SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter)
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
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Introductory Note
On July 19, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Herman Miller, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), completed its previously announced
acquisition of Knoll, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Knoll”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of April 19, 2021, by and among the Company, Heat Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Knoll. On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Merger Agreement and upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub merged with and into Knoll (the “Merger”), with Knoll surviving the
Merger. The Merger is more fully described in Item 2.01 below.
Immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of preferred stock of Knoll pursuant
to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2021 (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and Furniture Investment Acquisitions S.C.S. As a result of the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated
by the Stock Purchase Agreement, Knoll became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, the lenders and other
parties party thereto, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agents, and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as collateral agent, which provides for senior secured financing of $1,750.0 million, consisting of a
term loan A facility (the “Term Loan A Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million, a term loan B facility (the “Term Loan B Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $625.0 million and a revolving credit facility (the
“Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan A Facility and Term Loan B Facility, the “Senior Facilities”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $725.0 million, including a letter of credit sub-facility of up to $50.0 million.
Proceeds of the loans borrowed under the Senior Facilities on the Closing Date were used to fund, in part, the transactions contemplated by
the Merger Agreement, including the consummation of the Merger, the repayment in full of the Existing Credit Facility and Existing Private Placement Notes (each as defined below) and certain of Knoll’s existing indebtedness, and to pay related fees
and expenses. As of the Closing Date, the Revolving Credit Facility had outstanding borrowings in an aggregate principal amount of $285.0 million. Proceeds of any loans under the Revolving Credit Facility borrowed after the Closing Date and letters
of credit will be used for general corporate purposes.
The Senior Facilities are guaranteed by each of the Company’s wholly owned domestic subsidiaries, including Knoll and its subsidiaries, and
are secured by substantially all assets of the Company and of each subsidiary guarantor, in each case subject to certain exceptions.
Borrowings under the Senior Facilities bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Company’s option, either a LIBO rate (subject to a
0.00% floor) or a base rate, in each case plus an applicable margin of, initially, (i) in the case of borrowings under the Term Loan A Facility, 1.50% for LIBOR loans and 0.50% for base rate loans, (ii) in the case of borrowings under the Term Loan
B Facility, 2.00% for LIBOR loans and 1.00% for base rate loans and (iii) in the case of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, 1.50% for LIBOR loans and 0.50% for base rate loans. The applicable margin for borrowings under each of the
Senior Facilities varies depending on the Company’s first lien secured net leverage ratio. The Company is also required to pay a commitment fee initially equal to 0.20% per annum to the lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility in respect of the
unutilized commitments thereunder. The commitment fee under the Revolving Credit Facility varies depending on the Company’s first lien secured net leverage ratio.
The Term Loan A Facility matures on the five-year anniversary of the Closing Date and amortizes in equal quarterly installments starting
with the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, of (i) for the first eight full fiscal quarters following the Closing Date, 1.25% of the initial principal amount, (ii) for the next four fiscal quarters, 1.875% of the initial principal
amount and (iii) thereafter, 2.5% of the initial principal amount. The Term Loan B Facility matures on the seven-year anniversary of the Closing Date and amortizes in equal quarterly installments, starting with the first full fiscal quarter after
the Closing Date, of 0.25% of the initial principal amount. The Revolving Credit Facility matures on the five-year anniversary of the Closing Date. In addition, the Company is required to prepay outstanding loans under the Term Loan B Facility,
subject to certain exceptions, with up to 50% of the Company’s annual excess cash flow, as defined under the Credit Agreement, and outstanding loans under the Term Loan A Facility and the Term Loan B Facility, subject to certain exceptions, with up
to 100% of the net cash proceeds of certain recovery events and non-ordinary course asset sales (which percentages vary depending on the Company’s first lien secured net leverage ratio).
The Company may generally prepay outstanding loans under the Senior Facilities at any time, without prepayment premium or penalty, subject
to customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans. Prepayments of the Term Loan B Facility in connection with certain “repricing events” resulting in a lower yield occurring at any time during the first six months after the Closing Date
must be accompanied by a 1.00% prepayment premium.
The Term Loan A Facility and Revolving Credit Facility require that the Company maintain a maximum first lien secured net leverage ratio, as
defined in the Credit Agreement, initially of 4.25 to 1.00 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter for which financials have been (or were required to be) delivered, commencing with the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, stepping
down to 3.75 to 1.00 over time. At the Company’s election, in certain circumstances, such ratio may be increased by up to 0.50 to 1.00.
The Senior Facilities contain certain affirmative and negative covenants that limit the ability of the Company, among other things and
subject to certain significant exceptions, to incur debt or liens, make investments, enter into certain mergers, consolidations, asset sales and acquisitions, pay dividends and make other restricted payments and enter into transactions with
affiliates.
The Senior Facilities contain certain events of default, including relating to a change of control. If an event of default occurs, the
lenders under the Senior Facilities will be entitled to take various actions, including the acceleration of amounts due under the Senior Facilities.
The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement and the Senior Facilities is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the Credit Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 2.01.
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Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of common stock of Knoll, par value $0.01 per share, issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares owned by Knoll as treasury stock, shares owned by the deal parties or their subsidiaries, or shares subject to Knoll restricted stock awards) was converted into the right to
receive (i) 0.32 shares of common stock, par value $0.20 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) and (ii) $11.00 per share in cash, without interest.
The issuance of shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the Merger was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-256401), declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 11, 2021.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the
Merger, is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 22, 2021, and is
incorporated herein by reference, and the Stock Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 22, 2021, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
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The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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On July 20, 2021, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated in this Item 7.01 by
reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. Such information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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Other Events.
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Press Release
On the Closing Date, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Merger, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated in this Item 8.01 by reference.
Indebtedness
On the Closing Date, the Company prepaid all revolving loans outstanding under and terminated its Fifth Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019 (the “Existing Credit Facility”), among the Company, the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, at a
prepayment price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the revolving loans prepaid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the prepayment date, in accordance with the Existing Credit Facility. Immediately prior to
such repayment, $225.0 million in aggregate principal amount of revolving loans were outstanding thereunder.
In addition, on the Closing Date, the Company prepaid all $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.95%
Senior Notes, Series B, Due May 20, 2030 (the “Existing Private Placement Notes”) outstanding under its Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2010 (the “Private Shelf Agreement”), between the Company, on one hand, and PGIM, Inc.
(formerly known as Prudential Investment Management, Inc.) and each Prudential Affiliate party thereto, on the other hand, at a prepayment price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Private Placement Notes prepaid, plus a
make-whole payment and accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the prepayment date, in accordance with the optional redemption provisions contained in the Private Shelf Agreement.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
Financial statements of the acquired business are not included in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Such financial statements will be filed
by amendment not later than 71 calendar days after the date that this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
Pro forma financial information relative to the acquired business is not included in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Such pro forma
financial information will be filed by amendment not later than 71 calendar days after the date that this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit
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Exhibit Description
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 19, 2021, by and among Herman Miller, Inc., Heat Merger Sub, Inc. and Knoll, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2021)
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2021, by and among Herman Miller, Inc. and Furniture Investments Acquisitions
S.C.S. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2021)
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Credit Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2021, by and
among Herman Miller, Inc., the lenders and other parties party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agents, and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as collateral agent
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Press Release, dated July 19, 2021, issued by Herman Miller, Inc.
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Press Release, dated July 20, 2021, issued by Herman Miller, Inc.
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Certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, and the Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC a copy of any
omitted exhibits or schedules upon request; provided that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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HERMAN MILLER, INC.
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Date: July 20, 2021
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By:
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/s/ Kevin J. Veltman | |
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Name:
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Kevin J. Veltman | ||
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Title:
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Vice President of Investor Relations & Treasurer (Duly Authorized Signatory for Registrant) | ||
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of July 19, 2021
among
HERMAN MILLER, INC.,
as the Borrower,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Administrative Agents,
and
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
as Collateral Agent
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
and
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions
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Section 1.01
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Defined Terms
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Section 1.02
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Terms Generally; GAAP
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Section 1.03
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Effectuation of Transactions
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Section 1.04
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Timing of Payment or Performance
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Section 1.05
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Times of Day
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Section 1.06
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings
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Section 1.07
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Certain Conditions, Calculations and Tests
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Section 1.08
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Exchange Rate; Currency Equivalents
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Section 1.09
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Additional Alternate Currencies for Loans
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Section 1.10
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Change of Currency
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ARTICLE II. The Credits
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Section 2.01
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Commitments
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Section 2.02
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Loans and Borrowings
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Section 2.03
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Requests for Borrowings
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Section 2.04
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Swingline Loans.
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Section 2.05
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Letters of Credit
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Section 2.06
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Funding of Borrowings
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Section 2.07
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Interest Elections
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Section 2.08
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Termination and Reduction of Commitments
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Section 2.09
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Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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Section 2.10
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Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans
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Section 2.11
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Prepayment of Loans
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Section 2.12
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Fees
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Section 2.13
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Interest
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Section 2.14
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Alternative Rate of Interest
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Section 2.15
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Increased Costs
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Section 2.16
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Break Funding Payments
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Section 2.17
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Taxes
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Section 2.18
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Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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Section 2.19
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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Section 2.20
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Illegality
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Section 2.21
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Incremental Commitments
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Section 2.22
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Extensions of Loans and Commitments
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Section 2.23
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Refinancing Amendments
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Section 2.24
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Defaulting Lender
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Section 2.25
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Loan Repurchases
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ARTICLE III. Representations and Warranties
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Section 3.01
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Organization; Powers
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Section 3.02
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Authorization
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Section 3.03
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Enforceability
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Section 3.04
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Governmental Approvals
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Section 3.05
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Financial Statements
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Section 3.06
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No Material Adverse Effect
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Section 3.07
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Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases
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Section 3.08
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[Reserved.]
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Section 3.09
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Litigation; Compliance with Laws
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Section 3.10
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Federal Reserve Regulations
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Section 3.11
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Investment Company Act
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Section 3.12
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Use of Proceeds
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Section 3.13
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Tax Returns
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Section 3.14
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No Material Misstatements
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Section 3.15
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Employee Benefit Plans
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Section 3.16
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Environmental Matters
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Section 3.17
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Security Documents
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Section 3.18
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Solvency
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Section 3.19
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Labor Matters
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Section 3.20
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Insurance
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Section 3.21
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Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
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Section 3.22
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USA PATRIOT Act
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Section 3.23
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Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
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ARTICLE IV. Conditions of Lending
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Section 4.01
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Closing Date
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Section 4.02
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Subsequent Credit Events
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Section 4.03
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Determinations Under Section 4.01
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ARTICLE V. Affirmative Covenants
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Section 5.01
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Existence; Business and Properties
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Section 5.02
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Insurance
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Section 5.03
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Taxes
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Section 5.04
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Financial Statements, Reports, Etc.
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Section 5.05
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Litigation and Other Notices
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Section 5.06
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Compliance with Laws
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Section 5.07
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Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections
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Section 5.08
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Use of Proceeds
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Section 5.09
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Compliance with Environmental Laws
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Section 5.10
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Further Assurances; Additional Security
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Section 5.11
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Rating
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Section 5.12
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Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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Section 5.13
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Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
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Section 5.14
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Post-Closing
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ARTICLE VI. Negative Covenants
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Section 6.01
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Indebtedness
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Section 6.02
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Liens
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Section 6.03
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[Reserved]
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Section 6.04
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Investments, Loans and Advances
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Section 6.05
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Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions
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Section 6.06
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Restricted Payments
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Section 6.07
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[Reserved]
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Section 6.08
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[Reserved]
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Section 6.09
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Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions and Negative Pledge Clauses
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Section 6.10
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Financial Covenant
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ARTICLE VII. Events of Default
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Section 7.01
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Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII. The Administrative Agents and Other Agents
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Section 8.01
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Appointment
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Section 8.02
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Delegation of Duties
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Section 8.03
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Exculpatory Provisions
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Section 8.04
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Reliance by Agents
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Section 8.05
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Notice of Default
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Section 8.06
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Non-Reliance on Agents, Arrangers and Other Lenders
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Section 8.07
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Indemnification
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Section 8.08
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Agent in Its Individual Capacity
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Section 8.09
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Successor Administrative Agent
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Section 8.10
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Arrangers, Etc.
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Section 8.11
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Security Documents and Collateral Agent
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Section 8.12
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Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantees
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Section 8.13
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Withholding Tax
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Section 8.14
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Certain ERISA Matters
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Section 8.15
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Erroneous Payments
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ARTICLE IX. Miscellaneous
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Section 9.01
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Notices; Communications
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Section 9.02
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Survival of Agreement
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Section 9.03
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Binding Effect
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Section 9.04
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 9.05
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Expenses; Indemnity
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Section 9.06
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Right of Set-off
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Section 9.07
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Applicable Law
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Section 9.08
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Waivers; Amendment
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Section 9.09
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Interest Rate Limitation
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Section 9.10
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Entire Agreement
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Section 9.11
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section 9.12
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Severability
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Section 9.13
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Counterparts
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Section 9.14
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Headings
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Section 9.15
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Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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Section 9.16
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Confidentiality
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Section 9.17
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Platform; Borrower Materials
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Section 9.18
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Release of Liens and Guarantees
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Section 9.19
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice
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Section 9.20
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Agency of the Borrower for the Loan Parties
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Section 9.21
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No Liability of the Issuing Banks
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Section 9.22
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Judgment Currency
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Section 9.23
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Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
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Section 9.24
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Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs
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Exhibits and Schedules
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Exhibit A
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit B
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit C
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Form of Solvency Certificate
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Exhibit D-1
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Form of Borrowing Request
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Exhibit D-2
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Form of Letter of Credit Request
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Exhibit D-3
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Form of Swingline Borrowing Request
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Exhibit E
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Form of Interest Election Request
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Exhibit F
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Auction Procedures
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Exhibit G
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit H
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Form of Promissory Note
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Exhibit I
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Form of Perfection Certificate
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Exhibit J-1 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Exhibit J-2 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Exhibit J-3 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Exhibit J-4 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Exhibit K
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Reserved
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Exhibit L
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Form of Collateral Agreement
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Exhibit M
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Form of Guarantee Agreement
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Schedule 1.01
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Letter of Credit Individual Sublimits
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Schedule 2.01
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Commitments
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Schedule 2.05(a)
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Existing Letters of Credit
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Schedule 3.04
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Governmental Approvals
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Schedule 3.05
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Financial Statements
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Schedule 3.16
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Environmental Matters
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Schedule 3.20
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Insurance
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Schedule 3.21
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Intellectual Property
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Schedule 5.14
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Post-Closing Items
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Schedule 6.01
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Indebtedness
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Schedule 6.02(a)
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Liens
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Schedule 6.04
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Investments
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Schedule 9.01
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Notice Information
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 19, 2021, among Herman Miller, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Borrower”),
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent for the Term B Facility (as defined below) (in such capacity, the “Term Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (as defined below),
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Term A Facility and the Revolving Facility (each as defined below) (in such capacity, the “PR Administrative Agent”
and, together with the Term Administrative Agent, each an “Administrative Agent” and collectively, the “Administrative Agents”)
and as Swingline Lender (as defined below), and each Issuing Bank and Lender (each as defined below) party hereto from time to time.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Merger Sub (as defined below) and Knoll, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Target”),
have entered into that certain Merger Agreement (as defined below) pursuant to which Merger Sub will, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, merge with and into the Target (the “Merger”),
with the Target surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Borrower has requested the Lenders and the
Issuing Banks extend credit as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
“ABR” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%, (c) (i) prior to the USD LIBOR Transition Date, the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for
Dollars for a one (1)-month Interest Period in effect on such day plus 1.00% and (ii) on and after the USD LIBOR Transition Date, Daily Simple RFR for Dollars in effect on such day plus 1.00%; provided that each change in the ABR shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the
Prime Rate, NYFRB, Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars or Daily Simple RFR for Dollars, as the case may be (provided that clause (c)
above shall not be applicable during any period in which the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate or Daily Simple RFR, as applicable, is unavailable or unascertainable).
“ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loan” shall mean any ABR Term Loan or ABR Revolving Loan.
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“ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
ABR Revolving Loans.
“ABR Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“ABR Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Accepting Term Lender” shall have the meaning assigned that term in Section 2.10(e).
“Additional Alternate Currency” shall mean any currency other than
Dollars that is approved in accordance with Section 1.09.
“Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus, to the extent deducted from revenues in determining such Net Income, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) expense
for income taxes paid or accrued, (c) depreciation, (d) amortization, (e) other non‑cash expenses, including non‑cash, share‑based compensation deducted from Net Income in accordance with SFAS 123(R), (f) “run rate” cost savings, operating
expense reductions and synergies (i) related to the Transactions that are reasonably quantifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be
taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) within 36 months after the Closing Date and (ii) related to any other acquisitions, dispositions and other specified transactions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other
initiatives that are reasonably quantifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower)
within 24 months after such acquisition, disposition or other specified transaction, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other initiative, in each case, calculated (1) on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, synergies or operating
expense reductions had been realized on the first day of such period and (2) net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions during such period (it is understood and agreed that “run rate” means the full recurring benefit that is
associated with any action taken or initiated or expected in good faith to be taken, whether prior to or following the Closing Date) (which adjustments may be incremental to (but not duplicative of)
any pro forma adjustments made pursuant to the pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”), and (g) extraordinary non‑cash losses incurred other than
in the ordinary course of business, minus, to the extent included in such Net Income, extraordinary non-cash gains realized other than in the ordinary course of business,
all as determined in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable) and calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate” shall mean as to any Loan denominated in
any applicable currency not bearing interest based on an RFR (which, as of the date hereof, shall mean Dollars and each of the Alternate Currencies, other than Sterling) for any Interest Period, a rate per annum (rounded, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/16 of 1%) equal to:
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Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate =
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Eurocurrency Rate for such currency for such Interest Period
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1.00-Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage
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“Administrative Agents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with their respective permitted successors and assigns.
“Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.12(c).
“Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an administrative
questionnaire in the form supplied by the Applicable Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” shall (a) any EEA Financial
Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person,
another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified.
“Agents” shall mean, collectively, the Term Administrative Agent, the
PR Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Agreement Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.22.
“All-in Yield” shall mean, as to any Loans (or other Indebtedness, if
applicable), the yield thereon to Lenders (or other lenders, as applicable) providing such Loans (or other Indebtedness, if applicable) in the primary syndication thereof, as reasonably determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent in
consultation with the Borrower, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, original issue discount, up-front fees, rate floors or otherwise; provided, that original issue
discount and up-front fees shall be equated to interest rate based on an assumed four year average life; and provided, further, that “All-in Yield” shall not include arrangement, commitment, underwriting, structuring or similar fees and customary consent fees for an amendment paid
generally to consenting lenders.
“Alternate Currency” shall mean Euros, Sterling, Danish Krone and any
Additional Alternate Currency.
“Alternate Currency Letter of Credit” shall mean any Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternate Currency.
“Alternate Currency Loan” shall mean any Loan denominated in an
Alternate Currency.
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“Announcements” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(h).
“Annual Borrower Financial Statements”
shall mean the audited consolidated balance sheets and the related audited consolidated statements of comprehensive income and cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended June 2, 2018, June 1, 2019 and May 30, 2020.
“Annual Target Financial Statements”
shall mean the audited consolidated balance sheets and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income and cash flows of the Target and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2018, December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean the United States Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, as amended.
“Applicable Administrative Agent” shall mean (a) in respect of the
Term A Facilities and the Revolving Facility, the PR Administrative Agent, (b) in respect of the Term B Facilities, the Term Administrative Agent, and (c) wherever not otherwise specified to be in respect of any such Facility, except as the
context may otherwise require, the PR Administrative Agent.
“Applicable Commitment Fee” shall mean for any day (i) with respect
to any Revolving Facility Commitments relating to Initial Revolving Loans, (x) initially, 0.20% per annum and (y) from and after the delivery by the Borrower to the PR Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s financial statements required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b), as applicable, for the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower
completed after the Closing Date, the applicable percentage per annum set forth under the heading “Commitment Fee Rate” in the grid in the definition of “Applicable Margin,” as determined by reference to the First Lien Secured Net Leverage
Ratio set forth in the certificate received by the PR Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(c) prior to such day; or (ii) with respect to any Other Revolving Facility
Commitments, the “Applicable Commitment Fee” set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment (as applicable).
“Applicable Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
“Applicable Margin” shall mean for any day
(i) with respect to any Initial Term A Loan (x) initially, 1.50% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan and
0.50% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan, and (y) from and after the delivery by the Borrower to the PR Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b), as applicable, and certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c),
for the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower completed after the Closing Date, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below under the heading “Eurocurrency Loan and RFR Loan Margin for Initial Term A Loans” or “ABR Loan Margin
for Initial Term A Loans,” as applicable, as determined by reference to the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio set forth in the certificate received by the PR Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(c),
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Pricing
Level
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First Lien Secured
Net Leverage Ratio
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Eurocurrency Loan
and RFR Loan Margin
for Initial Term A
Loans
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ABR Loan
Margin for
Initial
Term A
Loans
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6
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> 3.00 x
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2.00%
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1.00%
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5
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< 3.00x but > 2.50x
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1.75%
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0.75%
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4
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< 2.50x but > 2.00x
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1.50%
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0.50%
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3
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< 2.00x but > 1.50x
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1.25%
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0.25%
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2
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< 1.50x but > 1.00x
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1.00%
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0.00%
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1
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< 1.00x
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0.85%
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0.00%
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(ii) with respect to any Initial Term B Loan, (x) initially, 2.00% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan and 1.00%
per annum in the case of any ABR Loan and (y) from and after the delivery by the Borrower to the Term Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b),
as applicable, and certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), for the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower completed after the Closing Date, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below under the heading
“Eurocurrency Loan and RFR Loan Margin for Initial Term B Loans” or “ABR Loan Margin for Initial Term B Loans,” as applicable, as determined by reference to the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio set forth in the certificate received
by the Term Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(c),
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Pricing
Level
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First Lien Secured
Net Leverage Ratio
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Eurocurrency Loan
and RFR Loan Margin
for Initial Term B Loans
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ABR Loan
Margin for
Initial Term B
Loans
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2
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> 1.50x
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2.00%
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1.00%
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1
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≤ 1.50x
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1.75%
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0.75%
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(iii) with respect to any Initial Revolving Loan, (x) initially, 1.50% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan and
0.50% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan and (y) from and after the delivery by the Borrower to the PR Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b),
as applicable, and certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), for the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower completed after the Closing Date, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below under the heading
“Eurocurrency Loan and RFR Loan Margin for Initial Revolving Loans” or “ABR Loan Margin for Initial Revolving Loans,” as applicable, as determined by reference to the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio set forth in the certificate
received by the PR Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(c), and
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Pricing
Level
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First Lien Secured
Net Leverage Ratio
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Eurocurrency Loan
and RFR Loan Margin
for Initial Revolving
Loans
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ABR Loan
Margin for
Initial
Revolving
Loans
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Commitment
Fee Rate
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6
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> 3.00x
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2.00%
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1.00%
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0.30%
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5
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< 3.00x but > 2.50x
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1.75%
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0.75%
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0.25%
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4
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< 2.50x but > 2.00x
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1.50%
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0.50%
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0.20%
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3
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< 2.00x but > 1.50x
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1.25%
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0.25%
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0.15%
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2
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< 1.50x but > 1.00x
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1.00%
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0.00%
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0.10%
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1
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< 1.00x
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0.85%
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0.00%
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0.05%
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(iv) with respect to any Other Term Loan or Other Revolving Loan, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement,
Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment (as applicable) relating thereto.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin or Commitment Fee resulting from a change in the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective
as of the first Business Day immediately following the date on which the Borrower delivers the certificate pursuant to Section 5.04(c); provided, however, that (a) in the case of any Initial Term B Loans, the Applicable Margin corresponding to Pricing Level 2 set forth in clause (ii) above
shall apply without regard to the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio and (b) in the case of any Initial Term A Loan and Initial Revolving Loan, the Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee corresponding to Pricing Level 6 set forth in clause
(i) or (iii), as applicable, above shall apply without regard to the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio, in each case, (x) at any time after the date on which any annual or quarterly financial statement was required to have been
delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) but was not (or the certificate related to such financial
statements was required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c) but was not) delivered, commencing with the first Business Day immediately following such date and
continuing until the first Business Day immediately following the date on which such financial statement (or, if later, such certificate related to such financial statement) is delivered, or (y) at all times if an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders
determine that (i) the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio would have resulted in a higher
Pricing Level for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Applicable Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
promptly on demand by the Applicable Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code, automatically and without further action by the
Applicable Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such
period.
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“Approved Foreign Bank” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of the term “Permitted Investments.”
“Approved Commercial Bank” shall mean a commercial bank with a consolidated
combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000,000.
“Approved Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(ii).
“Arrangers” shall mean, collectively, GS Bank, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC,
Citizens Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, Keybanc Capital Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, The Huntington National Bank and Truist Securities, Inc.
“Asset Sale” shall mean (x) any Disposition (including any sale and lease-back
of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (y) any sale of any Equity Interests by any Subsidiary to a person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary.
“Asset Sale Required Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale,
100%; provided that, if the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended when the Borrower receives the applicable Net Proceeds, is (x) less than
or equal to 1.50 to 1.00 and greater than 1.00 to 1.00, such percentage shall be 50% or (y) less than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00, such percentage shall be 0%.
“Assignee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(i).
“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into
by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by Section 9.04), in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by the Applicable Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower.
“Attributable Receivables Indebtedness” shall mean the principal amount of
Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment owing by a Receivables Entity to a Receivables Seller or a Receivables Seller to another Receivables Seller in connection with the transfer, sale and/or pledge of
Permitted Receivables Facility Assets) which (i) if a Qualified Receivables Facility is structured as a secured lending agreement or other similar agreement, constitutes the principal amount of such Indebtedness or (ii) if a Qualified
Receivables Facility is structured as a purchase agreement or other similar agreement, would be outstanding at such time under such Qualified Receivables Facility if the same were structured as a secured lending agreement rather than a
purchase agreement or such other similar agreement.
“Auction Manager” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(a).
“Auction Procedures” shall mean auction procedures with respect to Purchase
Offers set forth in Exhibit F hereto.
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“Auto Renewal Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.05(c).
“Availability Period” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Revolving
Facility Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date (or, if later, the effective date for such Class of Revolving Facility Commitments) to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Class
and, in the case of each of the Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving Facility Borrowings, Swingline Loans, Swingline Borrowings and Letters of Credit, the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.
“Available Amount” shall mean, as at any time of determination, an amount, not
less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis, equal to, without duplication:
(a) the
greater of (i) $282,500,000 and (ii) 50% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period of the Borrower for which financial statements are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b), as applicable, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, plus
(b) 50% of
cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower since May 29, 2021, plus
(c) the
cumulative amounts of all mandatory prepayments declined by Term Lenders, plus
(d) the
Cumulative Qualified Equity Proceeds Amount on such date of determination, minus
(e) the
cumulative amount of Investments made with the Available Amount from and after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (net of any return on such Investments not otherwise included in the Cumulative Qualified Equity Proceeds
Amount), minus
(f) the
cumulative amount of Restricted Payments made with the Available Amount from and after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time.
“Available Tenor” shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect
to any then-current Benchmark for any currency, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to
this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with
reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.14.
“Available Unused Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Facility
Lender under any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the applicable Revolving Facility Commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time exceeds (b) the applicable
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure (excluding the Swingline Exposure) of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time.
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“Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial
Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country
implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in
the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to
the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now or hereafter in effect, and any successor thereto.
“Bankruptcy Plan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i)(iii).
“Benchmark” shall mean, initially, with respect to any (a) Obligations,
interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars, the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars; provided that if (i) the USD LIBOR Transition Date has occurred or (ii) a Benchmark Transition Event or a Term RFR Transition Event, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with
respect to the then-current Benchmark for Dollars, then “Benchmark” means, with respect to such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts, the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement
has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.14(c), (b) Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to,
Sterling, the Daily Simple RFR applicable thereto; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event or a Term RFR Transition Event, as applicable, and its related Benchmark
Replacement Date have occurred with respect to such Daily Simple RFR or the then‑current Benchmark for Sterling, then “Benchmark” means, with respect to such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts, the applicable
Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.14(c) and (c) Obligations, interest, fees,
commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Euros or Danish Krone, the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate applicable for such currency; provided that if a
Benchmark Transition Event or a Term RFR Transition Event, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to such Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate or the then-current Benchmark for such currency, then
“Benchmark” means, with respect to such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts, the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.14(c).
“Benchmark Replacement” shall mean,
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(a) with
respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for the then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for such Benchmark
giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for
determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for such Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable currency at such time and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents;
(b) with
respect to the USD LIBOR Transition Date, for any Available Tenor of the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for
Dollars, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent for the USD LIBOR Transition Date:
(i) Term RFR
for Dollars;
(ii) Daily
Simple RFR for Dollars; or
(iii) the sum of:
(A) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the Adjusted Eurocurrency
Rate for Dollars giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing
market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars for syndicated credit facilities denominated
in Dollars at such time and (B) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such
Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or
(c) with
respect to any Term RFR Transition Event for any currency, the Term RFR for such currency;
provided that, in the case of clause (b)(1), if the
Applicable Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be made in good faith and in a manner substantially consistent with the determinations being made for similarly situated customers of such Administrative Agent under
agreements having provisions similar to this defined term) that Term RFR for Dollars is not administratively feasible for the Applicable Administrative Agent, then Term RFR for Dollars will be deemed unable to be determined for purposes
of this definition.
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“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” shall mean, for purposes of clauses (a) and (b)(iii) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, with respect to any replacement of any then‑current
Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been
selected by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of
such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining
such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable currency.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark
Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR” (if applicable), the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition
(or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), the definition of “Eurocurrency Banking Day”, the definition of “RFR Business Day”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests
or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Applicable Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and
implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Applicable Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Applicable Administrative Agent decides that
adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Applicable Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner
of administration as the Applicable Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events
with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any currency:
(a) in the
case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the
public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide
all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) in the
case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has
been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that
such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such
Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date; or
(c) in the
case of a Term RFR Transition Event for such currency, the Term RFR Transition Date applicable thereto.
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For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the Reference Time for the applicable Benchmark refers to a specific time of day and the event giving
rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date for any Benchmark occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference
Time for such Benchmark and for such determination and (B) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component
used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean, with respect to the then-current
Benchmark for any currency (other than Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars), the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:
(a) a public
statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all
Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor
administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public
statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the FRB, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the central bank
for the currency applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark
(or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has
ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or
publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public
statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication
of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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“Benchmark Transition Start Date” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, in
the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th
day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement
or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to (a) the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars, the period (if any) (i) beginning at the time that the USD LIBOR Transition Date has occurred pursuant to clause (a)
of that definition if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14(c)
and (ii) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14(c)
and (b) any then-current Benchmark for any currency other than the Adjusted Eurocurrency
Rate for Dollars, the period (if any) (i) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark
for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14(c) and (ii) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for
all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14(c).
