. Accordingly, the Borrower covenants that it
has, and the Borrower represents that it has, policies and
procedures designed to comply with the prohibitions and
restrictions mandated by OFAC and all other sanctions laws and
regulations in the jurisdictions in which the Borrower and its
Affiliates operate. None of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates or,
to the best of the Borrower's knowledge, any of their respective
owners, directors, managers or officers is, or is acting on behalf
of, a country, territory, entity or individual named on such lists;
and none of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates, or, to the best of
the Borrower's knowledge, owners, directors, managers or officers
is a natural person or entity with whom dealings with U.S. persons
or persons under the jurisdiction of the United States are
prohibited under any OFAC regulation or other applicable federal
law or acting on behalf of such a person or entity. To the best of
the Borrower's knowledge, the Borrower does not own, and the
Borrower will knowingly own or Acquire, any security issued by, or
interest in, any country, territory, or entity whose direct
ownership by U.S. persons or persons under the jurisdiction of the
U.S. would be or is prohibited under any OFAC regulation or other
applicable federal law.
The
Borrower shall not use any part of the proceeds of the Loans,
directly or indirectly, (A) for the purpose of financing any
activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or
territory that at such time is the subject or target of any
Sanctions, (B) in any manner that would constitute or give rise to
a violation of any Sanctions by any Credit Party, the Lender or any
other party hereto, or (C) for any payments to any governmental
official or employee, political party, official of a political
party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an
official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or
obtain any improper advantage, in violation of any Anti-Corruption
Law.
5.12. Financial
and Other Information; Notices.
(a) Specified
Information. The Borrower shall deliver the documents and
information detailed in Schedule A (the "Specified Information") to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the date
required pursuant to Schedule A.
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(b)
Notice of Default.
Promptly upon the Borrower obtaining knowledge (1) of any condition
or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that
notice has been given to the Borrower with respect thereto; or (2)
of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or
evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer specifying the nature
and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or
specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and
the nature of such claimed Default, Event of Default, default,
event or condition, and what action the Borrower has taken, are
taking and propose to take with respect thereto.
(c)
Notice of
Litigation. Promptly upon the Borrower obtaining knowledge
of (1) any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing
by the Borrower to Lenders, or (2) any material development in any
such Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (1) or
(2), if adversely determined could be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent
the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as
a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent written notice thereof
together with such other information as may be reasonably available
to the Borrower to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate
such matters.
5.13. Inspections,
Etc.
(a)
Each Credit Party will permit any authorized representatives
designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and
inspect any of the properties of any Credit Party to inspect, copy
and take extracts from its financial and accounting records, and to
discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and
independent public accountants, all upon reasonable advance notice
and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as
often as may reasonably be requested; provided that, in the absence of a
Default or Event of Default, (x) the Credit Parties shall not be
required to reimburse the Administrative Agent and Lenders for more
than two inspections in any period of twelve consecutive fiscal
months and (y) there shall be no more than two inspections in any
period of twelve consecutive fiscal months.
(b)
Without limiting paragraph (a) above, each Credit Party will permit
the Administrative Agent and any designee thereof from time to time
to inspect the Collateral Obligation and related Underlying
Instruments selected by the Requisite Lenders in their sole and
absolute discretion and, in connection therewith, to investigate
any or all of the following with respect to the Collateral
Obligation:
(1)
all matters relating to the title of the Borrower with respect to
the Collateral Obligation;
(2) the
perfection of the Collateral Agent's security interest in the
Collateral under the Collateral Documents; and
(3) the
existence of any litigation or other similar proceeding relating to
the Collateral Obligation to which a Credit Party is a party,
either as plaintiff or defendant, in each case at
such times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance
notice to the Borrower and subject to applicable law and the rights
of the relevant Credit Party under the applicable Underlying
Instruments.
(c)
Each Credit Party will, upon the request of the Requisite Lenders,
participate in a meeting of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders:
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(1) once
during each calendar year, to be held at the corporate offices of
the individuals primarily responsible for the management or
operation of the Borrower (or at such other location as may be
requested by the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders that
is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower) or via conference call at
such time as may be agreed to by the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Requisite Lenders; and
(2)
if an Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, at such
other times as may be reasonably requested by any Lender, to be
held at the corporate offices of the individuals primarily
responsible for the management or operation of the Borrower (or at
such other location as may be requested by such Lender that is
reasonably acceptable to the Borrower).
(d)
Each inspection, investigation, visitation or other meeting
referred to in clause (b) and (c) above shall be at the Lenders'
own cost and expense; provided that, if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, then each such inspection,
investigation, visitation or other meeting will be at the expense
of the Borrower.
5.14. Maintenance
of Properties.
The
Borrower shall maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair,
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all
material properties used or useful in its business and from time to
time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs,
renewals and replacements thereof.
SECTION
6. ACCOUNTS;
ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES.
6.1. Collection
of Money.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Collateral Agent may
demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect,
directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent
or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or
receivable by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents, including all payments due on the
Collateral, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such
Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall segregate and hold all such
money and property received by it in the Transaction Accounts for
the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall apply it as provided
in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
The
accounts established by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this
Agreement may include any number of sub accounts deemed necessary
by the Collateral Agent or requested by the Borrower for
convenience in administering the Transaction Accounts and the
Collateral Obligation.
Each
Transaction Account shall be established and maintained (a) with a
federal or state-chartered depository institution with a short-term
rating of at least "A-1" by S&P (or a long-term rating of at
least "A+" by S&P if such institution has no short-term rating)
and if such institution's short-term rating falls below "A-1" by
S&P (or its long-term rating falls below "A+" by S&P if
such institution has no short-term rating), the assets held in such
Transaction Account shall be transferred within 60 calendar days to
another institution that has a short-term rating of at least "A-1"
by S&P (or which has a long-term rating of at least "A+" by
S&P if such institution has no short-term rating) or (b) with
respect to securities accounts, in segregated accounts with the
corporate trust department of a federal or state-chartered deposit
institution subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on
deposit similar to Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulation
Section 9.10(b). Such institution shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least U.S.$200,000,000.
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All
investment of funds in accordance with Section 6.3 shall be made
pursuant to a Borrower Order (which may be in the form of standing
instructions) executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
The Borrower shall at all times direct the Collateral Agent or the
Accounts Securities Intermediary, as applicable to, and, upon
receipt of such Borrower Order, the Collateral Agent or the
Accounts Securities Intermediary shall, invest or cause the
investment of, pending application in accordance with Section 6.3,
all funds received into the Transaction Accounts during a Due
Period (except when such funds shall be required to be disbursed
hereunder), and amounts received in prior Due Periods and retained
in any Transaction Account, as so directed, in Eligible
Investments. If, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default,
the Borrower shall not have given any such investment directions,
the Collateral Agent shall seek instructions from the Borrower
within three Business Days after transfer of such funds to the
applicable Transaction Account. If the Collateral Agent does not
thereupon receive written instructions from the Borrower within
five Business Days after transfer of such funds to such Transaction
Account, it shall invest and reinvest the funds held in such
Transaction Account, as fully as practicable, but only in one or
more Eligible Investments maturing (as selected by the Borrower in
a writing delivered to the Collateral Agent) no later than the
third Business Day prior to the next Payment Date unless such
Eligible Investments are issued by the Bank, in which event such
Eligible Investments may mature up to the Business Day preceding
such Payment Date. After the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall invest and
reinvest, or cause the investment or reinvestment of, such monies
as fully as practicable in Eligible Investments (as selected by the
Borrower in a writing delivered to the Collateral Agent) maturing
not later than the earlier of (1) 30 days after the date of such
investment or (2) the third Business Day prior to the next Payment
Date unless such Eligible Investments are issued by the Bank, in
which event such Eligible Investments may mature up to the Business
Day preceding such Payment Date. In the absence of any direction
from the Borrower the Collateral Agent shall not invest amounts on
deposit in any Transaction Account. All interest and other income
from such Eligible Investments shall be deposited into the
applicable Transaction Accounts and transferred to the Collection
Account, and any gain realized from such investments shall be
credited to the Collection Account, and any loss resulting from
such investments shall be charged to the Collection Account. Except
as otherwise provided herein, the Collateral Agent shall not in any
way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency of funds in any
Transaction Account resulting from any loss relating to any such
investment; and the Collateral Agent shall not be under any
obligation to invest any funds held hereunder except as otherwise
expressly set forth herein.
The
Collateral Agent shall give the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent notice as soon as practicable under the circumstances if it
becomes aware that any Transaction Account or any funds on deposit
therein, or otherwise to the credit of any Transaction Account,
shall become subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant of
attachment, execution or similar process. The Borrower shall not
have any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in any Transaction
Account other than in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement. At all
times, all Transaction Accounts shall remain at an institution that
satisfies the requirements of Section 6.1.
6.2. Collection
Account.
(a)
Collection Account.
The Borrower shall, on or prior to the Initial Credit Date,
establish at the Accounts Securities Intermediary a segregated
account in the name "[BORROWER], subject to the lien of U.S. Bank
National Association, as Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties", which shall be designated as the Collection Account,
which shall be held by the Accounts Securities Intermediary in
accordance with the Securities Account Control Agreement into which
the Borrower shall, from time to time, deposit all Collections. In
addition, the Borrower may, but under no circumstances shall be
required to, deposit or cause to be deposited from time to time
such monies in the Collection Account as it deems, in its sole
discretion, to be advisable.
All
monies deposited from time to time in the Collection Account
pursuant to this Agreement shall be held by the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties as part of the Collateral
and shall be applied to the purposes provided herein.
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Subject
to 6.3(a), all property in the Collection Account, together with
any securities in which funds included in such property are or will
be invested or reinvested during the term of this Agreement, and
any income or other gain realized from such investments, shall be
held by the Accounts Securities Intermediary in the Collection
Account as part of the Collateral subject to disbursement and
withdrawal solely as provided in this Section 6.2 and Section
6.3(a).
6.3. Other
Transaction Accounts.
(a)
Primary Reserve
Account. The Borrower shall, on or prior to the Initial
Credit Date, establish at the Accounts Securities Intermediary a
segregated account in the name "[BORROWER], subject to the lien of
U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties", which shall be designated as the Primary
Reserve Account, which shall be held by the Accounts Securities
Intermediary in accordance with the Securities Account Control
Agreement, into which the Borrower shall deposit the Primary
Reserve Amount as required pursuant to Section 2.3 and any funds
required to be deposited therein pursuant to the Priority of
Payments. Any and all funds at any time on deposit in, or otherwise
to the credit of, the Primary Reserve Account shall be held by the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Amounts in
the Primary Reserve Account will be invested in overnight funds
that are Eligible Investments in accordance with the written
instructions of the Borrower (which may be in the form of standing
instructions). On the Business Day prior to each Payment Date, the
Collateral Agent shall remit the balance on deposit in the Primary
Reserve Account to the Collection Account for application as
Collections on such Payment Date.
(b)
Secondary Reserve
Account. The Borrower shall, on or prior to the Initial
Credit Date, establish at the Accounts Securities Intermediary a
segregated account in the name "[BORROWER], subject to the lien of
U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties", which shall be designated as the Secondary
Reserve Account, which shall be held by the Accounts Securities
Intermediary in accordance with the Securities Account Control
Agreement, into which the Borrower shall deposit the Secondary
Reserve Amount as required pursuant to Section 2.3 and any funds
required to be deposited therein pursuant to the Priority of
Payments. Any and all funds at any time on deposit in, or otherwise
to the credit of, the Secondary Reserve Account shall be held by
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Pursuant to Borrower Order, the Collateral Agent may at any time
withdraw funds deposited in the Secondary Reserve Account (x) to
pay for any fees or expenses incurred by or on behalf of the
Borrower in connection with the structuring and consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and (y) to pay for accrued and
unpaid Administrative Expenses. Amounts in the Secondary Reserve
Account will be invested in overnight funds that are Eligible
Investments in accordance with the written instructions of the
Borrower (which may be in the form of standing instructions). On
the Business Day prior to each Payment Date, the Collateral Agent
shall remit the balance on deposit in the Secondary Reserve Account
to the Collection Account for application as Collections on such
Payment Date.
(c)
Margin Account. The
Borrower shall, on or prior to the Initial Credit Date, establish
at the Accounts Securities Intermediary a segregated account in the
name "[BORROWER], subject to the lien of U.S. Bank National
Association, as Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties",
which shall be designated as the Margin Account, which shall be
held by the Accounts Securities Intermediary in accordance with the
Securities Account Control Agreement, into which the Borrower shall
deposit cash in U.S. dollars from time to time as required pursuant
to the Margining Agreement. Any and all funds at any time on
deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Margin Account shall
be held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties. The only withdrawals from the Margin Account shall be (1)
as provided in Section 2.8 In connection with a Mandatory
Prepayment; (2) if at any time any Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, for application under the Enforcement Priority
of Payments at the direction of the Requisite Lenders and (3) if no
Default or Event of Default or Collateral Deficit has occurred or
would immediately result therefrom, for Permitted Uses as specified
in the Margining Agreement. On the Business Day prior to the
Maturity Date, the Collateral Agent shall remit the balance on
deposit in the Margin Account to the Collection Account for
application as Collections.
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6.4. Accountings.
(a)
Payment Date
Accounting. The Borrower shall compile or cause to be
compiled a report (the "Valuation
Report") and the Borrower shall then provide, or cause to be
provided, such Valuation Report by overnight courier or electronic
mail to the Collateral Agent (who shall make such Valuation Report
available to the Administrative Agent by access to its website or
by first class mail upon written request therefor) not later than
one Business Day prior to the related Payment Date (or, with
respect to the Maturity Date, on the Payment Date). The Valuation
Report shall contain the following information:
(i) the
Borrower's calculation of the amounts payable pursuant to each
subclause of the Priority of Payments on the related Payment Date
(together with payment information for each payee acceptable to the
Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion); and
(ii) such
other information as the Collateral Agent or the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request regarding such payments.
(b)
Payment Date
Instructions. Each Valuation Report shall constitute
instructions to the Collateral Agent to withdraw on the related
Payment Date from the Collection Account and pay or transfer the
amounts set forth in such report in the manner specified, and in
accordance with the priorities established, in the Priority of
Payments.
6.5. Additional
Reports.
In
addition to the information and reports specifically required to be
provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower (at
its expense) shall provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
with such additional information as the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders may from time to time reasonably request and the Borrower
shall reasonably determine may be obtained and provided without
unreasonable burden or expense.
6.6. Delivery
of Pledged Obligations; Custody Documents; Etc.
(a)
The Collateral Agent shall credit all Eligible Investments Acquired
by the Borrower in accordance with this Agreement and Cash to the
relevant Transaction Account established and maintained pursuant to
this Section 6.
(b)
Each time that the Borrower shall direct or cause the Acquisition
of any Eligible Investment, the Borrower shall, if such Eligible
Investment has not already been transferred to the relevant
Transaction Account, cause such Eligible Investment to be so
transferred. The security interest of the Collateral Agent in the
funds or other property utilized in connection with such
Acquisition shall, immediately and without further action on the
part of the Collateral Agent, thereupon be released. The security
interest of the Collateral Agent shall nevertheless come into
existence and continue in such Eligible Investment so Acquired,
including all rights of the Borrower in and to any contracts
related to and proceeds of such Eligible Investment.
(c)
Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to direct the Accounts Securities
Intermediary to take such different or additional action as may be
necessary in order to maintain the perfection or priority of the
security interest in the event of any change in applicable law or
regulation, including Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC.
(d)
In addition to the steps specified in subclauses (b) and (c) above,
the Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to take all
actions necessary or advisable under the laws of the applicable
jurisdiction of organization of the Borrower to protect the
security interest of the Collateral Agent.
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(e)
From time to time at the reasonable request of the Requisite
Lenders, the Borrower agrees to execute and deliver to the
Collateral Custodian new or refreshed Escrowed Assignment Agreement
Documents as the Requisite Lenders may specify in such
request.
6.7. Release
of Collateral.
The
Collateral Agent shall deposit any proceeds received from the
disposition of a Pledged Obligation of the Borrower in the
Collection Account.
6.8. Procedures
Relating to the Establishment of Transaction Accounts Controlled by
the Collateral Agent.
(a)
Notwithstanding any term in this Agreement to the contrary and
notwithstanding the terms of Part 5 of Article 8 of the UCC, to the
extent applicable, with respect to any Collateral delivered to the
Collateral Agent, any custodian acting on its behalf, or the Bank
acting as Accounts Securities Intermediary pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, such Person shall be obligated to
receive and hold until released pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and the Collateral Documents the items delivered or
caused to be delivered to it by the Borrower, and to hold the same
in its custody in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
the Collateral Documents but shall have no further obligation with
respect to, or be obligated to take (or to determine whether there
has been taken) any action in connection with the delivery of such
Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, in no instance shall
the Collateral Agent, any such custodian or the Bank acting as
Accounts Securities Intermediary be under any duty or obligation to
examine the underlying credit agreement, loan agreement,
participation agreement, indenture, trust agreement or similar
instrument that may be applicable to such Collateral in order to
determine (or otherwise to determine under applicable law) whether
sufficient actions have been taken and documents delivered
(including any requisite obligor or agent bank consents, notices or
filings) in order to properly assign, transfer, or otherwise convey
title to such Collateral.
In
connection with the delivery of any Collateral, the Borrower shall
send to the Collateral Agent a trade ticket or transmittal letter
(in form and content mutually reasonably acceptable to them), which
shall, at a minimum (in addition to other appropriate information
with regard to such Collateral as may be required), (i) specify the
Acquisition price for such Collateral, and (ii) identify such
Collateral and its material amount, payment and interest rate
terms. Each of the Collateral Agent, any custodian acting on its
behalf and the Bank acting as Accounts Securities Intermediary
shall be entitled to assume the genuineness, validity and
enforceability of each such note, certificate, instrument and
agreement delivered to it in connection with the delivery of such
Collateral, and to assume that each is what it purports on its face
to be, and to assume the genuineness and due authority of all
signatures appearing thereon.
(b)
Nothing in this Section 6 shall impose upon the Accounts Securities
Intermediary the duties, obligations or liabilities of the
Collateral Agent; and nothing herein shall impose upon the
Collateral Agent the duties, obligations or liabilities of the
Accounts Securities Intermediary.
SECTION
7. APPLICATION
OF MONIES
Notwithstanding any
other provision in this Agreement, but subject to the other
subsections of this Section 7 and Section 12, on each Payment Date,
the Collateral Agent shall disburse amounts from the Collection
Account in accordance with the following priorities (collectively,
the "Priority of
Payments"):
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(a)
Priority of Payments
– Year One. Unless an Event of Default has occurred
and is then continuing, on each Payment Date on or prior to [May
31], 2019, the Collateral Agent shall disburse amounts on deposit
in the Collection Account (including amounts from the Primary
Reserve Account and Secondary Reserve Account deposited therein)
for application in accordance with the following priorities (the
"Phase I Priority of
Payments"):
(1)
to the payment of taxes of the Borrower, if any, and any
governmental fee, including all filing, registration and annual
return fees payable by it;
(2) to
the payment (in the order set forth in the definition of
Administrative Expenses), of (a) first, accrued and unpaid fees and
other Administrative Expenses to the Bank Parties under the
Transaction Documents (including indemnity payments); (b)
second, accrued and unpaid
Administrative Expenses constituting fees of GS and its affiliates
pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents and
reimbursement of expenses (including indemnity payments) of GS and
its affiliates pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents;
and (c) third, accrued and
unpaid Administrative Expenses not paid under clauses (a) or (b)
above; provided that such
payments pursuant to this clause (2) shall not exceed an amount
equal on any Payment Date the Administrative Expense Cap for such
Payment Date;
(3)
to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest and other Obligations
due and payable on the Loans (in each case other than principal of
the Loans);
(4)
to the Primary Reserve Account, until the amount on deposit therein
is equal to the Primary Reserve Amount;
(5)
to the Secondary Reserve Account, until the amount on deposit
therein is equal to Secondary Reserve Amount;
(6)
to pay interest on the Subordinated Notes in an amount equal to the
Subordinated Note Interest Payment Amount for such Payment
Date;
(7) to
pay principal of the Loans until the Loans are paid in
full;
(8)
to pay principal of the Subordinated Notes until the Subordinated
Notes are paid in full;
(9)
to the payment, in the order set forth in the definition of
Administrative Expenses, of any accrued and unpaid Administrative
Expenses of the Borrower (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
indemnities and amounts payable by the Borrower to the Bank
Parties) to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (2) above;
and
(10)
the balance of Collections to the Borrower for distribution to the
Equity Holders as a dividend payment thereon or as a final
distribution in redemption thereof.
(b)
Priority of Payments
– After Year One. Unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is then continuing, on each Payment Date after [May
31], 2019, the Collateral Agent shall disburse amounts on deposit
in the Collection Account (including amounts from the Primary
Reserve Account and Secondary Reserve Account deposited therein)
for application in accordance with the following priorities (the
"Phase II Priority of
Payments"):
(1)
to the payment of taxes of the Borrower, if any, and any
governmental fee, including all filing, registration and annual
return fees payable by it;
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(2)
to the payment (in the order set forth in the definition of
Administrative Expenses), of (a) first, accrued and unpaid fees and
other Administrative Expenses to the Bank Parties under the
Transaction Documents (including indemnity payments); (b)
second, accrued and unpaid
Administrative Expenses constituting fees of GS and its affiliates
pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents and
reimbursement of expenses (including indemnity payments) of GS and
its affiliates pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents;
and (c) third, accrued and
unpaid Administrative Expenses not paid under clauses (a) or (b)
above; provided that such
payments pursuant to this clause (2) shall not exceed an amount
equal on any Payment Date the Administrative Expense Cap for such
Payment Date;
(3)
to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest and other Obligations
due and payable on the Loans (in each case other than principal of
the Loans);
(4) to
pay interest on the Subordinated Notes in an amount equal to the
Subordinated Note Interest Payment Amount for such Payment
Date;
(5)
to pay principal of the Loans until the Funding Ratio is equal to
the Target Ratio (or, if a Credit Event has occurred, or such
payment date is the Maturity Date, or the Collateral Obligation is
paid in full, or a Mandatory Prepayment Event has occurred, to pay
principal of the Loans until paid in full);
(6) to
the Primary Reserve Account, until the amount on deposit therein is
equal to the Primary Reserve Amount;
(7)
if such Payment Date is the Subordinated Note Mandatory Prepayment
Date, to the payment of principal of the Subordinated Note until
the Subordinated Note is paid in full;
(8) if
a Collateral Deficit exists, to the Margin Account until such
Collateral Deficit has been cured;
(9)
to the Secondary Reserve Account, until the amount on deposit
therein is equal to Secondary Reserve Amount;
(10)
to the payment, in the order set forth in the definition of
Administrative Expenses, of any accrued and unpaid Administrative
Expenses of the Borrower (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
indemnities and amounts payable by the Borrower to the Bank
Parties) to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (2) above;
and
(11)
to the Borrower for distribution to the Equity Holders as a
dividend payment thereon or as a distribution in redemption thereof
(or, at the Borrower's option, to prepay the Loans or the
Subordinated Notes).
(c)
Enforcement Priority of
Payments. If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, all Collections, all amounts on deposit in the Primary
Reserve Account, the Secondary Reserve Account and the Margin
Account and any other available funds in the Transaction Accounts
will be distributed in the following order of priority (the
"Enforcement Priority of
Payments"):
(1)
to the payment of taxes of the Borrower, if any, and any
governmental fee, including all filing, registration and annual
return fees payable by it;
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(2)
to the payment (in the order set forth in the definition of
Administrative Expenses), of (a) first, accrued and unpaid
Administrative Expenses to the Bank Parties under the Transaction
Documents (including indemnity payments, but excluding Excluded
Payments) and (b) second,
accrued and unpaid Administrative Expenses not paid under clause
(a) above; provided that
such payments pursuant to this clause (2)(b) shall not exceed the
amount on deposit in the Secondary Reserve Account immediately
prior to the application thereof under the Enforcement Priority of
Payments;
(3) to
the payment (a) first, of
accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts due and payable on
the Loans (in each case other than principal of the Loans),
(b) second, of
principal of the Loans, until the Loans have been repaid in full,
and (c) third, to the
payment of any other Obligations then outstanding;
(4) to
the payment, in the order set forth in the definition of
Administrative Expenses, of any accrued and unpaid Administrative
Expenses of the Borrower (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
indemnities and amounts payable by the Borrower to the Bank
Parties) to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (2) above;
and
(5)
to pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Subordinated
Notes;
(6)
to pay principal of the Subordinated Notes until the Subordinated
Notes are paid in full; and
(7)
the balance of such funds, if any, to the Borrower for distribution
to the Equity Holders as a final distribution in redemption
thereof.
(d)
Other Provisions.
Without limiting the foregoing:
(1) If
on any Payment Date the amount available in the Collection Account
from amounts received in the related Due Period is insufficient to
make the full amount of the disbursements required under the
Priority of Payments on such Payment Date, the Collateral Agent
shall make the disbursements called for in the order and according
to the priority set forth under the Priority of Payments, subject
to Section 12 of this Agreement, to the extent funds are available
therefor and such failure to pay shall not be an Event of Default
unless specifically set forth herein.
(2)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, amounts
on deposit in the Secondary Reserve Account may be applied to the
payment of Administrative Expenses of the Borrower on days other
than Payment Dates.
SECTION
8. PURCHASES
AND SALES OF COLLATERAL; AMENDMENTS
8.1. Purchases
and of Collateral Obligation.
(a)
Purchases. Neither
the Borrower nor any entity on its behalf may Acquire (or direct
the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, to Acquire) at any
time, or Commit to Acquire, any asset (except in each case to the
extent expressly provided for herein).
(b)
Sales. Neither the
Borrower nor any entity on its behalf may Dispose (or direct the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, to Dispose) of the
Collateral Obligation or any other asset unless the Administrative
Agent has consented to such Disposition (in its sole and absolute
discretion).
(c)
Collateral Acquisition and
Disposition Terms. Any transaction involving the Acquisition
or sale of Collateral effected under this Agreement shall be
conducted on terms no less favorable to the Borrower than terms
prevailing in the market (as determined by the Borrower in its
business judgment, such judgment not to be called into questions by
the occurrence of subsequent events). All sales of the Collateral
Obligation or any portion thereof pursuant to this Section 8.1
shall be for Cash on a non-recourse basis to the
Borrower.
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8.2. Amendments
to Underlying Instruments.
(a)
In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Borrower may
enter into Amendments from time to time with respect to the
Collateral Obligation; provided that:
(1) the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a summary
of each such Amendment, along with a description of the rationale
of such request and the then-most recent available draft
documentation in connection therewith (each, a "Draft Amendment Package") and requested
confirmation that the Administrative Agent (in its sole and
absolute discretion) has determined that such Amendment will not be
materially adverse to the value of the Collateral Obligation (each,
an "Amendment Consent
Request");
(2)
the Borrower shall have delivered all Material Amendment
Information to the Administrative Agent promptly following the
receipt by the Borrower; and
(3) the
Administrative Agent has expressly consented to such Amendment in
writing (based upon such Draft Amendment Package delivered to it
under clause (1) above and the Material Amendment Information
delivered to it under clause (2) above) in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(b)
The Borrower shall deliver executed copies of all Amendments to the
Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days of execution thereof
(or such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent),
which executed documentation shall be consistent in all material
respects with the documentation delivered to the Administrative
Agent under clause (a) above at or prior to the time the
Administrative Agent consented to such Amendment (to the extent
such consent was required under clause (a)(3) above), unless
otherwise consented to by Administrative Agent in its sole and
absolute discretion.
(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 8.2, the
Borrower may extend the delivery dates for underlying deliverables
(i.e. financial statements, officer certificates and similar
documentary items) under the Underlying Instruments, in each case
up to a maximum of 15 days, without the consent of the
Administrative Agent.
SECTION
9. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
If any
one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur
(each, an "Event of
Default"):
(a) Failure
to Make Payments When Due. Failure by the Borrower to
pay:
(1) any
principal of any Loan at the Maturity Date; or
(2) any
amount payable in connection with a Mandatory Prepayment pursuant
to Section 2.8(b) during the related
Mandatory Prepayment Period; or
(3) when
due any installment of principal of any Loan (in each case, whether
by notice of voluntary prepayment or otherwise, but excluding
payments referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above or prepayments
for which notice of such prepayment was conditional or notice of
such prepayment was revoked by the Borrower) within two Business
Days after the notice of prepayment was submitted; or
(4) any
interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder
(other than payment of amounts under the Margining Agreement)
within five Business Days after the date due; or
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(5) the
failure on any Payment Date to disburse amounts available in the
Collection Account in excess of U.S.$1,000 in accordance with the
Priority of Payments and continuation of such failure for two
Business Days; or
(b) Breach
of Certain Covenants. Failure of any Credit
Party:
(1) to
perform any of its obligations under the Margining Agreement within
the applicable time period set forth therein; or
(2) to
perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section
2.3, Section 5.3, Section 5.7, Section 5.8, Section 5.9, Section
5.10, Section 5.12 or Section 8; or
(c) Breach
of Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty,
certification or other statement made or deemed made by or on
behalf of any Credit Party in any Transaction Document or in any
statement or certificate at any time given by or on behalf of any
Credit Party in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection
herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect when
taken as a whole as of the date made or deemed made and such
failure shall not have been remedied or waived within 10 days after
the earlier of (1) an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party
obtaining knowledge of such default or (2) receipt by the Borrower
of notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender of such
failure; or
(d) Other
Defaults Under Transaction Documents. Any Credit Party shall
default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained
herein or any of the other Transaction Documents, other than any
such term referred to in any other paragraph of this Section 9, and
such default shall not have been remedied or waived within 10 days
after the earlier of (1) an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party
obtaining knowledge of such default or (2) receipt by the Borrower
of notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender of such
default; or
(e) Involuntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (1) A court of
competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in
respect of any Credit Party in an involuntary case under any Debtor
Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is
not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any
applicable federal or state law; or (2) an involuntary case shall
be commenced against any Credit Party under any Debtor Relief Laws
now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer
having similar powers over any Credit Party, or over all or a
substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there
shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim
receiver, trustee or other custodian of any Credit Party for all or
a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment,
execution or similar process shall have been issued against any
substantial part of the property of any Credit Party, and any such
event described in this clause (e) shall continue for 10 days
without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged;
or
(f) Voluntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (1) Any Credit
Party shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or
shall commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws now or
hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an
involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall
consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its
property; or any Credit Party shall make any assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or (2) any Credit Party shall be unable, or
shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to
pay its debts as such debts become due; or the board of directors
(or similar governing body) of any Credit Party (or any committee
thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any
action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in
clause (e) above; or
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(g) Dissolution.
Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit
Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party
and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period
in excess of 15 days; or
(h) Collateral
Documents, Etc. At any time after the execution and delivery
thereof, (1) any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force and
effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in
accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in
full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or
shall be declared null and void, or the Collateral Agent shall not
have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any
Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with
the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each
case for any reason other than the failure of the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party to take any action within its control;
or (2) any Credit Party shall contest the validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document in writing or deny in
writing that it has any further liability, including with respect
to future advances by Lenders, under any Transaction Document to
which it is a party or shall contest the validity or perfection of
any Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the
Collateral Documents; or
(i) Investment
Company. Any Credit Party or the portfolio of Collateral
becomes an "Investment Company" required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act and such status continues unremedied for 45
days; or the execution, delivery or performance of or consummation
of the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents
constitutes a violation in any material respect of the provisions
of the Investment Company Act; or
(j) ERISA.
Any Credit Party establishes any Employee Benefit Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or an ERISA Event occurs that could reasonably
be expected to result in material liability of any Credit Party;
or
(k) Margin
Provisions; Etc. Borrower Parent 1 for any reason fails to
remit to the Margin Account all amounts available to it in its
deposit accounts and securities accounts (in excess of
U.S.$5,000,000, but not exceeding the related Deficient Amount)
within one Business Day of its delivery to the Calculation Agent of
the certificate referred to in clause (a)(4)(x) in the definition
of "Margin Funding Notice Deadline" in the Margining Agreement; or
Borrower Parent 1 for any reason fails to remit to the Margin
Account all amounts available to it in its deposit accounts and
securities accounts (in excess of U.S.$5,000,000, but not exceeding
the related Deficient Amount) within one Business Day (or such
longer period as the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees in its
sole and absolute discretion) of its delivery to the Calculation
Agent of the certificate referred to in clause (b)(2)(x) of the
definition of "Margin Funding Notice Deadline" in the Margining
Agreement; or
(l) Unapproved
Amendment Event. An Unapproved Amendment Event occurs;
or
(m)
Extraordinary
Event. An Extraordinary Event shall occur; or
(n) Change
in Control. Failure of the Equity Holders at any time to
hold, directly, 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests
of the Borrower; or failure of Borrower Parent 1 at any time to
hold and control, directly, at least of a majority of the issued
and outstanding equity interests of the Borrower.
(o) Capital
Call Facility. Any event of default (howsoever defined)
occurs and is continuing under the Capital Call Facility or any
replacement thereto.
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THEN, (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
described in Section 9(e) or 9(f), automatically, and (2) upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of
Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) the Requisite
Lenders, upon notice to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent
(A) the Commitments, if any, of each Lender shall immediately
terminate and (B) each of the following shall immediately become
due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest
or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by each Credit Party:
(A) the
unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans,
and
(B) all
other Obligations,
and the
Administrative Agent may cause the Collateral Agent to enforce any
and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to and
subject to the terms and limitations of the Collateral
Documents.
SECTION
10. THE
AGENTS
10.1. Appointment
of Agents.
(a)
Goldman Sachs is hereby appointed the Administrative Agent
hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and each Lender
hereby authorizes Goldman Sachs to act as the Administrative Agent
in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Transaction
Documents.
(b)
U.S. Bank National Association is hereby appointed the Collateral
Agent hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to which
the Collateral Agent is a party, and each Lender hereby authorizes
it to act as Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof.
(c)
Each Agent hereby agrees to act in its capacity as such upon the
express provisions contained herein and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, as applicable. The provisions of
this Section 10 are solely for the benefit of Agents and the
Lenders and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party
beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Section 10. In
performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act
solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be
deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of
agency or trust with or for any Credit Party. No implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities
shall be read into any Transaction Document or otherwise exist
against any Agent. It is understood and agreed that the use of the
term "agent" herein or in any Transaction Documents (or any other
similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the Accounts Securities Intermediary is not
intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express)
obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law.
Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is
intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship
between contracting parties. The permissive authorizations,
entitlements, powers and rights granted to the Agents in the
Transaction Documents shall not be construed as
duties.
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10.2. Powers
and Duties.
Each
Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on
such Lender's behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and
remedies hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party as are specifically delegated or granted to
such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such
powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that
are expressly specified herein and the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party, and each Agent shall not be liable except
for the performance of such duties and responsibilities as are
express specified herein and therein. Each Agent may exercise such
powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through
its agents or employees, and no Agent shall be responsible for any
misconduct or gross negligence on the part of any such agent or
employee appointed by it with due care. No Agent shall have, by
reason hereof or any of the other Transaction Documents, a
fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or any other
Person; and nothing herein or any of the other Transaction
Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so
construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect
hereof or any of the other Transaction Documents except as
expressly set forth herein or therein.
The
Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
them (1) at the direction of the Borrower as provided in this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, (2) with the consent
of or at the request or direction of the Requisite Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or
as the Agents shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, to
give such request or direction hereunder), or, solely with respect
to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian with the
consent of or at the direction of the Administrative Agent or (3)
in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful misconduct
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final
non-appealable judgment.
The
Lenders hereby direct each of the Agents, as applicable, to execute
and deliver the Transaction Documents to which they are a party,
respectively, on or prior to the Initial Credit Date and to execute
and deliver additional Transaction Documents from time to time
(upon written direction by the Requisite Lenders). It is hereby
expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in taking any of the
foregoing actions, the Agents are not responsible for the terms or
contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability
thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not
so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or taking (or
forbearing from) any action under pursuant to, the Transaction
Documents, the Agents each shall have all of the rights,
immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to them under
this Agreement (in addition to those that may be granted to them
under the terms of such other agreement or
agreements).
10.3. General
Immunity.
(a)
No Agent shall be responsible to any Person for the execution,
effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability,
collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Transaction
Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or
statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral
statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments,
reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by
any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Credit Party to any
Agent or any Lender in connection with the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial
condition or business affairs of any Credit Party or any other
Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any
Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or
observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants
or agreements contained in any of the Transaction Documents or as
to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or
possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make
any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the
amount of outstanding Loans or the component amounts
thereof.