“Benefit Plan” shall mean any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in
ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan.”
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party shall mean an “affiliate” (as such term is
defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement” shall mean any agreement (other than this
Agreement) entered into by and between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and a Bilateral Letter of Credit Issuer providing for the issuance of letters of credit, for the benefit or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Bilateral Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean Bank of America, N.A. (or any
Affiliate thereof) and any person that is (or any Affiliate of any person that is) an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender on the Closing Date (or any person that becomes an Agent, Arranger or Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Closing Date)
and that enters into or is a party to a Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement (provided, that, in the case of Bank of America, N.A. or any Affiliate thereof, Bank of America, N.A. or such Affiliate shall have delivered to the Borrower, the Administrative Agents and the Collateral
Agent an executed instrument pursuant to which it agrees to be, and to be treated as, a Secured Party for all purposes under the Loans Documents with respect to the obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under such Bilateral Letter
of Credit Agreement (or all Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements to which it is or becomes party)).
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“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States of America.
“Board of Directors” shall mean, as to any person, the board of directors, the
board of managers, the sole manager or other governing body of such person.
“Bona Fide Debt Fund” shall mean any fund or investment vehicle that is
primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and other similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement, together with any permitted successor thereto in accordance with Section 6.05(g) or (n).
“Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
“Borrowing” shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type under a single
Facility, and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and Term RFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Minimum” shall mean (a) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans,
$1,000,000, (b) in the case of ABR Loans and RFR Loans, $1,000,000 and (c) in the case of Swingline Loans, $500,000 or such other amount agreed to by the Swingline Lender.
“Borrowing Multiple” shall mean (a) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, $500,000,
(b) in the case of ABR Loans and RFR Loans, $250,000 and (c) in the case of Swingline Loans, $100,000 or such other amount agreed to by the Swingline Lender.
“Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the
terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or another form approved by the Applicable
Administrative Agent.
“Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, (i) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a Eurocurrency Banking Day, and (ii) when used in connection with an RFR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not an RFR Business Day.
“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any person in respect of any period, the
aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of
such person; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not include:
(a) expenditures
to the extent made with proceeds of the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or capital contributions to the Borrower or funds that would have constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term “Net Proceeds” (but that will not constitute Net Proceeds as a result of the first or second proviso to such clause (a));
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(b) expenditures
of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such
lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
to the extent such proceeds are not then required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b);
(c) interest
capitalized during such period;
(d) expenditures
that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding the Borrower or any Subsidiary) and for which none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary has provided or is required to
provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period);
(e) the book
value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during
such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that (i) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be
reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made and (ii) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired;
(f) the
purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent that the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase, (ii) the proceeds of a
concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or (iii) assets Disposed of pursuant to Section 6.05(m);
(g) Investments
in respect of a Permitted Acquisition; or
(h) the
purchase of property, plant or equipment made with proceeds from any Asset Sale to the extent such proceeds are not then required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b).
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” shall mean, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with
GAAP; provided that all obligations that are or would be characterized as an operating lease as determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 (whether or
not such operating lease was in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as an operating lease (and not as a Capitalized Lease Obligation) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following December 31,
2018 (or any change in the implementation in GAAP for future periods that are contemplated as of December 31, 2018) that would otherwise require such obligation to be recharacterized as a Capitalized Lease Obligation.
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“Cash-Capped Incremental Facility” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the definition of the term “Incremental Amount.”
“Cash Collateralize” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Banks or Lenders, as collateral for Revolving L/C Exposure or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of Revolving L/C Exposure, cash or deposit account
balances or, if the Collateral Agent and each Issuing Bank shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and each
applicable Issuing Bank. “Cash Collateral” and “Cash Collateralization” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement to provide to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network
services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds
transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.
“Cash Management Bank” shall mean Bank of America, N.A. (or any Affiliate
thereof) and any person that is (or any Affiliate of any person that is) an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender on the Closing Date (or any person that becomes an Agent, Arranger or Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Closing Date) and that
enters into or is a party to a Cash Management Agreement with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement (provided,
that, in the case of Bank of America, N.A. or any Affiliate thereof, Bank of America, N.A. or such Affiliate shall have delivered to the Borrower, the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent an executed instrument pursuant to which
it agrees to be, and to be treated as, a Secured Party for all purposes under the Loans Documents with respect to the obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under such Cash Management Agreement (or all Cash Management Agreements to
which it is or becomes party)).
“Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing
Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any written
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives under or issued in connection with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, all interpretations and applications thereof and any compliance by a Lender with any request or directive relating thereto and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated under or in connection with, all
interpretations and applications of, and any compliance by a Lender with any request or directive relating to International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States
of America or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case under clauses (x) and (y)
be deemed to be a “Change in Law” but only to the extent it is the general policy of a Lender to impose applicable increased costs or costs in connection with capital adequacy requirements similar to those described in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 2.15 generally on other
similarly situated borrowers under similar circumstances under agreements permitting such impositions.
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“Change of Control” shall mean the acquisition of ownership, directly or
indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date) of Equity Interests representing more
than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, unless the Borrower becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company (i.e., a parent
company) and (i) the direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Borrower’s Equity Interests immediately prior to that event
or (ii) immediately following that transaction no Person (other than a company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
“CIBOR” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Eurocurrency Rate.”
“Class” shall mean, (a) when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, whether
such Loan or the Loans comprising such Borrowing are Initial Term A Loans, Initial Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans; and (b) when used in respect of any Commitment, whether such Commitment is
in respect of a commitment to make Initial Term A Loans, Initial Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans. Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans that have different terms and conditions (together
with the Commitments in respect thereof) from the Initial Term A Loans and Initial Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, respectively, or from other Other Term Loans or other Other Revolving Loans, as applicable, shall be construed
to be in separate and distinct Classes.
“Class Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
“Closing Date” shall mean the first date on which the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08), which date occurred on July 19, 2021.
“Closing Date Refinancing” shall mean (i) the termination of the commitments
under the Existing Target Credit Agreement and the repayment of all outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest and fees owing thereunder and (ii) the termination of the commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement and the
repayment of all principal and accrued and unpaid interest and fees owing thereunder.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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“Collateral” shall mean all the “Collateral” as defined in any Security Document
and shall also include all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Subagent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to any Security Document; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Security Document or other Loan Document, in no case shall the Collateral include any Excluded Property.
“Collateral Agent” shall mean GS Bank acting as collateral agent for the Secured
Parties, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Collateral Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit L dated as of the Closing Date, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, among the Borrower, each
Guarantor and the Collateral Agent.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall mean the requirement that (in each
case, subject to the last three paragraphs of Section 5.10, and subject to Schedule 5.14 (which, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall override the applicable clauses of this definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”)):
(a) on the
Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Guarantor, a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement and a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement, in each case duly executed and delivered on behalf of
such person;
(b) on the
Closing Date, (i)(x) all outstanding Equity Interests directly owned by the Loan Parties, other than Excluded Securities, and (y) all Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party, other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged or
assigned for security purposes pursuant to the Security Documents and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received certificates, updated share registers (where necessary under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction in order to create
a perfected security interest in such Equity Interests) or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests and any notes or other instruments required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to the applicable Security
Documents, together with stock powers, note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto (as applicable) endorsed in blank;
(c) in the
case of any person that becomes a Guarantor after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement and (ii) supplements to the Collateral Agreement and any other Security Documents,
if applicable, in the form specified therefor or otherwise reasonably acceptable to each Administrative Agent, in each case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Guarantor;
(d) after the
Closing Date (x) all outstanding Equity Interests of any person that becomes a Guarantor after the Closing Date and that are held by a Loan Party and (y) all Equity Interests directly acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date, in
each case, other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Security Documents, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto (as applicable) endorsed in blank;
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(e) except as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document, all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and filings with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, and all other actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (including those required by applicable Requirements of Law) to be delivered, filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be
created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been delivered, filed,
registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording substantially concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(f) evidence
of the insurance (if any) required by the terms of Section 5.02 hereof shall have been received by the Collateral Agent; and
(g) after the
Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.10 or the Security Documents
and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 5.10.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, it is understood that to the extent any Collateral (other than
Collateral with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by (A) the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, (B) delivery and taking possession of stock certificates of the Target and the respective subsidiaries of the
Borrower and the Target or (C) the filing of a short-form security agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office) is not or cannot be provided or the security interest of the Collateral
Agent therein is not or cannot be perfected on the Closing Date after the use of commercially reasonable efforts by the Borrower to do so and without undue burden and expense, then the provision and/or perfection of the security interest in
such Collateral shall not constitute a condition precedent to any Credit Event on the Closing Date but, instead, shall be required to be delivered and perfected within 90 days after the Closing Date (subject to extension by the Term
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).
“Commitments” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s
Revolving Facility Commitment and Term Facility Commitment and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender’s Swingline Commitment (it being understood that a Swingline Commitment does not increase the Swingline Lender’s
Revolving Facility Commitment).
“Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et
seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Consolidated Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of
(without duplication) the principal amount of (x) all Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (y) guarantees by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of Indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case determined
on a consolidated basis on such date.
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“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the
Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period,
the aggregate Net Income of such person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that without duplication:
(a) any net
after-Tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses or charges shall be excluded;
(b) effects of
purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such person and such Subsidiaries) in amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to
any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of Taxes, shall be excluded;
(c) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles (which shall in no case include any change in the comprehensive basis of accounting) during such period shall be excluded;
(d) (i) any
net after-Tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations, provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any
classification under GAAP of any person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition, abandonment, transfer, closure or discontinuation of operations thereof has been entered into as
discontinued operations, at the Borrower’s option, no pro forma effect shall be given to any discontinued operations (and the income or loss attributable to any such person, business, assets or operations shall not be excluded for any
purposes hereunder) until such disposition, abandonment, transfer, closure or discontinuation of operations shall have been consummated, (ii) any net after-Tax gain or loss on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or
discontinued operations and (iii) any net after-Tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as
determined in good faith by the Borrower) shall, in each case, be excluded;
(e) any net
after-Tax gains or losses, or any subsequent charges or expenses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto), attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, hedging obligations or other derivative instruments
shall be excluded;
(f) the Net
Income for such period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting (other than a Guarantor), shall be included only to the extent
of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments actually paid in cash or cash equivalents (or to the extent converted into cash or cash equivalents) to the referent person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
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(g) solely for
purposes of calculating the Available Amount, the Net Income for such period of any Subsidiary of such person shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of
its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such subsidiary or its equityholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted
into cash) by any such Subsidiary to such person or a Subsidiary of such person (subject to the provisions of this clause (g)), to the extent not already included therein;
(h) any
impairment charge or asset write-off with respect to long-term assets and amortization of intangibles, in each case pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded;
(i) any
non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales to employees, officers or directors of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock
options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded;
(j) any (i)
non-cash compensation charges or (ii) non-cash costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Closing Date of officers, directors and
employees, in each case of such person or any of its subsidiaries, shall be excluded;
(k) accruals
and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the Closing Date (excluding any such accruals or reserves to the extent that they represent an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or
amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;
(l) the Net
Income of any person and its Subsidiaries shall be calculated by deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(m) any
unrealized gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any unrealized net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for interest rates, commodities or currency exchange risk, shall be excluded;
(n) to the
extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such
amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (ii) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within
365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded; and
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(o) non-cash
charges for deferred Tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded (except to the extent reversing a previously recognized increase to Consolidated Net Income).
Consolidated Net Income presented in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars based on the average exchange rate for such
currency during, and applied to, each fiscal year, fiscal quarter or fiscal month (at the Borrower’s option) in the period for which Consolidated Net Income is being calculated.
“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the
total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding amounts attributable to Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower as of the last day of the Test Period ending immediately prior to such date for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) pursuant to Section 4.01(j), 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), as applicable. Consolidated Total Assets shall be
determined on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination,
(i) Consolidated Debt on such date less (ii) the Unrestricted Cash Amount on such date.
“Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided,
that increases or decreases in Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities,
as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.
“Continuing Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(k).
“Contract Consideration” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow.”
“Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controls,” “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall have meanings correlative thereto.
“Covered Entity” shall mean any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as
that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined
in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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“Credit Event” shall mean each Borrowing (but not, for the avoidance of doubt,
the continuation of any Loan or conversion of any Loan from one Type to another) and each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit or increase of the stated amount of a Letter of Credit.
“Cumulative Qualified Equity Proceeds Amount” shall mean, at any date of
determination, an amount equal to, without duplication:
(a) 100% of
the aggregate net proceeds (determined in a manner consistent with the definition of “Net Proceeds”), including cash and the Fair Market Value of tangible assets other than cash, received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from the
issue or sale of its Qualified Equity Interests, including Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower issued upon conversion of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock to the extent the Borrower or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries had received the Net Proceeds of such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock; plus
(b) 100% of
the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries in cash and the Fair Market Value of assets other
than cash received by the Borrower or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries after the Closing Date from (without duplication of amounts,
and without including the items described below to the extent same are already included in Excess Cash Flow):
(i) the sale
or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) of any Investment made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Investment from the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by any person
(other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) to the extent that (x) such Investment was justified as using a portion of the Available Amount pursuant to clause (Y) of Section 6.04(j) and (y) the Net Proceeds thereof are not required to be applied pursuant to Section 2.11(b);
(ii) the sale
(other than to the Borrower or a Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that (x) the designation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary was justified as using a portion of the Available Amount pursuant
to clause (Y) of Section 6.04(j) and (y) the Net Proceeds thereof are not required to be applied pursuant to Section 2.11(b); or
(iii) to the
extent not included in the calculation of Net Income for the relevant period, a distribution, dividend or other payment from an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent relating to any portion of the Investment therein made pursuant to sub-clause (Y) of Section 6.04(j).
“Current Assets” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of (a) all assets (other than cash, Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, and (b) in the event that a Qualified Receivables Facility is accounted for
off balance sheet, (x) gross accounts receivable comprising part of the Permitted Receivables Facility Assets subject to such Qualified Receivables Facility less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to clause (x).
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“Current Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date
of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense that is past due), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income
or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other
post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for exclusions from Consolidated Net Income included in clause (a) of the definition of such term.
“Customary Bridge Financings” shall mean any bridge financing so long as the
long-term debt into which such customary bridge financing is to be converted has a final maturity date (after giving effect to automatic rollovers and extensions, if any) no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date.
“Daily Simple RFR” shall mean, for any day (an “RFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, (a) Dollars, on and after
the USD LIBOR Transition Date, the greater of (i) Spread Adjusted SOFR for the day (such day, an “RFR SOFR Determination Day”)
that is five (5) RFR Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such RFR Rate Day or (B) if such RFR Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Rate Day, in each
case, utilizing the SOFR component of such Spread Adjusted SOFR that is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website, and (ii) the Floor and (b) Sterling, the greater of (i) Spread Adjusted SONIA for the day (such
day, together with the RFR SOFR Determination Day, the “RFR Determination Date”) that is five (5) RFR Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such
RFR Rate Day or (B) if such RFR Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Rate Day, in each case, as such Spread Adjusted SONIA is published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA
Administrator’s Website, and (ii) the Floor. If by 5:00 pm (local time for the applicable RFR) on the second (2nd) RFR Business Day immediately following any RFR Determination Day, the RFR in respect of such RFR Determination
Day has not been published on the applicable RFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the applicable Daily Simple RFR has not occurred, then the RFR for such RFR
Determination Day will be the RFR as published in respect of the first preceding RFR Business Day for which such RFR was published on the RFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any RFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple RFR for no more than three (3) consecutive RFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple RFR
due to a change in the applicable RFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the RFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Daily Simple RFR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Daily Simple
RFR Loans of the same Class and currency.
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“Daily Simple RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on
Daily Simple RFR other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “ABR.”
“Danish Krone” shall mean the lawful currency of Denmark.
“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from
time to time in effect.
“Declined Prepayment Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(e).
“Declining Term Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(e).
“Default” shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or
both would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default
Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.24, any Revolving Facility Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Revolving Facility Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder
or (ii) pay to the PR Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans)
within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Swingline Lender, the PR Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend or expect to comply with its funding obligations
hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the PR Administrative Agent or the
Borrower, to confirm in writing to the PR Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender
shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the PR Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a
direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or
similar person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the
subject of a Bail-In Action; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any
direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the
enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the PR
Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall
be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.24) upon delivery of written notice of such
determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
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“Delaware Divided LLC” shall mean any Delaware LLC which has been formed as a
consequence of a Delaware LLC Division (excluding any dividing Delaware LLC that survives a Delaware LLC Division).
“Delaware LLC” shall mean any limited liability company organized or formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“Delaware LLC Division” shall mean the statutory division of any Delaware LLC
into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash
consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth
such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent disposition of such Designated Non‑Cash Consideration.
“Dispose” or “Disposed of”
shall mean to convey, sell, lease, sell and lease-back, assign, farm-out, transfer or otherwise dispose of any property, business or asset (including to a Delaware Divided LLC pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division). The term “Disposition” shall have a correlative meaning to the foregoing.
“Disqualified Lender” shall mean (i) the persons identified as “Disqualified
Institutions” in writing to GS Bank by the Borrower on or prior to April 19, 2021, (ii) any other person identified by name in writing to each Administrative Agent after April 19, 2021 to the extent such person is or becomes a competitor of
the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and (iii) any Affiliate of any person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above that is
clearly identifiable as such by name; provided that a “competitor” or an Affiliate of a competitor shall not include any Bona Fide Debt Fund; provided, further, that no updates to the list of Disqualified Lenders shall be deemed to retroactively disqualify any parties that have previously
acquired an assignment or participation interest in respect of the Loans or the Commitments. The Borrower shall deliver any list of Disqualified Lenders delivered after the Closing Date and any updates, supplements or modifications thereto
after the Closing Date to Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and any such updates, supplements or modifications thereto shall only become effective three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agents may agree in their sole discretion) after such update, supplement or modification has been sent to such email address. In the event the list of Disqualified Lenders is not delivered in accordance with the foregoing,
it shall be deemed not received and not effective (except with respect to any delivery on or prior to the Closing Date).
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“Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any Equity
Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity
Interests of the Borrower), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled, mandatory payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would
constitute Disqualified Stock, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance thereof and except
as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Loan
Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments (provided, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily
redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock). Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any Equity Interests issued to any
employee or consultant or to any plan for the benefit of employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees or consultants shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be
required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; and (ii) any class of Equity Interests of such person that by
its terms authorizes such person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the PR Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the
Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such currency.
“Dollars” or “$”
shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“DQ List” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i)(iv).
“Early Opt-in Effective Date” means, with respect to any Early Opt-in Election,
the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Applicable Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice
of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
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“Early Opt-in Election” shall mean the occurrence of: (a) a notification by the
Applicable Administrative Agent to (or the request by the Borrower to the Applicable Administrative Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five (5) currently outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit
facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified
in such notice and are publicly available for review), and (b) (i) the joint election by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower to trigger a fallback from USD LIBOR and the provision by the Applicable Administrative Agent of
written notice of such election to the Lenders.
“ECF Required Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow
Period, 50%; provided that, if the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period ending on the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period is (x) less than or equal to
1.50 to 1.00 and greater than 1.00 to 1.00, such percentage shall be 25% or (y) less than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00, such percentage shall be 0%.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment
firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses
(a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union,
Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any
person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“EMU Legislation” shall mean the legislative measures of the European Council
for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environment” shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater
(including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable laws (including common law),
rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, binding agreements, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, any Hazardous Materials or to public or employee health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the Environment or Hazardous Materials).
“Environmental Permits” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.16.
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“Equity Interests” of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests,
rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock (including any preferred equity
certificates (and any other similar instruments)), any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any
of the foregoing, but excluding any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the
same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
that, together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of
Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) with respect to any Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) a determination that
any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code); (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make by its due date any required
contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) the incurrence by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the receipt by the
Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (g) the incurrence
by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any
notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305
of ERISA; (i) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; or (j) the withdrawal of any of the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to
Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.15(a).
“EURIBOR” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of “Eurocurrency
Rate.”
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“EURIBOR Rate” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of
“Eurocurrency Rate.”
“Euro” shall mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States
introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurocurrency,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall mean that
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency Banking Day” shall mean, (i) for Obligations, interest, fees,
commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars, a London Banking Day, (ii) for Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Euros, a TARGET Day
and (iii) for Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Danish Krone, any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for business in Denmark; provided, that such day is also a Business Day.
“Eurocurrency Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.
“Eurocurrency Loan” shall mean any Eurocurrency Term Loan or Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan.
“Eurocurrency Rate” shall mean,
(a) for any
Eurocurrency Loan for any Interest Period:
(i) denominated
in Dollars, the greater of (A) the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to the applicable Interest Period as published by the IBA (or any
other person that takes over the administration of such rate) for a period equal in length to such Interest Period, as displayed on the applicable Reuters page (or on any successor or substitute page or service providing such quotations
as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent from time to time; in each case, the “USD LIBOR Rate”), at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the Rate Determination Date; and (B) the Floor;
(ii) denominated
in Euros, the greater of (A) the rate of interest per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”) as administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any
other person that takes over the administration of such rate) for a period equal in length to such Interest Period, as displayed on the applicable Reuters page (or on any successor or substitute page or service providing such quotations
as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent from time to time ; in each case, the “EURIBOR Rate”), at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) on the Rate
Determination Date and (B) the Floor;
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(iii) denominated
in Danish Krone, the greater of (A) Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate (“CIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or on any successor or substitute page or
service such quotations as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent from time to time), at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Copenhagen time) on the Rate Determination Date and (B) the Floor; and
(iv) denominated
in any other currency (other than a currency referenced in clauses (i) through (iii) above or Sterling), the rate
designated with respect to such currency at the time such currency is approved by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders pursuant to Section 1.09.
(b) for any
rate calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period of approximately one (1) month as published by the IBA, or a comparable or
successor quoting service approved by the Applicable Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Eurocurrency Banking Days prior to the date of such calculation.
“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” shall mean, for any day during any Interest
Period, the percentage which is in effect for such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, as prescribed by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any special, supplemental, emergency or other marginal
reserve requirement) in respect of eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D) or any other reserve ratio or analogous requirement of any central banking or financial regulatory authority
imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans. The Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency
Reserve Percentage.
“Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.
“Eurocurrency Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Eurocurrency Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal:
(a) the sum,
without duplication, of
(i) Consolidated
Net Income of the Borrower for such period,
(ii) an amount
equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts included in clauses (a), (d), (e), (j) and (n) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” and excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
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(iii) decreases
in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from dispositions outside the ordinary course of business by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries completed during such period),
(iv) cash
receipts by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in such Consolidated Net Income, and
(v) the amount
by which Tax expense deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such period exceeded Taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or Tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in such period,
minus (b) the sum, without
duplication, of
(i) an amount
equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (a), (b), (e) and (j) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” and included in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(ii) without
duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (ix) below in prior years, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income, the amount of Permitted
Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property made in cash during such period by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except to the extent that such Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisition
of intellectual property were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries (other than under the Revolving Facility),
(iii) the
aggregate amount of all principal payments or redemptions of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and (B) the amount of any
scheduled repayment of Term Loans, but excluding (w) the amount of any voluntary payments or redemptions of (i) Permitted Debt secured by Other First Liens and amounts used to repurchase outstanding principal of any such Permitted Debt
secured by Other First Liens and (ii) Term Loans and amounts used to repurchase outstanding principal of any such Term Loans, (y) all prepayments of Revolving Facility Loans and Swingline Loans and (z) all prepayments in respect of any
other revolving credit facility, except in the case of clause (z) to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness (other than
under the Revolving Facility) of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries,
(iv) increases
in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
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(v) payments
by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income,
(vi) without
duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (ix) below in prior fiscal years, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (on a
consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions) made during such period pursuant to Section 6.04 (except for those Investments made under Section 6.04(b), (c), (e)(iii) and (j)(Y) (other than any Investments made in reliance on clause (a) of the definition of “Available Amount” or amounts
accrued during such period under clause (b) of the definition of “Available Amount”)) to the extent that such Investments were financed with internally generated cash flow of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
(vii) the amount
of Restricted Payments during such period (on a consolidated basis) by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries made in compliance with Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(a), (b) and (c)) to the extent such
Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
(viii) the
aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such
payments are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(ix) without
duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to be consummated or made during
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash
actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such
shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(x) the
amount of Taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or Tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of Tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net
Income for such period, and
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(xi) cash
expenditures in respect of Hedging Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.
“Excess Cash Flow Period” shall mean each fiscal year of the Borrower,
commencing with the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on or about May 31, 2023.
“Excluded Indebtedness” shall mean all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of
Section 6.01.
“Excluded Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10.
“Excluded Securities” shall mean any of the following:
(a) any Equity
Interests or Indebtedness with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the
Security Documents (including Tax consequences) are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;
(b) any Equity
Interests or Indebtedness to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to applicable
provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable law);
(c) any Equity
Interests of any person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Secured
Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) is prohibited by (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement, or similar agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an
unaffiliated third party not in violation of Section 6.09 that was existing on the Closing Date or at the time of the acquisition of such person and was not created in
contemplation of such acquisition but, in the case of this subclause (A), only to the extent, and for so long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable
or otherwise deemed ineffective by the Uniform Commercial Code or any other Requirement of Law, (B) any organizational documents, joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement, or similar agreement (or other contractual obligation
referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party thereto; provided,
that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Loan Party or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such organizational documents, joint venture agreement, shareholder agreement or similar agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) would give any other party
(other than a Loan Party or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement, shareholder
agreement or similar agreement governing such Equity Interests the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, but only to the extent, and for so long as, such right of termination is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or
otherwise deemed ineffective by the Uniform Commercial Code or any other Requirement of Law;
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(d) any Equity
Interests of any (A) Unrestricted Subsidiary, (B) Immaterial Subsidiary, (C) special purpose securitization entity, including any Receivables Entity (to the extent they are restricted from being pledged by the applicable Qualified
Receivables Facility), (D) not-for-profit Subsidiary or (E) captive insurance Subsidiary;
(e) any Margin
Stock; and
(f) voting
Equity Interests (and any other interests constituting “stock entitled to vote” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in excess of 65% of all such voting Equity Interests in (A) any Foreign Subsidiary or (B)
any FSHCO.
“Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean any of the following:
(a) each
Immaterial Subsidiary,
(b) each
Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary),
(c) each
Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited from Guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations by any Requirement of Law or that would require consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority to Guarantee or
grant Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received),
(d) each
Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable contractual requirement from Guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations on the Closing Date or at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary not in violation of Section 6.09(m) (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect),
(e) any
special purpose securitization entity, including any Receivables Entity,
(f) any
Foreign Subsidiary,
(g) any
Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is an FSHCO or (ii) that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower,
(h) any other
Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agents and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences (including Tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee of or granting Liens to secure the
Obligations are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby,
(i) each
Unrestricted Subsidiary, and
(j) any
captive insurance Subsidiary and any not-for-profit Subsidiary.
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“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap
Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the
Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of (a) such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an
“eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder or (b) in the case of a Swap Obligation subject to a clearing
requirement pursuant to Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor
provision thereto), in each case at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, unless otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agents
and the Borrower. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security
interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Administrative Agent, any
Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by such recipient’s overall net
income (however denominated, and including, for the avoidance of doubt, franchise and similar Taxes imposed on such recipient in lieu of net income Taxes), or any branch profits or similar Taxes, in each case, imposed by a jurisdiction
(including any political subdivision thereof) (a) as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction, or
(b) as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from any such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received
payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced any Loan Document or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document), (ii) U.S. federal withholding Tax
imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document to a Lender (other than to the extent such Lender is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b) or 2.19(c)) pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new
lending office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts or indemnification payments from any
Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.17, (iii) any withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party
hereunder that is attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(d) or Section 2.17(f) or
(iv) any Tax imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Class Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
“Existing Letter of Credit” shall mean each letter of credit previously issued
(or deemed issued) for the account of (x) the Borrower or a subsidiary thereof under the Existing Credit Agreement or (y) the Target or a subsidiary thereof under the Existing Target Credit Agreement, in each case, that is outstanding on
the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 2.05(a).
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“Existing Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Fifth Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among the Borrower, as the borrower, the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, as may be further
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified prior to the Closing Date.
“Existing Target Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2018, by and among the Target, as parent borrower, the foreign borrowers party thereto, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer, as may be further amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified prior to the Closing Date.
“Extended Revolving Facility Commitment” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.22(a).
“Extended Revolving Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Extended Term A Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Extended Term B Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Extended Term Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Extending Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Extension” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Extension Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.22(b).
“Facility” shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized in making
Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that, as of the Closing Date, there are three Facilities (i.e. the Initial Term A Facility, Initial Term B Facility and Revolving Facility) and thereafter, the term “Facility” may include any other Class of Commitments and the extensions of credit thereunder.
“Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to any asset or property, the price
(as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower) that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction.
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing
Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), or any current or future Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or official administrative interpretations
thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, such Code section as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version described above), and any intergovernmental agreements or any legislation,
rules or official administrative practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement) implementing the foregoing.
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“FCA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(h).
“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB
based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as
the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall deemed to be zero for the purposes of this
Agreement.
“Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Second Amended and Restated Arranger Fee
Letter, dated as of May 15, 2021, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agents and other parties party thereto (as such Fee Letter may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified).
“Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the Issuing
Bank Fees and the Administrative Agent Fees.
“Financial Covenant” shall mean the covenant of the Borrower set forth in Section 6.10.
“Financial Officer” of any person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer,
principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Controller or other executive responsible for the financial affairs of such person.
“First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (A) (i) the sum of, without duplication, (x) the aggregate principal amount of any Consolidated Debt consisting of Loan Obligations outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such
date that are then secured by first-priority Liens on the Collateral and (y) the aggregate principal amount of any other Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of the last day of such Test Period that is then
secured by Liens on the Collateral that are Other First Liens, less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash Amount as of the last day of such Test Period, to (B) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Floor” shall mean a rate of interest equal to (x) with respect to the Initial Term B Loans, 0.00% per annum, (z) with respect to the Initial Term A Loans, 0.00% per
annum and (y) with respect to the Revolving Facility Loans, 0.00% per annum.
“Foreign Disposition” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h).
“Foreign Excess Flow” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h).