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(b)
No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or
agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by any Agent
under or in connection with any of the Transaction Documents except
to the extent caused by such Agent's gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction. Each Agent shall be entitled to
refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the
failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the
other Transaction Documents or from the exercise of any power,
discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless
and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect
thereof from the Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be
required to give such instructions hereunder) or, solely with
respect to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian
instructions in respect thereof from the Administrative Agent and,
upon receipt of such instructions from the Requisite Lenders (or
such other Lenders, as the case may be) or the Administrative
Agent, such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed)
refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or
authority, in accordance with such instructions, including for the
avoidance of doubt refraining from any action that, in its opinion
or the opinion of its counsel, may be in violation of the automatic
stay under any Debtor Relief Law. Without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, (1) each Agent shall be entitled to
rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any resolution,
officer's certificate, opinion of counsel, certificate of auditors
or any other certificate, statement, communication, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be
entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and
judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for such Agent or any
Credit Party), accountants, experts and other professional advisors
selected by it; and (2) no Lender or any other person shall have
any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of
such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting
hereunder or any of the other Transaction Documents in accordance
with the instructions of the Requisite Lenders (or such other
Lenders as may be required to give such instructions hereunder) or
the Administrative Agent. For all purposes herein and the
Transaction Documents, the Collateral Agent may accept and act upon
instructions and consents provided by the Administrative Agent as
if such instructions and consents were provided by the Requisite
Lenders directly.
(c)
Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other
Transaction Document by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by such Agent, provided that the Administrative Agent
may do so only with the consent of the Borrower (not to be
unreasonably withheld). Each Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and
powers by or through their respective Affiliates (each also a
"sub-agent"). The
exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Section
10 shall apply to any Affiliates, receivers, delegates or
sub-agents of the Agents and shall apply any other activities as
the Agents. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including
the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Section 10
shall apply to any such sub-agent, receiver or delegate and to the
Affiliates of any such sub-agent, receiver or delegate, and shall
apply to their respective activities as sub-agent, receiver or
delegate as if such sub-agent, receiver or delegate and its
respective Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by
the Agents and each receiver and delegate, (1) such sub-agent,
receiver or delegate shall be a third party beneficiary under this
Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges
(including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and
shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third party
beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce
such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights
and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or
joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Credit Parties
and the Lenders, (2) such rights, benefits and privileges
(including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall
not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent,
receiver or delegate, and (3) such sub-agent, receiver or delegate
shall only have obligations to the respective Agent and not to any
Credit Party, Lender or any other Person and no Credit Party,
Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or
indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such
sub-agent, receiver or delegate. The Agents shall not be
responsible for the conduct of such sub-agents, receivers,
delegates or attorneys appointed by them with due
care.
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(d)
No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event
of Default unless and until written notice describing such
circumstance or event is given to an Authorized Officer of such
Agent by the Borrower or a Lender and states that it is a notice of
such circumstance or event. In the absence of receipt of such
notice, each Agent may conclusively assume that there is no Default
or Event of Default. Upon receipt of any such notice, the relevant
Agent shall have no duty or obligation in connection therewith
unless and until directed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as
the Agents shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, to give
such direction hereunder) or, with respect to directions to the
Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent. No Agent shall have any
duty to take any action to determine whether any such circumstance
or event has occurred. Except as expressly provided herein,
delivery of reports, documents and other information to any Agent
is for informational purposes only and such Agent's receipt of the
foregoing shall not constitute constructive knowledge of any event
or circumstance or any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein or any other
related document. Except with respect to written notices of
Defaults and Events of Default of which an Authorized Officer of
the applicable Agent has actual knowledge, information contained in
notices, reports or other documents delivered to such Agent and
other publicly available information shall not constitute actual or
constructive knowledge. In the absence of receipt of such notice or
knowledge, the applicable Agent may conclusively assume that there
is no Default or Event of Default. Knowledge of notices or other
documents delivered to any Agent in any capacity shall not
constitute knowledge of or delivery to (1) such Agent in any other
capacity under the Transaction Documents or to any Affiliate or
other division of such Agent or (2) any other Agent.
(e)
The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent under the Transaction
Documents are solely to protect the Secured Parties' interests in
the Collateral, shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent
to exercise any such powers and are subject to the provisions of
this Agreement. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for
any act or failure to act, except for gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction. The Collateral Agent shall not
have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to protect,
preserve or exercise rights against any Person with respect to any
of the Collateral (except to the extent expressly required in this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party) and the Collateral Agent shall be relieved of all
responsibility for the Collateral upon surrendering it to the
Borrower in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
herein and in the other Transaction Documents.
(f)
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents to the contrary, no Agent shall have any
obligation to take any discretionary action under this Agreement or
any Transaction Document and before taking or omitting any action
to be taken or omitted by an Agent under the terms of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, such Agent may seek
the written direction of the Requisite Lenders or, solely with
respect to direction to a Bank Party, the Administrative Agent
(which written direction may be in the form of an e-mail), and such
Agent shall be entitled to rely (and shall be fully protected in so
relying) upon such direction. The Agents shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
accordance with such direction. In absence of such direction with
respect to any action or inaction, such Agent shall be entitled to
refrain from such action unless and until such Agent shall have
received such direction, and such Agent shall not incur liability
to any Person by reason of so refraining. In the absence of an
express statement in the Transaction Documents regarding which
Lender shall direct in any circumstance, the direction of the
Requisite Lenders shall apply and be sufficient for all purposes.
Any provision of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents
authorizing any Agent to take any action shall not obligate such
Agent to take such action.
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(g)
No Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to any Lender or to
any other Person to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned
by the Person purporting to own it or is cared for, protected, or
insured or has been encumbered or that the Liens granted to the
Collateral Agent herein or pursuant to the Transaction Documents
have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected,
protected, or enforced, or are entitled to any particular priority.
No Agent shall be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or
inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the
existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the
existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent's Lien
thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Credit Party in
connection therewith, nor shall any Agent be responsible or liable
for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the
Collateral or to protect against any diminution in value of the
Collateral.
(h)
No Agent shall be under any obligation to ascertain or to inquire
as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements
contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, or to inspect the properties, books or
records of the Borrower, any Affiliate thereof or any other Person.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall
any Agent have any responsibility or liability with respect to any
instrument, certificate or report furnished pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, or with respect to any calculations not
expressly to be determined by such Agent.
(i)
No Agent shall ever be required to use, risk or advance its own
funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties or the exercise of any of its rights and powers
under this Agreement or under the other Transaction Documents (and,
without limiting the foregoing, no Agent, in its capacity as such,
shall have any obligation to grant any credit extension or to make
any advance hereunder). In no event shall any Agent be liable,
directly or indirectly, for any special, punitive, indirect or
consequential damages (including lost profits), even if such Agent
has been advised of the possibility of such damages and regardless
of the form of action. No Agent shall be responsible for delays or
failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control.
Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes,
lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations
superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures,
computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes, terrorist attacks or
other disasters.
(j)
Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take
any action under any Transaction Document unless it shall first
receive written direction of the Requisite Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as
the Agents shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, to give
such advice or concurrence hereunder or thereunder) or, solely with
respect to a Bank Party, the Administrative Agent (and shall not be
liable for any loss or expense that arises as a result of its
failure to act while awaiting such advice or concurrence) and, if
it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction
by the Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders) against any and
all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of
taking or continuing to take, or omitting to take any such
action.
(k)
Each Agent shall be entitled to consult with and rely upon advice
of counsel concerning legal matters and such advice shall be full
protection and authorization for any action taken or omitted by
such Agent in good faith thereon.
(l)
In connection with the delivery of any information to any Agent by
the Borrower or any other Person to be used by such Agent in
connection with the preparation or distribution of calculations or
reports or the performance or other duties under the Transaction
Documents, such Agent is entitled to conclusively rely on the
accuracy of any such information and shall not be required to
investigate or reconfirm its accuracy and shall not be liable in
any manner whatsoever for any errors, inaccuracies or incorrect
information resulting from the use of such
information.
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(m)
If any Agent shall require any information to perform its duties
under the Transaction Documents, the Borrower shall provide such
information to such Agent promptly upon request, in each case so
long as such information is within the possession of the Borrower
and is able to be delivered without breaching any obligations of
confidentiality or other contractual or similar
restrictions.
(n)
At any time and from time to time, the Collateral Agent may request
information from the Administrative Agent as to the identity of the
Requisite Lenders or any other Lender, and the Administrative Agent
will endeavor to provide such information reasonably promptly. The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to fully rely on such
information from the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
shall have no duty, obligation or liability with respect to the
identity or amount of Loans held by any Lender or the calculation
of the Requisite Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to request and receive from the
Administrative Agent all necessary information in respect of each
Lender for purposes of making distributions to such Lender
hereunder. The Collateral Agent shall have no liability for any
failure or delay in taking any action hereunder as a result of a
failure or delay on the part of the Administrative Agent (or the
related Lender) to provide such information to the Collateral
Agent.
(o)
Each Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to such Agent and conforming to
the requirements of this Agreement.
(p)
No Agent shall be liable for an error of judgment made in good
faith unless it shall be finally proved that the Agent was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(q)
No Agent shall have any duty (1) to see to any recording, filing,
or depositing of this Agreement or any Transaction Documents
referred to herein or any Financing Statement or continuation
statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the
maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any
rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (2) to see to
any insurance or (3) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax,
assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance
of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied in connection
with this Agreement (except as set forth in Section
2.13).
(r)
No Agent nor any of its officers or employees shall be required to
ascertain whether any borrowing hereunder (or any amendment or
termination of this Agreement) has been duly authorized or is in
compliance with any other agreement to which the Borrower is a
party (whether or not the Agent is also a party to such other
agreement).
(s)
No Agent shall be required to give any bond or surety in respect of
the execution of this Agreement.
(t)
No Agent shall be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing
basis or otherwise, any Person's compliance with the covenants
described herein or with respect to any reports or other documents
filed under this Agreement or any other related
document.
(u)
No Agent shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the
rights vested in it by this Agreement or to enforce any remedy or
realize upon any of the Collateral unless (1) it has been directed
to take such action by the Administrative Agent or the Requisite
Lenders, and (2) it has been offered security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities
(including fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) that might
be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. No
Agent shall be held liable for any action or inaction taken in
accordance with the directions of the Administrative Agent or the
Requisite Lenders.
(v)
No Agent shall have any obligation to determine: (i) if the
Collateral Obligation meets the criteria or eligibility
restrictions imposed by this Agreement or other Transaction
Document or (ii) whether the conditions specified in the definition
of "Delivered" under the Pledge and Security Agreement have been
complied with.
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(w)
In making or disposing of any investment permitted by this
Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to deal with itself
(in its individual capacity) or with any one or more of its
Affiliates, whether it or such Affiliate is acting as a subagent of
the Collateral Agent or for any third person or dealing as
principal for its own account. If otherwise qualified an Eligible
Investment, obligations of the Bank or any of its Affiliates shall
qualify as Eligible Investments hereunder.
10.4. Agents
Entitled to Act as Lender.
The
agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the
rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any
Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With
respect to its participation in the Loans (if any), each Agent
shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender
and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties
and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term "Lender"
shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include any
such Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and
generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory
or other business with any Credit Party or any of their respective
Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified
herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from the
Borrower for services in connection herewith and otherwise without
having to account for the same to Lenders.
10.5. Lenders'
Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a)
Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own
independent investigation, without reliance upon any Agent or any
other Person, of the financial condition and affairs of the Credit
Parties in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it
has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the
creditworthiness of the Credit Parties. No Agent shall have any
duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis,
to make any investigation or appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information with
respect thereto, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with
respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information
provided to Lenders.
(b)
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement or
an Assignment Agreement and funding its Loans on the Initial Credit
Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and
consented to and approved, each Transaction Document and each other
document required to be approved by the Requisite Lenders or
Lenders or delivered to any Agent, as applicable, on the Initial
Credit Date.
10.6. Right
to Indemnity.
Each
Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share (or, if no Loans or
Commitments are outstanding, the Pro Rata Share most recently in
effect), severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, to the extent
that such Agent shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party,
for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs,
expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in exercising its
powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or
under the other Transaction Documents or otherwise in its capacity
as such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the use of proceeds
thereof; provided that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent's gross
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final,
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If
any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the
opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such
Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence,
to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity
is furnished; provided that
(1) in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify
any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty,
action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of
such Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof; and (2) this sentence shall
not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against
any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment,
suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the
immediately preceding sentence. The foregoing shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of an
Agent.
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10.7. Successor
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
(a)
The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any time
by giving prior written notice thereof to the Agents, the Lenders
and the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent may be removed at
any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent
instruments in writing delivered to the Agents, the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent and signed by the Requisite Lenders. The
Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a financial
institution to act as the Administrative Agent hereunder, subject
to (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the
consent of the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent's resignation
shall become effective, and the Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its obligations and duties hereunder, on the
earliest of (1) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation
or removal (regardless of whether a successor has been appointed or
not), (2) the acceptance of appointment by such successor
Administrative Agent by the Requisite Lenders or (3) such other
date, if any, agreed to by the Requisite Lenders. If the Requisite
Lenders shall not have appointed a successor Administrative Agent
with the consent of the Borrower (if so required) by the end of the
period specified above, then the Requisite Lenders shall be deemed
to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent. Upon
the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor
Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested
with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning
or removed Administrative Agent and the resigning or removed
Administrative Agent shall promptly transfer to such successor
Administrative Agent all records and other documents necessary or
appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the
successor Administrative Agent under the Transaction Documents.
After any resigning or removed Administrative Agent's resignation
or removal hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken
or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent
hereunder.
(b)
The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving prior written
notice thereof to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower, and the Collateral Agent may be removed at any time upon
at least 30 days' notice with or without cause by an instrument or
concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Borrower and the
Collateral Agent signed by the Requisite Lenders. The Requisite
Lenders shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as
a successor Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to (unless an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing) the reasonable
satisfaction of the Borrower, and the Collateral Agent’s
resignation shall become effective, and the Collateral Agent shall
be discharged from its obligations and duties hereunder, on the
earliest of (1) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation
or removal (regardless of whether a successor been appointed or
not), (2) the acceptance of appointment by such successor
Collateral Agent (which shall be no earlier than 30 days after
delivery of such notice of resignation or removal unless agreed to
by the Requisite Lenders and the Collateral Agent) or (3) such
other date, if any, agreed to by the Requisite Lenders and the
Collateral Agent. Until a successor Collateral Agent is appointed,
any Collateral or other property held by the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties under any of the Transaction
Documents shall continue to be held by the resigning or removed
Collateral Agent as bailee until such time as a successor
Collateral Agent is appointed (all costs and expenses incurred by
such resigning or removed Collateral Agent for holding such
Collateral shall be paid by the Borrower). The Collateral Agent
shall have the right, at the cost and expense of the Borrower, to
petition a court of competent jurisdiction regarding the delivery
of any Collateral or other property it holds as bailee. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a
successor Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall
thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the resigning or removed Collateral Agent
under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and the
resigning or removed Collateral Agent shall promptly (x) transfer
to such successor Collateral Agent all Collateral or other property
held hereunder or under the Transaction Documents, together with
all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in
connection with the performance of the duties of the successor
Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents, and (y) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral
Agent or otherwise authorize the filing of such amendments to
Financing Statements, and take such other actions, as may be
requested by the Requisite Lenders (and at the cost and expense of
the Borrower) in connection with the assignment to such successor
Collateral Agent of the security interests created under the
Transaction Documents. After any resigning or removed Collateral
Agent resignation or removal hereunder as such Collateral Agent,
the provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents
shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents while
it was such Collateral Agent hereunder.
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(c)
Any Person into which any Agent may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Agent shall be a
party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate trust services
business of such Agent shall be the successor of such Agent
hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any
party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto.
10.8. Collateral
Documents.
(a)
Agents under Collateral
Documents. Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the
Collateral Agent on behalf of and for the benefit of Secured
Parties, to be the agent for and representative of Secured Parties
with respect to the Collateral and the Collateral Documents.
Subject to Section 11.5, without further written consent or
authorization from any Secured Party, the Administrative Agent
and/or the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Administrative
Agent) is authorized to and shall execute any documents or
instruments requested by either (1) the Borrower (and at the cost
and expense of the Borrower) in connection with an Acquisition or
Disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement and the release
of any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject
of such Disposition or (2) or otherwise consented to by the
Requisite Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agents shall believe in
good faith shall be necessary, to give such request or direction
hereunder) in connection with any other Disposition of assets in
accordance with this Agreement; provided that, in the case of clause
(1), the Borrower shall deliver a certificate signed by an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and
the Collateral Agent stating that such Acquisition or Disposition
of assets is permitted by this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents and that the release of the Lien on such Collateral is
authorized by the Transaction Documents (which certificate shall be
deemed to have been provided upon the delivery by the Borrower of a
Borrower Order in respect of such Acquisition or Disposition), and
in the case of clause (2), the Borrower shall deliver a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent stating that such
consent of the Requisite Lenders has been received. The Collateral
Agent shall have no obligation to review or verify whether the
Borrower has obtained and delivered the other Custody Documents
required for purchase of the Collateral Obligation
hereunder.
(b)
Right to Realize on
Collateral. Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Credit Parties, the
Agents and each other Secured Party hereby agree that (1) no
Secured Party (other than the Collateral Agent) shall have any
right to realize upon any of the Collateral, it being understood
and agreed that all such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and
under any of the Transaction Documents may be exercised solely by
the Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Requisite
Lenders) for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof, and (2) in the event of a foreclosure
or similar enforcement action by the Collateral Agent (at the
written direction of the Requisite Lenders) on any of the
Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other
Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363(k), Section
1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or under any
analogous provisions of any other Debtor Relief Law), the
Collateral Agent (or any Lender, except with respect to a "credit
bid" pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or
otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or such other Debtor Relief Law)
may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral
at any such Disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and
representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in
its or their respective individual capacities) shall be entitled,
upon instructions from the Requisite Lenders, for the purpose of
bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for
all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such Disposition,
to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of
the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral
Agent at such Disposition.
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(c)
Release of Collateral,
Termination of Transaction Documents; Etc. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Transaction
Document, when all Obligations (other than contingent Obligations
for which no claim has been asserted) have been paid in full and
all Commitments have terminated or expired (as evidenced by an
executed payoff letter and confirmation from the Administrative
Agent of the receipt of such payoff amounts), the security interest
created hereunder and under the other Collateral Documents and all
guarantee obligations under the Transaction Documents shall
automatically terminate and the Collateral Agent shall (at the sole
cost and expense of the Borrower) take such actions as shall be
requested in writing by the Borrower to effect such release of its
security interest in all Collateral and to release all guarantee
obligations provided for in any Transaction Document. The Borrower
shall prepare any such documentation at its expense and shall be
responsible for the costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent
(including legal fees and expenses) in connection with any release
under this clause (c). Any such release of guarantee obligations
shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee
obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion
of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby
shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon
the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of any Credit Party, or upon or as a result of the
appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee
or similar officer for, any Credit Party or any substantial part of
its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been
made.