“Foreign Lender” shall mean a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
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“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized
under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of Revolving L/C Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank other than such Revolving L/C Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to the
Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.
“FRB” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States.
“FSHCO” shall mean any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that owns no material
assets other than the Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower or Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness of one or more other FSHCOs.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time
to time in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court
or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
“GS Bank” shall mean Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
“Guarantee” of or by any person (the “guarantor”) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by
another person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the
payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien
on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness or other obligation (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness or other obligation to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or
not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor (other than Liens on Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries); provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or
customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to
Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness or other obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such person in good faith. The amount of the Indebtedness or other obligation subject to any Guarantee provided by any person for purposes of clause (b) above shall (unless the applicable Indebtedness has been assumed by such person or is otherwise recourse to such person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the
aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness or other obligation and (B) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby.
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“Guarantee Agreement” shall mean the Guarantee Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit M dated as of the Closing Date as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, among the Borrower, each Guarantor and the
Collateral Agent.
“guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
the term “Guarantee.”
“Guarantors” shall mean (a) the Borrower (only with respect to Obligations of
the other Guarantors in respect of Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements, as applicable) and (b) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is or becomes a Loan Party
pursuant to Section 5.10(c), whether existing on the Closing Date or established, created or acquired after the Closing Date, unless and until such time as the respective
Subsidiary is released from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof.
“Hazardous Materials” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum byproducts or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas or
pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers or other agricultural chemicals, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” shall mean Bank of America, N.A. (or any Affiliate thereof) and any
person that is (or any Affiliate of any person that is) an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender on the Closing Date (or any person that becomes an Agent, Arranger or Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Closing Date) and that enters into or is a
party to a Hedging Agreement with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Hedging Agreement (provided, that, in the case of Bank
of America, N.A. or any Affiliate thereof, Bank of America, N.A. or such Affiliate shall have delivered to the Borrower, the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent an executed instrument pursuant to which it agrees to be, and to be
treated as, a Secured Party for all purposes under the Loans Documents with respect to the obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under such Hedging Agreement (or all Hedging Agreements to which it is or becomes party)).
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“Hedging Agreement” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward,
future or derivative transaction, or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or
measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reserve repurchase transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction, spot contracts, fixed price physical
delivery contracts, or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case of the foregoing, whether or not exchange traded; provided, that no phantom
stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement.
“IBA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(h).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the
last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(j), 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), as applicable, have assets with a value in excess of 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets and revenues
representing in excess of 2.5% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, and (b) taken together with all such Subsidiaries as of such date, did not have assets with a value in excess of
5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of
such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness or in the form of common stock of the
Borrower, the accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.
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“Incremental Amount” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (x) the greater of (i) $565,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b), as applicable, on a Pro Forma Basis (the “Cash-Capped Incremental Facility”), plus (y) an unlimited amount (the “Ratio-Based
Incremental Facility”) so long as on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Incremental Facility, the use of proceeds thereof, any acquisition consummated concurrently therewith, and all other
related transactions or events (calculated (a) in the event the Borrower is incurring Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as if such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments were fully drawn on the effective date thereof and (b)
excluding any cash constituting proceeds of such Incremental Facility), (i) in the case of any Incremental Facility secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans and the Revolving Facility, the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 2.00:1.00 (or, in the case
of any Incremental Facility incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or any other similar investment permitted by Section 6.04, if greater, the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction), or (ii)
in the case of any Incremental Facility that is unsecured or secured by Liens on the Collateral on a junior basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans and the Revolving Facility, the Total Net Leverage Ratio would
not exceed 5.25 to 1.00 (or, in the case of any Incremental Facility incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or any other similar investment permitted by Section 6.04, if greater, the Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior
to such transaction), plus (z) an amount equal to all voluntary prepayments and repurchases of Term Loans (including Incremental Term Loans) and voluntary prepayments of Revolving
Facility Loans to the extent accompanied by a corresponding reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments, in the case of this clause (z) to the extent not financed with the
proceeds of long‑term Indebtedness, other than, without duplication, to the extent funded with Revolving Facility Loans or loans under any other revolving facility (the “Prepayment-Based
Incremental Facility”); provided, that, in the case of Incremental Facilities used to finance a Permitted Acquisition, to the extent the Lenders participating in
such Incremental Facility agree, pro forma compliance with the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Net Leverage Ratio test described in clause (y) above, as applicable,
may, at the Borrower’s option, be tested at the time of the execution of the acquisition agreement related to such Permitted Acquisition (or solely in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and
Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer is published on a regulatory information service in respect of a target of a Limited Condition Transaction); provided, further, that for purposes of any Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments established pursuant
to Section 2.21 and any Permitted Debt secured by Other First Liens or Junior Liens on
the Collateral pursuant to Section 6.01(v), (A) the Borrower shall be deemed to have used amounts under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (to the
extent permitted thereby) prior to utilization of the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, and the Borrower shall be deemed to have used the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (to the extent
permitted thereby) prior to utilization of the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, (B) Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.21 and any Permitted Debt secured by Other First Liens or Junior Liens on the Collateral pursuant to Section 6.01(v)
may be incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility and/or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, and proceeds from any such incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the
Ratio-Based Incremental Facility and/or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility may be utilized in a single transaction by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts
utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment‑Based Incremental Facility) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant
to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash‑Capped Incremental Facility and (C) with respect to any Indebtedness originally incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the
Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, if at any time subsequent to such incurrence all or any portion of such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility, all or such portion, as applicable, of
such Indebtedness shall automatically be reclassified and deemed as of such time to have been incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the remaining
availability under the Cash‑Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, as applicable, by the amount of such redesignated Indebtedness).
“Incremental Assumption Agreement” shall mean an Incremental Assumption
Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent, among the Borrower, the Applicable Administrative Agent and, if applicable, one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving
Facility Lenders.
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“Incremental Commitment” shall mean an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an
Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment.
“Incremental Facility” shall mean the Incremental Commitments and the
Incremental Loans made thereunder.
“Incremental Loan” shall mean an Incremental Term Loan or an Incremental
Revolving Loan.
“Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any
Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Revolving Loans to the Borrower.
“Incremental Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental
Revolving Facility Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Revolving Loan.
“Incremental Revolving Loan” shall mean Revolving Facility Loans made by one or
more Revolving Facility Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment to make additional Initial Revolving Loans.
“Incremental Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan
Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any Lender,
established pursuant to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.
“Incremental Term Loans” shall mean (i) Term Loans made by one or more Lenders
to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c) consisting of (x) additional Initial Term A Loans or (y) additional Initial Term B Loans and (ii) to the extent permitted by Section 2.21 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Incremental Term Loans.
“Incurrence-Based Amounts” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.07(b).
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“Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (except any such obligation issued in the ordinary course of business with a maturity date of no
more than six (6) months in a transaction intended to extend payment terms of trade payables or similar obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale
or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person (except any such obligation that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor incurred in the ordinary
course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business) which purchase price
is due more than six (6) months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (e) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of others, (f) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such person,
(g) obligations under any Hedging Agreements, to the extent the foregoing would appear on a balance sheet of such person as a liability, (h) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account
party in respect of letters of credit, (i) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (j) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other
repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock), (k) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such person (other than Liens on Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries),
whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed and (l) all Attributable Receivables Indebtedness with respect to a Qualified Receivables Facility. The amount of Indebtedness of any person for purposes of clause (k) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such person or is otherwise recourse to such person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate
unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limitation of the foregoing, Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests
shall at all times prior to the repurchase, conversion or payment thereof be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and shall not include any reduction or appreciation in value of the shares and/or cash deliverable upon
conversion thereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, (i) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to or arising out
of any Permitted Supplier Receivables Sale Program and (ii) the effects of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or
decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under
this Agreement but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness under this Agreement.
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to any
payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document other than (a) Excluded Taxes and (b) Other Taxes.
“Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.14(a).
“Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum,
dated June 2021, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing Date.
“Initial Revolving Loan” shall mean a Revolving Facility Loan made (i) pursuant
to the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Closing Date (as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment made on the same terms as
(and forming a single Class with) the Revolving Facility Commitments referred to in clause (i) of this definition.
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“Initial Term A Facility Maturity Date” shall mean the fifth anniversary of the
Closing Date.
“Initial Term A Lender” shall mean any Lender that holds an Initial Term A Loan
Commitment or that makes an Initial Term A Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Initial Term A Loan Commitment” shall mean, as to each Initial Term A Lender,
its obligation to make Initial Term A Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i) in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such Initial Term A Lender’s name
on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Initial Term A Loan Commitment” (or such lesser amount as may be requested by the Borrower). As of the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of
the Initial Term A Loan Commitment of the Initial Term A Lenders is $400,000,000.
“Initial Term A Facility” shall mean the Initial Term A Loan Commitment and the
Initial Term A Loans made hereunder.
“Initial Term A Loan Installment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.10(a)(i).
“Initial Term A Loans” shall mean all Initial Term A Loans made by the Initial
Term A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date” shall mean the seventh anniversary of
the Closing Date.
“Initial Term B Lender” shall mean any Lender that holds an Initial Term B Loan
Commitment or makes an Initial Term B Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).
“Initial Term B Loan Commitment” shall mean, as to each Initial Term B Lender,
its obligation to make Initial Term B Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii) in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such Initial Term B Lender’s name
on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Initial Term B Loan Commitment” (or such lesser amount as may be requested by the Borrower). As of the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of
the Initial Term B Loan Commitment of the Initial Term B Lenders is $625,000,000.
“Initial Term B Facility” shall mean the Initial Term B Loan Commitment and the
Initial Term B Loans made hereunder.
“Initial Term B Loan Installment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.10(b)(i).
“Initial Term B Loans” shall mean all Initial Term B Loans made by the Initial
Term B Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).
“Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the Initial Term A Loan Commitment and
the Initial Term B Loan Commitment.
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“Initial Term Loans” shall mean all Initial Term A Loans and all Initial Term B
Loans outstanding under this Agreement.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean the following intellectual property rights,
both statutory and common law rights, if applicable: (a) copyrights, registrations and applications for registration thereof, (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, slogans, domain names, logos, trade dress and registrations and
applications of registrations thereof, (c) patents, as well as any reissued and reexamined patents and extensions corresponding to the patents and any patent applications, as well as any related continuation, continuation in part and
divisional applications and patents issuing therefrom and (d) trade secrets and confidential information, including ideas, designs, concepts, compilations of information, methods, techniques, procedures, processes and other know-how,
whether or not patentable.
“Intercreditor Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.11.
“Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 and substantially in the form of Exhibit E or another form
approved by the Applicable Administrative Agent.
“Interest Expense” means, with respect to any person for any period, the sum of
(a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent
included in interest expense, (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense and (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection
with the asset securitization or similar transaction which are payable to any person other than the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and (b) capitalized interest of such person; provided, Interest Expense shall exclude any obligations
(including mark-to-market gains and losses) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to or arising out of Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes, amortization of deferred financing fees and expensing of any bridge or
other financing fee.
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or
Term RFR Loan, (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part, (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three (3) months’ duration, each day that
would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three (3) months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and (iii) in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a
Borrowing of a different Type, (b) with respect to any ABR Loan or Daily Simple RFR Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid
pursuant to Section 2.04.
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“Interest Period” shall mean, as to any Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Loan,
the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically
corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter or, to the extent agreed to by all Lenders with commitments or Loans under the applicable Facility, twelve (12) months or
periods shorter than one (1) month as are satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent, as the Borrower may elect; provided, however,
that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which
case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; provided, further, that the Interest Period
for any Revolving Facility Borrowing made on the Closing Date may end on a date agreed to by the PR Administrative Agent. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such
Interest Period. Any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period.
“Investment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“Issuing Bank” shall mean, as the context may require, (i) Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, (ii) solely with respect to any Existing Letter of Credit, to the extent such person is not already an Issuing Bank, the Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that issued such Existing Letter of Credit and (iii) each other
Issuing Bank designated pursuant to Section 2.05(l), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its permitted successors in such capacity. An
Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued
by such Affiliate.
“Issuing Bank Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).
“Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.22.
“Junior Debt Restricted Payment” shall mean, any payment or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property), directly or indirectly made by the Borrower or any if its Subsidiaries, of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment
to the Loan Obligations (each of the foregoing, a “Junior Financing”); provided, that the following shall not
constitute a Junior Debt Restricted Payment:
(a) Refinancings
with any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01;
(b) payments of
regularly-scheduled interest and fees due thereunder, other non-principal payments thereunder, any mandatory prepayments of principal, interest and fees thereunder, scheduled payments thereon necessary to avoid the Junior Financing from
constituting “applicable high yield discount obligations” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(l) of the Code, and, to the extent this Agreement is then in effect, principal on the scheduled maturity date of any Junior Financing;
(c) payments
or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds from the issuance, sale or exchange by the Borrower of Qualified Equity Interests within eighteen (18) months prior thereto; provided, that such proceeds are not included in any determination of the Available Amount; or
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(d) the
conversion of any Junior Financing to Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“Junior Financing” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of the term “Junior Debt Restricted Payment.”
“Junior Liens” shall mean Liens on the Collateral that are junior to the Liens
thereon securing the Initial Term Loans (and other Loan Obligations, other than Other Incremental Term Loans and Refinancing Term Loans that rank junior in right of security with the Initial Term Loans) pursuant to a Permitted Junior
Intercreditor Agreement (it being understood that Junior Liens are not required to rank equally and ratably with other Junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by Junior Liens may be secured by Liens that are senior in priority to, or
rank equally and ratably with, or junior in priority to, other Liens constituting Junior Liens), which Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement (together with such amendments to the Security Documents and any other Intercreditor Agreements,
if any, as are reasonably necessary or advisable (and reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to give effect to such Liens) shall be entered into in connection with a permitted incurrence of any such Liens (unless a Permitted Junior
Intercreditor Agreement and/or Security Documents (as applicable) covering such Liens are already in effect).
“Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of determination, the later of
(x) the latest Revolving Facility Maturity Date and (y) the latest Term Facility Maturity Date, in each case then in effect on such date of determination.
“L/C Disbursement” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank
pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“L/C Participation Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).
“LCT Election” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.07(a).
“LCT Test Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.07(a).
“Lender” shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 9.04), as well as any person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04, Section 2.21,
Section 2.22 or Section 2.23. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term “Lenders” shall include the
Swingline Lender.
“Lending Office” shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or
Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans.
“Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a). Each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a Letter of Credit issued hereunder on the Closing Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
“Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the
commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05.
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“Letter of Credit Individual Sublimit” shall mean, with respect to any Issuing
Bank, the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule 1.01 hereto or such other amount as specified in the agreement pursuant to which such person becomes an
Issuing Bank hereunder or, in each case, such larger amount not to exceed the Revolving Facility Commitment as the PR Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank may agree or, with respect to the Issuing Bank under an Existing
Letter of Credit, the additional amount of such Existing Letter of Credit, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.08.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall mean the aggregate Letter of Credit
Commitments of the Issuing Banks, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.08. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.
“Level” shall mean the level (whether 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6) in the table set forth
in the definition of “Applicable Margin” that corresponds to an applicable item in any other column in such table. For purposes of comparing Levels, Level 1 is referred to as the lowest Level and Level 6 as the highest Level.
“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust,
lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar monetary encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided, that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement
to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Limited Condition Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition (including by means
of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation) of, or Investment by one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Investments) in, any assets, business or person the consummation of which is not conditioned on the
availability of, or on obtaining, financing.
“Limited Condition Transaction” shall mean any (a) Limited Condition
Acquisition, (b) redemption or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable advance notice or any irrevocable offer to purchase Indebtedness that is not subject to obtaining financing or (c) any declaration of a distribution or dividend
in respect of, or irrevocable advance notice of, or any irrevocable offer to, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Equity Interests of the Borrower that is not subject to obtaining financing.
“Loan Documents” shall mean (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Guarantee Agreement,
(iii) the Security Documents, (iv) each Incremental Assumption Agreement, (v) each Extension Amendment, (vi) each Refinancing Amendment, (vii) any Intercreditor Agreement and (viii) any Note issued under Section 2.09(e).
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“Loan Obligations” shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower
of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest, fees and expenses (including interest, fees and expenses accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower under this Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by
the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest, fees and expenses thereon (including interest, fees and expenses accruing
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations
of the Borrower owed under or pursuant to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent,
fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and
punctual payment of all obligations of each Loan Party under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).
“Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Loans” shall mean the Term Loans, the Revolving Facility Loans and the
Swingline Loans.
“Local Time” shall mean New York City time (daylight or standard, as
applicable); provided that, with respect to any Alternate Currency Loan, “Local Time” shall mean the local time of the applicable Lending Office.
“London Banking Day” shall mean any day on which banks
are open for dealings in deposits in Dollars in the London interbank market.
“Majority Lenders” of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders under such
Facility having Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility and unused Commitments under such Facility at such time (subject to the last paragraph of Section 9.08(b)).
“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
“Market Capitalization” shall mean an amount equal to (i) the total number of
issued and outstanding shares of the Borrower’s common stock listed on a national securities exchange on the date of the calculation of the applicable Restricted Payment under Section 6.06(i)
multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common stock as reported by such exchange (or, if the primary listing of such common stock is on another exchange, on such other exchange) for each of the thirty
(30) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of the calculation of such Restricted Payment.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business,
property, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agents and the Lenders
thereunder.
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“Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of
Credit) of any one or more of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $75,000,000; provided that in no event shall any Qualified Receivables
Facility be considered Material Indebtedness.
“Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary, other than an Immaterial
Subsidiary.
“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
“Merger” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the first recitals
hereto.
“Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
April 19, 2021, by and among the Borrower, the Target and Merger Sub (including, but not limited to, all schedules and exhibits thereto, and after giving effect to any alteration, amendment, modification, supplement or waiver permitted by Section 4.01(i)).
“Merger Agreement Target Representations” shall mean such of the representations
made by the Target in the Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such), but only to the extent that the Borrower has the right to terminate the obligations of the Borrower and Merger Sub (or
to refuse to consummate the Merger) under the Merger Agreement as a result of the failure of such representations to be accurate.
“Merger Sub” shall mean Heat Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Minimum L/C Collateral Amount” shall mean, at any time, in connection with any
Letter of Credit, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 102% of the Revolving L/C Exposure with respect to such Letter of Credit at such time and (ii) otherwise, an amount
sufficient to provide credit support with respect to such Revolving L/C Exposure as determined by the PR Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks in their sole discretion.
“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
“Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of
such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
“Net Proceeds” shall mean:
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(a) 100% of
the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale under Section 6.05(d) (except for any Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transaction described in clause (iii) of the definition thereof) or Section 6.05(g), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment
banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer Taxes, deed or mortgage recording Taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually
incurred in connection therewith, (ii) required payments of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred under the Loan Documents or Other First Lien Debt) and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to
the extent such Indebtedness or other obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents, Other First Lien Debt and other than obligations secured by a Junior Lien), (iii) repayments,
redemptions or repurchases of Other First Lien Debt (limited to its proportionate share of such prepayment, redemption or repurchase, based on the amount of such then outstanding debt as a percentage of all then outstanding Indebtedness
incurred under the Loan Documents (other than Other Incremental Term Loans and Refinancing Term Loans that rank junior in right of security with the Initial Term Loans) and Other First Lien Debt), (iv) Taxes paid or payable (in the good
faith determination of the Borrower) as a result thereof, and (v) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any Taxes deducted
pursuant to clause (i) or (iv) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower
or any of the Subsidiaries including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (provided
that (1) the amount of any reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability), prior to the date occurring eighteen (18) months after the date of the respective Asset Sale, shall be
deemed to be cash proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction and (2) the amount of any such reserve that is maintained as of the date occurring eighteen (18) months after the date of the applicable Asset Sale
shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale as of such date); provided, that, if the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
to the Administrative Agents promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, within eighteen (18) months of such receipt, to acquire, maintain, develop,
construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder (excluding Permitted Investments or intercompany
Investments in Subsidiaries) or to reimburse the cost of any of the foregoing incurred on or after the date on which the Asset Sale giving rise to such proceeds was contractually committed (other than inventory), such portion of such
proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within eighteen (18) months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used
within such eighteen (18)-month period but within such eighteen (18)-month period are contractually committed to be used, then such remaining portion if not so used within six (6) months following the end of such eighteen (18)-month
period shall constitute Net Proceeds as of such date without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further,
(x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (a) unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed
$25,000,000 for such single or series of related transactions and (y) no net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (a) in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal
year shall exceed $100,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (a));
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(b) 100% of
the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Recovery Event, net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’
fees, transfer Taxes, deed or mortgage recording Taxes on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) required payments of Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness incurred under the Loan Documents or Other First Lien Debt) and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such Indebtedness or other obligations are secured by a Lien
permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents, Other First Lien Debt and other than obligations secured by a Junior Lien), (iii) repayments of Other First Lien Debt (limited to its proportionate share of such
prepayment, based on the amount of such then outstanding debt as a percentage of all then outstanding Indebtedness incurred under the Loan Documents (other than Other Incremental Term Loans and Refinancing Term Loans that rank junior in
right of security with the Initial Term Loans) and Other First Lien Debt, and (iv) Taxes paid or payable (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as a result thereof; provided,
that, if the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agents promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such
proceeds, within eighteen (18) months of such receipt, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Acquisitions and other
Investments permitted hereunder (excluding Permitted Investments or intercompany Investments in Subsidiaries) or to reimburse the cost of any of the foregoing incurred on or after the date on which the Recovery Event giving rise to such
proceeds was contractually committed (other than inventory, except to the extent the proceeds of such Recovery Event are received in respect of inventory), such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the
extent not, within eighteen (18) months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such eighteen (18)-month period but within such
eighteen (18)-month period are contractually committed to be used, then such remaining portion if not so used within 180 days following the end of such eighteen (18)-month period shall constitute Net Proceeds as of such date without
giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the
foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (b) unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $25,000,000 for such single or series of related transactions
and (y) no net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (b) in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $100,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash
proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (b)); and
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(c) 100% of the
cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness, except for Refinancing Notes, Refinancing Term Loans and Replacement Revolving Facility
Commitments), net of all fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.
“Net Short Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(h).
“New Class Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(c).
“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean, at any time, each Lender that is not a
Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Note” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
“NYFRB” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate
in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if
none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” shall mean the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Applicable Administrative Agent from a federal
funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be
less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Obligations” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Loan Obligations,
(b) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement and (c) obligations of any Loan Party in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement
(including, in each case, monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).
“OECD” shall mean the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
“OFAC” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of
the Treasury.
“Other First Lien Debt” shall mean obligations secured by Other First Liens.
“Other First Liens” shall mean Liens on the Collateral that are equal and
ratable with the Liens thereon securing the Initial Term Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking equally and ratably with the Initial Term Loans) pursuant to a Permitted First Lien Intercreditor
Agreement, which Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (together with such amendments to the Security Documents and any other Intercreditor Agreements, if any, as are reasonably necessary or advisable (and reasonably acceptable to
the Collateral Agent) to give effect to such Liens) shall be entered into in connection with a permitted incurrence of any such Liens (unless a Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or Security Documents (as applicable) covering
such Liens are already in effect).
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“Other Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Other Revolving Facility Commitments” shall mean, collectively, (a) Extended
Revolving Facility Commitments to make Extended Revolving Loans and (b) Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments.
“Other Revolving Loans” shall mean, collectively (a) Extended Revolving Loans
and (b) Replacement Revolving Loans.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Administrative Agent, any
Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, 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, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any
other excise, intangible, mortgage recording or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, registration, delivery or enforcement of, consummation or administration of, from
the receipt or perfection of security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment pursuant to a
request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b) or 2.19(c)).
“Other Term A Facilities” shall mean the Other Term A Loan Commitments and the
Other Term A Loans made thereunder.
“Other Term A Loan Commitments” shall mean, collectively, (a) Incremental Term A
Loan Commitments and (b) commitments to make Refinancing Term A Loans.
“Other Term A Loan Installment Date” shall have, with respect to any Class of
Other Term A Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, an Extension Amendment or a Refinancing Amendment, the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a)(ii).
“Other Term A Loans” shall mean, collectively, (a) Other Incremental Term Loans
made in respect of Incremental Term A Loan Commitments, (b) Extended Term A Loans and (c) Refinancing Term A Loans.
“Other Term B Facilities” shall mean the Other Term B Loan Commitments and the
Other Term B Loans made thereunder.
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“Other Term B Loan Commitments” shall mean, collectively, (a) Incremental Term B
Loan Commitments and (b) commitments to make Refinancing Term B Loans.
“Other Term B Loan Installment Date” shall have, with respect to any Class of
Other Term B Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, an Extension Amendment or a Refinancing Amendment, the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b)(ii).
“Other Term B Loans” shall mean, collectively, (a) Other Incremental Term Loans
made in respect of Incremental Term B Loan commitments, (b) Extended Term B Loans and (c) Refinancing Term B Loans.
“Other Term Loans” shall mean, collectively, the Other Term A Loans and the
Other Term B Loans.
“Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, with respect to any amount, the rate
comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time
to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(i).
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(ii).
“Participating Member State” shall mean each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
“Payment Recipient” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.15(a).
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA.
“Perfection Certificate” shall mean the Perfection Certificate with respect to
the Borrower and the other Loan Parties in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, or such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents, as the same may be
supplemented from time to time to the extent required by Section 5.04(f).
“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary of all or substantially all the assets or business of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) not previously held by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in,
or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or business unit or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person or business unit or division or line of business previously acquired in a
Permitted Acquisition), if (i) subject to Section 1.07, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately after giving effect thereto or would result
therefrom; (ii) subject to Section 1.07, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenant (if then in effect) immediately after giving effect to such
acquisition or investment and any related transactions (provided, however, that with respect to a Limited Condition
Acquisition, at the option of the Borrower, the determination of whether the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenant (if then in effect) shall be made solely at the time of the execution of the definitive
agreement related to such Permitted Acquisition (or solely in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intention to make an
offer is published on a regulatory information service)) and (iii) to the extent required by Section 5.10, any person acquired in such acquisition shall be merged into a Loan
Party or become upon consummation of such acquisition a Guarantor.
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“Permitted Earlier Maturity Debt” shall mean Indebtedness incurred with a final
maturity date prior to the then latest Term B Facility Maturity Date and/or a Weighted Average Life to Maturity shorter than the longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Term B Loans outstanding at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness.
“Permitted Earlier Maturity Debt Cap” shall mean an aggregate outstanding
principal amount not to exceed as of any time the greater of (x) $565,000,000 and (y) 100% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements are required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b), as applicable, on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Permitted Earlier TLA Maturity Debt Cap” shall mean an aggregate outstanding
principal amount not to exceed as of any time the greater of (x) $282,500,000 and (y) 50% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements are required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b), as applicable, on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Permitted Debt” shall mean Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred by the
Borrower or any Guarantor; provided that (i) any such Permitted Debt, if guaranteed, shall not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary other than a Guarantor and, if secured (as permitted
by Sections 6.01 and 6.02), shall be secured solely by all or some portion of the Collateral pursuant to security
documents no more favorable to the secured party or party, taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), than the Security Documents, (ii) any such Permitted Debt, if secured, shall be subject to an Intercreditor Agreement
reasonably satisfactory to the Term Administrative Agent; and (iii) such Permitted Debt (other than (x) Permitted Incremental Term A Loans, (y) Permitted Earlier Maturity Debt not to exceed at the time of incurrence the Permitted Earlier
Maturity Debt Cap and (z) Customary Bridge Financings) shall not mature prior to the date that is the latest final maturity date of the Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments existing at the time of such incurrence (or in the case of
unsecured Indebtedness, Indebtedness secured by Junior Liens or Junior Financing, until the date that is 91 days thereafter), and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such
Permitted Debt shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Loans with the latest final maturity at the time of such incurrence.
“Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any
Liens on Collateral that are intended to be equal and ratable with the Liens securing the Initial Term Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking equally and ratably with the Liens securing the
Initial Term Loans), one or more intercreditor agreements, each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
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“Permitted Incremental Term A Loans” shall mean (x) any Incremental Term Loans
incurred as additional Term A Loans with terms identical to a then-existing Class of Term A Loans, (y) any Other Incremental Term Loans with amortization in excess of 1.0% per year that are designated as such in the applicable Incremental
Assumption Agreement, and (z) any Incremental Term Loans that are primarily syndicated to regulated banks in the primary syndication thereof (as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith).
“Permitted Investments” shall mean:
(a) readily
marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America, any member of the European Union or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries or foreign operations, any country that is a member of
the OECD, or in each case any agency or instrumentality thereof, with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) (i) time
deposits with, or certificates of deposit, money market deposits or banker’s acceptances and other bank deposits of, any commercial bank or (ii) overnight federal funds transactions that are issued or sold by any bank or its holding
company or by a commercial banking institution that (A)(1)(x) is a Lender or (y) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank
holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (2) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as
described in clause (d)(i) of this definition and (3) has combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or (B) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries or foreign
operations, a commercial banking institution organized under the laws of any country that is a member of the OECD and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at
least P-1 or the equivalent thereof, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(c) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than two years for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications
described in clause (b) above;
(d) (i)
commercial paper, maturing not more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof, issued by any person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment
therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436
under the Securities Act)) or (ii) tax exempt variable rate commercial paper, tax-exempt adjustable rate option tender bonds and other tax-exempt bonds or notes issued by municipalities in the United States of America, having a short
term rating of at least MIG-1 or VMIG-1 or SP-1 or a long term rating of at least AA by S&P or Aa2 by Moody’s;
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(e) securities
with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, issued or fully guaranteed by any State of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, or by any corporation, or any asset
backed securities of such maturity, in each case rated at least A by S&P or A2 by Moody’s (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436
under the Securities Act));
(f) shares
of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e);
(g) Investments,
classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs that are (i) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and (ii) rated AA by S&P or Aa2 by
Moody’s;
(h) time
deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, money market deposits, banker’s acceptances and other bank deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.5% of the total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal year;
(i) with
respect to any Foreign Subsidiary or foreign operations: (i) readily marketable obligations issued by the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office or such Foreign
Subsidiary or foreign operations conduct business provided such country is a member of the OECD, in each case maturing within two years after the date of investment therein,
(ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office or
such Foreign Subsidiary or foreign operations conduct business provided such country is a member of the OECD, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at
least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities
of not more than two years from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank;
(j) instruments
equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in
credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States of America to the extent reasonably required in connection with any
business conducted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction; and
(k) other
financial instruments or investments as agreed by the Borrower and the PR Administrative Agent from time to time.
“Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Liens
on Collateral that are intended to be junior to any Liens securing the Initial Term Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking equally and ratably with the Liens securing the Initial Term Loans)
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, junior Liens pursuant to Section 2.21(b)(ii)), one or more intercreditor agreements, each of which shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
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“Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
“Permitted Receivables Facility Assets” shall mean Receivables Assets (whether
now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are transferred, sold and/or pledged to a Receivables Entity or a bank, other financial institution or a commercial paper conduit or other conduit facility
established and maintained by a bank or other financial institution, pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Facility and any related Permitted Receivables Related Assets which are also so transferred, sold and/or pledged to such Receivables
Entity, bank, other financial institution or commercial paper conduit or other conduit facility, and all proceeds thereof.
“Permitted Receivables Facility Documents” shall mean each of the documents and
agreements entered into in connection with any Qualified Receivables Facility, including all documents and agreements relating to, the sale of receivables, the issuance, funding and/or purchase of certificates and purchased interests or the
incurrence of loans, as applicable, in each case as such documents and agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time so long as the relevant Qualified Receivables Facility would still meet the
requirements of the definition thereof after giving effect to such amendment, modification, supplement, refinancing or replacement.
“Permitted Receivables Related Assets” shall mean any assets that are
customarily transferred, sold and/or pledged or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to Receivables Assets and any collections or
proceeds of any of the foregoing (including lock-boxes, deposit accounts, records in respect of Receivables Assets and collections in respect of Receivables Assets).
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness issued in
exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or
previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium
(including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses), (b) except with respect to Section 6.01(i), (i) the final
maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is on or after the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (y) the 91st day following the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of
incurrence thereof and (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the lesser of (x) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (y) 91 days after the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of the Class of Term Loans then outstanding with the greatest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to any Loan Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Loan Obligations on terms in the aggregate not materially less favorable to the applicable
Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have any borrower which is different than the
borrower of the Indebtedness being so Refinanced or have guarantors that are not (or would not have been required to become) guarantors with respect to the Indebtedness being so Refinanced (except that one or more Loan Parties may be added
as additional guarantors), (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured (and permitted to be secured), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by Liens on the same (or any subset of the) assets as secured (or would
have been required to secure) the Indebtedness being Refinanced on terms in the aggregate that are no less favorable to the Secured Parties than the Indebtedness being refinanced or on terms otherwise permitted by Section 6.02 (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and (f) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced was subject to a Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor
Agreement, and if the respective Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is to be secured by the Collateral, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall likewise be subject to a Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior
Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
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“Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transaction” shall mean (i) any sale and lease-back
transaction entered into prior to the Closing Date, (ii) any other sale and lease-back transaction, the proceeds of which do not constitute Net Proceeds pursuant to the proviso of the definition thereof and (iii) any other sale and
lease-back transaction, the proceeds of which shall constitute Net Proceeds.
“Permitted Supplier Receivables Sale Program” means any supply chain financing
or structured accounts payable program that is entered into in the ordinary course between a supplier and a financial institution and provides for the transfer, sale or pledge by the supplier of accounts payable by the Borrower to such
supplier.
“person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer
Plan) that is (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, (ii) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, and (iii) in respect of which the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
“Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Collateral Agreement.
“PR Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“PR Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
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“Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the definition of the term “Incremental Amount.”
“Pricing Level” means, with respect to the Applicable Margin, at any date, the
Level in the table set forth in the definition of “Applicable Margin” that corresponds to the then current Level of the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio.
“primary obligor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition
of the term “Guarantee.”
“Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street
Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected
Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as
determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
“Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for
which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the most recent Test Period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”): (i) any Asset Sale and any asset acquisition, Investment (or series of related Investments), merger, amalgamation, consolidation (including the Transactions) (or
any similar transaction or transactions), in each case in excess of $25,000,000, any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, (ii) any operational changes or restructurings of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during or subsequent to the Reference Period (including in connection with an Asset Sale or asset acquisition described in clause (i)) and which are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and other operational changes
and other cost savings in connection therewith, (iii) the designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary and (iv) any incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of
Indebtedness (or any issuance, repurchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock), other than fluctuations in revolving borrowings in the ordinary course of business (and not resulting from a transaction as described in clause (i) above).
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of this term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments to reflect operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, synergies or such operational changes or restructurings described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph that are (a) reasonably quantifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that
have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) in connection with the Transactions within 36 months after the Closing Date and (b) reasonably quantifiable, factually supportable
and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) within 24 months after the consummation of such other pro
forma event; provided that no amount shall be included in any pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of this term “Pro Forma Basis” to the extent duplicative of
any amount that are otherwise included in computing Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agents a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth such
demonstrable or additional operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies and information and calculations supporting them in reasonable detail.
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If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be
calculated as if the rate in effect on the date on which the relevant calculation is being made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any hedging obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such hedging
obligation has a remaining term in excess of twelve (12) months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the
Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on
a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period, except to the extent the outstandings thereunder are reasonably expected to increase as a result of any transactions
described in clause (i) of the first paragraph of this definition of “Pro Forma Basis” which occurred during the respective period or thereafter and on or prior to the date of
determination. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the
rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate.
“Pro Forma Compliance” shall mean, at any date of determination, that the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the relevant transactions (including the assumption, the issuance, incurrence and permanent repayment of Indebtedness),
with the Financial Covenant recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which the financial statements and certificates required pursuant to Section 5.04
have been delivered.
“Pro Forma Financial Statements” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.01(k).
“Pro Rata Extension Offers” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Pro Rata Share” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
“Projections” shall mean the projections of the Borrower, the Target and their
respective Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the
Administrative Agents by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Target or any of their respective Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.
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“Protected Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
“PTE” shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S.
Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
“Purchase Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(a).
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24.
“Qualified Equity Interests” shall mean any Equity Interest other than
Disqualified Stock.
“Qualified Receivables Facility” shall mean a receivables or factoring facility
or facilities created under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents and which is designated as a “Qualified Receivables Facility” (as provided below), providing for the transfer, sale and/or pledge by the Borrower and/or one or more
other Receivables Sellers of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets (thereby providing financing to the Borrower and/or the Receivables Sellers) to (i) a Receivables Entity (either directly or through another Receivables Seller), which in
turn shall transfer, sell and/or pledge interests in the respective Permitted Receivables Facility Assets to third-party lenders or investors pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents in return for cash or (ii) a bank or
other financial institution, which shall finance, directly or indirectly, the Permitted Receivables Facility, so long as, in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) under such receivables facility or facilities (x) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary other than the Receivable Entity (excluding guarantees of obligations pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (y) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any other Subsidiary other than the Receivable Entity in any
way (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings) or (z) subjects any property or asset (other than Permitted Receivables Facility Assets, Permitted Receivables Related Assets or the Equity Interests of any Receivables
Entity) of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings). Any such
designation shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agents by filing with each Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge and belief after
consultation with counsel, such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Quarterly Borrower Financial Statements” shall mean the unaudited consolidated
balance sheets and related statements of comprehensive income and cash flows of the Borrower the fiscal quarter ended February 27, 2021.
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“Quarterly Target Financial Statements” shall mean the unaudited consolidated
balance sheets and related statements of operations and comprehensive income and cash flows of the Target for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021.
“Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the
term “Type.”
“Rate Determination Date” shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period, two
(2) Eurocurrency Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Applicable Administrative
Agent; provided that to the extent that such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Applicable Administrative Agent, such other day as otherwise reasonably
determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent).
“Ratio-Based Incremental Facility” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the definition of the term “Incremental Amount.”
“Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest
(including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments
and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
“Receivables Assets” shall mean (a) any right to payment (including accounts
receivable) created by or arising from sales of goods, lease of goods or the rendition of services rendered no matter how evidenced whether or not earned by performance (whether constituting accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper or
otherwise) and (b) all collateral securing such right to payment, all contracts and contract rights, guarantees or other obligations in respect of such right to payment, all records with respect to such right to payment and any other assets
customarily transferred together with accounts receivable in connection with a non-recourse accounts receivable factoring arrangement.
“Receivables Entity” shall mean any direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower which engages in no activities other than
in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Receivables Sellers and which is designated (as provided below) as a “Receivables Entity” (a) with which neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contract,
agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (including with respect to fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with the servicing of accounts receivable
and related assets)) on terms less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and (b) to
which neither the Borrower nor any other Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results (other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings). Any such designation shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agents by filing with each Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate of the Borrower certifying that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge
and belief after consultation with counsel, such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
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“Receivables Seller” shall mean the Borrower or those Subsidiaries that are from
time to time party to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (other than any Receivables Entity).
“Recovery Event” shall mean any event that gives rise to the receipt by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or Real Property (including any improvements thereon).
“Reference Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark for any currency shall
mean (a) if such Benchmark is a Daily Simple RFR, (i) if the RFR for such Benchmark is SOFR, then four (4) RFR Business Days prior to (A) if the date of such setting is an RFR Business Day, such date
or (B) if the date of such setting is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such date and (ii) if the RFR for such Benchmark is SONIA, then four (4) RFR Business Days prior to (A) if the date of such setting
is an RFR Business Day, such date or (B) if the date of such setting is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such date, (b) if such Benchmark is an Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, (i) if the applicable Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for such Benchmark is based upon USD LIBOR, then 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two
(2) Eurocurrency Banking Days preceding the date of such setting, (ii) if the applicable Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for such Benchmark is based upon EURIBOR, then 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) on the day that is two (2) Eurocurrency Banking
Days preceding the date of such setting, and (iii) if the applicable Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for such Benchmark is based upon CIBOR, then 11:00 a.m. (Copenhagen time) on the day that is two (2) Eurocurrency Banking Days preceding the
date of such setting and (c) otherwise, then the time determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent, including in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
“Refinance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” and “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
“Refinancing Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(e).
“Refinancing Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
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“Refinancing Notes” shall mean any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by
the Borrower or any Guarantor (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided, that (a) 100% of the Net Proceeds
of such Refinancing Notes are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Notes does not
exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the aggregate portion of the Loans so reduced and/or Commitments so replaced (plus unpaid accrued interest and
premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses); (c) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Term Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving
Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced; (d) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing
Notes is greater than or equal to the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans so repaid or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced; (e) the terms of such
Refinancing Notes do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Revolving
Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable (other than (x) in the case of notes, customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights
after an event of default and (y) in the case of loans, customary amortization and mandatory and voluntary prepayment provisions which are, when taken as a whole, consistent in all material respects with, or not materially less favorable to
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, those applicable to the Initial Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitments, as the case may be, with such Indebtedness to provide that any such mandatory prepayments as a result of asset sales,
events of loss, or excess cash flow shall be allocated on a pro rata basis, a less than pro rata basis or solely with respect to Indebtedness being refinanced that participates on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other Class of Term Loans, a greater than pro rata basis (but only to the same extent that such refinanced Indebtedness participates on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other Class of Term Loans) than the Term
Loans outstanding pursuant to this Agreement); (f) there shall be no obligor with respect thereto that is not a Loan Party; (g) if such Refinancing Notes are secured by an asset of any Subsidiary, any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any
Affiliate of the foregoing, the security agreements relating to such assets shall not extend to any assets not constituting Collateral and shall be no more favorable to the secured party or parties, taken as a whole (determined by the
Borrower in good faith) than the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents); (h) if such Refinancing Notes are secured, such Refinancing Notes shall be secured by all or a portion
of the Collateral, but shall not be secured by any assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral; (i) Refinancing Notes that are secured by Collateral shall be subject to the provisions of a Permitted First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable (and in any event shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured on a junior lien basis to
any of the Obligations); and (j) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Notes (other than provisions relating to original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and any other pricing terms (which original issue discount,
upfront fees, interest rates and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in this clause (j)) taken as a whole shall (as determined by the Borrower in
good faith) be substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced
(except to the extent such other terms apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date, the Borrower elects to add such more restrictive terms for the benefit of the Initial Term Loans and the Revolving Facility, or such other
terms are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Administrative Agent).
“Refinancing Term A Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(y).
“Refinancing Term B Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(x).
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“Refinancing Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(y).
“Register” shall mean the PR Register or the Term B Loan Register, as
applicable.
“Regulated Bank” shall mean an Approved Commercial Bank that is (i) a U.S.
depository institution the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (ii) a corporation organized under section 25A of the U.S. Federal Reserve Act of 1913; (iii) a branch, agency or commercial lending
company of a foreign bank operating pursuant to approval by and under the supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under 12 CFR part 211; (iv) a non-U.S. branch of a foreign bank managed and controlled by a U.S.
branch referred to in clause (iii); or (v) any other U.S. or non-U.S. depository institution or any branch, agency or similar office thereof supervised by a bank regulatory
authority in any jurisdiction.
“Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in
effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in
effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in
effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that
invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or
(c) an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such
person’s controlled and controlling Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, advisors and members of such person and such person’s controlled and controlling Affiliates.
“Release” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the Environment.
“Relevant Governmental Body” shall mean, (a) with respect to a Benchmark
Replacement in respect of Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars, the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by
the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto and (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to,
any Alternative Currency, (1) the central bank for the Currency in which such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts are denominated, or calculated with respect to, or any central bank or other supervisor which is
responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (2) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (A) the central bank for the Currency in which
such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts are denominated, or calculated with respect to, (B) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (i) such Benchmark Replacement or (ii) the
administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (C) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (D) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
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“Replacement Revolving Facility” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.23(c).
“Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.23(c).
“Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.23(c).
“Replacement Revolving Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(c).
“Replacement Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(b).
“Reportable Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c)
of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate
that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
“Repricing Event” shall mean (i) any prepayment or repayment of Initial Term B
Loans with the proceeds of, or conversion of all or any portion of the Initial Term B Loans into, any new or replacement Indebtedness bearing interest with an All-in Yield less than the All-in Yield applicable to the Initial Term B Loans
subject to such event (as such comparative yields are determined by the Term Administrative Agent) and (ii) any amendment to this Agreement which reduces the All-in Yield applicable to the Initial Term B Loans (it being understood that any
prepayment premium with respect to a Repricing Event shall apply to any required assignment by a Non-Consenting Lender in connection with any such amendment pursuant to Section 2.19(c));
provided that in no event shall any prepayment or repayment of Initial Term B Loans or amendment to this Agreement that is not (in the good faith determination of the Borrower)
consummated for the primary purpose of lowering the All-in Yield applicable to the Initial Term B Loans, including in the context of a transaction involving an initial public offering, a Change of Control or a Transformative Event,
constitute a Repricing Event.
“Required Financial Covenant Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having
outstanding Term A Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of (x) all Term A Loans and
(y) all Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) outstanding at such time; provided, that the
Term A Loans, Revolving Facility Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Financial Covenant Lenders at any time.
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“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having outstanding Term
Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of (x) all Term Loans and (y) all Revolving
Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) outstanding at such time; provided, that the Term Loans,
Revolving Facility Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time. “Required Revolving Facility
Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Revolving Facility Lenders having outstanding Revolving Facility Commitments (or if the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) that, taken
together, represent more than 50% of all Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time) outstanding at such time; provided, that the Revolving Facility Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving Facility Lenders at any time.
“Required Term B Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Term B Lenders having
outstanding Term B Loans that, taken together, represent more than 50% of all Term B Loans outstanding at such time; provided, that the Term B Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall
be disregarded in determining Required Term B Lenders at any time.
“Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any person, any law, treaty, rule,
regulation, statute, order, ordinance, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement, official administrative pronouncement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by
any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or assets or to which such person or any of its property or assets is subject.
“Resolution Authority” shall mean EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to
any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” of any person shall mean any manager, executive officer or
Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement, or any other duly authorized employee or signatory of such
person.
“Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06. The amount of any Restricted Payment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the Fair Market Value thereof.
“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Reuters” shall mean Thompson Reuters Corp.
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“Revaluation Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Alternate Currency Letter
of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance, extension or renewal of an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, but only as to the Letter of Credit so issued, extended or renewed on such date, (ii) each date of an amendment of
any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, only as to the Letter of Credit so amended on such date, (iii) each date of any payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under any Alternate Currency
Letter of Credit, but only as to the Letter of Credit that is paid on such date and (iv) such additional dates as the PR Administrative Agent shall determine at any time when an Event of Default exists and (b) with respect to any Revolving
Facility Loans that are Alternate Currency Loans, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans denominated in an Alternate Currency, but only as to the amounts so borrowed on such date, (ii) each
date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan denominated in an Alternate Currency pursuant to Section 2.07, but only as to the amounts so continued on such date, and
(iii) such additional dates as the PR Administrative Agent shall determine at any time when an Event of Default exists.
“Revolving Facility” shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class
and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class and, for purposes of Section 9.08(b), shall refer to all such Revolving Facility
Commitments as a single Class.
“Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving
Facility Loans of the same Class and currency.
“Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving
Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b), expressed as an amount representing the maximum
aggregate permitted amount of such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender under Section 9.04, and (c) increased, extended or replaced as provided under Section 2.21, 2.22 or 2.23. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance, Incremental Assumption Agreement, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility
Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Facility Commitments on the Closing Date is $725,000,000. On the Closing Date, there is only one Class of Revolving Facility Commitments. After the Closing Date,
additional Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments may be added or created pursuant to Extension Amendments or Refinancing Amendments.
“Revolving Facility Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time with respect to any
Class of Revolving Facility Commitments, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Facility Loans of such Class outstanding at such time (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Loans, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof), (b) the Swingline Exposure applicable to such Class at such time and (c) the
Revolving L/C Exposure applicable to such Class at such time minus, for the purpose of Section 6.10 only, the amount of Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized in an
amount equal to the Minimum L/C Collateral Amount at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the product of (x) such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage
of the applicable Class and (y) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class of all Revolving Facility Lenders, collectively, at such time.
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“Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender (including an Incremental
Revolving Facility Lender, and a Lender providing Extended Revolving Facility Commitments or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments) with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Facility Loans.
“Revolving Facility Loan” shall mean a Loan made by a Revolving Facility Lender
pursuant to Section 2.01(b). Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Revolving Facility Loans” shall include the Other Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Facility Maturity Date” shall mean, as the context may require, (a)
with respect to the Revolving Facility in effect on the Closing Date, the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date and (b) with respect to any other Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments, the maturity dates specified therefor in the
applicable Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment.
“Revolving Facility Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving
Facility Lender of any Class, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class represented by such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class. If the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class have
terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages of such Class shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.
“Revolving Facility Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.05(k).
“Revolving L/C Exposure” of any Class shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit applicable to such Class outstanding at
such time (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof) and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements applicable to such Class that have not yet been reimbursed
at such time (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). The Revolving L/C Exposure of any Class of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its applicable
Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure applicable to such Class at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may
still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the International Standard Practices, International Chamber of Commerce No. 590, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining
available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided,
that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
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“RFR” means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts
denominated in, or calculated with respect to, (a) Dollars, on and after the USD LIBOR Transition Date, SOFR and (b) Sterling, SONIA.
“RFR Administrator” means the SOFR Administrator or the SONIA Administrator, as
applicable.
“RFR Administrator’s Website” means the SOFR Administrator’s Website or the
SONIA Administrator’s Website, as applicable.
“RFR Business Day” means, for any Obligations,
interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, (a) Dollars, on and after the USD LIBOR Transition Date, any day except for (i) a Saturday,
(ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government
securities and (b) Sterling, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are closed for general business in London; provided, that such day is
also a Business Day.
“RFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of
“Daily Simple RFR.”
“RFR Loan” shall mean a Daily Simple RFR Loan and/or a Term RFR Loan, as the
context may require.
“RFR SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition
of “Daily Simple RFR.”
“RFR Rate Day” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of “Daily
Simple RFR.”
“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary
of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Country” shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory
which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (on the Closing Date, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” shall mean, at any time, (a) any person listed in any
Sanctions-related list of designated persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any person operating, organized or
resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any person owned or controlled by any such person or persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
“Sanctions” shall mean all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes
imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of
the United Kingdom.
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“Screen Rate” means, for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars, the USD LIBOR Rate, for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Rate and for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Danish Krone, the CIBOR.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
thereto.
“Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement” shall mean any Bilateral Letter
of Credit Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Bilateral Letter of Credit Issuer, including any such Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement that is in effect on the Closing Date, unless when
entered into such Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement is designated in writing by the Borrower and such Bilateral Letter of Credit Issuer to the Administrative Agents to not be included as a Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any Cash Management Agreement
that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank, including any such Cash Management Agreement that is in effect on the Closing Date, unless when entered into such Cash Management Agreement is
designated in writing by the Borrower and such Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agents to not be included as a Secured Cash Management Agreement.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” shall mean any Hedging Agreement that is entered into
by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank, including any such Hedging Agreement that is in effect on the Closing Date, unless when entered into such Hedging Agreement is designated in writing by the Borrower and such Hedge Bank to
the Administrative Agents to not be included as a Secured Hedge Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents, any Guarantee of, or grant of any Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Secured
Hedge Agreement by a Guarantor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.
“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Term Administrative Agent, the
PR Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement, each Cash Management Bank that is party to any Secured Cash Management Agreement, each Bilateral
Letter of Credit Issuer that is party to any Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement and each Subagent appointed pursuant to Section 8.02 by any Administrative Agent with
respect to matters relating to the Loan Documents or by the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Documents” shall mean the Collateral Agreement, each Notice of Grant
of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) and each other security agreement, pledge agreement or other instruments or documents executed and delivered pursuant to the foregoing or entered into or
delivered after the Closing Date to the extent required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including pursuant to Section 5.10.
“Similar Business” shall mean (i) any business the majority of whose revenues
are derived from business or activities conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, (ii) any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business
similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or (iii) any business that in the Borrower’s good faith business judgment constitutes a reasonable diversification of businesses conducted by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
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“SOFR” shall mean, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to
the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a
successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” shall mean the website of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SONIA” shall mean a rate equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average as
administered by the SONIA Administrator.
“SONIA Administrator” shall mean the Bank of England (or any successor
administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).
“SONIA Administrator’s Website” shall mean the Bank of England’s website,
currently at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.
“Specified Representations” shall mean those representations and warranties with
respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in (A) Sections 3.01(a), 3.01(d) (limited to the Loan Documents),
3.02(a), 3.02(b)(i)(B), and 3.03, (B) Sections 3.10, 3.11, 3.17 (subject to the limitations set
forth in the last paragraph of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”) and 3.18, and (C) Section 3.22
and the second sentence of Section 3.23.
“Spread Adjusted SOFR” shall mean with respect to any RFR
Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the secured overnight financing rate for such RFR Business Day plus (b) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points).
“Spread Adjusted SONIA” means, for any Available Tenor and Interest Period, a rate per annum equal
to the sum of (a) the forward-looking term rate for a period comparable to such Available Tenor based on the RFR for Sterling that is published by an authorized benchmark administrator and is
displayed on a screen or other information service, each as identified or selected by the PR Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion at approximately a time and as of a date prior to the commencement of such Interest Period
determined by the PR Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion in a manner substantially consistent with market practice and (b) a rate mutually agreed between the PR Administrative Agent and the Borrower after giving due
consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for SONIA for syndicated credit facilities denominated in Sterling.
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“Spread Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for any Available Tenor and Interest Period, a rate per annum
equal to the sum of (a) the forward-looking term rate for a period comparable to such Available Tenor based on the SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body and (b)
(i) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one‑month’s duration, (ii) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three‑months’ duration,
and (iii) 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Available Tenor of six-months’ duration.
“Spot Rate” shall mean, with respect to any currency, the rate determined by the
Applicable Administrative Agent, using the rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with the Alternate Currency last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Applicable Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters
source on the Business Day, Local Time, immediately preceding the date of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide a rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with the Alternate Currency, as provided
by such other publicly available information service which provides that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the Applicable Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (or if such service cease to be available or
ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion).
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” shall mean representations, warranties,
covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with a Qualified Receivables Facility which are reasonably customary (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in an accounts receivable
financing transaction in the commercial paper, term securitization or structured lending market.
“Standby Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
“Sterling” shall mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subagent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.
“subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any person (referred to in this
definition as the “parent”), any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or
held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of
the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained herein) an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.
“Subsidiary Redesignation” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of
the term “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”
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“Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(n).
“Supported QFC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24.
“Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to
pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swingline Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Swingline Loans.
“Swingline Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower substantially
in the form of Exhibit D-3 or such other form as shall be approved by the Swingline Lender.
“Swingline Commitment” shall mean, the commitment of the Swingline Lender to
make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The aggregate amount of the Swingline Commitments is $30,000,000. The Swingline Commitment is part of, and not in addition to, the
Revolving Facility Commitments.
“Swingline Exposure” shall mean at any time the aggregate principal amount of
all outstanding Swingline Borrowings at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its applicable Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender” shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder and its permitted successors and assigns. The Swingline Lender may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more
Swingline Loans to be made by Affiliates of the Swingline Lender, in which case the term “Swingline Lender” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Swingline Loans made by such Affiliate.
“Swingline Loans” shall mean the swingline loans made to the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.04.
“Target” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement.
“TARGET2” shall mean the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.
“TARGET Day” shall mean any day on which TARGET2 is open for the settlement of
payments in Euros.
“Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts,
assessments, deductions, withholdings or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with
respect to the foregoing.
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“Term A Facilities” shall mean, collectively, the Initial Term A Facility and
the Other Term A Facilities made hereunder.
“Term A Facility Commitment” shall mean the commitment of a Term A Lender to
make Term A Loans.
“Term A Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that holds Term A Facility
Commitments or Term A Loans at such time.
“Term A Loans” shall mean the Initial Term A Loans, any Incremental Term Loans
in the form of additional Term A Loans made by the Incremental Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c) and any Other Term A Loans.
“Term Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Term B Facilities” shall mean, collectively, the Initial Term B Facility and
the Other Term B Facilities made hereunder.
“Term B Facility Commitment” shall mean the commitment of a Term B Lender to
make Term B Loans.
“Term B Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that holds Term B Facility
Commitments or Term B Loan at such time.
“Term B Loan Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
“Term B Loans” shall mean the Initial Term B Loans, any Incremental Term Loans
in the form of additional Term B Loans made by the Incremental Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c) and any Other Term B Loans.
“Term Facility” shall mean the Initial Term A Facility, the Initial Term B
Facility and/or any or all of the Other Term Facilities.
“Term Facility Commitment” shall mean the commitment of a Term Lender to make
Term Loans, including Term A Facility Commitment, Term B Facility Commitment and/or Other Term Loans.
“Term Facility Maturity Date” shall mean, as the context may require, (a) with
respect to the Initial Term A Facility, the Initial Term A Facility Maturity Date, (b) with respect to the Initial Term B Facility, the Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date and (c) with respect to any other Class of Term Loans, the
maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment.
“Term Lender” shall mean a Lender (including an Incremental Term Loan Lender, an
Extended Term Loan Lender and a Refinancing Term Loan Lender) with a Term Facility Commitment or with outstanding Term Loans.
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“Term Loan Installment Date” shall mean any Initial Term A Loan Installment
Date, Initial Term B Loan Installment Date or any Other Term Loan Installment Date.
“Term Loans” shall mean the Term A Loans and/or Term B Loans.
“Term RFR” shall mean, with respect to any currency for any Interest Period, a
rate per annum equal to (a) for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars, the greater of (i) Spread Adjusted Term SOFR and (ii) the Floor and (b) for any
Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Sterling, the greater of (i) Spread Adjusted Sonia and (ii) the Floor.
“Term RFR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term RFR Loans of the
same Class and currency.
“Term RFR Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term
RFR other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “ABR.”
“Term RFR Notice” means a notification by the Applicable Administrative Agent to
the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of a Term RFR Transition Event.
“Term RFR Transition Date” means, in the case of a Term RFR Transition Event,
the date that is thirty (30) calendar days after the Applicable Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Borrower) has provided the related Term RFR Notice to the Lenders and the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14(c).
“Term RFR Transition Event” means, with respect to any currency for any Interest
Period, the determination by the Administrative Agent that (a) the applicable Term RFR for such currency has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body and (b) the administration of such Term RFR is administratively feasible
for the Applicable Administrative Agent.
“Term Yield Differential” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b)(v).
“Termination Date” shall mean the date on which (a) all Commitments shall have
been terminated, (b) the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full in cash (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and
expense reimbursement claims not then due), and (c) all Letters of Credit (other than those that have been Cash Collateralized with the Minimum L/C Collateral Amount in accordance with Section 2.05(k))
have been cancelled or have expired and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full in cash.
“Test Period” shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a)
or 5.04(b); provided that prior to the first date financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), the Test Period in effect shall be the most recently ended full four fiscal quarter period
prior to the Closing Date for which financial statements would have been required to be delivered hereunder had the Closing Date occurred prior to the end of such period.
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“Third Party Funds” shall mean any accounts or funds, or any portion thereof,
received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as agent on behalf of third parties in accordance with a written agreement that imposes a duty upon the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries to collect and remit those funds to such
third parties.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP; provided, that Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Trade Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i)(i).
“Trade Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
“Transaction Documents” shall mean the Merger Agreement and the Loan Documents.
“Transactions” shall mean, collectively (a) the consummation of the Merger;
(b) the Closing Date Refinancing; (c) the other transactions to occur pursuant to or in connection with the Transaction Documents; and (d) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid and owing in connection with the foregoing.
“Transformative Event” shall mean any merger, acquisition, investment,
dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or disposition that is either (a) not permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction or (b) if permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents
immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, would not provide the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Loan Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following
such transaction, as reasonably determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.
“Type” shall mean, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the Rate by
reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Adjusted Eurocurrency
Rate, the Daily Simple RFR, the Term RFR and the ABR.
“UK Financial Institution” shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is
defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the
United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” mean the Bank of England or any other public
administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the applicable Benchmark
Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
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“Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may
from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“United States” shall mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(e).
“Unrestricted Cash Amount” shall mean, on any date, the amount of cash or
Permitted Investments of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether
now owned or acquired or created after the Closing Date, that is designated on or after the Closing Date by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agents; provided, that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary on or after the Closing Date so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenant as of the last day of the then most recently ended Test Period, (c) all
Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of designation (as contemplated by the immediately following sentence) are permitted in accordance with the relevant requirements of Section 6.04,
(d) such Subsidiary being designated as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall also, concurrently with such designation and thereafter, constitute an “unrestricted subsidiary” under any Material Indebtedness issued or incurred on or after the
Closing Date, (e) such Subsidiary was not previously designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and thereafter re-designated as a Subsidiary, and (f) if such designation is on the Closing Date, the designation shall not occur until the
conditions set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08) and the funding of the
Initial Term Loans has occurred; and (2) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (unless transferred to such Unrestricted Subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries after the date of the
designation of the parent entity as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” hereunder, in which case the subsidiary so transferred would be required to be independently designated in accordance with preceding clause (1)). The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower (or its Subsidiaries) therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair
Market Value of the Borrower’s (or its Subsidiaries’) Investments therein, which shall be required to be permitted on such date in accordance with Section 6.04 (and not as an
Investment permitted thereby in a Subsidiary). The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”);
provided, that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom (after giving effect to the provisions of the immediately succeeding
sentence), (ii) immediately after giving effect to such redesignation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenant as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (iii) the Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agents an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of such officer’s knowledge, compliance with the requirements of the preceding clause (i). The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary on or after the Closing Date shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any
Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the applicable Loan Party (or its relevant Subsidiaries) in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an
amount equal to the Fair Market Value at the date of such designation of such Loan Party’s (or its relevant Subsidiaries’) Investment in such Subsidiary.