10.9. Withholding
Taxes.
To the
extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may
withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any
applicable withholding Tax. Without duplication of the provisions
of Section 2.13(g), if the IRS or any other Governmental Authority
asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly
withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender
because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly
executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative
Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption
from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective or for any other
reason, or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a
payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without
deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such
Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all
amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent
as Tax or otherwise, together with all expenses (including legal
expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses)
incurred.
10.10. Administrative
Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of
Claim.
In case
of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws
relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent
(irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be
due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise
and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have
made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered
(but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
(a) to
file a verified statement pursuant to rule 2019 of the Federal
Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that complies with such rule's
disclosure requirements for entities representing more than one
creditor;
(b) to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other
amounts due the Lenders and the Agents under Transaction Documents
allowed in such judicial proceeding); and
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(c) to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the
Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to
the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents
and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due
to the Agents under the Transaction Documents. To the extent that
the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Agents, their agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due to the Agents under the Transaction Documents out of
the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason,
payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be
paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money,
securities and other properties that the Lenders may be entitled to
receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan
of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize any Agent to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to
authorize any Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender
in any such proceeding.
SECTION
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1. Notices.
(a)
Notices Generally.
Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to
be given to a Credit Party, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral
Custodian or the Administrative Agent, shall be sent to such
Person's address as set forth on Appendix B or, in each case, in
the other relevant Transaction Document, and in the case of any
Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise
indicated to the Administrative Agent in writing. Except as
otherwise set forth in Section 3.2(b) or paragraph (b) below, each
notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served
or sent by electronic mail or United States mail or courier service
and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or
by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon
receipt of electronic mail, or three Business Days after depositing
it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly
addressed; provided that
(1) no notice to any Agent shall be effective until received by
such Agent; (2) any such notice or other communication shall at the
request of the Administrative Agent be provided to any sub-agent
appointed pursuant to Section 11.3(c) as designated by the
Administrative Agent from time to time; and (3) any such notice or
other communication to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent
or Collateral Custodian may be made via SWIFT (to the extent, under
this clause (3), that such notice or communication is reasonably
able to be sent in such manner).
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(b)
Electronic
Communications.
(1) Notices
and other communications to any Agent and Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e
mail and Internet or intranet websites, including the Platform)
pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent,
provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to notices to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to
Section 2 if such Person has notified the Administrative Agent that
it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by
electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower
may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications
pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such
procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (x) notices
and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed
received upon the sender's receipt of an acknowledgment from the
intended recipient (such as by the "return receipt requested"
function, as available, return e-mail or other written
acknowledgment), provided
that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the
normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of
business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (y)
notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended
recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing
clause (x) of notification that such notice or communication is
available and identifying the website address
therefor.
(2)
Each Credit Party understands that the distribution of material
through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that
there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such
distribution and agrees and assumes the risks associated with such
electronic distribution, except to the extent caused by the willful
misconduct or gross negligence of the Administrative Agent, as
determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
(3)
The Platform and any Approved Electronic Communications are
provided "as is" and "as available". None of the Agents or any of
their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors
or representatives (the "Agent
Affiliates") warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness
of the Approved Electronic Communications or the Platform and each
expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the
Platform and the Approved Electronic Communications. No warranty of
any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement
of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects
is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Platform or
the Approved Electronic Communications. In no event shall the Agent
Affiliates have any liability to the Borrower or the other Credit
Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of
any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or
consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort,
contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower's, any Credit
Party's or the Administrative Agent's transmission of
communications through the Platform.
(4)
Each Credit Party, each Lender and each Agent agrees that the
Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, store any
Approved Electronic Communications on the Platform in accordance
with the Administrative Agent's customary document retention
procedures and policies.
(5)
Any notice of Default or Event of Default may be provided by
telephone if confirmed promptly thereafter by delivery of written
notice thereof.
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11.2. Expenses.
Whether
or not the Credit Extension is made hereunder, the Borrower agrees
to pay promptly (a) all the actual, reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
negotiation, preparation and execution of the Transaction Documents
and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications
thereto; (b) all the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs
of furnishing all opinions by counsel for the Borrower and the
other Credit Parties that are required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent or the other Agents pursuant to the terms of
any Transaction Document; (c) the reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of one outside
counsel to each Agent in each relevant jurisdiction (in each case
not including allocated costs of internal counsel, but including
special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent) in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of
the Transaction Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or
other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters
requested by the Borrower; (d) all the actual reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of creating,
perfecting, recording, maintaining and preserving Liens in favor of
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, including
filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary
taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable and
documented fees, expenses and disbursements of one outside counsel
in each relevant jurisdiction to each Agent and of counsel
providing any opinions that any Agent or the Requisite Lenders may
request pursuant to the terms of any Transaction Document in
respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the
Collateral Documents; (e) all the actual reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket costs and fees, out-of-pocket expenses and
disbursements of any auditors, accountants, consultants or
appraisers that (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing) are approved by the Borrower; (f) all the actual
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including the
reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of any
appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained
by the Collateral Agent and its counsel (not including allocated
costs of internal counsel)) that, so long as no Event of Default in
continuing, are approved by the Borrower, in connection with the
custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (g) all other
actual, reasonable and out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by
each Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or
other modifications thereto and (h) after the occurrence of a
Default or an Event of Default, all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees (not
including allocated costs of internal counsel) and costs of
settlement, incurred by any Agent and the Lenders in enforcing any
Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Credit
Party hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents by reason
of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with
the sale, lease or license of, collection from, or other
realization upon any of the Collateral) or in connection with any
refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided
hereunder in the nature of a "work out" or pursuant to any
insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings. This Section 11.2
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation
or removal of the Agents.
11.3. Indemnity.
(a) In
addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 11.2,
whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
consummated, the Borrower agrees to defend (subject to Indemnitees'
selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and hold harmless, each Agent
and Lender and each of their respective officers, partners,
members, directors, trustees, advisors, employees, agents,
sub-agents and affiliates (each, an "Indemnitee"), from and against any and
all Indemnified Liabilities pursuant to the Priority of Payments.
To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and
hold harmless set forth in this Section 11.3 may be unenforceable
in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public
policy, the Borrower shall contribute the maximum portion that it
is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment
and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by
Indemnitees or any of them pursuant to the Priority of Payments.
This Section 11.3(a) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other
than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, or similar
amounts arising from any non-Tax claim.
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(b) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall
not assert, and the Borrower hereby waives, any claim against each
Lender and each Agent and their respective Affiliates, directors,
employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
(as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or any
Loan, or the use of the proceeds thereof. None of any Lender or any
Agent or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, employees,
attorneys, agents or sub-agents shall be liable for any damages
arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or
other materials distributed by it through telecommunications,
electronic or other information transmission systems in connection
with this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c) The
Borrower also agrees that no Lender or Agent nor their respective
Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents
will have any liability to the Borrower or any person asserting
claims on behalf of or in right of the Borrower or any other person
in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any
Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan, or the use
of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring
in connection therewith, in each case, except to the extent that
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by
the Borrower or its affiliates, shareholders, partners or other
equity holders have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender or Agent
or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys,
agents or sub-agents in performing its obligations under this
Agreement or any Transaction Document or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or
therein; provided that in
no event will such Lender or Agent, or their respective Affiliates,
directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents have any
liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive
damages in connection with or as a result of such Lender's or
Agent's, or their respective Affiliates', directors', employees',
attorneys', agents' or sub-agents' activities related to this
Agreement, any Transaction Document, or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or
therein.
(d) This
Section 11.3 shall survive the termination of the Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Agents.
11.4. Set-Off.
In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable
law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default each Lender is hereby authorized
by each Credit Party at any time or from time to time subject to
the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), without notice to any Credit
Party or to any other Person (other than the Administrative Agent),
any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to
appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special,
including indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit,
whether matured or unmatured, but not including accounts) and any
other indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender to or
for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against and on
account of the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party to
such Lender hereunder and under the Transaction Documents,
including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or
connected hereto and participations therein or with any other
Transaction Document, irrespective of whether or not (a) such
Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of
or the interest on the Loans or any other amounts due hereunder
shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 2 and
although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be
contingent or unmatured. The rights of each Lender and their
respective Affiliates under this Section 11.4 are in addition to
other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that
such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have.
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11.5. Amendments
and Waivers.
(a) Requisite
Lenders' Consent. Subject to the additional requirements of
Sections 11.5(b) and 11.5(c) and the proviso below, no amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom,
shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of
the Requisite Lenders and the Borrower; provided that (i) the Administrative
Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or
supplement this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent), so long as such amendment,
modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of
any Lender or the Lenders shall have received at least five
Business Days' prior written notice thereof and the Administrative
Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the
date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the
Requisite Lenders stating that the Requisite Lenders object to such
amendment and (ii) the Administrative Agent may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, consent to any action or omission as set forth
in this Agreement and may grant waivers, concessions and other
indulgences in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(b) Unanimous
Lenders' Consent. Without the written consent of each
Lender, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall
be effective if the effect thereof would:
(1) extend
the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note;
(2) waive,
reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not
prepayment);
(3) reduce
the rate of interest on any Loan payable hereunder;
(4) extend
the time for payment of any such interest, fees or other amount
owing hereunder;
(5) reduce
the principal amount of any Loan;
(6) amend,
modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 11.5(b),
Section 11.5(c) or any other provision of this Agreement that
expressly provides that the consent of all Lenders is
required;
(7) amend
the definition of "Requisite Lenders" or "Pro Rata
Share";
(8) release
all or substantially all of the Collateral except as expressly
provided in the Transaction Documents and except in connection with
a "credit bid" undertaken by the Collateral Agent at the direction
of the Requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 363(k), Section
1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or other
analogous Debtor Relief Law or other sale or disposition of assets
in connection with an enforcement action with respect to the
Collateral permitted pursuant to the Transaction Documents (in
which case only the consent of the Requisite Lenders will be needed
for such release);
(9) change
the currency in which any Loan or other Obligation is denominated;
or
(10) consent
to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its
rights and obligations under any Transaction Document.
(c) Other
Consents. Except as set forth in clause (a) above, no
amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party
therefrom, shall amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of
this Agreement as the same applies to any Agent, or any other
provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations
of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent, as
applicable.
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(d) Execution
of Amendments, Etc. The Administrative Agent may, but shall
have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute
amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such
Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was
given. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall
entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand
in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification,
termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this
Section 11.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time
outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by a Credit Party,
on such Credit Party.
(e) Cashless
Settlement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or
rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any
refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction
permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless
settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and such Lender.
11.6. Successors
and Assigns; Participations.
(a)
Generally. This
Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders.
Neither the Borrower's rights or obligations hereunder nor any
interest therein may be assigned or delegated by the Borrower
without the prior written consent of all Lenders. Nothing in this
Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon
any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agents and
Lenders and other Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Register.
The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and
treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders
and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed
therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of
any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case,
unless and until recorded in the Register following receipt of a
fully executed Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or
transfer thereof, together with the required forms and certificates
regarding tax matters and any fees payable in connection with such
assignment, in each case, as provided in Section 11.6(d). Each
assignment shall be recorded in the Register promptly following
receipt by the Administrative Agent of the fully executed
Assignment Agreement and all other necessary documents and
approvals, prompt notice thereof shall be provided to the Borrower
and a copy of such Assignment Agreement shall be maintained, as
applicable. The date of such recordation of a transfer shall be
referred to herein as the related "Assignment Effective Date". Any request,
authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such
request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the
Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding
Commitments or Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section
11.6(b), together with Section 2.4(b), shall be construed so that
all Commitments and Loans are at all times maintained in
"registered form" within the meaning of Section 163(f), 871(h)(2),
and 881(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code and any related Treasury
regulations (or any other relevant or successor provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code or of such Treasury
regulations).
(c) Right
to Assign. Each Lender shall have the right at any time to
sell, assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement, including all or a portion of its
Commitment or Loans owing to it or other Obligations (provided that pro rata assignments
shall not be required and each assignment shall be of a uniform,
and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and
in respect of any applicable Loan and any related Commitments) to
any Eligible Assignee upon the receipt of consent of the
Administrative Agent (each such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed); provided that:
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(1) each
such assignment pursuant to this Section 11.6(c) shall be in an
aggregate amount of not less than the lesser of (I) U.S.$2,500,000,
(II) such lesser amount as agreed to by the Borrower and
Administrative Agent or (III) the aggregate amount of the Loans and
any related Commitments of the assigning Lender; and
(2) no
consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for any
assignment by Goldman Sachs (x) pursuant to a consolidation or
amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or transfer of all or
substantially all its assets to, another entity (but without
prejudice to any other right or remedy under this Agreement) or (y)
to any affiliate of Goldman Sachs.
(d)
Mechanics.
Assignments and assumptions of Loans and Commitments by Lenders
shall be effected by manual execution and delivery to the
Administrative Agent of an Assignment Agreement. Assignments made
pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be effective as of the
Assignment Effective Date. In connection with all assignments there
shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent such forms,
certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect to any tax
matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be
required to deliver pursuant to Section 2.13(c), together with
payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and
processing fee of U.S.$3,500 (except that no such registration and
processing fee shall be payable (y) in connection with an
assignment by or to Goldman Sachs or any Affiliate thereof or (z)
in the case of an assignee that is already a Lender or is an
affiliate of a Lender or a Person under common management with a
Lender).
(e)
Representations and
Warranties of Assignee. Each Lender, upon execution and
delivery hereof or upon succeeding to an interest in the
Commitments and Loans, as the case may be, represents and warrants
as of the Initial Credit Date or as of the Assignment Effective
Date that (1) it is an Eligible Assignee (or, if not an Eligible
Assignee, the assignment to it is permitted under this Section
11.6); (2) it has experience and expertise in the making of or
investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable
Commitments or Loans, as the case may be; (3) it will make or
invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own
account in the ordinary course and without a view to distribution
of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being
understood that, subject to the provisions of this Section 11.6,
the disposition of such Commitments or Loans or any interests
therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control);
and (4) it will not provide any information obtained by it in its
capacity as a Lender to the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor.
(f) Effect
of Assignment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Section 11.6, as of the Assignment Effective Date (1) the assignee
thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a "Lender"
hereunder to the extent of its interest in the Loans and
Commitments as reflected in the Register and shall thereafter be a
party hereto and a "Lender" for all purposes hereof; (2) the
assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder have been assigned to the assignee,
relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the
termination hereof under Section 11.8) and be released from its
obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an assignment covering
all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and
obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto
on the Assignment Effective Date; provided that, anything contained in
any of the Transaction Documents to the contrary notwithstanding,
such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit
of all indemnities hereunder as specified herein with respect to
matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning
Lender as a Lender hereunder); (3) the Commitments shall be
modified to reflect any Commitment of such assignee; and (4) if any
such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder,
the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such
assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its
applicable Notes to the Administrative Agent for cancellation, and
thereupon the Borrower shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so
requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee
and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to
reflect the new outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the
assigning Lender.
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(g) Participations.
(1) Each
Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more
participations to any Person (other than a Credit Party, the
Sponsor, any Sponsor Affiliate or any Natural Person) in all or any
part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation. Each
Lender that sells a participation pursuant to this Section 11.6(g)
shall, acting solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a
non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which
it records the name and address of each participant and the
principal amounts of (and stated interest on) each participant's
participation interest with respect to the Loans (each, a
"Participant Register");
provided that no Lender
shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the
Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any
participant or any information relating to a participant's interest
in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under this
Agreement) except to the extent that the relevant parties, acting
reasonably and in good faith, determine that such disclosure is
necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other
Obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the
United States Treasury Regulations and Section 1.163-5(b) of the
proposed United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the
Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and
such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Participant Register as the owner of a participation with respect
to the Loan for all purposes under this Agreement, notwithstanding
any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Administrative Agent (in its capacity as the Administrative Agent)
shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant
Register.
(2)
The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of
the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to
require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder
except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that
would (A) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan, or Note
in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in
connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default
increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof,
or increase the amount of the participant's participation over the
amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of
any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the
Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such
participation, and that an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall
be permitted without the consent of any participant if the
participant's participation is not increased as a result thereof),
(B) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of
any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (C)
release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the
Collateral Documents (in each case, except as expressly provided in
the Transaction Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which
such participant is participating.
(3) The
Borrower agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if
it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section; provided that (x) a participant shall
not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.12
or 2.13 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to
receive with respect to the participation sold to such participant,
except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment
results from a Change in Law that occurs after such participant
acquired the participation or unless the sale of the participation
to such participant is made with the Borrower's prior written
consent; (y) a participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 2.13 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation
sold to such participant and such participant agrees, for the
benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.13 as though it
were a Lender; and (z) except as specifically set forth in clauses
(x) and (y) of this sentence, nothing herein shall require any
notice to the Borrower or any other Person in connection with the
sale of any participation. To the extent permitted by law, each
participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.4
as though it were a Lender, provided that such participant agrees
to be subject to Section 2.10 as though it were a
Lender.
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(h) Certain
Other Assignments and Participations. In addition to any
other assignment or participation permitted pursuant to this
Section 11.6 any Lender may assign, pledge and/or grant a security
interest in all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations
owed by or to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure
obligations of such Lender including any Federal Reserve Bank as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A and any operating
circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided that (1) no Lender, as between
the Borrower and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its
obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and
pledge, and (2) in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve
Bank, pledgee or trustee, be considered to be a "Lender" or be
entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take
any action hereunder.
11.7. Independence
of Covenants.
All
covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a
particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such
covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to,
or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant
shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default
if such action is taken or condition exists.
11.8. Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
All
representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall
survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any
Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law
to the contrary, the agreements of each Credit Party set forth in
Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 10, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 and 11.22 and the
agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.15 and 10.6 shall
survive the payment of the Loans, and the termination
hereof.
11.9. No
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
No
failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in the
exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any
other Transaction Document shall impair such power, right or
privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or
acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further
exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The
rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender
hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent
of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any
statute or rule of law or in any of the other Transaction Documents
or any of the Hedge Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to
exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy
hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be
construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further
exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
11.10. Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside.
Neither
any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal
any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or
against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the
extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to the
Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of Lenders), or any Agent or Lender enforces any security
interests or exercises any right of setoff, and such payment or
payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other
state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to
the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and
remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments
had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not
occurred.
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11.11. Severability.