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“USD LIBOR Transition Date”
means, the earlier of: (a) the date that all Available Tenors of USD LIBOR have either (i) permanently or indefinitely
ceased to be provided by IBA; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of
USD LIBOR or (ii) been announced by the FCA pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer
representative and (b) the Early Opt-in Effective Date.
“U.S. Person” shall mean any person that is a “United States Person” as defined
in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.17(d)(ii)(A)(3).
“USA PATRIOT Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107 56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity”
shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or
other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the
then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary”
shall mean a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is also a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person,
all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person. Unless the context otherwise requires, “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Withdrawal Liability” shall
mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
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“Write-Down and
Conversion Powers” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA
Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to
cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of
that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In
Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.02 Terms Generally; GAAP. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever
the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references
herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that if at any time, any change in GAAP would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement in the Loan Documents and the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agents that the Borrower requests an amendment (or if any Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the
Required Lenders request an amendment), the Administrative Agents, the Lenders and the Borrower shall, at no cost to the Borrower, negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light
of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such financial ratio or requirement shall be
interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such provision is amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms
of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25
(or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein, (ii)
without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a
similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (iii) for the avoidance of
doubt, except as provided in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” without giving effect to the financial condition, results and performance of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
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Section 1.03 Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions.
Section 1.04 Timing of Payment or
Performance. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required
on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
Section 1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified herein, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Local Time.
Section 1.06 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., an “Initial Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Initial
Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., an “Initial Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., an “Initial Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing”).
Section 1.07 Certain Conditions,
Calculations and Tests.
(a) In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA (including, without limitation, tests measured as a percentage of Adjusted
Consolidated EBITDA), the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio (other than for purposes of any Applicable Margin); or
(ii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including, without limitation, baskets measured as a percentage of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA or by reference to the First Lien Secured
Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio),
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in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be (i) in the case of a Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of the
definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into or solely in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of
a firm intention to make an offer is published on a regulatory information service in respect of a target of a Limited Condition Transaction, (ii) in the case of any redemption or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable advance
notice or any irrevocable offer to purchase Indebtedness that is not subject to obtaining financing, the date of such irrevocable advance notice or irrevocable offer and (iii) in the case of any declaration of a distribution or dividend in
respect of, or irrevocable advance notice of, or any irrevocable offer to, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of, the Borrower that is not subject to obtaining financing, the date of such
declaration, irrevocable advance notice or irrevocable offer (each, an “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other
transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ended prior to the LCT Test Date, the
Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such test, ratio or basket, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, then such test, ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. If the Borrower
has made an LCT Election and any of the tests, ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are subsequently exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such test, ratio or basket, including due to
fluctuations in Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such tests, baskets or ratios will be deemed not to have been exceeded as a result of
such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the relevant transaction or action is permitted to be consummated or taken. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then (x) in connection
with any subsequent calculation of any test, ratio or basket availability (other than the testing of any ratio for purposes of Section 6.10 and the definition of “Applicable Margin”) on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to
the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the definitive agreement/announcement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition
Transaction, any such ratio, basket or amount shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence or discharge of Indebtedness and/or
Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining compliance with
any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Event of Default or Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower, be
deemed satisfied, so long as no Event of Default or Default, as applicable, exists on the LCT Test Date. If the Borrower has exercised its option under this Section 1.07 and any
Event of Default or Default occurs following the LCT Test Date and prior to the consummation of the applicable transaction, any such Event of Default or Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of
determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction is permitted hereunder.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision or covenant of this Agreement that does not require compliance
with a financial ratio or test (including any First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio and/or Total Net Leverage Ratio) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially
concurrently or in a series of related transactions with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision or covenant of this Agreement that does require compliance with any such financial
ratio or test (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that (x) the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in
the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts in connection with such incurrence and (y) the entire transaction (or series of related transactions) shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
(including the use of proceeds of all Indebtedness to be incurred and any repayments, repurchases, redemptions or other retirements of Indebtedness). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time any applicable ratio
or financial test for any category based on an Incurrence Based Amount permits Indebtedness, Liens, Restricted Payments, Asset Sales and Investments, as applicable, previously incurred under a category based on a Fixed Amount, such
Indebtedness, Liens, Restricted Payments, Asset Sales, Investments, as applicable, shall be deemed to have been automatically reclassified as incurred under such category based on an Incurrence Based Amount.
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Section 1.08 Exchange Rate; Currency
Equivalents; Interest Rates.
(a) The Applicable Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rate as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit and Alternate Currency Loans.
Such Spot Rate shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rate employed in converting any amounts between the Dollars and each Alternate Currency until the next Revaluation Date to occur. No Default or
Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the date on which such determination
occurs or in respect of which such determination is being made; provided, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated
based on customary currency exchange rates in effect, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) on or prior to the Closing Date, on the Closing Date
and, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) after the Closing Date, on the date on which such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term
Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided, further, that if such Indebtedness is
incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced) and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to
be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such
refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount
of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a
required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Eurocurrency Loan, RFR Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternate Currency, such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate
Currency amount, as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable.
Section 1.09 Additional Alternate Currencies for Loans.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time request that a currency other than Dollars, Euros, Sterling or Danish Krone become an Additional Alternate Currency for purposes hereof; provided
that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. Such request shall be subject to the approval of the Applicable Administrative
Agent.
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(b) Any such request shall be made to the Applicable Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days prior to the date upon which the Borrower desires such currency to become an Additional Alternate
Currency (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Applicable Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion). The PR Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Facility Lender thereof. Each Revolving Facility
Lender shall notify the PR Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., five (5) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans in such
requested currency.
(c) Any failure by a Revolving Facility Lender to respond to such request within the time period specified in clause (b) shall be deemed to be a refusal by such
Revolving Facility Lender to permit such currency from being designated as an Additional Alternate Currency. If the PR Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Facility Lenders consent to making such currency an Additional Alternate
Currency, the PR Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Additional Alternate Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurocurrency Revolving
Loans and the issuance of any Letter of Credit; provided, that, if the PR Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the PR Administrative Agent requests an amendment to
any provision hereof to facilitate that Eurocurrency Revolving Loans be made and Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than Dollars, the Borrower and the PR Administrative Agent shall negotiate such amendment in good faith and
such amendment shall be deemed approved by all of the Revolving Facility Lenders if the Revolving Facility Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice of such change and the PR Administrative Agent
shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Revolving Facility Lenders, a written notice from the Required Revolving Facility Lenders stating that the Required Revolving Facility Lenders object
to such amendment. If the PR Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.09 or approval of the amendment
contemplated by this Section 1.09(c), the PR Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower.
Section 1.10 Change of Currency.
(a) Each obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the Closing Date shall be
redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that
currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect
from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately
prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
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(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agents and the Borrower may from time to time reasonably agree to be appropriate to reflect the adoption
of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agents and the Borrower may from time to time reasonably agree to be appropriate to reflect a change
in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.
Section 2.01 Commitments.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:
(a) (i) each Initial Term A Lender agrees to make Initial Term A Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Initial Term A Lender’s Initial Term A Loan Commitment and
(ii) each Initial Term B Lender agrees to make Initial Term B Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Initial Term B Lender’s Initial Term B Loan Commitment,
(b) each Revolving Facility Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make Revolving Facility Loans of a Class in Dollars or any Alternate Currency to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an
aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class, (ii) the
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class or (iii) the outstanding amount of Alternate Currency Loans, together with the stated amount of all outstanding Alternate
Currency Letters of Credit, exceeding the Dollar Equivalent of $200,000,000 in the aggregate. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving
Facility Loans,
(c) each Lender having an Incremental Commitment agrees, severally and not jointly, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Loans to the Borrower,
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Commitment, and
(d) the full amount of each of the Initial Term A Loans and the Initial Term B Loans must be drawn in a single drawing on the Closing Date and amounts of such Initial Term A Loans and Initial Term B Loans borrowed under Section 2.01(a) that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
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Section 2.02
Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable Facility
(or, in the case of Swingline Loans, in accordance with their respective Swingline Commitments); provided, however,
that Revolving Facility Loans of any Class shall be made by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure
of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided, that the Commitments of the Lenders are
several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14(c), each Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing) shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans, Term RFR Loans or Daily Simple RFR
Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be comprised of the Types of Loans set forth in Section 2.04. Each
Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing or RFR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided, that an RFR Borrowing under the Revolving Facility may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused available balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the
reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). At
the time that each ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided, that an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is
equal to the entire unused available balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not
less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more than (i) 10 Eurocurrency Borrowings and RFR Borrowings outstanding under all Term
Facilities at any time or (ii) 10 Eurocurrency Borrowings and RFR Borrowings outstanding under all Revolving Facilities at any time. Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date,
shall be considered separate Borrowings.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing of any Class if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto
would end after the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or Term Facility Maturity Date for such Class, as applicable.
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Section 2.03
Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing, Term A Loan Borrowing and/or a Term B Loan Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Applicable Administrative
Agent of such request (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of an RFR Borrowing denominated in
Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, five (5) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (c) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, four (4)
Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (d) in the case of an RFR Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, five (5) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (e) in the
case of an ABR Borrowing, by telephone, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day of the proposed Borrowing; provided, that, to request a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, RFR Borrowing or ABR Borrowing on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall notify the Applicable Administrative Agent of such request by telephone no later than 5:00 p.m., Local Time, two (2) Business Days prior to such date (or
such later time as the Applicable Administrative Agent may agree). Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable (other than in the case of any notice given in respect of the Closing Date, which may be conditioned upon the
consummation of the Merger) and (in the case of telephonic requests) shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic means to the Applicable Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such
telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) whether such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Initial Term A Loans, Initial Term B Loans, Other Term A Loans, Other Term B Loans or Revolving Facility Loans of a particular Class, as applicable;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, Term RFR Borrowing, Daily Simple RFR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(vi) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing or RFR Revolving Facility Borrowing, the currency in which such Borrowing is to be denominated (which shall be Dollars or an Alternate
Currency); and
(vii) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no election as the currency of the
Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be in Dollars. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall
advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to
time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Commitment, (ii) the aggregate
amount of Swingline Loans, Letters of Credit and Revolving Facility Loans outstanding issued by the Swingline Lender exceeding the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment or (iii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of the
applicable Class exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class; provided, that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Borrowing. Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the PR Administrative Agent and the
Swingline Lender of such request by telephone (confirmed by a Swingline Borrowing Request by electronic means if requested by the PR Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender), not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day of a
proposed Swingline Borrowing. Each such notice and Swingline Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the requested date of such Swingline Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (ii) the amount of the
requested Swingline Borrowing. The Swingline Lender shall consult with the PR Administrative Agent as to whether the making of the Swingline Loan is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement prior to the Swingline Lender funding
such Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender and the Borrower shall agree upon the interest rate applicable to such Swingline Loan; provided that if such agreement cannot be reached prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the
day of such proposed Swingline Loan, then such Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the one (1)-month Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans. Any funding of a Swingline Loan by the Swingline Lender shall be made on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m.,
Local Time, to the account of the Borrower identified by the Borrower to the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank).
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(c) The Swingline Lender may, by written notice given to the PR Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on any Business Day, require the Revolving Facility
Lenders of the applicable Class to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the outstanding Swingline Loans made by it. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans in which the
Revolving Facility Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the PR Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each such Lender, specifying in such notice such Revolving Facility Lender’s applicable Revolving
Facility Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of notice as provided above (and in any event,
(i) if such notice is received by 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on a Business Day, then no later than 5:00 p.m. Local Time on such Business Day and (ii) if such notice is received at or after 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on a Business Day, then no
later than 10:00 a.m. Local Time on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the PR Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Revolving Facility Lender’s applicable Revolving Facility
Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its respective obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of any Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06
with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Facility Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the PR Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender
the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Facility Lenders. The PR Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph (c), and thereafter payments
in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the PR Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a
Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the PR Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the PR Administrative Agent shall be promptly
remitted by the PR Administrative Agent to the Revolving Facility Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided, that any such payment
so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the PR Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a
Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if there at any time exists a Defaulting Lender, unless such Lender’s Fronting Exposure has been reallocated to other Lenders
in accordance with Section 2.24(a), before making any Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender may condition the provision of such Swingline Loans on its entering into arrangements satisfactory to the Swingline Lender with the
Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate the Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure.
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Section 2.05 Letters of Credit.
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request
the issuance of one or more letters of credit denominated in Dollars or any Alternate Currency in the form of (x) trade letters of credit in support of trade obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary
course of business (such letters of credit issued for such purposes, “Trade Letters of Credit”) and (y) standby letters of credit issued for any other lawful purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (such letters of credit
issued for such purposes, “Standby Letters of Credit”; each such letter of credit issued hereunder, including any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit and each Existing Letter of Credit, a “Letter of Credit” and
collectively, the “Letters of Credit”) for its own account or for the account of any Subsidiary (in which case such Letter of Credit shall be deemed issued for the joint and several account of the Borrower and such Subsidiary) in
a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the applicable Availability Period and prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Revolving Facility
Maturity Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, GS Bank shall only be obligated to issue Standby Letters of Credit unless otherwise agreed by GS Bank. In the event of any inconsistency between the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any
Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary: (x) the Issuing Banks shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit
the proceeds of which would be made available to any person (i) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions or (ii)
in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement and (y) no Issuing Bank shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if (i) such issuance would violate one or more
of the policies and procedures of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally or (ii) such Issuing Bank does not as of the issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested
currency. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, on the Closing Date, the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the
issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal (other than an automatic extension in accordance with paragraph (c) of this
Section 2.05) or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank)
to the applicable Issuing Bank and the PR Administrative Agent (at least three (3) Business Days, in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars, or four (4) Business Days, in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternate Currency, in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension or such shorter period as the PR Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion may agree) a notice in the form of Exhibit D-2
requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of
Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.05), the amount and currency (which may be Dollars or any Alternate Currency) of such
Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, whether such Letter of Credit constitutes a Standby Letter of Credit or a Trade Letter of Credit and such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend or
extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form and related documents in connection with any request for a
Letter of Credit and in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed, modified or extended. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each
Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Revolving Facility Commitments,
(ii) unless the applicable Issuing Bank otherwise agrees, the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Individual Sublimit of such Issuing Bank then in effect,
(iii) unless the applicable Issuing Bank otherwise agrees, with respect to such Issuing Bank, the sum of the aggregate face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, when aggregated with the outstanding
Revolving Facility Loans and Swingline Loans funded by such Issuing Bank, shall not exceed its Revolving Facility Commitment, (iv) the Revolving L/C Exposure shall not exceed the applicable Letter of Credit Sublimit, (v) the stated
amount of all outstanding Alternate Currency Letters of Credit shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $200,000,000 in the aggregate and (vi) the stated amount of all outstanding Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, together with the
outstanding amount of Alternate Currency Loans, shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $200,000,000 in the aggregate. For the avoidance of doubt, no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit if
such Issuing Bank does not otherwise issue letters of credit in such Alternate Currency.
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(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business
on the earlier of (i) the date one year (unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank) after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, one year
(unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank) after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date; provided,
that any Letter of Credit may provide for automatic renewal or extension thereof for an additional period of up to twelve (12) months (which, in no event, shall extend beyond the date referred to in subclause (ii) of this clause
(c), except to the extent Cash Collateralized or backstopped pursuant to an arrangement reasonably acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank) so long as such Letter of Credit (any such Letter of Credit, an “Auto Renewal Letter of
Credit”) permits the Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve (12)-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Auto Renewal Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary
thereof within a time period during such twelve (12)-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Auto Renewal Letter of Credit is issued; provided, further, that if the Issuing Bank consents in its sole discretion,
the expiration date on any Letter of Credit may extend beyond the date referred to in subclause (ii) above but the participations of the Lenders with Revolving Facility Commitments of the applicable Class shall terminate on the
applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date. If any such Letter of Credit is outstanding or is issued under the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class after the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Facility
Maturity Date for such Class the Borrower shall provide Cash Collateral pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the face amount of each such Letter of
Credit on or prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to such Revolving Facility Maturity Date or, if later, such date of issuance. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be
required to make a specific request to such Issuing Bank for any such renewal. Once an Auto Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable Issuing Bank to
permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than such Revolving Facility Maturity Date (except as otherwise provided in the second proviso to this clause (c)).
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(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of
Credit increasing the amount thereof) under the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Revolving Facility Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to
each Revolving Facility Lender under such Class, and each such Revolving Facility Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Facility Lender’s applicable Revolving
Facility Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (calculated, in the case of an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the PR Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Revolving Facility Lender’s applicable
Revolving Facility Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05, or of any reimbursement payment
required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason (calculated, in the case of an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If the applicable Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect
of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement by paying to the PR Administrative Agent an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement (in the case of an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, in the Alternate
Currency in which the L/C Disbursement was made) not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the day that is one (1) Business Day after notice of such L/C Disbursement is received by the Borrower, together with accrued interest thereon
from the date of such L/C Disbursement at the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans of the applicable Class; provided, that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03
or Section 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing or a Swingline Borrowing of the applicable Class, as applicable, and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such
payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Borrowing (and with interest owing thereon from the date of the respective L/C Disbursement). If the Borrower fails to reimburse any L/C Disbursement when due, then the PR
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank and each other applicable Revolving Facility Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof (the “Unreimbursed
Amount”) and, in the case of a Revolving Facility Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Facility Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment of the
applicable Class shall pay to the PR Administrative Agent its Revolving Facility Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06
shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders), and the PR Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the
Revolving Facility Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the PR Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this clause (e), the PR Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable
Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Facility Lenders have made payments pursuant to this clause (e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment
made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to this clause (e) to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any L/C Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Borrowing as contemplated above) shall not
constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligations to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.
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(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse L/C Disbursements as
provided in clause (e) of this Section 2.05 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent
or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.05, constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its
receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the PR Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by electronic
means) of any such demand for payment under a Letter of Credit and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not
relieve the Borrower of its obligations to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the
Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date
that the Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans of the applicable Class; provided, that, if such L/C Disbursement is not reimbursed by the Borrower when due
pursuant to clause (e) of this Section 2.05, then Section 2.13(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this clause (e) shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest
accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to clause (e) of this Section 2.05 to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Facility Lender to the
extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement of an Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written
agreement among the Borrower, the PR Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The PR Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Facility Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank.
At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12. From and after the effective date of any such
replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term
“Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the
replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement but shall not
be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
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(j) Cash Collateralization Following Certain Events. If and when the Borrower is required
to Cash Collateralize any Revolving L/C Exposure relating to any outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to any of Section 2.11(d), 2.11(e), 2.24(a)(v) or 7.01, the Borrower shall deposit in an account
with or at the direction of the Collateral Agent, in the name of the Collateral Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Facility Lenders, an amount in cash equal to 102% of the Revolving L/C Exposure as of such date plus any
accrued but unpaid interest thereon (or, in the case of Sections 2.11(d), 2.11(e) and 2.24(a)(v), the portion thereof required by such Sections). Each deposit of Cash Collateral (x) made pursuant to this
paragraph or (y) made by the PR Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.24(a)(ii), in each case, shall be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account and the Borrower hereby grants the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made (unless an Event of Default shall be continuing) at the Borrower’s request in Permitted
Investments and at the risk and expense of the Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the
Collateral Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements for which such Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the
Borrower for the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with Revolving L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C
Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Loan Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of Cash Collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default or the existence of a Defaulting Lender or the
occurrence of a limit under Sections 2.11(d) or (e) being exceeded, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have
been cured or waived or the termination of the Defaulting Lender status or the limits under Sections 2.11(d) and (e) no longer being exceeded, as applicable.
(k) Cash Collateralization Following Termination of the Revolving Facility. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, in the event of the prepayment in full of all outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and the termination of all Revolving Facility Commitments (a “Revolving Facility Termination Event”) in
connection with which the Borrower notifies any one or more Issuing Banks that it intends to maintain one or more Letters of Credit initially issued under this Agreement in effect after the date of such Revolving Facility Termination
Event (each, a “Continuing Letter of Credit”), then the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral under the Security Documents may be terminated in accordance with Section 9.18 if each such Continuing
Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized (in the same currency in which such Continuing Letter of Credit is denominated) in an amount equal to the Minimum L/C Collateral Amount, which shall be deposited with or at the direction of each
such Issuing Bank.
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(l) Additional Issuing Banks. From time to time, the Borrower may by notice to the PR
Administrative Agent designate any Lender (in addition to the initial Issuing Banks) which agrees (in its sole discretion) to act in such capacity and is reasonably satisfactory to the PR Administrative Agent as an Issuing Bank. Each
such additional Issuing Bank shall execute a counterpart of this Agreement upon the approval of the PR Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and shall thereafter be an Issuing Bank hereunder for all
purposes.
(m) Reporting. Unless otherwise requested by the PR Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank
(other than the PR Administrative Agent or its Affiliates) shall (i) provide to the PR Administrative Agent copies of any notice received from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05(b) no later than the next Business Day after
receipt thereof and (ii) report in writing to the PR Administrative Agent (A) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank expects to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment or
extension, and the aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed),
and the Issuing Bank shall be permitted to issue, amend or extend such Letter of Credit if the PR Administrative Agent shall not have advised the Issuing Bank that such issuance, amendment or extension would not be in conformity with
the requirements of this Agreement, (B) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any L/C Disbursement, the date of such L/C Disbursement and the amount of such L/C Disbursement and (C) on any other Business Day, such other
information with respect to the outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank as the PR Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire
transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided, that Swingline Loans
shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Applicable Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower as
specified in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided, that Borrowings made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement and reimbursements as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the PR
Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Applicable Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share
available on such date in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 2.06 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made
its share of the Borrowing available to the Applicable Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Applicable Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Applicable Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the
greater of (A) the NYFRB Rate and (B) a rate determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest
rate then applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Applicable Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. The foregoing shall be without prejudice to
any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Applicable Administrative Agent.
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(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type, and under the applicable Class, specified in the
applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing and Term RFR Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such
Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.07. The Borrower may elect
different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such
portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section 2.07 shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.07, the Borrower
shall not be permitted to change the Class of any Borrowing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Alternate Currency Loans may not be made as, or be converted to, an ABR Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.07, the Borrower shall notify the
Applicable Administrative Agent of such election (by telephone or irrevocable written notice), by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type and
Class resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic means to the
Applicable Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section 2.07 shall not be construed to permit the Borrower to (i) elect an
Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans or Term RFR Loans that, in either case, does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (ii) convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not available under the Class of Commitments or Loans
pursuant to which such Borrowing was made.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to subclauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
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(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, Term RFR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which
Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.”
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one (1) month’s duration. If less than all the outstanding principal amount of any Borrowing shall be converted or continued, then each resulting Borrowing shall be in an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than
the Borrowing Minimum and satisfy the limitations specified in Section 2.02(d) regarding the maximum number of Borrowings of the relevant Type.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Applicable Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a
Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be continued as a
Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing, as applicable, with an Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Applicable
Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be
converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing or Term RFR Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing and Term RFR Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to
the Dollar Equivalent of the applicable Alternate Currency, if applicable).
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Facility Commitments of each Class shall
automatically and permanently terminate on the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Class. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the funding of the requested amount of Initial Term A Loans by the Initial Term A
Lenders), the Initial Term A Loan Commitments of the Initial Term A Lenders will automatically and permanently terminate. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the funding of the requested amount of Initial Term B Loans by the
Initial Term B Lenders), the Initial Term B Loan Commitments of the Initial Term B Lenders will automatically and permanently terminate.
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(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Facility
Commitments of any Class; provided, that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 (or, if less, the
remaining amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class) and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the
Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with Section 2.11 and any Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.05(j) or (k), as applicable, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of
such Class (excluding any Cash Collateralized Letter of Credit, to the extent so Cash Collateralized) would exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the PR Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the
Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class under clause (b) of this Section 2.08 at least three (3) Business Days prior to
the effective date of such termination or reduction (or such shorter period acceptable to the PR Administrative Agent), specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the PR
Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice of termination or
reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions,
in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the PR Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied or waived by the Borrower. Any termination or reduction
of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the PR Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date applicable to such Revolving Facility Loans, (ii) to the PR Administrative Agent for the
account of each Term A Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term A Loan of such Term A Lender as provided in Section 2.10, (iii) to the Term Administrative Agent for the account of each Term B Lender the then unpaid
principal amount of each Term B Loan of such Term B Lender as provided in Section 2.10 and (iv) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan applicable to any Class of Revolving Facility
Commitments on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Class.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Applicable Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility, Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to
each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Applicable Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
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(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of this
Section 2.09 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Applicable Administrative Agent to maintain such
accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a “Note”).
In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H,
or in another form approved by such Lender, the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower in their sole discretion. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and
interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such
payee and its registered assigns).
(a) Subject to the other clauses of this Section 2.10 and to Section 9.08(e):
(i) the Borrower shall repay principal of outstanding Initial Term A Loans on the dates set forth below or, if any such date is not a Business Day, on the
immediately preceding Business Day (each such date being referred to as an “Initial Term A Loan Installment Date”), in the aggregate amounts set forth below under the heading “Initial Term A Loan Installment Amount” on the
applicable Initial Term A Loan Installment Date:
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Initial Term A Loan
Installment Date
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Initial Term A Loan
Installment Amount
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December 31, 2021
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$5,000,000
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March 31, 2022
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$5,000,000
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June 30, 2022
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$5,000,000
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September 30, 2022
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$5,000,000
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December 31, 2022
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$5,000,000
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March 31, 2023
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$5,000,000
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June 30, 2023
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$5,000,000
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September 30, 2023
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$5,000,000
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December 31, 2023
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$7,500,000
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March 31, 2024
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$7,500,000
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June 30, 2024
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$7,500,000
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September 30, 2024
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$7,500,000
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December 31, 2024
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$10,000,000
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March 31, 2025
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$10,000,000
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June 30, 2025
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$10,000,000
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September 30, 2025
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$10,000,000
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December 31, 2025
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$10,000,000
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March 31, 2026
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$10,000,000
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June 30, 2026
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$10,000,000
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Initial Term A Loan Maturity Date
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Aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Initial Term A Loans outstanding
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(ii) in the event that any Other Term A Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Initial Term A Loans) are made, the Borrower shall repay such Other Term
A Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Initial Term A Loans) on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the related Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment (each such date being referred to as an “Other Term A Loan
Installment Date”); and
(iii) to the extent not previously paid, all outstanding Term A Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date.
(b) Subject to the other clauses of this Section 2.10 and to Section 9.08(e):
(i) the Borrower shall repay principal of outstanding Initial Term B Loans on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year
(commencing on December 31, 2021)and on the Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date or, if any such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day (each such date being referred to as an “Initial Term B Loan
Installment Date”), in an aggregate principal amount of such Initial Term B Loans equal to (A) in the case of any Initial Term B Loan Installment Date prior to the Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date, 0.25% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Initial Term B Loans incurred on the Closing Date, and (B) in the case of such payment due on the Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date, an amount equal to the then unpaid principal amount of such Initial Term B
Loans outstanding;
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(ii) in the event that any Other Term B Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Initial Term B Loans) are made, the Borrower shall repay such Other Term
B Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Initial Term B Loans) on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the related Incremental Assumption Agreement, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment (each such date being referred
to as an “Other Term B Loan Installment Date”); and
(iii) to the extent not previously paid, all outstanding Term B Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date.
(c) To the extent not previously paid, all outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and Swingline Loans
shall be due and payable on the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date.
(d) Any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be applied so
that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Initial Term B Loans, the Initial Term A Loans and the Other Term Loans, if any, pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Initial
Term B Loans, Initial Term A Loans and Other Term Loans, if any, to reduce amounts due on the succeeding Term Loan Installment Dates for such Classes; provided, that, subject to the pro rata application to Term
Loans outstanding within any respective Class of Loans, (x) with respect to mandatory prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(1), any Class of Other Term Loans may receive less than its pro rata
share thereof (so long as the amount by which its pro rata share exceeds the amount actually applied to such Class is applied to repay (on a pro rata basis) the outstanding Initial Term B Loans, Initial
Term A Loans and any other Classes of then outstanding Other Term Loans), in each case to the extent the respective Class receiving less than its pro rata share has consented thereto and (y) the Borrower shall allocate
any repayments pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(2) to repay the respective Class or Classes being refinanced, as provided in such Section 2.11(b)(2). Any mandatory prepayment of Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(c),
shall be applied so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Initial Term B Loans and the Other Term B Loans, if any, pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Initial Term B Loans and
Other Term B Loans, if any, to reduce amounts due on the succeeding Term B Loan Installment Dates for such Classes; provided, that, subject to the pro rata application to Term B Loans outstanding within any respective Class of Loans,
any Class of Other Term B Loans may receive less than its pro rata share thereof (so long as the amount by which its pro rata share exceeds the amount actually applied to such Class is applied to repay (on a pro rata basis) the
outstanding Initial Term B Loans and any other Classes of then outstanding of Other Term B Loans, in each case to the extent the respective Class receiving less than its pro rata share has consented thereto). Any optional prepayments of
the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) shall be applied to the remaining installments of the Term Loans under the applicable Class or Classes as the Borrower may in each case direct (and absent such direction, in direct
order of maturity).
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Prior to any prepayment of any Loan under any Facility hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings under the applicable Facility to be prepaid and shall notify the
Applicable Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by electronic means) of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, (i) in the case of an ABR
Borrowing or any Swingline Loan, on the scheduled date of such prepayment, (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars, at least three (3) Business Days before the scheduled date of such prepayment (or, in each case, such
shorter period acceptable to the Applicable Administrative Agent (and the Swingline Lender, if applicable)), (iii) in the case of a Term RFR Borrowing, at least three (3) Business Days before the scheduled date of such prepayment (or, in
each case, such shorter period acceptable to the Applicable Administrative Agent) and (iv) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, at least four (4) Business Days before the scheduled date of such prepayment (or,
in each case, such shorter period acceptable to the Applicable Administrative Agent). Each such notice shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice of prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness
of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Applicable Administrative Agent (and the Swingline Lender, if applicable) on or
prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Each repayment of a Borrowing (x) in the case of the Revolving Facility of any Class, shall be applied to the Revolving Facility Loans included in the repaid
Borrowing such that each Revolving Facility Lender receives its ratable share of such repayment (based upon the respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class at the time of such repayment)
and (y) in all other cases, shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. All repayments of Loans shall be accompanied by (1) accrued interest on the amount repaid to the extent required by Section 2.13(e)
and (2) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.16.
(e) The Borrower shall notify the Applicable Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory
prepayment of the applicable Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(1) or 2.11(c) at least four (4) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such
prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Applicable Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Term Lender of the contents of any such prepayment notice and of such
Term Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s pro rata share of each relevant Class of the Term Loans). Any such Term Lender (a “Declining Term Lender,” and any such Term Lender which is
not a Declining Term Lender, an “Accepting Term Lender”) may elect, by delivering written notice to the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m., Local Time, one (1) Business Day after the date of
such Term Lender’s receipt of notice from the Applicable Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment, that the full amount of any mandatory prepayment otherwise required to be made with respect to the applicable Term Loans held by
such Term Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(1) or 2.11(c) not be made (the aggregate amount of such prepayments declined by the applicable Declining Term Lenders, the applicable “Declined Prepayment Amount”). If
any such Term Lender fails to deliver notice setting forth such rejection of a prepayment to the Applicable Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such notice fails to specify the principal amount of the
applicable Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of the applicable Term Loans. In the event that the Declined Prepayment Amount with respect to the
applicable Facility is greater than $0, the Applicable Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Accepting Term Lender under the applicable Facility of the amount of such Declined Prepayment Amount and of any such Accepting Term
Lender’s ratable portion of such Declined Prepayment Amount (based on such Lender’s pro rata share of the applicable Term Loans (excluding the pro rata share of the Declining Term Lenders)). Any such
Accepting Term Lender may elect, by delivering, no later than 5:00 p.m., Local Time, one (1) Business Day after the date of such Accepting Term Lender’s receipt of notice from the Applicable Administrative Agent regarding such
additional prepayment, a written notice that such Accepting Term Lender’s ratable portion of such Declined Prepayment Amount not be applied to repay such Accepting Term Lender’s applicable Term Loans, in which case the portion of such
Declined Prepayment Amount which would otherwise have been applied to such Term Loans of the Declining Term Lenders shall instead be retained by the Borrower. Each Term Lender’s ratable portion of such Declined Prepayment Amount
(unless declined by the respective Term Lender as described in the preceding sentence) shall be applied to the remaining installments of the respective Term Loans of such Lenders under the applicable Class or Classes as the Borrower may
in each case direct (and absent such direction, in direct order of maturity). For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may, at its option, apply any amounts retained in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence to prepay loans
in accordance with Section 2.11(a) below.
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(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole
or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.12(d) and Section 2.16 and subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10(c)), in an aggregate principal amount that is
an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(d). This Section 2.11(a) shall permit any
prepayment of Loans on a Facility by Facility basis and on a non-pro rata basis across Facilities (but not within a single Facility), in each case, as selected by the Borrower in its sole discretion.
(b) Beginning on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall apply (1) the Asset Sale Required Percentage of
all Net Proceeds (other than Net Proceeds of the kind described in the following clause (2)) within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (d) and (e) of Section 2.10
and (2) all Net Proceeds from any issuance or incurrence of Refinancing Notes, Refinancing Term Loans and Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments (other than solely by means of extending or renewing then existing Refinancing Notes,
Refinancing Term Loans and Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments without resulting in any Net Proceeds), no later than three (3) Business Days after the date on which such Refinancing Notes, Refinancing Term Loans and Replacement
Revolving Facility Commitments are issued or incurred, to prepay Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitments in accordance with Section 2.23 and the definition of “Refinancing Notes” (as applicable).
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(c) Not later than five (5) Business Days after the date on which the annual financial statements
are, or are required to be, delivered under Section 5.04(a) with respect to each Excess Cash Flow Period (commencing with the Excess Cash Flow Period ending on the last day of the Borrower’s fiscal year ending in May 2023), the
Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and, if and to the extent the amount of such Excess Cash Flow exceeds $0, the Borrower shall, on or prior to the 90th day following the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period, apply an amount to prepay Term B Loans equal to (i) the ECF Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow minus (ii) the
sum of (a) to the extent not financed using the proceeds of funded Indebtedness, the amount of any voluntary payments of Term Loans and amounts used to repurchase outstanding principal of Term Loans during such Excess Cash Flow Period (plus,
without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (ii), the amount of any such voluntary payments and amounts so used to repurchase principal of Term B Loans after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period
but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and Section 2.25 (it being understood that the amount of any such payments pursuant to Section 2.25 shall be
calculated to equal the amount of cash used to repay principal and not the principal amount deemed prepaid therewith), (b) to the extent not financed using the proceeds of funded Indebtedness, the amount of any voluntary payments of
Revolving Facility Loans or Swingline Loans to the extent that Revolving Facility Commitments are terminated or reduced pursuant to Section 2.08 by the amount of such payments and (c) to the extent not financed using the
proceeds of funded Indebtedness, the amount of any voluntary payments or redemptions of Permitted Debt secured by Other First Liens and amounts used to repurchase outstanding principal of any such Permitted Debt secured by Other First
Liens during such Excess Cash Flow Period (plus, without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (ii), the amount of any such voluntary payments and amounts so used to repurchase principal of such
Permitted Debt after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) (it being understood that the amount of any such repurchase shall be calculated to equal the amount of cash
used to repay principal and not the principal amount deemed prepaid therewith). Such calculation will be set forth in a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Term Administrative Agent setting forth
the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, the amount of any required prepayment in respect thereof and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.
(d) In the event that the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Class exceeds
the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Facility Borrowings and/or Swingline Borrowings of such Class (or, if no such Borrowings are
outstanding, provide Cash Collateral in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to
such excess.
(e) In the event that the aggregate amount of Revolving L/C Exposure of any Class exceeds the total
Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class, the Borrower shall provide Cash Collateral in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05(j) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(f) If as a result of changes in currency exchange rates, within two (2) days of any Revaluation
Date the PR Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Class exceeds 105% of the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class, (ii) the Dollar
Equivalent of the Revolving L/C Exposure exceeds 105% of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (iii) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Alternate Currency Loans outstanding at any time, together with the
aggregate amount of all Alternate Currency Letters of Credit issued at such time, exceeds $200,000,000, then the Borrower shall, at the request of the PR Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days of such Revaluation Date (A) prepay
Revolving Facility Borrowings or (B) provide Cash Collateral in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05(j), in an aggregate amount such that the applicable exposure does not exceed 105% of the
applicable commitment sublimit or amount set forth above.
(g) In connection with any prepayment of any Loan of any Lender hereunder that would otherwise occur
from the proceeds of new Loans being funded hereunder on the date of such prepayment, if agreed to by the Borrower and such Lender in a writing provided to the Applicable Administrative Agent, the portion of the existing Loan of such
Lender that would otherwise be prepaid on such date may instead be converted on a “cashless roll” basis into a like principal amount of the new Loans being funded on such date.
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(h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, (i) to the extent that the repatriation to the United States of any or all of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary (a “Foreign Disposition”) or Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Foreign Subsidiary (“Foreign Excess Cash Flow”) is or would be (x)
prohibited or delayed by applicable local law, (y) restricted by applicable organizational documents or (z) subject to other onerous organizational or administrative impediments, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Foreign Excess Cash
Flow that is or would be so affected will not be required to be applied to repay the applicable Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.11 but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law or applicable organizational documents or other impediment exists (and the Borrower hereby agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law or applicable organizational documents or to overcome or eliminate such impediment
to permit such repatriation), and if within one (1) year following the date on which the respective prepayment would otherwise have been required to be used to made pursuant to Section
2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c), such repatriation is permitted under the applicable local law or
applicable organizational documents or the impediment to such repatriation has ceased to exist, such prepayment will promptly (and in any event not later than five (5) Business Days) be made (in an amount equal to the amount of the
prepayment so deferred, net of an amount equal to the additional taxes and other costs that are would reasonably be expected to be incurred, payable or reserved against as a result of such repatriation) pursuant to this Section 2.11 and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation to the United
States of any or all of the Net Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition or Foreign Excess Cash Flow would have adverse tax cost consequences to the Borrower (as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith), such Net Proceeds or
Foreign Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the PR Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender, on the
last Business Day of each fiscal quarter (commencing on the last Business Day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date) and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as
provided herein, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) in Dollars on the daily amount of the applicable Available Unused Commitment of such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or
ending with the date on which the last of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated) at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last) in a year of 360 days. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the
Revolving Facility Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.
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(b) The Borrower agrees to pay from time to time (i) to the PR Administrative Agent for the account
of each Revolving Facility Lender of each Class, on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter (commencing on the last Business Day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date) and on the date on which the Revolving
Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an “L/C Participation Fee”) in Dollars on such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the daily average Revolving L/C Exposure (excluding
the portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) of such Class, during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or the date on which
the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class shall be terminated; provided, that any such fees accruing after the date on which such Revolving Facility Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand) at the rate per annum
equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings of such Class effective for each day in such period, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account (x) on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter
(commencing on the last Business Day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date) and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated, a fronting fee in Dollars in respect of
each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate equal to 0.125% (or such
lesser rate as may be agreed by the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank from time to time) per annum of the Dollar Equivalent of the daily stated amount of such Letter of Credit), plus (y) in connection with the issuance,
amendment, cancellation, negotiation, presentment, renewal, extension or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any L/C Disbursement thereunder, such Issuing Bank’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges (collectively,
“Issuing Bank Fees”). All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees that are payable on a per annum basis shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last) in
a year of 360 days.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Administrative Agent, for the account of each such
Administrative Agent, the applicable “Agency Fee” as set forth in the Fee Letter, in the amounts and, at the times specified therein (the “Administrative
Agent Fees”).
(d) If any Repricing Event occurs prior to the date occurring six (6) months after the Closing Date,
the Borrower agrees to pay to the Term Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Term B Lender with Initial Term B Loans that are subject to such Repricing Event (including any Term B Lender which is replaced pursuant to Section 2.19(c)
as a result of its refusal to consent to an amendment giving rise to such Repricing Event), a fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term B Loans subject to such Repricing Event. Such fees
shall be earned, due and payable upon the date of the occurrence of the respective Repricing Event.
All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars and immediately available funds, to the Applicable Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders,
except that Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable Issuing Banks. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.
(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the ABR plus the
Applicable Margin.
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(b) (i) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted
Eurocurrency Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin, (ii) the Daily Simple RFR Loans comprising each Daily Simple RFR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Daily Simple RFR plus
the Applicable Margin and (iii) the Term RFR Loans comprising each Term RFR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Term RFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest as determined in accordance with Section 2.04.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other
amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in
the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding clauses of this Section 2.13 or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2% plus the
rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in clause (a) of this Section 2.13; provided, that this clause (d) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.
(e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for
such Loan, (ii) in the case of Revolving Facility Loans, upon termination of the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments and (iii) in the case of the Term Loans, on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date; provided, that
(A) interest accrued pursuant to clause (d) of this Section 2.13 shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of a Revolving Facility Loan that is an
ABR Loan that is not made in conjunction with a permanent commitment reduction), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (C) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan or Term RFR Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(f) All computations of interest for ABR Loans when the ABR is based on the Prime Rate shall be made
on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All computations of interest for Loans denominated in Sterling shall be made on
the basis of a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days and the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three
hundred sixty (360) day year and the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable ABR, Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, Term RFR or Daily Simple RFR shall be determined by the Applicable
Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(a) Subject to clause (c) below, if prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a
Eurocurrency Borrowing:
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(i) the Applicable Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and Interest Period, including because the applicable Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis, for the applicable currency and such
Interest Period; or
(ii) the Applicable Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority Lenders of any applicable Class that the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, the USD LIBOR Rate
or the Spread Adjusted SONIA, as applicable, for the applicable currency and such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in
such Borrowing for the applicable currency and such Interest Period,
then the Applicable Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the applicable Lenders by telephone or electronic means as promptly as
practicable thereafter and, until the Applicable Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the applicable Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests (or
any deemed request for) the conversion of any Borrowing denominated in Dollars to, or continuation of any Borrowing denominated in Dollars as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and such Borrowing shall be converted to or
continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto an ABR Borrowing, (B) any outstanding affected Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternate Currency, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (i) be converted into
ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate Currency) at the end of the applicable Interest Period or (ii) be prepaid in full, together with accrued interest thereon, at the end of the
applicable Interest Period; provided that if no election is made by the Borrower by the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice or, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the last day of the
current Interest Period for the applicable Eurocurrency Loan, if earlier, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (B)(i) above and (C) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be
made as an ABR Borrowing denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate Currency, if applicable); provided, that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of
Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
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(b) Subject to clause (c) below, if in connection with any RFR Borrowing: (i), the Applicable
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error and made in a manner substantially consistent with determinations being made for similarly situated customers of such Administrative Agent
under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.14(b)) that (A) in the event that Daily Simple RFR is utilized in any calculations hereunder or under any other Loan Document with respect to any Obligations, interest, fees,
commission or other amount, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Daily Simple RFR pursuant to the definition thereof or (B) in the event that Term RFR is utilized in any calculations hereunder or under any other
Loan Document with respect to any Obligations, interest, fees, commission or other amount, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term RFR pursuant to the definition thereof on or prior to the first day of any
Interest Period or (ii) the Applicable Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error and made in a manner substantially consistent with determinations being made for similarly situated
customers of such Administrative Agent under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.14(b)) that fundamental change has occurred in the foreign exchange markets with respect to an applicable Alternate Currency (including
changes in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls), then the Applicable Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the applicable
Lenders by telephone or electronic means as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Applicable Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the applicable Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer
exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests (or any deemed request for) the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, an RFR Borrowing in such affected currency shall be ineffective and such
Borrowing shall be (A) in the case of an affected RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars, converted to or continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as an ABR Borrowing and (B) in the case of an affected RFR
Borrowing denominated in an Alternate Currency, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (i) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate Currency) immediately, or in
the case of a Term RFR Borrowings, at the end of the applicable Interest Period or (ii) be prepaid in full, together with accrued interest thereon, at the end of the applicable Interest Period; provided that if no election is
made by the Borrower by the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice or, in the case of Term RFR Loans, the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Term RFR Loans, if earlier,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (B)(i) above and (C) if any Borrowing Request requests an affected RFR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to
the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate Currency, if applicable); provided, that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
(c) Benchmark Replacement.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if the USD LIBOR Transition Date has occurred, prior to the Reference Time
in respect of any setting of the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b)(1) or (b)(2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for the USD
LIBOR Transition Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark with respect to Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars for all purposes
hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y)
if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b)(3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for the USD LIBOR Transition Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes
hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such
Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Applicable Administrative Agent has not received, by
such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders of the applicable Class.
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(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event with respect to any
Benchmark, the Administrative Agents and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace such Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on
the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Applicable Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower so long as
the Applicable Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders of the applicable Class. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark
Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.14(c)(ii) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document and subject to the proviso below in this paragraph, if a Term RFR Transition
Date has occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark consisting of a Daily Simple RFR (including a Daily Simple RFR implemented as a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to Section 2.14(c)(i)
or Section 2.14(c)(ii) for the applicable currency, then the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark for the applicable
currency setting and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that this clause (c) shall not be
effective unless the Applicable Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders and the Borrower a Term RFR Notice with respect to the applicable Term RFR Transition Event. For the avoidance of doubt, each Administrative Agent shall
not be required to deliver a Term RFR Notice after a Term RFR Transition Event and may elect or not elect to do so in its sole discretion.
(d) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a
Benchmark Replacement, the Applicable Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any
amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(e) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Applicable Administrative Agent
will promptly notify the Borrower and the applicable Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. The Applicable Administrative Agent will
promptly notify the Borrower of the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.14(d) and (f). Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Applicable Administrative Agent or, if
applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.14, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any
decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.14.
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(f) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or
in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if any then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including any Term RFR or Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate) and either (I)
any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Applicable Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (II) the regulatory
supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Applicable Administrative
Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed
pursuant to clause (A) above either (I) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (II) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or
will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Applicable Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar analogous definition) for all Benchmark
settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(g) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the
commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a given Benchmark, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, in each case, to be
made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period denominated in the applicable currency and, failing that, (A)(I) in the case of any request for any affected RFR Loans or a Eurocurrency Loans, in each case,
denominated in Dollars, if applicable, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans in the amount specified therein and (II) in the case of any request for
any affected RFR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan, in each case, in an Alternate Currency, if applicable, then such request shall be ineffective and (B)(I) any outstanding affected RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, in each case, denominated in
Dollars, if applicable, will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans immediately or, in the case of Term RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, at the end of the applicable Interest Period and (II) any outstanding affected RFR Loans
or Eurocurrency Loans, in each case, denominated in an Alternate Currency, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (a) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate
Currency) immediately or, in the case of Term RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, at the end of the applicable Interest Period or (b) be prepaid in full immediately or, in the case of Term RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, at the end of the
applicable Interest Period; provided that, with respect to any Daily Simple RFR Loan, if no election is made by the Borrower by the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have elected clause (a) above; provided, further that, with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or Term RFR Loan, if no election is made by the Borrower by the earlier of (x)
the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice and (y) the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Eurocurrency Loan or Term RFR Loan, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have elected clause (a) above. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.15. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to any Benchmark or at any time that a tenor for any then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the
component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark that is the subject of such Benchmark Unavailability Period or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.
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(h) Announcement. On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”), the
administrator of the London interbank offered rate, and the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), the regulatory supervisor of IBA, announced in public statements (the “Announcements”) that the final publication or
representativeness date for the London interbank offered rate for: (a) Sterling and Euros will be December 31, 2021, (b) Dollars for 1-week and 2-month tenor settings will be December 31, 2021 and (c) Dollars for overnight, 1-month,
3-month, 6-month and 12-month tenor settings will be June 30, 2023. No successor administrator for IBA was identified in such Announcements. As a result, it is possible that commencing immediately after such dates, the London interbank
offered rate for such currencies and tenors may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed a representative reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on applicable Loans. There is no assurance that the dates set
forth in the Announcements will not change or that IBA or the FCA will not take further action that could impact the availability, composition or characteristics of any London interbank offered rate. Public and private sector industry
initiatives have been and continue, as of the date hereof, to be underway to implement new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of London interbank offered rates. In the event that the London interbank offered rate or any
other then-current Benchmark is no longer available or in certain other circumstances set forth in this Section 2.14, such Section 2.14(c) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The
applicable Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 2.14(c), of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or
accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (i) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate, the rates in
the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate” or any Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any
then-current Benchmark or any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted
pursuant to Section 2.14(c), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, such Benchmark or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or
unavailability, or (ii) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. The applicable Administrative Agent and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect
the calculation of a Benchmark, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Borrower. The applicable
Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or
expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, or credit extended by, any Lender or Issuing Bank; or
(ii) subject any Lender or any Issuing Bank to any Tax with respect to any Loan Document (other than (x) Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes indemnifiable under Section 2.17
or (y) Excluded Taxes); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London or other relevant interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any
Letter of Credit or participation therein,
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any such Eurocurrency Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase
the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder, whether of principal, interest or
otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered
as reasonably determined by such Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable (which determination shall be made in good faith and in a manner substantially consistent with the determinations being made for similarly
situated customers of such Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15(a)).
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the
Loans or Commitments made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such
Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding
company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing
Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered as reasonably determined by such Lender or such Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith and in a manner substantially
consistent with determinations being made for similarly situated customers of such Lender or such Issuing Bank under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15(b)).
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(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank describing in reasonable detail the amount or
amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive
absent manifest error; provided, that any such certificate claiming amounts described in clause (x) or (y) of the definition of “Change in Law” shall, in addition, state the basis upon which such amount has been
calculated and certify that such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s demand for payment of such costs hereunder, and such method of allocation, is not inconsistent with its treatment of other borrowers, which as a credit matter, are similarly
situated to the Borrower and which are subject to similar provisions. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
(d) Promptly after any Lender or Issuing Bank has determined that it will make a request for
increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15
shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.15
for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of
such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred
to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments. In the event of
(a) the payment of any principal of any (x) Eurocurrency Loan or any Term RFR Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto or (y) any Daily Simple RFR Loan other than on an Interest Payment Date applicable
thereto (including, in each case, as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10 or 2.11), (b) the conversion of (x) any Eurocurrency Loan or Term RFR Loan other than on the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or (y) any Daily Simple RFR Loan other than on an Interest Payment Date applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan on the
date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (unless such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10(d) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) (x) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan or Term RFR Loan other than
on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19 or (y) the assignment of any Daily Simple RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable
thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19 then, in each case, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of
Eurocurrency Loans, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender (it being understood that the deemed amount shall not exceed the actual amount) to be the excess, if any, of
(i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Eurocurrency Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the
last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue
on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurocurrency
market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
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(a) All payments made by or on behalf of a Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Taxes; provided, that if a Loan Party, any Administrative Agent or any other applicable withholding agent shall be required by
applicable Requirement of Law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from such payments, then (i) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions or withholdings as are reasonably determined by the applicable withholding agent to
be required by any applicable Requirement of Law, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority within the time allowed and in accordance with
applicable Requirement of Law, and (iii) to the extent withholding or deduction is required to be made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all
required deductions and withholdings have been made (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) each Lender (or, in the case of payments made to any Administrative Agent
for its own account, such Administrative Agent), as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made. After any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or any
Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 2.17, the Borrower shall deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent or the Applicable Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the
case may be, a copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by applicable Requirements of Law to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(b) The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law, or, at the option of the Applicable Administrative Agent and without duplication, timely reimburse such Administrative Agent for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
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(c) The Borrower shall, without duplication of any additional amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.17(a)
or any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.17(b), indemnify and hold harmless each Administrative Agent and each Lender within fifteen (15) Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes imposed on such Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, as the case may be (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17),
and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate setting
forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by such Administrative Agent (as applicable) on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to
any payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Applicable Administrative Agent), at the time(s) reasonably requested by the Borrower and in the manner(s) prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of
withholding.
Each person that shall become a Participant pursuant to Section 9.04 or a Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be
required to provide all the forms and statements required pursuant to this Section 2.17(d) and Section 2.17(f); provided, that a Participant shall furnish all such required forms and statements solely to the
participating Lender.
Without limiting the foregoing:
(i) Each Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and (as applicable) the Applicable Administrative Agent, on or prior
to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as required by applicable Requirements of Law or upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative
Agent) a properly completed and duly executed United States Internal Revenue Form W-9 or any successor form, certifying that such person is exempt from United States federal backup withholding Tax on payments made hereunder.
(ii) (A) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent on or prior
to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
the person treated as its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) eligible for the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, two duly
completed and executed copies of IRS Form W‑8BEN or IRS FormW‑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 payments under any Loan Document, duly completed and executed copies of IRS Form W‑8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to
the “business profits” or “other income” article of such Tax treaty;
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(2) two duly completed and executed copies of IRS Form W‑8ECI with respect to such Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its
owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, with respect to the person treated as its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes);
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the person treated as
its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) entitled to the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to
the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of 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, and that no payments under any Loan Document are effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business of the Foreign Lender (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y)
two duly completed and executed copies of IRS Form W‑8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable;
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the person treated as
its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is not the beneficial owner of such payments, two duly completed and executed copies of IRS Form W‑8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W‑8ECI, IRS Form W‑8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, whichever is
applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-3 or Exhibit J-4, IRS Form W‑9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided, that
if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax
Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 on behalf of such direct and indirect partner(s); or
(5) executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly
completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law to permit the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be
made.
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(iii) Each Lender (A) shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent of any change in circumstance which would modify or render invalid any claimed
exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax, and (B) agrees that if any documentation it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.17(d) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly (x)
update such documentation or (y) promptly notify the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.
(e) If any Lender or the any Administrative Agent, as applicable, determines in good faith that it has
received a refund of an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax for which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party pursuant to this Section 2.17, then the Lender or such Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly pay to the
indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund) (net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including Taxes) of such Lender or such Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and without interest other than any interest received thereon from the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided,
that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Lender or such Administrative Agent, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest (solely with respect to the time period during which the Loan
Party actually held such funds, except to the extent that the refund was initially claimed at the written request of such Loan Party) or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Lender or any Administrative
Agent in the event the Lender or any Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, such Lender or such Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrower’s request,
provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant Governmental Authority (provided, that such Lender or such Administrative Agent may
delete any information therein that it deems confidential). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.17(e), in no event will a Lender or any Administrative Agent be required to pay any amount to a Loan Party
pursuant to this Section 2.17(e) the payment of which would place such Lender or such Administrative Agent in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Lender or such Administrative Agent would have been in if the
Indemnified Tax or Other Tax giving rise to such refund had not been imposed in the first instance. Neither any Lender nor any Administrative Agent shall be obliged to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating
to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party in connection with this Section 2.17(e) or any other provision of this Section 2.17.
(f) If a payment made to any Lender or any Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or such Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the
Code, as applicable), such Lender or such Agent shall deliver to the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by
the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of 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 Applicable Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied
with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.17(f), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the
Closing Date.
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(g) Each Lender authorizes the Applicable Administrative Agent to deliver to the Borrower and to any
successor Applicable Administrative Agent any documentation provided by the Lender to the Applicable Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.17(d) or Section 2.17(f). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.17,
a Lender shall not be required to deliver any documentation that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(h) The agreements in this Section 2.17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable under any Loan Document.
For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank.
(a) Unless otherwise specified, the Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Sections 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date when due,
in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Applicable Administrative Agent, be
deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Applicable Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower
by the Applicable Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the applicable Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17
and 9.05 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly
following receipt thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, if any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in
the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments made under the Loan Documents shall be made in Dollars (or, in the case of Alternate Currency Loans (including
interest thereon) or Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, in the applicable Alternate Currency). Any payment required to be made by any Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if such
Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such Administrative Agent to
make such payment.
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(b) With respect to any proceeds of Collateral received by any Administrative Agent (whether as a
result of any realization on the Collateral, any setoff rights, any distribution in connection with any proceedings or other action of any Loan Party in respect of Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise and whether received in cash or
otherwise) (i) not constituting (A) a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan Documents (which shall be applied on a pro rata basis among the relevant Lenders under the Class of
Loans being prepaid as specified by the Borrower) or (B) a mandatory prepayment (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.11) or (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and any Administrative
Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, such funds shall be applied, subject to the provisions of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements
including amounts then due to any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and any Issuing Bank from the Borrower, second, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders (in their capacities as
such) from the Borrower, third, to pay interest (including post-petition interest, whether or not an allowed claim in any claim or proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws) then due and payable on the Loans ratably, fourth,
to repay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, to Cash Collateralize all outstanding Letters of Credit, and any other amounts owing with respect to Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and
Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements ratably; provided, that amounts which are applied to Cash Collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit that remain available after expiry of the applicable Letter of Credit shall be
applied in the manner set forth herein and fifth, to the payment of any other Obligation due to any Secured Party by the Borrower.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain
payment in respect of any principal of, or interest on, any of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements or Swingline Loans of a given Class resulting in
such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans of such
Class and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender entitled to receive the same proportion of such payment, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans, L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans of such Class of such other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such
payments shall be shared by all such Lenders ratably in accordance with the principal amount of each such Lender’s respective Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans of such Class and accrued interest thereon; provided, that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or
any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, (ii) the provisions of this clause (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any
payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements to any assignee or participant and (iii) nothing in this clause (c) shall be construed to limit the applicability of Section 2.18(b) in the circumstances where Section 2.18(b) is applicable in accordance with its terms. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and
agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
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(d) Unless the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to
the date on which any payment is due to such Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, such Administrative Agent may assume that
the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the relevant Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if the
Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the relevant Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Applicable Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed
to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to such Administrative Agent, at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a
rate determined by such Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) Subject to Section 2.24, if any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), Section 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06, or 2.18(d), then the Applicable Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Applicable Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a
segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent in its discretion.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to
pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or mitigate the applicability of Section 2.20 or any event that gives rise to the operation of
Section 2.20, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches
or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not
subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any
Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
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(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15 (in a material amount in excess of that being charged by other Lenders) or gives notice under Section 2.20, (ii)
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 (in a material amount in excess of that being charged by other Lenders), or (iii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Applicable
Administrative Agent, require any such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided, that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Applicable Administrative Agent (and, if in respect of any Revolving
Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank), to the extent consent would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, which consent, in each case, shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15, payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17 or a notice given under Section 2.20, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (iv) such assignment does not conflict with any applicable Requirement of Law. A
Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to
apply. Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting
Lender. No action by or consent of the removed Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such
assignment the Borrower, the Applicable Administrative Agent, such removed Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04, provided, that if such removed Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one (1) Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 (but only on the part of
the removed Lender) shall not be required to effect such assignment.
(c) If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver or consent which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08
requires the consent of all of the Lenders or all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants
such consent) at its sole expense (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C)) to
replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to (and any such Non-Consenting Lender agrees that it shall, upon the Borrower’s request) assign its Loans and its Commitments (or, at the Borrower’s option, the
Loans and Commitments under the Facility that is the subject of the proposed amendment, waiver or consent) hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to (i) the Applicable Administrative Agent (unless such assignee is a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund) and (ii) if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank; provided, that: (i) all Loan Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant
to Section 2.12(d), if applicable) shall be paid in full in same day funds to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment,
(ii) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and the replacement Lender or, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower shall pay any amount required by Section 2.12(d), if applicable, and (iii) the replacement Lender shall grant its consent with respect to the applicable proposed amendment, waiver or consent. No action by or consent of the Non-Consenting Lender shall be
necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, the Applicable Administrative Agent, such
Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided, that if such Non-Consenting Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one (1) Business Day after the
Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 (but only on the part of the Non-Consenting Lender) shall not be required to effect such
assignment.