In case
any provision in or obligation hereunder or under any other
Transaction Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or
obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
11.12. Obligations
Several; Independent Nature of Lenders' Rights.
The
obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be
responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender
hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The
amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a
separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to
protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not
be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional
party in any proceeding for such purpose.
11.13. Headings.
Section
headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference
only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose
or be given any substantive effect.
11.14. APPLICABLE
LAW.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
(INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING
OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL
BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF
THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
11.15. CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION.
SUBJECT
TO CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY
OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE
BROUGHT IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR, IF THAT COURT DOES NOT HAVE
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, IN ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT,
EACH PARTY HERETO, FOR ITSELF AND, WITH RESPECT TO EACH CREDIT
PARTY, IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE (SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E)
BELOW) JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (B) WAIVES ANY
DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL
PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE
APPLICABLE PARTY HERETO AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 11.1; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C)
ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE
APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT,
AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY
RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT THE AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE
RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO
BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS
UNDER ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION
OF, AND CONSENTS TO VENUE IN, ANY SUCH COURT.
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The
Borrower hereby appoints and consents to CT Corporation System (the
"Process Agent"), as their
agent upon whom process or demands may be served in any action
arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Borrower may at any time and from time to
time vary or terminate the appointment of such process agent or
appoint an additional process agent; provided that the Borrower will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an
office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Borrower
in respect of this Agreement may be served. If at any time the
Borrower shall fail to maintain any required office or agency in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or shall fail to
furnish the Agents with the address thereof, notices and demands
may be served on the Borrower by mailing a copy thereof by
registered or certified mail or by overnight courier, postage
prepaid, to the Borrower at its address specified
herein.
11.16. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO
A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING
HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR ANY
DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN
TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING
ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE
ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY
COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION,
INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND
ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER
INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS
WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE
TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY
HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS
WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY
WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE
MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL
WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 11.16 AND
EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR
MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR
TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE
HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED
AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
11.17. Usury
Savings Clause.
Notwithstanding any
other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged with
respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in
connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under
applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the
rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding
sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest
Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder
shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total
amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest
which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest
set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In
addition, if when the Obligations are repaid in full the total
interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided
for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would
have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth
in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the
extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the
amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have
been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in
effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of
Lenders or other Agents and the Borrower to conform strictly to any
applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for,
charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest
in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be
cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such
Lender's option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans
made hereunder or be refunded to the Borrower.
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11.18. Effectiveness;
Counterparts.
This
Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a
counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent of written notification of
such execution and authorization of delivery thereof. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original,
but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic format (i.e.,
"pdf" or "tif") shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
11.19. PATRIOT
Act.
Each
Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf
of any Lender) and the other Agents hereby notifies each Credit
Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address
of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such
Lender or the Administrative Agent or other Agents, as applicable,
to identify such Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT
Act.
11.20. Electronic
Execution of Assignments.
The
words "execution", "signed", "signature", and words of like import
in any Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic
signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of
which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability
as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New
York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other
similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act.
11.21. No
Fiduciary Duty.
Each
Agent, Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for
purposes of this paragraph, the "Lenders"), may have economic interests
that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their stockholders
and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in
the Transaction Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an
advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other
implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit
Party, its stockholders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit
Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including the exercise
of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm's-length
commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and
the Credit Parties, on the other, and (b) in connection therewith
and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an
advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party,
its stockholders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with
respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of
whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will
advise any Credit Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates on
other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except
the obligations expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents
and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the
agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management,
stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Credit Party
acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and
financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it
is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect
to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit
Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered
advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or
similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such
transaction or the process leading thereto.
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11.22. Judgment
Currency.
(a)
The Credit Parties' obligations hereunder and under the other
Transaction Documents to make payments in U.S. Dollars (each, for
purposes herein, the "Obligation
Currency") shall not be discharged or satisfied by any
tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or
converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency,
except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the
effective receipt by the Secured Party entitled thereto of the full
amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable to it
under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. If for the
purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Credit Party
in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to
convert into or from any currency other than the Obligation
Currency (such other currency being hereinafter referred to as the
"Judgment Currency") an
amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be
made, at the applicable exchange rate thereof as of the day on
which the judgment is given (such day being hereinafter referred to
as the "Judgment Currency
Conversion Date").
(b)
If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the
Judgment Currency Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of
the amount due, the Credit Parties jointly and severally covenant
and agree to pay, or cause to be paid, and each jointly and
severally indemnifies the Secured Parties for such additional
amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount), as may be
necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency,
when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of
payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency that
could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency
stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at the rate or
exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion Date. The
foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent
obligation of the Credit Parties and shall survive any termination
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and shall
continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment
or order as aforesaid.
(c)
For purposes of determining any rate of exchange for this Section
11.22, such amounts shall include any premium and costs payable in
connection with the purchase of the Obligation
Currency.
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11.23. Confidentiality
(a)
The Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Administrative
Agent and each Lender will maintain the confidentiality of all
Confidential Information to protect Confidential Information
delivered to such Person; provided that such Person may deliver
or disclose Confidential Information to: (i) such Person's
directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and
affiliates who agree to hold confidential the Confidential
Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this
Section 11.23 and to the extent such disclosure is reasonably
required for the administration of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, the matters contemplated hereby or the
investment represented by the Loans; (ii) such Person's legal
advisors, financial advisors and other professional advisors who
agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information
substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.23
and to the extent such disclosure is reasonably required for the
administration of this Agreement, the matters contemplated hereby
or the investment represented by the Loans; (iii) any other Lender,
or any of the other parties to this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents; (iv) any federal or state or other
regulatory, governmental or judicial authority having jurisdiction
over such Person in the course of any routine examination by such
authority; (v) any other Person with the consent of the Borrower;
(vi) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be
necessary or appropriate (A) to effect compliance with any law,
rule, regulation or order applicable to such Person, (B) in
response to any subpoena or other legal process upon prior notice
to the Borrower (unless prohibited by applicable law, rule, order
or decree or other requirement having the force of law), (C) in
connection with any litigation to which such Person is a party upon
prior notice to the Borrower (unless prohibited by applicable law,
rule, order or decree or other requirement having the force of
law), (D) to the extent such Person may reasonably determine such
delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the
enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies with
respect to the Obligations, this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents or (E) in the Collateral Agent's, the Collateral
Custodian's or the Administrative Agent's performance of its
obligations under this Agreement or other Transaction Document;
(vii) any Person of the type that would be, to such Person's
knowledge, permitted to acquire Loans in accordance with the
requirements of Section 11.6 to which such Person sells or offers
to sell any such Loan or any part thereof (if such Person has
agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential
Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 11.23);
and (viii) with respect to the Collateral Obligation, any actual or
prospective transferee of the Collateral Obligation (if such Person
has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential
Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 11.23
with respect to such Confidential Information or has otherwise
agreed to be bound by all applicable confidentiality restrictions
applicable to such Confidential Information in the Underlying
Instruments relating to the Collateral Obligation). Each Lender
agrees that it shall use the Confidential Information for the sole
purpose of making an investment in the Loans or administering its
investment in the Loans; and that the Collateral Agent and the
Administrative Agent shall neither be required nor authorized to
disclose to Lenders any Confidential Information in violation of
this Section 11.23. In the event of any required disclosure of the
Confidential Information by such Lender, such Lender agrees to use
reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of the
Confidential Information. The confidentiality obligations of the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Administrative
Agent and each Lender under this Section 11.23 shall terminate with
respect to any Confidential Information on the date that is one
year after receipt of such Confidential Information.
(b)
For the purposes of this Section 11.23, "Confidential Information" means
information delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral
Custodian, the Administrative Agent or any Lender by or on behalf
of the Borrower in connection with and relating to the transactions
contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement;
provided that such term
does not include information that: (i) was publicly known or
otherwise known to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian,
the Administrative Agent or such Lender or beneficial owner prior
to the time of such disclosure; (ii) subsequently becomes publicly
known through no act or omission by the Collateral Agent, the
Collateral Custodian, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any
person acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral
Custodian, the Administrative Agent or any Lender; (iii) otherwise
is known or becomes known to the Collateral Agent, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender other than (x) through
disclosure by or on behalf of the Borrower or (y) to the knowledge
of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the
Administrative Agent or Lender, as the case may be, in each case
after reasonable inquiry, as a result of the breach of a fiduciary
duty to the Borrower or a contractual duty to the Borrower; or (iv)
is allowed to be treated as non-confidential by consent of the
Borrower.
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(c)
The Borrower will not (and will not permit any of its affiliates
to) disclose the terms of the Margining Agreement, unless in each
case the Borrower (1) determines that such disclosure is necessary
or appropriate to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act
or any other applicable law and (2) gives advance written notice
thereof to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
12. SUBORDINATION
(a)
Anything in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower agrees for the benefit
of the Lenders and the Agents that the rights of the Equity Holders
to distributions by the Borrower and in and to the Collateral,
including any payment from Proceeds of Collateral, shall be
subordinate and junior to the Obligations, to the extent and in the
manner set forth in this Agreement including as set forth in
Section 7 and hereinafter provided. If any Event of Default has
occurred and has not been cured or waived, and notwithstanding
anything contained in Section 7 to the contrary, interest on and
principal of and other amounts owing in respect of the Loans and
all other Obligations shall be paid in full in Cash (in order of
priority) before any further payment or distribution is made on
account of the Equity Holders.
(b)
If notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of
any Subordinate Interests shall have received any payment or
distribution in respect of such Subordinate Interests contrary to
the provisions of this Agreement, then, unless and until either the
Obligations shall have been paid in full in Cash in accordance with
this Agreement, such payment or distribution shall be received and
held for the benefit of, and shall forthwith be paid over and
delivered to, the Collateral Agent, which shall pay and deliver the
same to the Lenders in accordance with this Agreement; provided that, if any such payment or
distribution is made other than in Cash, it shall be held by the
Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral and subject in all
respects to the provisions of this Agreement, including this
Section 12.
(c)
The Borrower agrees with all Lenders that the Borrower shall not
demand, accept, or receive any payment or distribution in respect
of such Subordinate Interests in violation of the provisions of
this Agreement, including this Section 12. Nothing in this Section
12 shall affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay holders of
Subordinate Interests.
(d)
In exercising any of its or their voting rights, rights to direct
and consent or any other rights as a Lender under this Agreement,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, a Lender or
Lenders shall not have any obligation or duty to any Person or to
consider or take into account the interests of any Person and shall
not be liable to any Person for any action taken by it or them or
at its or their direction or any failure by it or them to act or to
direct that an action be taken, without regard to whether such
action or inaction benefits or adversely affects any Lender, the
Borrower or any other Person, except for any liability to which
such Lender may be subject to the extent the same results from such
Lender's taking or directing an action, or failing to take or
direct an action, in bad faith or in violation of the express terms
of this Agreement.
SECTION
13. COLLATERAL
CUSTODIAN
(a)
Initial Collateral
Custodian. The role of Collateral Custodian with respect to
the Custody Documents shall be conducted by the Person designated
as Collateral Custodian hereunder from time to time in accordance
with this Section 13. Each of the Borrower and the Lenders hereby
designate and appoint the Collateral Custodian to act as its agent
and hereby authorizes the Collateral Custodian to take such actions
on its behalf and to exercise such powers and perform such duties
as are expressly granted to the Collateral Custodian by this
Agreement. The Collateral Custodian hereby accepts such agency
appointment to act as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, until its resignation or removal as Collateral
Custodian pursuant to the terms hereof.
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(b)
Successor Collateral
Custodian. Upon the Collateral Custodian's receipt of a
Collateral Custodian Termination Notice from the Administrative
Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders) of the
designation of a successor Collateral Custodian pursuant to the
provisions of clause (i) below, the Collateral Custodian agrees
that it will terminate its activities as Collateral Custodian
hereunder.
(c)
Appointment. The
Borrower and each of the Lenders hereby appoint U.S. Bank National
Association to act as Collateral Custodian, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties. The Collateral Custodian hereby accepts such
appointment and agrees to perform the duties and obligations with
respect thereto set forth herein.
(d)
Duties. From the
Closing Date until its resignation pursuant to clause (n) below or
its removal pursuant to clause (i) below, the Collateral Custodian
shall perform, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the following
duties and obligations:
(1) The
Collateral Custodian shall at all times hold all Custody Documents
that constitute Escrowed Assignment Agreement Documents in physical
form at one of its offices in the United States (for purposes
hereof, the "Custodial
Office"), initially at its office identified on Appendix B;
provided that, for the
avoidance of doubt, the only Custody Documents required to be held
in physical custody by the Collateral Custodian under this
Agreement are the Escrowed Assignment Agreement Documents. The
Collateral Custodian may change the Custodial Office at any time
and from time to time upon notice to the Borrower, the
Administrator and the Administrative Agent, provided that the replacement Custodial
Office shall be an office of the Bank located in the United States.
All Custody Documents held by the Collateral Custodian in physical
custody shall be available for inspection by the Administrative
Agent upon prior written request and during normal business hours
of the Collateral Custodian. Any such inspection shall occur no
earlier than five Business Days after such inspection is requested
and the costs of such inspection shall be borne by the requesting
party. The Administrative Agent (including its representatives and
designees) may not request more than two inspections per year or,
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing no more than
once a month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Collateral Custodian shall not be required to hold or accept
custody of any Custody Document hereunder to the extent such
Custody Document is of a type not approved for deposit into the
custodial vault of the Collateral Custodian; provided that (1) the Collateral
Custodian notifies the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior
to refusing to hold such documents and (2) the failure of the
Collateral Custodian to accept and hold such documents shall not
result in a default or an Event of Default with respect to the
Borrower hereunder (provided that copies of such documents
shall have been delivered by the Borrower to or otherwise made
available to the Administrative Agent). For the avoidance of doubt,
the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to review or provide
any certifications in respect of Custody Documents provided to
it.
(2) In
taking and retaining custody of any such Custody Documents, the
Collateral Custodian shall be deemed to be acting as the agent of
the Secured Parties; provided that (x) the Collateral
Custodian makes no representations as to the existence, perfection,
enforceability or priority of any Lien on such Custody Documents or
the instruments therein or as to the adequacy or sufficiency of
such Custody Documents; and (y) the Collateral Custodian's duties
shall be limited to those expressly contemplated
herein.
(3) All
Custody Documents required to be held by the Collateral Custodian
in physical custody shall be kept in fire resistant vaults, rooms
or cabinets at the Custodial Office and shall be placed together
with an appropriate identifying label and maintained in such a
manner so as to permit retrieval and access. The Collateral
Custodian shall segregate such Custody Documents on its inventory
system and will not commingle any such physical Custody Documents
with any other files of the Collateral Custodian other than those,
if any, relating to the Borrower and its Affiliates.
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(4) Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary elsewhere in the Transaction
Documents, the Collateral Custodian shall not have any fiduciary
relationship with any party hereto or any Secured Party in its
capacity as such, and no implied covenants, functions, obligations
or responsibilities shall be read into this Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral
Custodian. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is
hereby expressly agreed and stipulated by the other parties hereto
that the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to exercise any
discretion hereunder and shall have no investment or management
responsibility. The Collateral Custodian shall not be deemed to
assume any obligations or liabilities of the Borrower hereunder or
under any other Transaction Document.
(e)
Event of Default.
After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Collateral Custodian agrees to cooperate with the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (acting at the
written direction of the Requisite Lenders) and deliver any
Escrowed Assignment Agreement Documents to the Collateral Agent
(pursuant to a written request) as requested in order to take any
action that the Requisite Lenders deem necessary or desirable in
order for the Collateral Agent to perfect, protect or more fully
evidence the security interests granted by the Borrower under the
Transaction Documents, or to enable any of them to exercise or
enforce any of their respective rights hereunder. If the Collateral
Custodian receives instructions from the Collateral Agent, the
Administrator or the Borrower which conflict with any instructions
received by the Requisite Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on
their behalf) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the Collateral Custodian shall rely on and follow
the instructions given by the Requisite Lenders.
(f) Requisite Lenders. The Requisite Lenders may direct the Collateral Custodian to take any action incidental to its duties hereunder. With respect to other actions that are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the Collateral Custodian hereunder, the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to take any such incidental action hereunder, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting) upon the direction of the Requisite Lenders; provided that the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to take any action hereunder at the request of the Requisite Lenders, any Secured Party or otherwise if the taking of such action, in the reasonable determination of the Collateral Custodian, (x) shall be in violation of any applicable law or contrary to any provisions of this Agreement or (y) shall expose the Collateral Custodian to liability hereunder or otherwise (unless it has received indemnity which it reasonably deems to be satisfactory with respect thereto). If the Collateral Custodian requests the consent of the Requisite Lenders and the Collateral Custodian does not receive a consent (either positive or negative) from the Requisite Lenders within 10 Business Days of its receipt of such request, then the Requisite Lenders shall be deemed to have declined to consent to the relevant action. The Collateral Agent may accept and act upon directions provided by the Administrative Agent as if such directions were provided by the Requisite Lenders directly. The Collateral Custodian shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with the request or direction of any Secured Party, to the extent that this Agreement provides such Secured Party the right to so direct the Collateral Custodian. The Collateral Custodian shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any matter hereunder, including an Event of Default, unless an Authorized Officer of the Collateral Custodian has knowledge of such matter or written notice thereof is received by the Collateral Custodian.
(g)
Merger/Consolidation. Any
Person (a) into which the Collateral Custodian may be merged
or consolidated, (b) that may result from any merger or
consolidation to which the Collateral Custodian shall be a party or
(c) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the
Collateral Custodian substantially as a whole, which Person in any
of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to
perform every obligation of the Collateral Custodian hereunder,
shall be the successor to the Collateral Custodian under this
Agreement without further act of any of the parties to this
Agreement.
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(h)
Compensation. As
compensation for its Collateral Custodian activities hereunder, the
Collateral Custodian shall be entitled to compensation as set forth
in the Bank Party Fee Letter. The Collateral Custodian's
entitlement to receive such compensation shall cease on the earlier
to occur of: (a) its removal as Collateral Custodian pursuant
to clause (i) below, (b) its resignation as Collateral
Custodian pursuant to clause (n) below or (c) the termination
of this Agreement; provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Custodian shall
remain entitled to receive, as and when such amounts are payable
under the terms of this Agreement, any compensation accrued prior
to the release of all Custody Documents from the custody of the
Collateral Custodian.