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Section 2.20 Illegality. If any Lender reasonably
determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund any Eurocurrency
Loans or RFR Loans or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the applicable RFR, Eurocurrency Rate or Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to
purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Applicable Administrative Agent, (i) any obligations of such Lender to make or continue
any RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, as applicable, or to convert any Loan denominated in Dollars to an RFR Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, as applicable, shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender
making or maintaining ABR Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the then-operative provision of clause (c) of the definition of “ABR”, the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if
necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent without reference to such clause of the definition of “ABR”, in each case until such Lender notifies the Applicable Administrative Agent and the
Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Applicable Administrative Agent) (i) convert all
Eurocurrency Borrowings or RFR Loans, as applicable, denominated in Dollars of such Lender to ABR Borrowings or (ii) covert all RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, as applicable, denominated in an affected Alternate Currency to ABR
Borrowings denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternate Currency) (in each case, the interest rate on such ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to
avoid such illegality, be determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “ABR”), (1) with respect to Daily Simple RFR Loans, on the Interest Payment Date therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such Daily Simple RFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if any
Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Daily Simple RFR Loans to such day or (2) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans or Term RFR Loans, on
the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Loans or Term RFR Loans, as applicable, to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to
maintain such Eurocurrency Loans or Term RFR Loans, as applicable, to such day and (y) if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension
compute ABR without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “ABR”, in each case until the Applicable Administrative Agent is advised in
writing by each affected Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the applicable RFR, the Eurocurrency Rate or Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, as applicable. Upon any such
prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
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(a) After the Closing Date has occurred, the Borrower may, by written notice to the Applicable
Administrative Agent from time to time, request Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable, in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount available at the time such Incremental
Term Loans are funded or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are established (except as set forth in Section 1.07) from one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders (which, in each
case, may include any existing Lender, but shall be required to be persons which would qualify as assignees of a Lender in accordance with Section 9.04) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving
Facility Commitments, as the case may be, in their sole discretion; provided, that each Incremental Revolving Facility Lender providing a commitment to make revolving loans shall be subject to the approval of the Applicable
Administrative Agent and, to the extent the same would be required for an assignment under Section 9.04, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000 and a
minimum amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000, or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount or, in each case, such lesser amount approved by the Applicable Administrative Agent), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term
Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are requested to become effective, (iii) in the case of Incremental Term Loan Commitments, whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be (x) (a) commitments
to make term loans with terms identical to (and which shall together with any then outstanding Initial Term B Loans form a single Class of) Initial Term B Loans or (b) commitments to make term loans with terms identical to (and which
shall together with any then outstanding Initial Term A Loans form a single Class of) Initial Term A Loans or (y) commitments to make term loans with pricing, maturity, amortization, participation in mandatory prepayments and/or other
terms different from the Initial Term B Loans and the Initial Term A Loans (“Other Incremental Term Loans”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to agree to increase its
Commitment, or to provide a Commitment, pursuant to this Section 2.21 and any election to do so shall be in the sole discretion of such Lender.
(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lender shall
execute and deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Applicable Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment
of such Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment of such Incremental Revolving Facility Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Incremental Term Loans
and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that:
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(i) any (x) commitments to make additional Initial Term B Loans shall have the same terms as the Initial Term B Loans, and shall form part of the same Class of
Initial Term B Loans, (y) commitments to make additional Initial Term A Loans shall have the same terms as the Initial Term A Loans, and shall form part of such Class of Initial Term A Loans and (z) Incremental Revolving Facility
Commitments shall have the same terms as the then outstanding Class of Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if more than one Class of Revolving Facility Commitments is then outstanding, the Revolving Facility Commitments with the then
latest Revolving Facility Maturity Date) and shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Latest Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments,
(ii) the Other Incremental Term Loans incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 2.21
shall rank equally and ratably in right of security with the Initial Term Loans or, at the option of the Borrower, shall rank junior in right of security with the Initial Term Loans (provided, that if such Other Incremental
Term Loans rank junior in right of security with the Initial Term Loans, such Other Incremental Term Loans shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be subject to clause
(v) below) or be unsecured,
(iii) (A) the final maturity date of any such Other Incremental Term Loans (x) other than any
Permitted Incremental Term A Loans, any Permitted Earlier Maturity Debt not to exceed at the time of incurrence the Permitted Earlier Maturity Debt Cap, and Customary Bridge Financings, shall be no earlier than the Initial Term B
Facility Maturity Date and (y) other than any Permitted Incremental Term A Loans not to exceed at the time of incurrence the Permitted Earlier TLA Maturity Debt Cap and Customary Bridge Financings, shall be no earlier than the Initial
Term A Facility Maturity Date and (B) except as to pricing, fees, amortization, final maturity date, participation in mandatory prepayments and ranking as to security (which shall, subject to the other clauses of this proviso, be
determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Term Lenders in their sole discretion), any such Other Incremental Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the Initial Term B Loans, (y) the same terms as the Initial Term A Loans or
(z) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent (it being understood that, to the extent that any term is added for the benefit of any Other Incremental Term Loans, no consent shall be
required from Term Lenders to the extent that such term is (a) also added for the benefit of the Term Loans or (b) is only applicable after the Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date),
(iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such Other Incremental Term Loans (other than any Permitted Incremental Term A Loans, any Permitted Earlier Maturity Debt not to exceed at
the time of incurrence the Permitted Earlier Maturity Debt Cap, and Customary Bridge Financings) shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term B Facility,
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(v) with respect to any Other Incremental Term Loan, the All-in Yield shall be as agreed by
the respective Incremental Term Lenders and the Borrower, except that with respect to any Other Incremental Term Loan incurred on or prior to the date that is six (6) months following the Closing Date and in the form of a syndicated
term loan B facility, in each case, secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens thereon securing the Initial Term B Loans, the All-in Yield in respect of any such Other Incremental Term Loan
may exceed the All-in Yield in respect of the Initial Term B Loans by no more than 0.75%, or if it does so exceed such All-in Yield (such excess, the “Term Yield Differential”) then the Applicable Margin (or the Floor as
provided in the following proviso) applicable to such Initial Term B Loans shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Term Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.75%; provided, that to the extent any
portion of the Term Yield Differential is attributable to a higher Floor being applicable to such Other Incremental Term Loans, such floor shall only be included in the calculation of the Term Yield Differential to the extent such
floor is greater than the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in effect for an Interest Period of three (3) months’ duration at such time, and, with respect to such excess, the Floor applicable to the outstanding Term B Loans shall be
increased to an amount not to exceed the Floor applicable to such Other Incremental Term Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Margin applicable to such Initial Term B Loans then outstanding,
(vi) such Other Incremental Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis, a less than pro rata
basis or solely to the same extent that any existing Class of Term Loans participates on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other existing Class of Term Loans, on a greater than pro rata
basis, than the Term Loans in any mandatory prepayment hereunder,
(vii) there shall be no borrower (other than the Borrower) or guarantor (other than the Guarantors) in respect
of any Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, and
(viii) Other Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments shall not be secured by any
asset of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral.
Each party hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the
existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e), including, for the avoidance of doubt, to (x) provide that the
Lenders providing any Permitted Incremental Term A Loans shall have the benefit of the Financial Covenant and be included in the “Required Financial Covenant Lenders” and (y) make appropriate changes to Sections 6.10, 7.01
and 9.08 with respect to the control of remedies in the event of a default in respect of the Financial Covenant. Any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document that is necessary to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21
and any such collateral and other documentation shall be deemed “Loan Documents” hereunder and may be memorialized in writing by the PR Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to
the other parties hereto.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving
Facility Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist (subject, in the case of any tranche of Incremental Term Loans or any Incremental Revolving Facility Loan
that is used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, to Section 1.07); (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than to the
extent qualified by materiality or “Material Adverse Effect,” in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct); provided, that in the event that the tranche of Incremental Term Loans or any
Incremental Revolving Loan is used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction and to the extent the Incremental Term Lenders or Incremental Revolving Lenders, participating in such tranche of Incremental Term Loans or Incremental
Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable, agree, the foregoing clause (ii) shall be limited to the Specified Representations, and in the case of any Limited Condition Acquisition (other than an acquisition to which the
United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies), those representations of the seller or the target company (as applicable) included in the acquisition agreement related to such Limited Condition Acquisition that are material
to the interests of the Lenders and only to the extent that the Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary has the right to terminate its obligations under such acquisition agreement as a result of a failure of such representations to be
accurate; and (iii) the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have received documents and legal opinions consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date as to such matters as are reasonably requested by the Applicable Administrative
Agent. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Assumption Agreement.
(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Applicable Administrative Agent may take any
and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that (i) all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Incremental Term Loans), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the outstanding applicable Class of Term
Loans on a pro rata basis, and (ii) all Revolving Facility Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the applicable Class of outstanding
Revolving Facility Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrower agrees that Section 2.16 shall apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans reasonably required by the Applicable Administrative Agent to
effect the foregoing.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c)
(which provisions shall not be applicable to this Section 2.22), pursuant to one or more offers made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders of any Class of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitments on a pro
rata basis (based, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, on the aggregate outstanding Term Loans of such Class and, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Revolving Facility, on the
aggregate outstanding Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility, as applicable), and on the same terms to each such Lender (“Pro Rata Extension Offers”), the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate
transactions with individual Lenders that agree to such transactions from time to time to extend the maturity date of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments of such Class and to otherwise modify the terms of such Lender’s Loans and/or
Commitments of such Class pursuant to the terms of the relevant Pro Rata Extension Offer (including changing) the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments and/or modifying the amortization
schedule in respect of such Lender’s Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to “on the same terms” in the preceding sentence shall mean, (i) in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, that all of
the Term Loans of such Class are offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable with respect to such extension are the same and (ii) in the case of an offer to the Lenders under
any Revolving Facility, that all of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Facility are offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable with respect to such extension are the
same. Any such extension (an “Extension”) agreed to between the Borrower and any such Lender (an “Extending Lender”) will be established under this Agreement by implementing (x) an Other Term A Loan for such Lender if
such Lender is extending an existing Term A Loan (such extended Term A Loan, an “Extended Term A Loan”), (y) an Other Term B Loan for such Lender if such Lender is extending an existing Term B Loan (such extended Term B Loan, an
“Extended Term B Loan” and, together with the Extended Term A Loans, the “Extended Term Loans”) or (z) an Other Revolving Facility Commitment for such Lender if such Lender is extending an existing Revolving Facility Commitment
(such extended Revolving Facility Commitment, an “Extended Revolving Facility Commitment,” and any Revolving Facility Loan made pursuant to such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment, an “Extended Revolving Loan”). Each
Pro Rata Extension Offer shall specify the date on which the Borrower proposes that the applicable Extended Term Loan shall be made or the proposed Extended Revolving Facility Commitment shall become effective, which shall be a date not
earlier than five (5) Business Days after the date on which notice is delivered to the Applicable Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Applicable Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to agree to extend the maturity date of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.22 and any election to do so shall be
in the sole discretion of such Lender.
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(b) The Borrower and each Extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Applicable Administrative
Agent an amendment to this Agreement (an “Extension Amendment”) and such other documentation as the Applicable Administrative Agent shall
reasonably specify to evidence the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments of such Extending Lender. Each Extension Amendment shall specify the terms of the applicable Extended Term Loans and/or Extended
Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that (i) except as to interest rates, fees and any other pricing terms, and amortization, final
maturity date and participation in prepayments and commitment reductions (which shall, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), the Extended Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the existing
Class of Term Loans from which they are extended or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent, except for any terms which shall not apply until after the then-Latest Maturity Date,
(ii) [reserved], (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Class of Term Loans to which such offer relates, (iv) except as to interest rates, fees, any other pricing
terms and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), any Extended Revolving Facility Commitment shall have (x) the same terms as the existing Class of Revolving Facility
Commitments from which they are extended or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the PR Administrative Agent, except for any terms which shall not apply until after the then-Latest Maturity Date, and, in respect
of any other terms that would affect the rights or duties of any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, such terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank or the
Swingline Lender, and (v) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis, a less than pro rata basis or solely with respect to Indebtedness being extended that participates on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other Class
of Term Loans, a greater than pro rata basis (but only to the same extent that such Class of Term Loans being extended participates on a
greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other Class of Term Loans) than the Term Loans in any mandatory prepayment hereunder. Upon the effectiveness of any Extension Amendment, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but
only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e). Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Applicable Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto. If
provided in any Extension Amendment with respect to any Extended Revolving Facility Commitments, and with the consent of the Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank, participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit shall be reallocated
to lenders holding such Extended Revolving Facility Commitments in the manner specified in such Extension Amendment, including upon effectiveness of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment or upon or prior to the maturity date for
any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.
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(c) Upon the effectiveness of any such Extension, the applicable Extending Lender’s Term Loan will be
automatically designated an Extended Term Loan and/or such Extending Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment will be automatically designated an Extended Revolving Facility Commitment. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (i) if such Extending Lender is extending a Term Loan, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Other Term Loan having the terms of such Extended Term Loan and (ii) if such Extending Lender is extending a Revolving
Facility Commitment, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Other Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(including this Section 2.22), (i) the incurrence of Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Facility Commitments will not reduce the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment is
required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) any Extending Lender may extend all or any portion of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to one or more Pro Rata Extension Offers (subject to
applicable proration in the case of over participation) (including the extension of any Extended Term Loan and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment), (iv) there shall be no condition to any Extension of any Loan or Commitment at
any time or from time to time other than notice to the Applicable Administrative Agent of such Extension and the terms of the Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment implemented thereby, (v) all Extended Term Loans,
Extended Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Loan Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that rank equally and ratably in right of security
with all other Obligations of the Class being extended (and all other Obligations secured by Other First Liens or Junior Liens, as applicable), (vi) neither the Swingline Lender nor any Issuing Bank shall be obligated to provide
Swingline Loans or issue Letters of Credit under such Extended Revolving Facility Commitments unless it shall have consented thereto and (vii) there shall be no borrower (other than the Borrower) and no guarantors (other than the
Guarantors) in respect of any such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments.
(e) Each Extension shall be consummated pursuant to procedures set forth in the associated Pro Rata
Extension Offer; provided, that the Borrower shall cooperate with the Applicable Administrative Agent prior to making any Pro Rata Extension Offer to establish reasonable procedures with respect to mechanical provisions relating
to such Extension, including timing, rounding and other adjustments.
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(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c)
(which provisions shall not be applicable to this Section 2.23), the Borrower may (x) by written notice to the Term Administrative Agent establish one or more additional tranches of term b loans under this Agreement (such loans,
“Refinancing Term B Loans”), all Net Proceeds of which are used to Refinance in whole or in part any Class of Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(2), and (y) by written notice to the PR Administrative Agent establish
one or more additional tranches of term a loans under this Agreement (such loans, “Refinancing Term A Loans” and, together with Refinancing Term B Loans, the “Refinancing Term Loans”), all Net Proceeds of which are used to
Refinance in whole or in part any Class of Term A Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(2). Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Refinancing Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Refinancing
Term Loans shall be made, which shall be a date not earlier than five (5) Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Applicable Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Applicable
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion); provided, that:
(i) before and after giving effect to the borrowing of such Refinancing Term Loans on the Refinancing
Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be satisfied;
(ii) the final maturity date of the Refinancing Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term Facility Maturity
Date of the refinanced Term Loans;
(iv) the aggregate principal amount of the Refinancing Term Loans shall not exceed the
outstanding principal amount of the refinanced Term Loans plus amounts used to pay fees, premiums, costs and expenses (including original issue discount) and accrued interest associated therewith;
(v) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Term Loans (other than provisions
relating to original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and any other pricing terms (which original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2.21(b)(v))
and optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment or redemption terms, which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans) taken as a whole shall (as determined by the Borrower in good
faith) be substantially similar to, or no more restrictive to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term Loans being refinanced (except to the extent such other terms apply solely to
any period after the Latest Maturity Date, the Borrower elects to add such more restrictive terms for the benefit of the other Facilities, or are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Administrative Agent);
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(vi) with respect to Refinancing Term Loans secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior in right of
security to the Initial Term Loans, such Liens will be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement;
(vii) there shall be no borrower (other than the Borrower) and no guarantors (other than the Guarantors) in
respect of such Refinancing Term Loans;
(viii) Refinancing Term Loans shall not be secured by any asset of the Borrower and its subsidiaries other than the Collateral;
and
(ix) Refinancing Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis, a less than pro rata basis or,
solely with respect to Term Loans being refinanced that participate on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other Class of Term Loans, a greater than pro rata basis (but only to the same extent that the
refinanced Term Loans participate on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other Class of Term Loans) than the Term Loans in any mandatory prepayments (other than as provided otherwise in the case of such prepayments
pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(2)) hereunder, as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment.
(b) The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other person that would be a permitted Assignee
pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans; provided, that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans may elect or decline, in its
sole discretion, to provide a Refinancing Term Loan. Any Refinancing Term Loans made on any Refinancing Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, further,
that any Refinancing Term Loans may, to the extent provided in the applicable Refinancing Amendment governing such Refinancing Term Loans, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Term Loans made to the
Borrower.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c)
(which provisions shall not be applicable to this Section 2.23), the Borrower may by written notice to the PR Administrative Agent establish one or more additional Facilities (“Replacement Revolving Facilities”) providing
for revolving commitments (“Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments” and the revolving loans thereunder, “Replacement Revolving Loans”), which replace in whole or in part any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments
under this Agreement. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall become effective,
which shall be a date not less than five (5) Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the PR Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the PR Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided,
that: (i) before and after giving effect to the establishment of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments on the Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date, each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be
satisfied; (ii) after giving effect to the establishment of any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and any concurrent reduction in the aggregate amount of any other Revolving Facility Commitments, the aggregate amount of
Revolving Facility Commitments shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding immediately prior to the applicable Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date plus amounts used to pay
fees, premiums, costs and expenses (including original issue discount) and accrued interest associated therewith; (iii) no Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have a final maturity date (or require commitment reductions or
amortizations) prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date for the Revolving Facility Commitments being replaced; (iv) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Facility (other than provisions relating to (x) fees,
interest rates and other pricing terms and prepayment and commitment reduction and optional redemption terms which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and
(y) the amount of any letter of credit sublimit and swingline commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility, which shall be as agreed between the Borrower, the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments,
the PR Administrative Agent and the replacement issuing bank and replacement swingline lender, if any, under such Replacement Revolving Facility) taken as a whole shall (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) be substantially
similar to, or no more restrictive to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, those, taken as a whole, applicable to the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced (except to the extent such other terms apply solely to any period after
the latest Revolving Facility Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence, or the Borrower elects to add such more restrictive terms for the benefit of the other Facilities, or are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the PR
Administrative Agent); (v) there shall be no borrower (other than the Borrower) and no guarantors (other than the Guarantors) in respect of such Replacement Revolving Facility; (vi) Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and
extensions of credit thereunder shall not be secured by any asset of the Borrower and its subsidiaries other than the Collateral; and (vii) if such Replacement Revolving Facility is secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior in
right of security to the Initial Revolving Loans, such Liens will be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c)
(which provisions shall not be applicable to this Section 2.23), the Borrower may establish Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments to refinance and/or replace all or any portion of a Term Loan hereunder (regardless of
whether such Term Loan is repaid with the proceeds of Replacement Revolving Loans or otherwise), so long as the aggregate amount of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments does not exceed the aggregate amount of Term Loans
repaid at the time of establishment thereof plus amounts used to pay fees, premiums, costs and expenses (including original issue discount) and accrued interest associated therewith (it being understood that such Replacement
Revolving Facility Commitment may be provided by the Lenders holding the Term Loans being repaid and/or by any other person that would be a permitted Assignee hereunder) so long as (i) before and after giving effect to the establishment
of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments on the Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date, each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant agreement
governing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, (ii) the remaining life to termination of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall be no shorter than the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity then applicable to the refinanced Term Loans, (iii) the final termination date of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall be no earlier than the Term Facility Maturity Date of the refinanced Term
Loans, (iv) with respect to Replacement Revolving Loans secured by Liens on Collateral that rank junior in right of security to the Initial Revolving Loans, such Liens will be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement,
(v) there shall be no borrower (other than the Borrower) and no guarantors (other than the Guarantors) in respect of such Replacement Revolving Facility and (vi) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Facility (other
than provisions relating to (x) fees, interest rates and other pricing terms and prepayment and commitment reduction and optional redemption terms which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement
Revolving Facility Commitments and (y) the amount of any letter of credit sublimit and swingline commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility, which shall be as agreed between the Borrower, the Lenders providing such Replacement
Revolving Facility Commitments, the PR Administrative Agent and the replacement issuing banks and replacement swingline lender, if any, under such Replacement Revolving Facility) taken as a whole shall (as determined by the Borrower in
good faith) be substantially similar to, or no more restrictive to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, those, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term Loans being refinanced (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply
solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date, or the Borrower elects to add such more restrictive terms for the benefit of the other Facilities, or are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the PR Administrative Agent). Solely to
the extent that an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender is not a replacement issuing bank or a replacement swingline lender, as the case may be, under a Replacement Revolving Facility, it is understood and agreed that such Issuing Bank
or the Swingline Lender shall not be required to issue any letters of credit or swingline loan under such Replacement Revolving Facility and, to the extent it is necessary for such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender to withdraw as an
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, at the time of the establishment of such Replacement Revolving Facility, such withdrawal shall be on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank or the
Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in its sole discretion. The Borrower agrees to reimburse each Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in full upon demand for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket cost or
expense attributable to such withdrawal.
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(d) The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other person that would be a permitted Assignee of a
Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the
Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment made on any Replacement Revolving Facility
Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Revolving Facility Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, that any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may, to the extent provided in the
applicable Refinancing Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.
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(e) The Borrower and each Lender providing the applicable Refinancing Term Loans and/or Replacement
Revolving Facility Commitments (as applicable) shall execute and deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent an amendment to this Agreement (a “Refinancing Amendment”) and such other documentation as the Applicable
Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence such Refinancing Term Loans and/or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments (as applicable). For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (A) if a Lender is
providing a Refinancing Term A Loan, such Lender will be deemed to have an Other Term A Loan having the terms of such Refinancing Term A Loan, (B) if a Lender is providing a Refinancing Term B Loan, such Lender will be deemed to have an
Other Term B Loan having the terms of such Refinancing Term B Loan and (C) if a Lender is providing a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment, such Lender will be deemed to have an Other Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms
of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including this Section 2.23), (i) the incurrence of Refinancing Term Loans and
Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments will not reduce the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) there
shall be no condition to any incurrence of any Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment at any time or from time to time other than those set forth in clauses (a) or (c) above, as applicable,
and (iv) all Refinancing Term Loans, Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Loan Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that rank equally and ratably in right of
security with the Initial Term Loans and other Loan Obligations (other than Other Incremental Term Loans and Refinancing Term Loans that rank junior in right of security with any Term Loans, and except to the extent any such Refinancing
Term Loans are secured by the Collateral on a junior lien basis in accordance with the provisions above, or are unsecured).
(a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right
to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of “Required Lenders” or “Required Revolving Facility Lenders,” as applicable, and Section 9.08.
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal,
interest, fees or other amounts received by the PR Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, following an Event of Default or otherwise) or received by the PR
Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.06 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the PR Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing
by such Defaulting Lender to the PR Administrative Agent hereunder, second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender
hereunder, third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.05(j), fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no
Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the PR Administrative Agent, fifth,
if so determined by the PR Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to
Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.05(j), sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any
Lender, Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists,
to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement, and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that
are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.24 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents
hereto.
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(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be
required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive L/C Participation Fees for any period during which that Lender is a
Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its pro rata share of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral.
(C) With respect to any L/C Participation Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (B) above,
the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans that has
been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the
extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s or the Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting
Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata Revolving Facility Commitments (calculated without
regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower has
otherwise notified the PR Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party
hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such
reallocation.
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(v) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans. If the
reallocation described in clause (iv) above
cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, within three (3) Business Days following the written request of (i) the PR
Administrative Agent or (ii) the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank, as applicable (with a copy to the PR Administrative Agent), (x) first, prepay
Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set
forth in Section 2.05(j).
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the PR Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender
and each Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the PR Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any
conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par (together with any break funding costs incurred by the non-Defaulting Lenders
as a result of such purchase) that portion of outstanding Revolving Facility Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the PR Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Facility Loans and
funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Facility Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.24(a)(iv)),
whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided, that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a
Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of
any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c) New Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit. So
long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and
(ii) the Issuing Banks shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or referred to below, the Borrower may from time to
time, at its discretion, conduct modified Dutch auctions in order to purchase Term Loans of one or more Classes (as determined by the Borrower) (each, a “Purchase Offer”), each such Purchase Offer to be managed exclusively by the
Applicable Administrative Agent (or such other financial institution chosen by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Administrative Agent) (in such capacity, the “Auction Manager”), so long as the following
conditions are satisfied:
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(i) each Purchase Offer shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures, terms and conditions set forth
in this Section 2.25 and the Auction Procedures;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the delivery of each
notice of an auction and at the time of (and immediately after giving effect to) the purchase of any Term Loans in connection with any Purchase Offer;
(iii) the principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of each and all Classes of
Term Loans that the Borrower offers to purchase in any such Purchase Offer shall be no less than U.S. $25,000,000 (unless another amount is agreed to by the Applicable Administrative Agent) (across all such Classes);
(iv) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans of the applicable Class or Classes
so purchased by the Borrower shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on the settlement date of the relevant purchase (and may not be resold) (without any increase to Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA as a result of any
gains associated with cancellation of debt), and in no event shall the Borrower be entitled to any vote hereunder in connection with such Term Loans;
(v) no more than one Purchase Offer with respect to any Class may be ongoing at any one time;
(vi) the Borrower represents and warrants that as of the date of the delivery of each notice of an auction and the time of the
purchase of any Term Loans in connection with any Purchase Offer, no Loan Party shall have any material non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, or with respect to the Loans or the securities of
any such person, that (A) has not been previously disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agents and the Lenders (other than because such Lender does not wish to receive such material non-public information) prior to such time and
(B) could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material to, a Lender’s decision to participate in the Purchase Offer;
(vii) at the time of each purchase of Term Loans through a Purchase Offer, the Borrower shall have delivered to
the Auction Manager an officer’s certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying as to compliance with the preceding clause (vi);
(viii) any Purchase Offer with respect to any Class shall be offered to all Term Lenders holding Term Loans of
such Class on a pro rata basis;
(ix) no purchase of any Term Loans shall be made from the proceeds of any Revolving Facility Loan or Swingline
Loan; and
(x) the Borrower is in Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenant (if applicable).
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(b) The Borrower must terminate any Purchase Offer if it fails to satisfy one or more of the
conditions set forth above which are required to be met at the time which otherwise would have been the time of purchase of Term Loans pursuant to such Purchase Offer. If the Borrower commences any Purchase Offer (and all relevant
requirements set forth above which are required to be satisfied at the time of the commencement of such Purchase Offer have in fact been satisfied), and if at such time of commencement the Borrower reasonably believes that all required
conditions set forth above which are required to be satisfied at the time of the consummation of such Purchase Offer shall be satisfied, then the Borrower shall have no liability to any Term Lender for any termination of such Purchase
Offer as a result of its failure to satisfy one or more of the conditions set forth above which are required to be met at the time which otherwise would have been the time of consummation of such Purchase Offer, and any such failure
shall not result in any Default or Event of Default hereunder. With respect to all purchases of Term Loans of any Class or Classes made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.25, (x) the Borrower shall pay on the settlement
date of each such purchase all accrued and unpaid interest (except to the extent otherwise set forth in the relevant offering documents), if any, on the purchased Term Loans of the applicable Class or Classes up to the settlement date
of such purchase and (y) such purchases (and the payments made by the Borrower and the cancellation of the purchased Loans, in each case in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for
purposes of Section 2.11 hereof.
(c) The Administrative Agents and the Lenders hereby consent to the Purchase Offers and the other
transactions effected pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.25; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender shall have an obligation to participate in any
such Purchase Offer. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the provisions of Sections 2.16, 2.18 and 9.04 will not apply to the purchases of Term Loans pursuant to Purchase Offers made
pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.25. The Auction Manager acting in its capacity as such hereunder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of Article VIII and Section 9.05
to the same extent as if each reference therein to the “Agents” were a reference to the Auction Manager, and the Administrative Agents shall cooperate with the Auction Manager as reasonably requested by the Auction Manager in order to
enable it to perform its responsibilities and duties in connection with each Purchase Offer.
(d) This Section 2.25 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18 or 9.06
to the contrary.
On (i) the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions), solely with respect to the Specified Representations, and (ii) the date of each Credit Event (other than the Closing
Date), as provided in Section 4.02, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
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Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. The Borrower and each
of the Subsidiaries which is a Loan Party or a Material Subsidiary (a) is a partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization (to the extent that each such concept exists in such jurisdiction), (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business
in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in the case of clause (a) (other than with respect to the Borrower), clause (b) (other than with respect to the Borrower), and clause (c), where the
failure so to be or have, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan
Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.
Section 3.02 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and each of the Guarantors of each of the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and the borrowings and other extensions of credit hereunder (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership, limited liability company or other organizational action required to be obtained
by the Borrower and such Guarantors and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower or any such Guarantor, (B) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other
constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or by-laws of the Borrower or any such Guarantor, (C) any applicable order of any court or any law, rule, regulation or order of any
Governmental Authority applicable to the Borrower or any such Guarantor or (D) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any such Guarantor is a
party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation
or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to
in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.02(b), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or
with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any such Guarantor, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
Section 3.03 Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered
by the Borrower and each Guarantor that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against the Borrower and each such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) the
effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law), (c) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing, and (d) the need for filings and registrations necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the
Collateral Agent.
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Section 3.04 Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other
action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required for the execution, delivery or performance of each Loan Document to which the Borrower or any Guarantor is a party, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions, (c) such as have been made
or obtained and are in full force and effect, (d) such actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (e) filings or other actions listed
on Schedule 3.04 and any other filings or registrations required to perfect Liens created by the Security Documents.
Section 3.05 Financial Statements. The (a) Annual Target
Financial Statements and the Annual Borrower Financial Statements and (b) the Quarterly Target Financial Statements and the Quarterly Borrower Financial Statements, in each case, were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except, in the case of interim period financial statements, for the absence of notes and for normal year-end adjustments and except as otherwise noted therein. The Pro Forma
Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a Pro Forma Basis the estimated
financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period covered thereby.
Section 3.06 No Material Adverse Effect. Since the Closing Date, there has been no event or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate with other events or
circumstances, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.07 Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases.
Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has valid title in fee simple or equivalent to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its Real Properties and has valid title to its personal
property and assets, in each case, free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens or Liens arising by operation of law and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as
currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failures to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(a) There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations at law or in equity or by or on behalf
of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person that would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, except for any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity or by, before or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration which
has been disclosed in any of the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 30, 2020 or the Target’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
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(b) None of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets is in violation
of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding
any Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 3.16) or any restriction of record or indenture, agreement or instrument affecting any Real Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or
decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10 Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans or
any Letter of Credit will be used by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in any manner that would result in a violation of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.