(i)
Removal. The
Collateral Custodian may be removed, with or without cause, by the
Requisite Lenders by notice (with a copy to the Borrower and the
Administrator) given in writing to the Collateral Custodian (the
"Collateral Custodian Termination
Notice"); provided
that, notwithstanding its receipt of a Collateral Custodian
Termination Notice, the Collateral Custodian shall continue to act
in such capacity (and, for the avoidance of doubt, so long as it
continues to act in such capacity, shall continue to receive the
compensation and any other amounts to which it is entitled to
receive in such capacity under the terms of this Agreement and the
Bank Party Fee Letter) until a successor Collateral Custodian has
been appointed (with the consent of the Borrower so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and has agreed to
act as Collateral Custodian hereunder.
(j)
Reliance. The
Collateral Custodian may conclusively rely on and shall be fully
protected in acting upon any written notice, instruction,
statement, certificate, request, waiver, consent, instrument,
opinion, report, letter or other paper or document furnished to it
in accordance with this Agreement, which it in good faith
reasonably believes to be genuine and that has been signed or
presented by the proper party (which in the case of any instruction
from or on behalf of the Borrower shall be an Authorized Officer)
or parties. The Collateral Custodian shall not be bound to make any
independent investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
such notice, instruction, statement certificate, request, waiver,
consent, opinion, report, receipt or other paper or document,
provided that, if the form
thereof is specifically prescribed by the terms of this agreement,
the Collateral Custodian shall examine the same to determine
whether it substantially conforms on its face to the requirements
set forth herein. The Collateral Custodian may rely conclusively on
and shall be fully protected in acting upon the written
instructions of the Requisite Lenders.
(k)
Rights of the Collateral
Custodian. The Collateral Custodian may consult counsel
selected with due care and shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The
Collateral Custodian shall not be liable for any error of judgment,
or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith,
or for any mistakes of fact or law, or for anything that it may do
or refrain from doing in connection herewith except in the case of
its willful misconduct, bad faith, or gross negligence of its
obligations. The Collateral Custodian makes no warranty or
representation and shall have no responsibility (except as
expressly set forth in this Agreement) as to the content,
enforceability, completeness, validity, sufficiency, value,
genuineness, ownership or transferability of the Collateral, and
will not be required to and will not make any representations as to
the validity or value (except as expressly set forth in this
Agreement) of any of the Collateral. The Collateral Custodian shall
not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder that might in
its judgment involve any expense or liability unless it has been
furnished with an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. The
Collateral Custodian shall have no duties or responsibilities
except such duties and responsibilities as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement and no covenants or obligations shall be
implied in this Agreement against the Collateral Custodian. The
duties, obligations and responsibilities of the Collateral
Custodian shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Agreement. No implied duties, obligations or responsibilities
shall be read into this Agreement against, or on the part of, the
Collateral Custodian. Any permissive right of the Collateral
Custodian to take any action hereunder shall not be construed as a
duty. The Collateral Custodian shall not be required to expend or
risk its own funds in the performance of its duties hereunder. It
is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Collateral Custodian
is not guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for
the obligations of the other parties hereto or any parties to the
Collateral.
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(l)
Request for Directions. In case
any reasonable question arises as to its duties hereunder, the
Collateral Custodian may request instructions from the Requisite
Lenders, and shall be entitled at all times to refrain from taking
any action unless it has received instructions from the Requisite
Lenders. The Collateral Custodian shall in all events have no
liability, risk or cost for any action taken pursuant to and in
compliance with the instruction of the Requisite Lenders. In no
event shall the Collateral Custodian be liable for special,
indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever
(including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Collateral
Custodian has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage
and regardless of the form of action.
(m)
Responsibilities.
The Collateral Custodian shall have no responsibilities or duties
with respect to any Custody Document while such Custody Document is
not in its possession. The Collateral Custodian may act or exercise
its duties or powers hereunder either directly or, by or through
its agents or attorneys, and the Collateral Custodian shall not be
liable or responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any
non-Affiliated agent or non-Affiliated attorney appointed with due
care by it. If the Collateral Custodian is prevented from
fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement as a result of
governmental or regulatory actions, government regulations, fires,
strikes, accidents, acts of God or other causes beyond the control
of the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Custodian shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate the effects of such
circumstances and resume performance as soon as reasonably
possible, and the Collateral Custodian's obligations shall be
suspended for a reasonable time during which such conditions
exist.
(n)
Resignation. The
Collateral Custodian may resign and be discharged from its duties
or obligations hereunder by giving not less than 90 days written
notice thereof to the Requisite Lenders (with a copy to the
Administrator and the Borrower) and with the consent of the
Requisite Lenders. Upon receiving notice of such resignation, the
Requisite Lenders shall promptly appoint a successor Collateral
Custodian (with the consent of the Borrower) by written instrument,
in duplicate, executed by the Requisite Lenders, one copy of which
shall be delivered to the Collateral Custodian so resigning and one
copy to the successor Collateral Custodian, together with a copy to
the Borrower, the Administrator, the Collateral Agent and the
Administrative Agent. Upon the effective date of such resignation,
or if the Requisite Lenders give the Collateral Custodian written
notice of an earlier termination hereof, the Collateral Custodian
shall (i) be reimbursed for any reasonable and documented
costs and expenses the Collateral Custodian may incur in connection
with the termination of its duties under this Agreement and
(ii) deliver all of the Custody Documents in the possession of
Collateral Custodian to the successor Collateral Custodian.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral
Custodian may not resign prior to a successor Collateral Custodian
being appointed. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral
Custodian shall be entitled to receive, as and when such amounts
are payable in accordance with this Agreement and any compensation
accrued through the effective date of its resignation pursuant to
and in accordance with this Section 13.
(o)
Release of Custody
Documents. Upon payment in full of the Obligations
hereunder, the Borrower shall, by delivery to the Collateral
Custodian of a request for release substantially in the form of
Exhibit H, countersigned and acknowledged by the Administrative
Agent or the Requisite Lenders, direct the release of the related
Custody Documents for such Collateral Obligation which are held by
the Collateral Custodian in physical custody pursuant to this
Section 13. Upon receipt of such direction, the Collateral
Custodian shall release the related Custody Documents to the
Borrower (or as otherwise provided in the related release request)
and the Borrower will not be required to return the related Custody
Documents to the Collateral Custodian. Written instructions as to
the method of shipment and shipper(s) the Collateral Custodian is
directed to utilize in connection with the transmission of Custody
Documents in the performance of the Collateral Custodian's duties
under this clause (o) shall be delivered by the Borrower to the
Collateral Custodian prior to any shipment of any Custody Documents
hereunder. If the Collateral Custodian does not receive such
written instruction from the Administrator, the Collateral
Custodian shall be authorized and indemnified as provided herein to
Borrower a nationally recognized courier service. The Administrator
shall arrange for the provision of such services at the sole cost
and expense of the Borrower and shall maintain such insurance
against loss or damage to the Custody Documents as the
Administrator deems appropriate.
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(p)
Collateral Custodian as
Agent. The Collateral Custodian agrees that, with respect to
any Custody Documents at any time or times in its possession, the
Collateral Custodian shall be the agent of the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for purposes of perfecting
(to the extent not otherwise perfected) the Collateral Agent's
security interest in the Collateral and for the purpose of ensuring
that such security interest is entitled to first priority status
under the UCC.
(q)
Indemnity. The
Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral
Custodian and its directors, officers, employees, agents and
assigns from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities in
connection with the Collateral Custodian entering into this
Agreement and performance of its obligations hereunder. This clause
(q) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Collateral Custodian
hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first written above.
[BORROWER], as
Borrower
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
GOLDMAN
SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
GOLDMAN
SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Lender
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
By:
________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Custodian
By:
________________________
Name:
Title:
APPENDIX A
Lenders and Commitments
Lender
|
Commitment
|
Pro Rata Share
|
Goldman
Sachs Lending Partners LLC
|
As
specified in the Pricing Side Letter
|
100%
|
Totals:
|
As
specified in the Pricing Side Letter
|
100%
|
Appendix
A-1
APPENDIX B
Notice Addresses
THE CREDIT PARTIES:
Borrower
[Borrower]
[Address]
E-mail:
[ ]
Attention:
[ ]
Limited Guarantor and an Equity Holder
[Borrower
Parent 1]
[Address]
E-mail:
[ ]
Attention:
[ ]
Equity Holder
[Borrower
Parent 2]
[Address]
E-mail:
[ ]
Attention:
[ ]
OTHER PARTIES:
GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
as
Lender:
c/o
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
30
Hudson Street, 4th Floor
Jersey
City, NJ 07302
Facsimile:
212-428-4534
E-mail:
gs-pfi-mo-confidential@gs.com
Attention:
Operations
GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
as
Administrative Agent:
c/o
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
30
Hudson Street, 4th Floor
Jersey
City, NJ 07302
Facsimile:
212-428-4534
E-mail:
gs-pfi-mo-confidential@gs.com
Attention:
Operations
And,
with respect to each Dispute, with copies to:
Email:
gs-repo-disputes@gs.com
Attention:
GS
Credit
and
Appendix
B-1
Facsimile:
212-428-4534
Email:
gs-sctabs-reporting@ny.email.gs.com
Attention:
PFI Middle
Office
U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent
U.S.
Bank National Association
190
South LaSalle Street
Chicago,
IL 60603
E-mail:
[maciek.zdeb@usbank.com]
Attention:
[Global Corporate
Trust Service – [Borrower]]
U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral
Custodian
U.S.
Bank National Association
1719
Otis Way
Florence,
SC 29501
E-mail:
[steven.garrett@usbank.com]
Attention:
[Global Corporate
Trust Service – [Borrower]]
Custodial
Office: Florence, SC
Appendix
B-2
APPENDIX D
Material Contracts
With respect to the
Borrower:
None
With respect to
Borrower Parent
1:
Capital Call
Facility
With respect to
Borrower Parent
2:
None
Appendix
D-1
SCHEDULE A
|
Form/Document/ Certificate
|
Date by which to be delivered
|
(1)
|
Audited
consolidated annual financial statements of Borrower Parent 1 (the
"Reporting
Party")
|
Within
120 days of the end of the Reporting Party's fiscal
year.
|
(2)
|
Unaudited
quarterly financial statements of the Reporting Party
|
Within
60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Reporting Party
(other than the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal
year)
|
(3)
|
Such
other financial or other information with respect to the Credit
Parties (to the extent in the Borrower's possession or control) as
any Lender may reasonably request from time to time.
|
Within
the greater of five Business Days after request by a Lender or such
time as may be commercially reasonable for the Borrower to prepare
and deliver such information
|
(4)
|
All
compliance certificates and financial statements, in each case made
available, or received by or on behalf of the related obligors or
any administrative agents or servicers (or analogous
representatives), to, or from, as applicable, private-side lenders
under the related Underlying Instruments.
|
Within
five Business Days after the date on which such information is
received by the Borrower, provided that (x) if such information
is not delivered to private-side lenders within five Business Days
after the date on which such information is required to be
delivered to such private-side lenders under such Underlying
Instruments, the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to promptly obtain such information; and (y) compliance with any
applicable confidentiality restrictions will be required before
such delivery, and the Borrower will use its best efforts to enable
the Lenders to deliver applicable confidentiality agreements or
otherwise to comply with such restrictions.
|
(5)
|
Underlying
Instruments delivered to the Collateral Agent hereunder or
otherwise requested by any Lender, provided in each case that such
documents are in the possession of the Borrower.
|
At the
times required for delivery of such material to the Collateral
Custodian hereunder or five Business Days following a request by a
Lender, as applicable.
|
(6)
|
The
Borrower's determination of the market value of the Collateral
Obligation.
|
Within
three Business Days after the Borrower has reduced its
determination of the market value of the Collateral Obligation by
10% or more (from the most recent date as of which the Borrower's
market value of the Collateral Obligation was provided to the
Administrative Agent).
|
(8)
|
An
Available Capital Certificate as of the last day of each fiscal
quarter of each Equity Holder.
|
Within
three Business Days following the last day of such fiscal
quarter.
|
(9)
|
Evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of Borrower Parent 1's
compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.4
of the Limited Guaranty.
|
Within
three Business Days following the last day of each fiscal quarter
of Borrower Parent 1.
|
Schedule
A-1
EXHIBIT A
Form of Funding Notice
Goldman
Sachs Lending Partners LLC,
as
Administrative Agent
c/o
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
30
Hudson Street, 4th Floor
Jersey
City, NJ 07302
Facsimile:
212-428-4534
E-mail:
gs-pfi-mo-confidential@gs.com
Attention:
Operations
With a
copy to:
U.S.
Bank National Association,
as
Collateral Agent
190
South LaSalle Street
Chicago,
IL 60603
Email:
[________]
Attn:
[Global Corporate
Trust Service – [Borrower]]
Funding Notice
May
[__], 2018
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to
Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower desires that
Lenders make Loans to the Borrower in accordance with the
applicable terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement (the
"Credit Extension") on May
[__], 2018 (the "Credit
Date") in U.S. Dollars in the amount of
U.S.$[__]1.
The
Borrower hereby certifies that:
(a) the
principal amount of the Loans to be made in the Credit Extension
shall not exceed the Commitment of the Lenders;
(b) as
of the Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained in
the Credit Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents shall
be true and correct in all material respects on and as of that
Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that
date, except to the extent such representations and warranties
specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in
all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or
modified by materiality in the text thereof; and
Exhibit
A-1
(c) as
of the Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing
or would immediately result from the consummation of the applicable
Credit Extension that would constitute a Default or an Event of
Default or a Credit Event.
The
accounts to which the proceeds of the Loans requested on the Credit
Date are to be made available by Administrative Agent to the
Borrower will be determined pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement.
Date:
[mm/dd/yy]
[BORROWER], as
Borrower
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
A-2
EXHIBIT B-1
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S.
Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (a) it is the sole record
and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s)
evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this
certificate, (b) it is not a "bank" within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (c) it is not a "ten percent
shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section
871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (d) it is not a "controlled
foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as described in
Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The
undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN
or W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the
undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on
this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the
undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently
effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each
payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two
calendar years preceding such payments.
[NAME
OF LENDER]
By:
____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: [__________
__], 20[__]
Exhibit
B-1-2
EXHIBIT B-2
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S.
Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (a) it is the sole record
and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is
providing this certificate, (b) it is not a "bank" within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (c) it is not a
"ten percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (d) it is not a
"controlled foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as
described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The
undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a
certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or
W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the
undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on
this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform
such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at
all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and
currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in
which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either
of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
[NAME
OF PARTICIPANT]
By:
____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
[__________ __], 20[__]
Exhibit
B-2-1
EXHIBIT B-3
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal
Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (a) it is the sole record
owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this
certificate, (b) its direct or indirect partners/members are
the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (c) with
respect to such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of
its direct or indirect partners/members is a "bank" extending
credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary
course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (d) none of its direct or indirect
partners/members is a "ten percent shareholder" of the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and
(e) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a
"controlled foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as
described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The
undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form
W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its
partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption:
(i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable or
(ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or
W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partner's/member's
beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest
exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees
that (1) if the information provided on this certificate
changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and
(2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such
Lender with a properly completed and currently effective
certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to
be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years
preceding such payments.
[NAME
OF PARTICIPANT]
By:
____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: [__________
__], 20[__]
Exhibit
B-3-1
EXHIBIT B-4
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income
Tax Purposes)
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby certifies that (a) it is the sole record
owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such
Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate,
(b) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole
beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s)
evidencing such Loan(s)), (c) with respect to the extension of
credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect
partners/members is a "bank" extending credit pursuant to a loan
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or
business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code,
(d) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a "ten
percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section
871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (e) none of its direct or
indirect partners/members is a "controlled foreign corporation"
related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code.
The
undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from
each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio
interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as
applicable, or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS
Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such
partner's/member's beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio
interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned
agrees that (1) if the information provided on this
certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned
shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently
effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each
payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two
calendar years preceding such payments.
[NAME
OF LENDER]
By:
____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
[__________ __],
20[__]
Exhibit
B-4-1
EXHIBIT C
Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
This
Assignment and Assumption Agreement (this "Assignment") is dated as of the
Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between
[Insert name of Assignor] (the "Assignor") and [Insert
name of Assignee]
(the "Assignee").
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as
it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Credit
Agreement"), receipt of a copy of which is hereby
acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set
forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and
incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment
as if set forth herein in full.
For an
agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and
assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in
accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit
Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative
Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor's rights and
obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement
and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto
to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest
identified below of all of the Assignor's outstanding rights and
obligations under the respective facilities identified below, and
(ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable
law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the
Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether
known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit
Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant
thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way
based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not
limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims,
statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related
to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to
clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned
by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and
(ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the
"Assigned Interest"). Such
sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except
as expressly provided in this Assignment, without representation or
warranty by the Assignor.
1.
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Assignor:
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______________________
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2.
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Assignee:
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______________________
Markit
Entity Identifier (if any): ______________________
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3.
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Borrower:
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[BORROWER]
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4.
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Administrative
Agent:
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Goldman
Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as the Administrative Agent under the
Credit Agreement
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5.
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Credit
Agreement:
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Credit
Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral
Custodian").
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6.
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Assigned
Interest[s]:
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Exhibit
C-1
Aggregate
Amount of Commitment Loans
for all
Lenders
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Amount
of Commitment/ Loans Assigned
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Percentage
Assigned of Commitment/ Loans2
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$______________
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$______________
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____________%
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Effective
Date: ______________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN
THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
7.
Notice and Wire
Instructions:
[NAME
OF ASSIGNOR]
Notices:
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Attention:
Telecopier:
with a
copy to:
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Attention:
Telecopier:
Wire
Instructions:
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[NAME
OF ASSIGNEE]
Notices:
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Attention:
Telecopier:
with a
copy to:
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Attention:
Telecopier:
Wire
Instructions:
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Exhibit
C-2
The
terms set forth in this Assignment are hereby agreed
to:
ASSIGNOR
[NAME
OF ASSIGNOR]
By: _______________________
Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME
OF ASSIGNEE]
By:
_______________________
Title:
Exhibit
C-3
ANNEX 1
to Assignment and Assumption Agreement
STANDARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT
AND
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
1.
Representations and
Warranties.
1.1
Assignor. The Assignor
(a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned
Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other
adverse claim, and (iii) it has full power and authority, and
has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection
with any Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the
Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document delivered
pursuant thereto, other than this Assignment (herein collectively
the "Credit Documents"), or
any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of
the Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any other Person obligated
in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or
observance by Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any other Person
of any of their respective obligations under any Credit
Document.
1.2
Assignee. The Assignee
(a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and
deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit
Agreement, (ii) it is not a Natural Person, (iii) from
and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions
of the Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the Assigned
Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder,
(iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire
assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either
it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to
acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets
of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to
receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to Schedule A thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and to
purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and
without reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender and
based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Assignment and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and
(vii) if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, attached to this Assignment
is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the
Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently
and without reliance on Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any
other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit
Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their
terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit
Documents are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.
Exhibit C-Annex
I-1
2.
Payments. All payments with
respect to the Assigned Interests shall be made on the Effective
Date as follows:
2.1
From and after the
Effective Date, Administrative Agent shall make all payments in
respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which
have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the
Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the
Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Administrative Agent
shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or
payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to the
Assignee.
3.
General Provisions. This
Assignment shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts, which
together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment by telecopy
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Assignment. This Assignment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New
York without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof. In
connection with any dispute arising hereunder or in connection with
this Assignment, each party hereto consents and submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of any federal court of the United States of
America sitting in the Borough of Manhattan or, if that court does
not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in
the city and county of New York.
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Exhibit C-Annex
I-2
EXHIBIT D
Form of Margining Agreement
MARGINING AGREEMENT
This
MARGINING AGREEMENT, dated as of May [__], 2018 (this "Agreement"), between:
(a)
[BORROWER] (the
"Borrower");
and
(b)
GOLDMAN SACHS
LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent under the Credit
Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and as
Calculation Agent under the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the
"Calculation
Agent").
RECITALS
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral
Custodian").
In
consideration of the extensions of credit and other accommodations
of Lenders as set forth in the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has
agreed to secure all of the Obligations under the Transaction
Documents by (among other things) entering into this Agreement and
performing its obligations hereunder, all on and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein and in the other Transaction
Documents.
Accordingly, in
consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree as
follows:
Section
1. Definitions
Terms
used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used
herein:
"Calculation Agent" means the
Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise expressly stated herein, all
determinations by the Calculation Agent hereunder shall be made in
its sole and absolute discretion.
"Current LTV" means, on any date, the
percentage (calculated by the Calculation Agent) obtained by
dividing:
(a) the
aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on such date;
by
(b) an
amount in USD equal to:
(1) the
sum of the product of:
(x) the
Collateral Obligation Notional Amount as of such date;
(y) the
Asset Current Price of the Collateral Obligation as of such date;
plus
Exhibit
D-1
(2) the
amount on deposit in the Margin Account as of such
date.
"Deficient Amount" means, with respect to
any Collateral Deficit, the amount that, if deposited into the
Margin Account, would cause the Current LTV (immediately after giving effect to the cash
so deposited) to be equal to or less than the Advance
Rate.
"Excess Cure Collateral Refund Amount"
means, with respect to any Collateral Excess, the lesser
of:
(a) the
amount that, if transferred from the Margin Account, would cause
the Current LTV (immediately
after giving effect to the cash so deposited) to be equal to the
Advance Rate; and
(b) the
amount then on deposit in the Margin Account.
"Holiday Amount" means (a) at any time on
or prior to November [__], 2018, U.S.$5,000,000; and (b) at any
time thereafter, U.S.$1,000,000.
"Margin Funding
Deadline" means, with respect
to any Margin Funding Notice, the Nominal Margin Funding
Deadline; provided that, if:
(a) the
Borrower requires additional capital contributions from the Equity
Holders in order to fund the related Deficient Amount and each of the following (the
"Capital
Call Facility Conditions") are
satisfied and do not cease to be satisfied:
(1) the
Capital Call Facility is then in place;
(2) Borrower
Parent 1 has the right, at such time, under the Capital Call
Facility to borrow funds in an amount sufficient (determined (x)
immediately after giving effect to all pending borrowings under the
Capital Call Facility and all other uses for which availability
under the Capital Call Facility has been reserved or otherwise
allocated, (y) taking into account amounts available to it
in excess of U.S.$5,000,000 in its
deposit accounts and securities accounts and (z) taking into
account the amount of capital that will be called from members or
partners of the Equity Holders in accordance with clause (b) below)
to fund any shortfall in such Deficient Amount (the amount of such shortfall that can be
so funded under the Capital Call Facility, the "Capital Call Facility
Amount" with respect to such
Margin Funding Notice);
(3) all
conditions precedent to such borrowing are satisfied on the date
that the borrowing notice referred to in clause (5) below is
submitted to the appropriate person under the Capital Call Facility
(including absence of default, existence of sufficient available
underlying capital commitments from the Equity Holders’
partners and ability to use the proceeds of such borrowing to
contribute amounts to the Borrower for use
hereunder);
(4) by
the Nominal Margin Funding Deadline, Borrower Parent 1
(x) delivers a certificate of an authorized officer of
Borrower Parent 1 to the Calculation Agent setting forth the
amounts of cash available to it in its deposit accounts and
securities accounts and the amounts available to be drawn under the
Capital Call Facility, substantially in the form of Annex A hereto;
(y) uses commercially reasonable efforts to remit to the Margin
Account all amounts available to it in its deposit accounts and
securities accounts (to the extent in excess of U.S.$5,000,000, but
not exceeding the related Deficient Amount); and (z) irrevocably commits to the
Calculation Agent to remit all proceeds of such borrowing to the
Margin Account within one Business Day of its receipt of such
proceeds;
Exhibit
D-2
(5) Borrower
Parent 1 submits a borrowing notice under the Capital Call Facility
in an amount not less than the related Capital Call Facility
Amount; and
(6) the
Borrower provides evidence thereof to the Calculation Agent that is
reasonably satisfactory to the Calculation Agent (all by the
Nominal Margin Funding Deadline),
then the Margin Funding Deadline for a portion of
such Deficient Amount equal to
such Capital Call Facility Amount shall be extended to the date
that is one Business Day after the delivery of the certificate set
forth in clause (4)(x) above;
(b)
if the Borrower requires additional
capital contributions in order to fund the related Deficient
Amount but amounts are not available
under the Capital Call Facility to fully fund such shortfall (or if
the Capital Call Facility Conditions are not satisfied or cannot be
satisfied for any reason), and each of the following (the
"Capital
Call Drawing Conditions") are
satisfied and do not cease to be satisfied:
(1) the
Borrower and the Equity Holders have the right, at such time, under
their respective organizational documents to call capital from
their members or partners in an amount sufficient (determined (x)
immediately after giving effect to all Pending Demand Notices and
all other uses for which the Unused Commitments have been reserved
or otherwise allocated, and net of any Outstanding Indebtedness,
(y) taking into account amounts available to Borrower Parent 1 in
excess of U.S.$5,000,000 in its deposit accounts and securities
accounts and (z) taking into account any related Capital Call
Facility Amount) to fund any shortfall in such Deficient
Amount (the amount of such shortfall
that can be so funded by calling capital from such members or
partners, the "Capital Call Drawdown
Amount" with respect to such
Margin Funding Notice);
(2) by
the Nominal Margin Funding Deadline, Borrower Parent 1
(x) delivers to the Calculation Agent an updated Available
Capital Certificate and a certificate of an authorized officer of
Borrower Parent 1 setting forth the amounts of cash available to
Borrower Parent 1 in its deposit accounts and securities accounts
substantially in the form of Annex B hereto; (y) uses commercially
reasonable efforts to remit to the Margin Account all amounts
available to it in its deposit accounts and securities accounts (in
excess of U.S.$5,000,000, but not exceeding the related
Deficient Amount); and
(z) irrevocably commits to the Calculation Agent to remit all
proceeds of such capital call to the Margin Account within one
Business Day of its receipt of such proceeds;
(3) no
member or partner has at any time defaulted in any of its
obligations to fund capital calls to the Borrower or the Equity
Holders as and when required under the terms of their respective
organizational documents;
(4) no
feeder fund, blocker entity or other entity between the Borrower
and the ultimate members or partners in the Equity Holders are in
bankruptcy proceedings or are otherwise in default of their
respective capital call obligations or other material
agreements;
(5) the
Borrower and the Equity Holders, as applicable, make such capital
call;
Exhibit
D-3
(6) the
Borrower provides evidence thereof to the Calculation Agent that is
reasonably satisfactory to the Calculation Agent (all by the
Nominal Margin Funding Deadline), then the Margin Funding Deadline
for a portion of such Deficient Amount equal to such Capital Call Drawdown Amount
shall be extended to the date that is 11 Business Days after the
delivery of the certificate set forth in clause (2)(x)
above; provided that:
(x) if,
with respect to an requested extension of the Margin Funding
Deadline pursuant to clause (a) above:
(I) any
of the Capital Call Facility Conditions is not or for any reason
ceases to be satisfied at any time; or
(II) Borrower
Parent 1 for any reason fails to remit to the Margin Account
all proceeds of such borrowing under the Capital Call Facility
within one Business Day of its receipt of such proceeds;
or
(IV) lenders
representing more than 10% of the lending commitments under the
Capital Call Facility refuse to make any such Capital Call Facility
loans for any reason, then the Borrower shall give written notice
thereof to the Calculation Agent and the Margin Funding Deadline on
the portion of such Deficient Amount equal to such Capital Call Facility Amount
shall end at 6:00 p.m. (New York city time) on the Business Day
following the occurrence of the event or circumstance referred to
in this clause (x); and
(y) if,
with respect to an requested extension of the Margin Funding
Deadline pursuant to clause (b) above:
(I) any
of the Capital Call Drawing Conditions is not or for any reason
ceases to be satisfied at any time or members;
(II) Borrower
Parent 1 for any reason fails to remit to the Margin Account all
proceeds of such capital call within one Business Day of its
receipt of such proceeds; or
(III) partners
holding more than 10% of the capital call commitments in the Equity
Holders refuse to fund any such capital call for any
reason, then the Borrower shall give written notice
thereof to the Calculation Agent and the Margin Funding Deadline on
the portion of such Deficient Amount equal to such Capital Call Drawdown Amount
shall end at 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day
following the occurrence of the event or circumstance referred to
in this clause (y).
"Margin Funding Notice
Deadline" means 10:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on a Business Day.
"Nominal Margin Funding
Deadline" means, with respect
to any Margin Funding Notice:
(a) if
such Margin Funding Notice is given to the Borrower at or before
the Margin Funding Notice Deadline on any Business Day, 6:00 p.m.
(New York city time) on the next Business Day following such
notice; and
(b) if
such Margin Funding Notice is given to the Borrower after the
Margin Funding Notice Deadline on any Business Day, 6:00 p.m. (New
York city time) on the second Business Day following such
notice.
Exhibit
D-4
Section 2. Margining.
(a)
Margin Demands. If
at any time the Current LTV is greater than the Advance Rate (a
"Collateral Deficit"), and
the related Deficient Amount is in excess of the Holiday Amount at
such time, then the Calculation
Agent may by notice (a "Margin
Funding Notice") to the Borrower require the Borrower to
deposit in the Margin Account cash in U.S. dollars, in an amount
equal to such Deficient Amount.
If any
Margin Funding Notice is given to the Borrower, the Borrower shall
deposit cash in U.S. Dollars in the Margin Account no later than
the applicable Margin Funding Deadline.
The
Calculation Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
provide daily notice to the Borrower of the Asset Current Price for
the Collateral Obligation; provided that the failure to provide
such notice shall not constitute a breach or default by the
Calculation Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any of the other
Transaction Documents.
(b)
Return of Margin.
If at any time the Current LTV is less than the Advance Rate (a
"Collateral Excess"), and
the related Excess Cure Collateral Refund Amount is in excess of
the Holiday Amount at such time, then, so long as immediately
before and after giving effect thereto (A) no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, and (B) no
Collateral Deficit shall have occurred and remain unsatisfied, upon
written notice from the Borrower to the Calculation Agent (such notice, a
"Refund Request Notice")
(which notice shall be deemed to be a certification from the
Borrower that the foregoing requirements of clause (A) and (B) are
satisfied), the Borrower may request that the Calculation Agent direct the Collateral
Agent to (x) transfer funds from the Margin Account to the
Collection Account and/or (y) remit funds from the Margin Account
to the Equity Holders, in an aggregate amount not exceeding such
Excess Cure Collateral Refund Amount (any such uses of Margin
Account funds, "Permitted
Uses").
If any
Refund Request Notice is given to the Calculation Agent at or before the Margin
Funding Notice Deadline on any Business Day, the Calculation Agent shall direct the
Collateral Agent to (and the Collateral Agent shall) transfer funds
on deposit in the Margin Account in an amount equal to the Excess
Cure Collateral Refund Amount no later than 6:00 p.m. (New York
city time) on the next Business Day following such notice in
Permitted Uses as so directed by the Borrower. If any Refund
Request Notice is given to the Calculation Agent after the Margin Funding
Notice Deadline on any Business Day, the Calculation Agent shall direct the
Collateral Agent to (and the Collateral Agent shall) transfer funds
on deposit in the Margin Account in an amount equal to the Excess
Cure Collateral Refund Amount no later than 6:00 p.m. (New York
city time) on the second Business Day following such notice in
Permitted Uses as so directed by the Borrower.
(c)
Dispute Resolution,
Etc. If the Borrower in good faith and in writing (a
"Dispute
Notice"):
(1) disputes
the Asset Current Price of the Collateral Obligation as determined
by the Calculation Agent as of any Business Day (each, a
"Disputed Collateral
Obligation"), and sets forth in such Dispute Notice the
valuation proposed by the Sponsor in respect of such Disputed
Collateral Obligation (the related "Sponsor Valuation"); or
Exhibit
D-5
(2) disputes
the calculation of a Collateral Deficit or Collateral Excess, and
sets forth in such Dispute Notice the calculation proposed by the
Sponsor in respect of such Collateral Deficit or Collateral Excess
(the related "Sponsor
Deficit/Excess Calculation"), then for so long as such
Dispute is continuing (and provided that no Event of Default,
Monetary Default or Other Material Default with respect to the
Borrower occurs or is then continuing), upon the request of the
Borrower, the Calculation Agent and the Borrower will work together
in good faith to resolve such Dispute. Each dispute referred to in
clauses (1) and (2) above is referred to herein as a "Dispute", and the date on which the
Calculation Agent receives such Dispute Notice, the related
"Dispute Notice Date". If
any such Dispute relates to the Asset Current Price of a Disputed
Collateral Obligation and, during the pendency of such Dispute, the
Borrower provides the Calculation Agent with a Firm Bid for such
Disputed Collateral Obligation from one or more unaffiliated third
parties, then for so long as such Firm Bid is actionable (by the
Borrower, with respect to the portion thereof constituting a cash
bid for the purchase of such Disputed Collateral Obligation, and by
the Calculation Agent, with respect to the portion thereof
constituting a synthetic bid to provide credit protection for such
Disputed Collateral Obligation), the Asset Current Price for such
Collateral Obligation shall be the price (expressed as a percentage
of par but excluding any accrued interest) set forth in such Firm
Bid (and, in connection therewith, any calculation of Collateral
Deficit and Collateral Excess shall be revised to reflect such Firm
Bid). At all other times during the pendency of such Dispute the
Asset Current Price for such Disputed Collateral Obligation shall
be the Asset Current Price determined by the Calculation Agent, it
being understood that the Borrower shall at all times during the
pendency of each Dispute be required to comply with its obligations
under clause (a) above based upon the determinations made by
Calculation Agent.
Section
3. Miscellaneous.
(a)
Amendments. No
amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement, or consent to any departure by any party hereto
therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written
consent of the Borrower and the Calculation Agent (with the concurrence of
the Requisite Lenders).
(b)
Assignments. This
Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders.
Neither the Borrower's rights or obligations hereunder nor any
interest therein may be assigned or delegated by the Borrower
without the prior written consent of all Lenders. Neither the
Calculation Agent's rights or
obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or
delegated by the Calculation
Agent except to a successor Administrative Agent appointed in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit
Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall
be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties
hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby
and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of
each of the Agents and Lenders and other Indemnitees) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Agreement.
(c)
Headings. Section
headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference
only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose
or be given any substantive effect.
(d)
APPLICABLE LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN
CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF
AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST)
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD
TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE
APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
Exhibit
D-6
(e)
CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION. SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY
FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR, IF THAT COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER
JURISDICTION, IN ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH
BORROWER, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES,
IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE
(SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) BELOW) JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH
COURTS; (B) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES
THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH
COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED, TO SUCH BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 11.1 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE
AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL
JURISDICTION OVER SUCH BORROWER IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH
COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN
EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT THE AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN
THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR
TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SUCH BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS
UNDER ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION
OF, AND CONSENTS TO VENUE IN, ANY SUCH COURT.
(f)
WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS
INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE
FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS
TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY
CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY
HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO
ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON
THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL
CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS.
EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS
REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY
AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY
NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL
WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 3(F) AND
EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR
MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR
TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE
UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS
AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE
COURT.
(g)
Effectiveness;
Counterparts. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and
receipt by the Borrower and the Calculation Agent of written notification
of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original,
but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic format (i.e.,
"pdf" or "tif") shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Exhibit
D-7
(h)
Direction to Collateral
Agent. The Borrower and the Calculation Agent hereby direct the
Collateral Agent to acknowledge this Agreement and the terms
hereof; and the Borrower and the Calculation Agent hereby acknowledge and
agree that the exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of
Section 10 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to the Collateral
Agent with respect to its acknowledgment of this Agreement and the
terms hereof.
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Exhibit
D-8
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written
above.
[BORROWER], as
Borrower
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
GOLDMAN
SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent and Calculation
Agent
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
Managing Director
ACKNOWLEDGED:
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
D-9
ANNEX A
to Margining Agreement
Form of Margin Funding Deadline Clause (a) Certificate
This
Certificate is given by the undersigned Officer of [Borrower Parent
1] ("Borrower Parent 1"),
pursuant to:
(a)
the Credit
Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian");
and
(b)
the Margining
Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Margining Agreement" and,
together with the Credit Agreement, the "Agreements"), between the Borrower and
Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent and as
Calculation Agent.
Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Agreements.
The
undersigned Officer of Borrower Parent 1 hereby certifies as of
[__________ __], 20[__] that:
(1)
the aggregate
amount of cash available to Borrower Parent 1 in its deposit
accounts and securities accounts is USD [__________];
and
(2)
the amount
available to be drawn under the Capital Call Facility is USD
[__________].
[BORROWER
PARENT 1]
By:
[General Partner of
Borrower Parent 1], its general partner
By:
[General Partner of
General Partner of Borrower Parent 1], its general
partner
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit D-Annex
A-1
ANNEX B
to Margining Agreement
Form of Margin Funding Deadline Clause (b) Certificate
This
Certificate is given by the undersigned Officer of [Borrower Parent
1] ("Borrower Parent 1"),
pursuant to:
(a)
the Credit
Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian");
and
(b)
the Margining
Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Margining Agreement" and,
together with the Credit Agreement, the "Agreements"), between the Borrower and
Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent and as
Calculation Agent.
Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Agreements.
The
undersigned Officer of Borrower Parent 1 hereby certifies as of
[__________ __], 20[__] that:
(1)
the aggregate
amount of cash available to Borrower Parent 1 in its deposit
accounts and securities accounts is USD [__________];
and
(2)
attached hereto is
an Available Capital Certificate as at such date.
[BORROWER
PARENT 1]
By:
[General Partner of
Borrower Parent 1], its general partner
By:
[General Partner of
General Partner of Borrower Parent 1], its general
partner
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit D-Annex
B-1
EXHIBIT E
Form of Power of Attorney
IRREVOCABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
[BORROWER],
as Borrower
[Borrower
Parent 1] and [Borrower Parent 2], as Equity Holders
[______
__], 20[__]
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
1.
Appointment. For good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, each of the undersigned (each, an
"Appointing Party") does
irrevocably appoint the Collateral Agent (such appointment being
coupled with an interest) as such Appointing Party's
attorney-in-fact (it being understood that neither the Collateral
Agent nor the Lenders shall be deemed to have assumed any of the
obligations of any Appointing Party by this appointment), with full
authority in the place and stead of such Appointing Party and in
the name of such Appointing Party, the Collateral Agent or
otherwise, from time to time, after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, to take in the Collateral
Agent's discretion (acting at the written direction of the
Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders), any action and to
execute any instrument that the Requisite Lenders may deem
reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of
this Power of Attorney, including, without limitation, the
following (in each case at the written direction of the
Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders):
(a) to
ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and
give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due
under or in respect of any of the Collateral;
(b) to
receive, endorse and collect any drafts or other instruments,
documents and chattel paper in connection with clause (a)
above;
(c) to
file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings
that may be necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the
Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral
Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
(d) to
prepare and file any UCC financing statements against such
Appointing Party as debtor and each Appointing Party authorizes the
Collateral Agent to file UCC financing statements describing the
Collateral as "all assets" or "all personal property and fixtures"
of such Appointing Party (provided that no such description shall
be deemed to modify the definition of Collateral);
Exhibit
E-1
(e) to
execute, deliver and perfect all documents and to take or cause to
be taken all actions that the Collateral Agent considers to be
reasonably required or desirable to perform or comply or cause
performance or compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement
and to exercise or cause to be exercised the powers set forth
herein, including, without limitation, paying or discharging taxes
or Liens levied or placed upon or threatened against the Collateral
(the legality or validity thereof and the amounts necessary to
discharge the same to be determined by the Requisite Lenders and
any such payments to become obligations of such Appointing Party,
due and payable immediately without demand); and
(f) generally
to sell, transfer, lease, license, pledge, make any agreement with
respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully
and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute
owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral
Agent's option and such Appointing Party's expense, at any time or
from time to time, all acts and things that may be reasonably
necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and
the Collateral Agent's security interest therein in order to effect
the intent (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent)
of the Credit Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the
relevant Appointing Party might do.
Neither
the Collateral Agent, nor any affiliate thereof, shall incur any
liability to any Appointing Party or any other Person in connection
with any sale effected in accordance with this power of attorney,
the terms of any Credit Document (except, in each case, as provided
in the relevant Credit Document).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the parties hereto each
acknowledge and agree that the appointment of the Collateral Agent
as attorney-in-fact of any such Appointing Party hereunder shall
(along with all authority to act and/or execute any instrument
granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder) cease immediately upon
the cure or waiver of all Events of Default under the Credit
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
2.
Amendments. No amendment,
modification or waiver in respect of this power of attorney will be
effective unless in writing (including a writing evidenced by a
facsimile transmission) and executed by each of the parties hereto
(including the Appointing Parties).
3.
Counterparts. This power of
attorney (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of
it) may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by
facsimile transmission and e-mail correspondence), each of which
will be deemed an original.
4.
Term. This power of attorney
shall terminate upon the payment in full of all
Obligations.
5.
Governing Law. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ANY MATTER ARISING
AMONG THE PARTIES UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POWER OF
ATTORNEY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTIONS 5-1401 AND
5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK).
6.
Jurisdiction. With respect to
any suit, action or proceedings relating to this power of attorney
or any matter among the parties arising under or in connection with
this power of attorney ("Proceedings"), each party irrevocably:
(i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of New York and the United States District Court located in
the Borough of Manhattan in New York City; and (ii) waives any
objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of
any Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that
such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and
further waives the right to object, with respect to such
Proceedings, that such court does not have any jurisdiction over
such party. Nothing in this power of attorney precludes either
party from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction, nor will
the bringing of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions
preclude the bringing of Proceedings in any other
jurisdiction.
Exhibit
E-2
7.
Waiver of Jury Trial Right.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING. Each party hereby (i)
certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other
party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that any other party
would not, in the event of a Proceeding, seek to enforce the
foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it has been induced to
enter into this power of attorney by, among other things, the
mutual waivers and certifications in this paragraph.
8.
Powers and Immunities, Etc. In
connection with the acceptance of this power of attorney and the
execution of any action in connection therewith, the Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, protections,
immunities and indemnities set forth in the Credit Agreement
subject to the limitations set forth therein.
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Exhibit
E-3
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of
Attorney has been executed as a deed by the Appointing Party this
___ day of ________ 20__.
APPOINTING
PARTY:
[BORROWER],
Witness:
as
Borrower
By:
________________________________
By:
________________________________
Name:
Name:
Title:
Title:
Exhibit
E-4
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of
Attorney has been executed as a deed by the Appointing Party this
___ day of ________ 20__.
APPOINTING
PARTY:
[BORROWER PARENT
1]
Witness:
as
Equity Holder
By:
[General Partner of
Borrower Parent 1], its general partner
By:
[General Partner of
General Partner of Borrower Parent 1], its general
partner
By:
________________________________
By:
________________________________
Name:
Name:
Title:
Title:
Exhibit
E-5
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of
Attorney has been executed as a deed by the Appointing Party this
___ day of ________ 20__.
APPOINTING
PARTY:
[BORROWER PARENT
2],
Witness:
as
Equity Holder
By:
[General Partner of
Borrower Parent 2], its general partner
By:
[General Partner of
General Partner of Borrower Parent 2], its general
partner
By:
________________________________
By:
________________________________
Name:
Name:
Title:
Title:
Exhibit
E-6
EXHIBIT F
Form of Fusion Assignment Consent Letter
Reference is made
to the Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Custodian").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
The
undersigned (the "Consenting
Party") acknowledges that the Borrower is and will be the
record owner of Tranche B Term Loans issued by the undersigned in
an initial principal amount of U.S.$[__]3 (the "Collateral Obligation"), which has been
pledged to the Collateral Agent to secure the obligations of the
Borrower to the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the other
Obligations referred to therein.
The
Consenting Party further acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms
of the Credit Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the
Collateral Agent (for itself or on behalf of the Secured Parties
under the Credit Agreement) may from time to time have the right,
on behalf of the Borrower, to cause the Borrower to sell, transfer,
assign or otherwise dispose of their rights in and to any or all of
the Collateral Obligation, whether pursuant to the exercise of
remedies or otherwise (each such sale, transfer, assignment or
other disposition, an "Assignment", with the term "Assign" to have a correlative meaning),
in each case in the manner and to the extent set forth in the
Transaction Documents.
In
order to more fully effectuate the rights of the Collateral Agent
(for purposes hereof, the "Beneficiary Party") in connection with
any Assignment of any or all of the Collateral Obligation, and for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged:
(a) The
Consenting Party hereby consents, in advance, to each Assignment by
or on behalf of the Borrower (whether in connection with a
redemption, pursuant to the exercise of remedies by the Beneficiary
Party, the Lenders, or otherwise) of any interest in the Collateral
Obligation (whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Borrower) to any "Eligible Assignee" under and as defined in the
Underlying Instruments (except for any entity or entities agreed
between Fusion and the Administrative Agent in writing on or prior
to the Closing Date) that is identified in writing to the Borrower
and the Consenting Party by the Beneficiary Party in connection
with the Assignment of such interest in the Collateral Obligation
(each, an "Identified
Assignee"), and agrees, in advance, to treat such Identified
Assignee as a permissible assignee under the credit agreement
governing the terms of the Collateral Obligation; provided that such Assignment is made
in accordance with the Underlying Instruments (other than, for the
avoidance of doubt, receipt of consent to such Assignment by the
Consenting Party, which consent is being granted
hereby).
(b) The
Consenting Party further agrees from time to time, upon the request
of the Beneficiary Party, at the sole cost and expense of the
Consenting Party, to take such other action and execute such other
documents as the Beneficiary Party may reasonably require in order
to more fully effectuate the purposes of this Agreement. Without
limiting the foregoing:
Exhibit
F-1
(1) the
Consenting Party hereby agrees to execute and deliver to the
Beneficiary Party upon request of the Beneficiary Party, in blank,
one or more assignment agreements or other instruments of transfer
(each, an "Assignment
Agreement") for each Collateral Obligation in the form
required under the related Underlying Instruments or such other
form as may be reasonably requested by the Beneficiary Party from
time to time (and, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the
execution and delivery by the Consenting Party of an Assignment
Agreement in blank or any other provision of this Agreement, no
Assignment of a Collateral Obligation may be made by the
Beneficiary Party other than to an Identified Assignee in
accordance with clause (a) above);
(2)
at the time of each
actual Assignment of an interest in the Collateral Obligation to an
Identified Assignee, the Consenting Party shall, upon request of
the Beneficiary Party, promptly execute and deliver such actual
Assignment Agreements; and
(3)
the Consenting
Party shall cooperate reasonably and in good faith with the
Beneficiary Party in connection with each such Assignment
(including, to the extent it has the responsibility or authority
under the Underlying Instruments to do so, to cause any applicable
registrar to enter such Assignment in the register of lenders under
such Underlying Instruments).
The
Consenting Party hereby agrees that a Confidentiality Agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit 1 hereto, duly executed and
delivered by an Identified Assignee, satisfies the requirements of
Section 10.17 of the Underlying Credit Agreement. The Consenting
Party hereby agrees that it will not change the list of
"Disqualified Institution" under the Underlying Credit Agreement
without the consent of the Administrative Agent.
This
Agreement will be effective and binding as of the date on which
each party hereto has executed and delivered counterpart signature
pages of this Agreement to the other party. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties
hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
Delivery of a counterpart by electronic transmission shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
The Lenders and the Administrative Agent are express third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement. This Agreement and any right,
remedy, obligation, claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action
(whether in contract, tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of
or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
In
connection with the execution of this Agreement and the exercise of
rights hereunder, the Beneficiary Party shall be entitled to all of
its respective rights, protections, immunities and benefits
provided in the Credit Agreement.
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Exhibit
F-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of
the day and year first above written.
FUSION
CONNECT, INC., as Consenting Party
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
F-3
EXHIBIT F-1
Form
of Confidentiality Agreement
[date]
Fusion
Connect, Inc.
420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 1718
New
York, New York 10170
Attention:
James P. Prenetta,
Jr.
Email:
jprenetta@fusionconnect.com
Re:
Confidential
Information
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of
[__________ __], 2018 (as amended from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), among
Fusion Connect, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), certain subsidiaries of the
Borrower party thereto, as Guarantor Subsidiaries, the Lenders
party thereto from time to time and [__________], as Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent. Terms used herein and not otherwise
defined have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
We, the
undersigned, are a potential or prospective assignee, transferee or
participant in connection with a contemplated assignment, transfer
or participation of Loans or other Obligations or participations
therein. We have been advised of and agree to be bound by the
provisions of Section 10.17 of the Credit Agreement.
Accordingly,
we agree to hold all Confidential Information (as defined below)
obtained by us in accordance with our customary procedures for
handling confidential information of such nature, it being
understood and agreed by you that, in any event, we may disclose
Confidential Information:
(a)
to our and to our
Related Parties, to respective Related Parties of the Agents and
the Lenders, to independent auditors and to other advisors, experts
or agents who need to know such Confidential Information (and to
other Persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present
or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures
otherwise made in accordance with Section 10.17 of the Credit
Agreement) (it being understood that the Persons to whom such
disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of
such Confidential Information and instructed to keep such
Confidential Information confidential or shall otherwise be subject
to an obligation of confidentiality);
(b)
to any potential or
prospective assignee, transferee or participant in connection with
the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of any Loans
or other Obligations or any participations therein or to any direct
or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional
advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to
the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and their obligations
(provided that such
assignees, transferees, participants, counterparties and advisors
are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of
Section 10.17 of the Credit Agreement or other provisions at least
as restrictive as such Section 10.17 or otherwise reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the
applicable Lender, as the case may be, and the Borrower, including
pursuant to the confidentiality terms set forth in the Confidential
Information Memorandum or other marketing materials relating to the
credit facilities governed by the Credit Agreement; and
provided further that
without the Borrower's prior written consent, no such disclosure
may be made to any Disqualified Institution);
Exhibit
F-1-1
(c)
on a confidential
basis, to any rating agency;
(d)
on a confidential
basis, to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in
connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with
respect to the Loans;
(e)
for purposes of
establishing a "due diligence" defense or in connection with the
exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit
Document;
(f)
as required by law
or pursuant to legal or judicial process (in which case, unless
specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, we shall
make reasonable efforts to notify the Borrower promptly
thereof);
(g)
as required or
requested by any Governmental Authority or by any regulatory or
quasi-regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory
organization) having jurisdiction or claiming to have jurisdiction
over us or any of our Affiliates;
(h)
received by us on a
non-confidential basis from a source (other than the Borrower or
its Affiliates or Related Parties) not known by us to be prohibited
from disclosing such information to such persons by a legal,
contractual or fiduciary obligation;
(i)
to the extent that
such information was already in our possession or any of our
Affiliates or is independently developed by us or any of our
Affiliates and
(j)
with the consent of
the Borrower.
For
purposes of the foregoing, "Confidential Information" means any
non-public information regarding the business, assets, liabilities
and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries obtained by us
under the terms of the Credit Agreement; provided that such information, at the
time the same is delivered to us, is clearly identified by the
Borrower as confidential.
In
addition, we understand that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
10.17 of the Credit Agreement, we may disclose the existence of the
Credit Agreement and the information about the Credit Agreement to
market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending
industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in
connection with the administration and management of the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents. It is agreed that,
notwithstanding the restrictions of any prior confidentiality
agreement binding on us, we may disclose Confidential Information
as provided herein and as provided in Section 10.17 of the Credit
Agreement.
Our
obligations hereunder with respect to any Confidential Information
will expire one year after our receipt of such Confidential
Information. It is understood and agreed that nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to require that we return or destroy any
Confidential Information that we reasonably deem to be appropriate
to be retained in our files in accordance with customary banking
practices.
This
Confidentiality Agreement and any right, remedy, obligation, claim,
controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract, tort
or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this letter
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of
the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles
that would lead to the application of laws other than the law of
the State of New York.
Very
truly yours,
[NAME
OF IDENTIFIED ASSIGNEE]
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED:
FUSION
CONNECT, INC.
By:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
F-1-2
EXHIBIT G
Form of Available Capital Certificate4
This
AVAILABLE CAPITAL CERTIFICATE is given by the undersigned Officers
of [BORROWER PARENT 1] (the "Equity
Holder") and [BORROWER] (the "Borrower"), pursuant to that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), between
the Borrower, as borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to
time (the "Lenders"),
Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent") and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral
Agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") and as Collateral
Custodian (in such capacity, the "Collateral Custodian"). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Credit Agreement.
An
Officer of the Equity Holder and the Borrower each hereby certifies
as of [______ __], 20[__] that:
1.
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Available Commitments:
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A. The
Uncalled Commitments of all Investors are:
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$__________
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B. The
aggregate amount of Outstanding Indebtedness of the Equity Holder
is:
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$__________
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C. Available
Commitments (equal to A minus B) is:
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$__________
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2.
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Available Capital:
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A. The
amount outstanding under the Capital Call Facility is:
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$__________
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B. The amount
available to be further drawn under the Capital Call Facility
is:
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$__________
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C. The
aggregate amount of unfunded commitments available to the Equity
Holder under any of its revolving credit facilities (other than the
Capital Call Facility) or other similar credit facilities
is:
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$__________
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D. The
aggregate amount of all pending borrowings under the Capital Call
Facility and all other uses for which availability under the
Capital Call Facility has been reserved or otherwise allocated
is:
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$___________
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E. Available
Capital (equal to the sum of A, B and C minus D) is:
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$__________
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3.
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It has
not pledged any of its rights in respect of, or granted any Liens
over, Unused Commitments of its Investors or any of its other
rights under its partnership agreement or any related agreement,
other than, in each case, (a) under the Capital Call Facility or
(b) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties under the Transaction Documents.
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Exhibit
G-1
4.
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It has
not determined in good faith that any Investor is not creditworthy
or, for any other reason, unlikely to timely honor its obligations
in respect of its Unused Commitments in all material
respects.
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5.
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Attached
hereto as Exhibit A is a statement showing the market value of its
assets demonstrating that it is in compliance with its obligations
under paragraphs (b) through (e) of Section 3.4 of the Limited
Guaranty Agreement.
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[Signature
Pages Follow]
Exhibit
G-2
[BORROWER]
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
[BORROWER
PARENT 1]
By:
[General Partner of
Borrower Parent 1], its general partner
By:
[General Partner of
General Partner of Borrower Parent 1], its general
partner
By:
___________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
G-3
Exhibit A to Available Capital Certificate
[To be
attached]
Exhibit
A to Exhibit G
EXHIBIT H
Form of Request for Release of Custody Documents
U.S.
Bank National Association, as Custodian
1719
Otis Way
Florence, SC
29501
Attention:
[Document Custody Services Receiving Unit]
Email:
[dcsFlorencereleases@usbank.com]
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RE:
The Credit
Agreement dated as of May [__], 2018 (as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among
[BORROWER], as borrower (the "Borrower"); the Lenders party thereto
from time to time (the "Lenders"); GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING
PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"); and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as Collateral Custodian (in such capacity, the
"Collateral
Custodian").
Ladies
& Gentleman:
Pursuant
to Section 14(o) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby
requests the release of the Custody Documents related to the
Collateral Obligation and confirms that the conditions to release
set forth in the Credit Agreement have been satisfied.
In
connection with such release, the Borrower further instructs that
such Custody Documents be delivered to the following
address:
Delivery Instructions – Address Needed
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[BORROWER], as
Borrower
By:
________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
Exhibit
H-1
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED:
[GOLDMAN SACHS
LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Administrative Agent
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Managing
Director]
[[________], as
Requisite Lender
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Title:
]
Exhibit
H-2