Section 3.11 Investment Company Act. None of the
Borrower or any of the other Loan Parties is required to be registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(a) The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans and Swingline Loans, and may
request the issuance of Letters of Credit, solely for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for working capital purposes, for capital expenditures, for the Transactions, for Permitted Acquisitions and, in the case
of Letters of Credit, for the back-up or replacement of existing letters of credit).
(b) The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans incurred on or prior to the Closing
Date to finance a portion of the Transactions and for general corporate purposes (including for working capital purposes and for capital expenditures).
Section 3.13 Tax Returns. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Borrower and each
of the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it (including in its capacity as withholding agent) and each such Tax return is true and correct, (b)
the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes due and payable by it (including in its capacity as withholding agent), except Taxes or assessments which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP, and (c) the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has made adequate
provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all Taxes not yet due.
(a) As of the Closing Date, all written information (other than the Projections, forward looking
information and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) (the “Information”) concerning the Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the
Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agents in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions
contemplated hereby (to the extent such Information relates to the Target, to the Borrower’s knowledge), when taken as a whole and in light of the circumstances when furnished, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the
date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date, with respect to Information provided prior thereto, and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made (giving effect to all supplements
and updates provided thereto).
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(b) As of the Closing Date, the Projections prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of their
representatives and that have been made available to any Lender or any Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions
believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that such Projections are as to inherently uncertain future events and are not to be viewed as facts, such Projections are subject to significant
uncertainties and contingencies and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ significantly from the projected results, and that no assurance can be given or is being given that the
projected results will be realized) and as of the date such Projections were furnished to the Lenders.
Section 3.15 Employee Benefit Plans. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC; (b) no
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (c) none of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has
been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
Section 3.16 Environmental Matters. Except (i) as to matters set forth on Schedule 3.16 and (ii) as to matters that would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) no written notice, request for information, order, complaint or penalty has been received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and
there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has all environmental permits, licenses, authorizations and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all Environmental Laws (“Environmental
Permits”) and is, and in the prior eighteen (18) month period, has been, in compliance with the terms of such Environmental Permits and with all other Environmental Laws, (c) no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any
property currently or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, formerly owned, operated or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, used, treated, stored, handled, disposed of or controlled, transported or Released at any location in a manner that
would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits, (d) there are no agreements in which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, and (e) there has been no written
environmental assessment or audit conducted (other than customary assessments not revealing anything that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect) by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of
any property currently or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, formerly owned, operated or leased by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that has not been made available to the Administrative Agents prior to the Closing Date.
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(a) Each Security Document is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit
of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. As of the Closing Date, in the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement,
when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral and required to be delivered under the applicable Security Document are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other
Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection
Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien (subject to all Permitted Liens) on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such
Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or
possession, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person (except Permitted Liens).
(b) When the Collateral Agreement or an ancillary document thereunder is properly filed and recorded
in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing
statements referred to in clause (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
thereunder in the United States Intellectual Property included in the Collateral listed in such ancillary document, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens (it being
understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and
registered copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date).
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 3.17) or in any other Loan
Document to the contrary, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in
any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.
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Section 3.18 Solvency. Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date and the making of each Loan on the Closing Date and the application of the
proceeds of such Loans, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, exceeds, on a consolidated basis, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii) the present
fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which
they have unreasonably small capital. For purposes of the foregoing, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability.
Section 3.19 Labor Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no
strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries on account of
wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective
bargaining agreement to which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.
Section 3.20 Insurance. Schedule 3.20 sets forth
a true, complete and correct description, in all material respects, of all material insurance (excluding any title insurance) maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of such date, such
insurance is in full force and effect.
Section 3.21 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in Schedule 3.21,
(a) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all Intellectual Property reasonably necessary in the operation of their respective businesses, (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are not interfering with, infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating Intellectual Property of any person, and (c) (i) no claim or litigation regarding any of the Intellectual Property owned by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened and (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim or litigation regarding any other Intellectual Property described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) is
pending or threatened.
Section 3.22 USA PATRIOT Act. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in
compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
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Section 3.23 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.
None of (a) the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director or officer of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Facilities, is a Sanctioned
Person. No proceeds of the Loans have been or shall be used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization
of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any
person described in clause (a) of the definition of “Sanctioned Person” or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any person described in clause (b) or (c) of the definition of “Sanctioned Person,” or in any Sanctioned
Country, to the extent such activities, businesses or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States, the United Kingdom or in a European Union member state.
Section 4.01 Closing Date. The effectiveness of the
Commitments hereunder and the obligations of each Revolving Facility Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Term Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment, with respect to each Credit Event on the Closing Date, are subject only to the
satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.08) of the following conditions:
(a) The Administrative Agents shall have received from each of the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.
(b) The Applicable Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03
in respect of any Loans to be made on the Closing Date and, in the case of any Letter of Credit to be issued on the Closing Date, the applicable Issuing Bank and the PR Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the
issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.05(b).
(c) To the extent required to be satisfied on the Closing Date, the Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement shall be satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08) as of the Closing Date.
(d) The Administrative Agents shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower stating that (i) the Specified Representations are true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions) as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) and (ii) the Merger Agreement Target
Representations are true and correct in all material respects; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after
giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
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(e) The Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C
and signed by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or other officer with equivalent duties of the Borrower confirming the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the
Transactions on the Closing Date.
(f) The Administrative Agents shall have received, on behalf of themselves, the Lenders and each
Issuing Bank, a written opinion of (i) Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, as special New York counsel for the Loan Parties, (ii) Varnum LLP, as Michigan counsel for the Loan Parties, and (iii) Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., as
Delaware counsel for the Loan Parties, or, in each case, such other firm as may be reasonably acceptable to the Term Administrative Agent, in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to each Issuing Bank, each Administrative
Agent and the Lenders on the Closing Date and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Term Administrative Agent covering such customary matters relating to the Loan Documents as the Term Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request.
(g) Each Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying:
(i) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the certificate or articles of
incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or other equivalent constituent and governing documents, including all amendments thereto, of such Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary
of State (or other similar official or Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of its organization or by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of such Loan Party or other person duly authorized by the constituent
documents of such Loan Party,
(ii) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of a certificate as to the good
standing of such Loan Party (to the extent that such concept exists in such jurisdiction) as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official or Governmental Authority),
(iii) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company
agreement or other equivalent constituent and governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in the following clause (iv),
(iv) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the
Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member), authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and
that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date, and
(v) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer or authorized signatory executing any Loan
Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party.
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(h) Each Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated the
Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent), Tax and judgment, United States Patent and
Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by
such search.
(i) Substantially concurrently with the initial Credit Events on the Closing Date, the Merger shall
be consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and the Merger Agreement shall not have been altered, amended or otherwise modified or supplemented or any provision or
condition therein waived, nor any consent granted, in each case, by the Borrower or Merger Sub, if such alteration, amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent would be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in
their capacities as such), without the prior written consent of GS Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (it being understood and agreed that (i) any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification
that decreases the purchase price in respect of the Merger by less than 10% shall be deemed not to be adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect, (ii) any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification that
decreases the Cash Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement) by more than 10% shall be deemed not to be adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect, so long as 100% of such decrease in the Cash Consideration
(as defined in the Merger Agreement), if any, in excess of such 10% decrease is allocated to reduce the Initial Term Loan Commitments, (iii) any change to the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed to be adverse
to the interests of the Lenders in a material respect and (iv) any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification that increases the purchase price in respect of the Merger shall be deemed not to be adverse to the interests of the
Lenders in any material respect, so long as such increase is funded solely by the issuance by the Borrower of common equity or use of cash on hand).
(j) The Term Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the Annual Borrower Financial Statements
and the Annual Target Financial Statements and (ii) the Quarterly Borrower Financial Statements and the Quarterly Target Financial Statements. The Term Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges that it has received all such financial
statements.
(k) The Term Administrative Agent shall have received an unaudited pro forma consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower as of February 27, 2021 and related unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income of the Borrower for the nine (9)-month period ending on February 27, 2021, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions
as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such statements of income), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the
Securities Act or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R))
(the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”). The Term Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges that this Section 4.01(k) shall be deemed to have been satisfied on the date on which the Form S-4 filed by the Borrower under the
Securities Act relating to its issuance of common stock in connection with the Merger, is declared effective by the SEC, which declaration occurred on June 11, 2021.
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(l) The Arrangers shall have received, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date,
all documentation and other information required with respect to the Loan Parties by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA
PATRIOT Act to the extent requested in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date.
(m) [Reserved].
(n) Prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the initial Credit Events on the Closing Date, the
Closing Date Refinancing shall have been consummated.
(o) The Agents shall have received all fees payable thereto or to any Lender on or prior to the
Closing Date and, to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
Latham & Watkins LLP) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder, under the Fee Letter or under any Loan Document on or prior to the Closing Date.
(p) Except as set forth in (x) the applicable section of the Company Disclosure Letter (as defined in
the Merger Agreement) or (y) the Company SEC Documents (as defined in the Merger Agreement) filed or furnished by the Target with or to the SEC (as defined in the Merger Agreement) since January 1, 2019 and publicly available prior to
April 19, 2021 (including any exhibits and other information incorporated by reference therein, but excluding any predictive, cautionary or forward-looking disclosures set forth in any “risk factor,” “forward‑looking statements” or
similar precautionary section or in any other section, in each case, to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward‑looking in nature), since December 31, 2020, there has not been any Company
Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or any event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
Section 4.02 Subsequent Credit Events. Each Credit Event
after the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.08) of the following conditions precedent on the date of such Credit Event:
(a) The Applicable Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing
Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given) or, in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank and the PR Administrative Agent shall have received a
notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.05(b).
(b) Except as set forth in Section 2.21(c) with respect to Incremental Term Loans or
Incremental Revolving Facility Loans used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the representations and warranties of the Borrowers and each other Loan Party contained in Article III or any other Loan Document shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Event; provided, that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an
earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or
similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
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(c) Except as set forth in Section 2.21(c) with respect to Incremental Term Loans or
Incremental Revolving Facility Loans used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, at the time of and immediately after such Credit Event (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in
the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Section 4.03 Determinations Under Section 4.01. For purposes of determining
compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or
approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent or the Lenders unless an officer of the Applicable Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have received
written notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date, specifying its objection thereto in reasonable detail. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower in writing of the occurrence of the
Closing Date and such notification shall be conclusive and binding.
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that from and after the Closing Date until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:
(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect
its legal existence, except (i) in the case of a Subsidiary of the Borrower, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05, and
(iii) for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities are acquired by the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution; provided, that (x) Guarantors may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties,
and (y) Domestic Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries (except in each case as permitted under Section 6.05).
(b) Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, Intellectual Property, licenses and rights with respect
thereto used in the conduct of its business, and (ii) at all times maintain, protect and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary
wear and tear excepted), from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if
any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement).
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(a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to
customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, and within
sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), cause the Collateral Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and casualty policies with respect to
tangible personal property and assets constituting Collateral located in the United States of America and as an additional insured on all general liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may
(i) maintain all such insurance with any combination of primary and excess insurance, (ii) maintain any or all such insurance pursuant to master or so-called “blanket policies” insuring any or all Collateral and/or Real Property which
does not constitute Collateral (and in such event the co-payee endorsement shall be limited or otherwise modified accordingly), and/or self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation
engaged in the same general line of business in the same general area usually self-insure.
(b) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it is understood and
agreed that:
(i) the Administrative Agents, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and
their respective agents or employees shall not be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look
solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against any Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such
parties, as required above, then the Borrower, on behalf of itself and behalf of each of its Subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of its Subsidiaries to waive, its
right of recovery, if any, against any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank and their agents and employees;
(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Collateral Agent (including acting in the capacity
as the Collateral Agent) under this Section 5.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Collateral Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties; and
(iii) the amount and type of insurance that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has in effect as of the Closing Date and the
certificates listing the Collateral Agent as a co-loss payee or additional insured, as the case may be, satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.02.
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Section 5.03 Taxes. Pay its obligations in respect of all Tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges, before the same shall become
delinquent or in default, except where (i) the amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor in accordance with
GAAP or (ii) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.04 Financial Statements, Reports, Etc. Furnish
to each Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the first fiscal year ending
after the Closing Date), a consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows showing the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close
of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of their operations during such year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated
statements of comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows shall be accompanied by customary management’s discussion and analysis and audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and
accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary as a going concern, other than solely with respect to, or resulting
solely from, an upcoming maturity date under any series of Indebtedness incurred under or permitted by this Agreement occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or any potential inability to satisfy a financial
maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of annual reports on Form 10‑K of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this
Section 5.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein and are delivered within the time period specified above);
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year
(commencing with the first fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date), a consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of comprehensive income and cash flows showing the financial position of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of their operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be in reasonable detail, which consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of comprehensive income and cash flows shall be accompanied
by customary management’s discussion and analysis and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower as fairly
presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(b) to the extent such
quarterly reports include the information specified herein and are delivered within the time period specified above);
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(c) within ten (10) Business Days of any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or
(b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred since the date of the last certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.04(c) (or since
the Closing Date in the case of the first such certificate) or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto,
(ii) commencing with the end of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, setting forth computations in reasonable detail in a form reasonably satisfactory to the PR Administrative Agent calculating the First Lien Secured
Net Leverage Ratio and demonstrating compliance with the Financial Covenant (if applicable) and (iii) setting forth the calculation and uses of the Available Amount for the fiscal period then ended if the Borrower shall have used the
Available Amount for any purpose during such fiscal period;
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly
available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by any Administrative Agent, other materials filed by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided,
however, that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of the
Borrower or the website of the SEC;
(e) [reserved];
(f) [reserved]; and
(g) promptly, from time to time, such other customary information regarding the operations, business
affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as in each case any Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender).
The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that all financial statements furnished pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be Borrower
Materials suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to Public Lenders as contemplated by Section 9.17 and may be treated by the Administrative Agents and the Lenders as if the same had been marked “PUBLIC” in accordance
with Section 9.17 (unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agents in writing on or prior to delivery thereof).
Section 5.05 Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to
each Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective
action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
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(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file
or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably
probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any other development specific to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of
general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section 5.05 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development
requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
Section 5.06 Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws,
rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided,
that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03.
Section 5.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and
Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by any Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and
inspect the financial records and the properties of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of
such financial records, and permit any persons designated by any Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower to discuss the
affairs, finances and condition of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (so long as the Borrower has the opportunity to participate in any such discussions with such
accountants), in each case, subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract.
Section 5.08 Use of
Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans made and Letters of Credit issued in the manner contemplated by Section 3.12.
Section 5.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply,
and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and renew all required Environmental Permits, except, in each case with respect to
this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take
all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request (including those required by applicable law), to satisfy the Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement and to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b) If any asset is acquired by the Borrower or any Guarantor after the Closing Date or owned by an
entity at the time it becomes a Guarantor (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that automatically become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof and
(y) assets constituting Excluded Property, the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, will (i) notify the Collateral Agent of such acquisition or ownership and (ii) cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien (subject to any
Permitted Liens) securing the Obligations by, and take, and cause the Guarantors to take, such actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with
respect to such asset, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 5.10, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to the last three paragraphs of this Section 5.10.
(c) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed (including by a
Delaware LLC Division), acquired or ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary following the Closing Date and such Subsidiary is (1) a Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the
Borrower that is not an Excluded Subsidiary or (2) any other Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that may be designated by the Borrower in its sole discretion, within seventy-five (75) days after the date such Subsidiary is formed
(including by a Delaware LLC Division) or acquired or meets such criteria (or first becomes subject to such requirement) or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion, notify the Collateral Agent thereof
and, within one hundred and fifteen (115) days after the date such Subsidiary is formed (including by a Delaware LLC Division) or acquired or meets such criteria (or first becomes subject to such requirement) or such longer period as
the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion, cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor and cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity
Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to the last three paragraphs of this Section 5.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrower shall have the
right, at any time, to designate an Excluded Subsidiary as a Guarantor (and to subsequently release such Guarantee in accordance with Section 9.18(b)(ii)); provided, however, that in no circumstance shall an Excluded
Subsidiary become a Guarantor unless designated as a Guarantor by the Borrower in its sole discretion.
(d) Furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party’s
corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number (to the extent relevant in the applicable jurisdiction of organization) and
(D) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization; provided, that the Borrower shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within thirty (30) days following such change
(or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion), under the Uniform Commercial Code (or its equivalent in any applicable jurisdiction) that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at
all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by such filing, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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(e) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date
(with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party,
within ninety (90) days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within one hundred and
thirty five (135) days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied
with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to the last three paragraphs of this Section 5.10.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10
and the other Loan Documents with respect to Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to any of the following (collectively, the “Excluded Property”): (i) any Real Property; (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to
certificates of title; (iii) letter of credit rights (other than to the extent that a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code); (iv) commercial tort claims (as
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) with a value of less than $20,000,000; (v) [reserved]; (vi) leases, licenses, permits and other agreements, any property subject to a purchase money security interest, any lien securing a Capital
Lease Obligation or similar arrangements, in each case, to the extent, and so long as, the pledge thereof as Collateral would require a consent not obtained, violate the terms thereof or create a right of termination or acceleration in
favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor), but only to the extent, and for so long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the Uniform Commercial
Code, the Bankruptcy Code or other Requirement of Law; (vii) other assets to the extent the pledge thereof or the security interest therein is prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation (only to the extent such prohibition is not
terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the Uniform Commercial Code, Bankruptcy Code or any other Requirement of Law) or which could require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or
authorization to be pledged (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received); (viii) those assets as to which each Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall reasonably agree that the costs or other adverse
consequences (other than Tax consequences, which shall be subject to clause (xiii) below) of obtaining such security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby; (ix)
“intent-to-use” trademark applications prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability
of, or render void or voidable or result in the cancellation of the applicable grantor’s right, title or interest therein or in any trademark issued as a result of such application under applicable law; (x) receivable and/or related
assets sold pursuant to any Qualified Receivables Facility in compliance with Section 6.02(z) or any Permitted Supplier Receivables Sale Program; (xi) any governmental licenses, permits or state or local franchises, charters and
authorizations, to the extent Liens and security interests therein are prohibited or restricted thereby, but only to the extent, and for so long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed
ineffective by the Uniform Commercial Code; (xii) Excluded Securities; (xiii) any assets to the extent a security interest in or pledge of such assets could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agents; and (xiv) any tax benefits, escrow accounts, fiduciary or trust accounts and funds and other property held in or
maintained in such accounts; provided, that the Borrower may in its sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of “Excluded Property.”
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In addition, in no event shall (1) control agreements or control, lockbox or similar agreements or arrangements be required with respect to deposit accounts, securities accounts or
commodities accounts, (2) landlord, mortgagee and bailee waivers or subordination agreements (other than any subordination agreement expressly contemplated by Sections 6.01(a), (e), or (m) of this Agreement) be
required, (3) notices be required to be sent to account debtors or other contractual third parties unless and Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (4) foreign-law governed security documents or perfection under foreign law be
required, (5) estoppels or collateral access letters or similar arrangements be required or (6) actions other than (x) the filing of a financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code and (y) the filing of a short form intellectual
property security agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office, as applicable, be required with respect to the perfection of the security interest in any Intellectual Property.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) the Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time or waiver or modification of requirement for the creation or perfection of security
interests in or the obtaining of insurance with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably
determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot reasonably be accomplished without undue effort or expense or is otherwise impracticable by the time or times at and/or in the form or manner
in which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to, or any other requirements of, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the
Security Documents shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents.
Section 5.11 Rating. Use commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain and to maintain (a) public ratings from Moody’s and S&P for the Initial Term Loans and (b) public corporate credit ratings and corporate family ratings from Moody’s and S&P in respect of the Borrower; provided,
in each case, that the Borrower and its subsidiaries shall not be required to obtain or maintain any specific rating.
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Section 5.12 Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or redesignate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Subsidiary only in accordance with the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained herein. No Loan Party shall sell, lease, sublease, dispose of or otherwise transfer to an Unrestricted Subsidiary ownership of or an
exclusive license in any Intellectual Property that is material to the business or operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower) in a transaction the
principal purpose of which (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower) is to incur structurally senior debt to the Term Facilities and the Revolving Facility secured by such Intellectual Property.
Section 5.13 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Implement and maintain in effect
policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by such Loan Party, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
Section 5.14 Post-Closing. Take all necessary actions to satisfy the items described on Schedule 5.14
within the applicable period of time specified in such Schedule (or such longer period as the Term Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion).
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that from the Closing Date until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders (or, in the case of Section 6.10, the
Required Revolving Facility Lenders voting as a single Class) shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
(a) (x) Indebtedness (other than as described in Section 6.01(b) below) existing or committed
on the Closing Date (provided, that any such Indebtedness that is owed to any person other than the Borrower and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be set forth in Schedule 6.01)
and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided, that any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause (a) which is owed by a Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not
a Loan Party shall be subordinated in right of payment to the same extent required pursuant to Section 6.01(e);
(b) Indebtedness created hereunder (including pursuant to Section 2.21, Section 2.22
and Section 2.23) and under the other Loan Documents and any Refinancing Notes incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;
(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to Hedging Agreements entered into for
non-speculative purposes;
(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or
similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement
or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
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(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary; provided, that Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(e) (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement on terms reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agents;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and
completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental
obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft
or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(h) (x) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or a person merged or
consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness otherwise assumed by any Loan Party in connection with the acquisition of assets or Equity Interests (including a Permitted Acquisition), where
such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not prohibited by this Agreement; provided, that (i) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this subclause (h)(i) shall be in existence prior to the respective
acquisition of assets or Equity Interests (including a Permitted Acquisition) and shall not have been created in contemplation thereof or in connection therewith, and (ii) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness
(whether secured or unsecured), the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than the greater of (A) 5.25 to 1.00 or (B) the Total Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto, in each case calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
for the then most recently ended Test Period; provided that the date of determination of compliance with this clause (ii) may, at the Borrower’s option, be tested at the time of the execution of the acquisition agreement related
to such acquisition (or solely in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer is published on a
regulatory information service); and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness;
(i) (x) Capitalized Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and other Indebtedness incurred by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 360 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or
the Equity Interest of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, in an aggregate principal amount that immediately
after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(i), would not exceed
the greater of $141,250,000 and 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA when incurred, created or assumed, and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
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(j) (x) Capitalized Lease Obligations and any other Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary arising from any Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transaction, and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(k) (x) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount that,
immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(k), would
not exceed the greater of $141,250,000 and 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA when incurred, created or assumed and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(l) [reserved];
(m) Guarantees (i) by the Borrower or any Guarantor of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of Indebtedness of another
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and (iii) by Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence
of such Guarantee, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Guarantees outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(m)(iii) and
the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(q) below, would not exceed the greater of $141,250,000
and 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA; provided, that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Guarantor under this Section 6.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated in right of payment to other Indebtedness of such person shall be expressly subordinated in right
of payment to the Loan Obligations to at least the same extent as such underlying Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment;
(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition, other Investments or the
disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement;
(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar
instruments issued in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices and not supporting obligations in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money;
(p) (x) Permitted Debt, so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such
Permitted Debt and the use of proceeds thereof (excluding for purposes of “cash netting” the proceeds of any such Permitted Debt) (A) the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 5.25 to 1.00 (or, in the case of
Permitted Debt incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or any other similar investment permitted by Section 6.04, if greater, the Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction) and (B) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result therefrom and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
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(q) (x) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in an aggregate principal amount
outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(q)
and the aggregate principal amount of any Guarantees outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(m)(iii) above, would not exceed the greater of $141,250,000 and 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA and (y) any Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(r) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided, that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts
extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Hedging Agreements;
(s) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent
contractors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(t) (x) Indebtedness in connection with Qualified Receivables Facilities in an aggregate principal
amount outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(t),
would not exceed the greater of $141,250,000 and 25% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA when incurred, created or assumed and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(u) obligations in respect of (x) Cash Management Agreements and (y) Secured Bilateral Letter of
Credit Agreements in the case of this clause (y) in an aggregate outstanding face amount not to exceed as of any time $25,000,000;
(v) (x) Permitted Debt that is either (A) unsecured or (B) secured by Other First Liens or Junior
Liens on the Collateral in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed at the time of incurrence the Incremental Amount available at such time; provided, that any such Permitted Debt shall (i) if incurred in the form
of a syndicated term loan b facility secured by Other First Liens, comply with the requirements of Section 2.21(b)(v) as if such Permitted Debt was incurred as an Incremental Term Loan thereunder (and with pricing increases with
respect to the Initial Term B Loans to occur as, and to the extent, provided in Section 2.21(b)(v) as if such Permitted Debt was incurred as an Incremental Term Loan hereunder) and (ii) count as a usage of the Incremental Amount
for purposes of Section 2.21, and (y) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness theretofore outstanding pursuant to this clause (v);
(w) Indebtedness of, incurred on behalf of, or representing Guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint
ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal
amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(w), would not exceed the greater of $141,250,000 and 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA when incurred, created or assumed;
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(x) Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors
and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower permitted by Section 6.06;
(y) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred
compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;
(z) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to or on behalf of
any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance
arrangements) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries;
(aa) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay
obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness (or any portion
thereof) described in Sections 6.01(a) through (aa) but may be permitted in part under any relevant combination thereof (and subject to compliance, where relevant, with Section 6.02), (B) in the event that an item
of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.01(a) through (aa), the Borrower may, in its sole
discretion, classify or reclassify or divide such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.01 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such item of
Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses (or any portion thereof) and such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses
(or any portion thereof); provided, that all Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 6.01 and (C) Section 1.07
shall apply. In addition, with respect to any Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred hereunder on the date of such incurrence, any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness shall also be permitted hereunder after the date of such
incurrence.
This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior in right of payment to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as
subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
Section 6.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to
exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except
the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):
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(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date
and, to the extent securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,0000, set forth on Schedule 6.02(a) and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that such
Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01) and shall not subsequently apply to any other
property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (B) proceeds and products thereof;
(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents (including Liens created under the Security Documents
securing obligations in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements);
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h); provided, that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case
may be, and (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset and accessions and additions
thereto and proceeds and products thereof (other than accessions thereto and proceeds thereof so acquired or any after-acquired property of such person becoming a Subsidiary (but not of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, including
any Loan Party into which such acquired entity is merged) required to be subjected to such Lien pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness (and refinancings thereof));
(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent by more
than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith in compliance with Section 5.03;
(e) Liens imposed by law, constituting landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’,
materialmen’s, repairmen’s, supplier’s, construction or other like Liens, securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of
which, if applicable, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;
(f) (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance
with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance
arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees
for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
Indebtedness), leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and
other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof), in each case to the extent such deposits and other Liens are incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
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(h) zoning, land use and building restrictions, regulations and ordinances, easements, survey
exceptions, minor encroachments by and on the Real Property, railroad trackage rights, sidings and spur tracks, leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), subleases, licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, covenants,
conditions, restrictions and declarations on or with respect to the use of Real Property, reservations, restrictions and leases of or with respect to oil, gas, mineral, riparian and water rights and water usage, servicing agreements,
development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any
material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(i); provided, that such
Liens do not apply to any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the property or assets acquired, leased, constructed, replaced, repaired or improved with such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness Refinanced
thereby), and accessions and additions thereto, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and related property; provided, further, that individual financings provided by one lender may be
cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender (and its Affiliates) (it being understood that with respect to any Liens on the Collateral being incurred under this clause (i) to secure Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness, if Liens on the Collateral securing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (if any) were Junior Liens, then any Liens on such Collateral being incurred under this clause (i) to secure Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
shall also be Junior Liens);
(j) Liens arising out of any Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transaction, so long as such Liens attach
only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions and additions thereto or proceeds and products thereof and related property;
(k) non-consensual Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);
(l) any interest or title of a ground lessor or any other lessor, sublessor or licensor under any
ground leases or any other leases, subleases or licenses entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, and all Liens suffered or created by any such ground lessor or any other lessor, sublessor or
licensor (or any predecessor in interest) with respect to any such interest or title in the real property which is subject thereof;
(m) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository
relations with banks and other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposits, sweep accounts, reserve accounts or similar accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to
permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including with respect to credit card charge-backs and similar obligations, or (iii) relating to
purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
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(n) Liens (i) arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s
liens, rights of set-off or similar rights, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and
margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, (iv) in respect of Third Party Funds or (v) in favor of credit card companies pursuant to
agreements therewith;
(o) Liens securing obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or
similar obligations permitted under Section 6.01(f) or (o) and incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices and not supporting obligations in respect of Indebtedness
for borrowed money;
(p) leases or subleases, and licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to any fixtures,
furnishings, equipment, vehicles or other personal property, or Intellectual Property), granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole;
(q) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of
customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(r) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
(s) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing
obligations of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party not prohibited by Section 6.01;
(t) Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in
escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;
(u) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in
the ordinary course of business;
(v) agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any accounts
receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(w) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding operating
leases or other obligations not constituting Indebtedness;
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(x) Liens (i) on Equity Interests in joint ventures (A) securing obligations of such joint venture or
(B) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement and (ii) on Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(y) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted
Investments under clause (c) of the definition thereof;
(z) Liens in respect of Qualified Receivables Facilities entered into in reliance on Section 6.01(t)
that extend only to Permitted Receivables Facility Assets, Permitted Receivables Related Assets or the Equity Interests of any Receivables Entity;
(aa) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements; provided, that such Liens are
limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;
(bb) in the case of Real Property that constitutes a leasehold interest, any Lien to which the fee
simple or freehold interest (or any superior leasehold interest) is subject;
(cc) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations (i) of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in favor of
the Borrower or any Guarantor and (ii) of any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;
(dd) Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Hedging Agreements in the ordinary course of
business submitted for clearing in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law;
(ee) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a
documentary letter of credit or bank guarantee issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such
Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or banker’s acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;
(ff) subordination, non-disturbance and/or attornment agreements with any ground lessor, lessor or
any mortgagor of any of the foregoing, with respect to any ground lease or other lease or sublease entered into by Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(gg) Liens on cash collateral securing obligations in respect of letters of credit of the Target and
its subsidiaries outstanding as of the Closing Date;
(hh) Liens on Collateral that are Other First Liens or Junior Liens, so long as such Other First Liens
or Junior Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(b) or 6.01(v) and guarantees thereof permitted by Section 6.01(m);
(ii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention or similar arrangements for the sale or
purchase of goods by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(jj) with respect to any Real Property which is acquired in fee after the Closing Date, Liens which
exist immediately prior to the date of acquisition, excluding any Liens securing Indebtedness which is not otherwise permitted hereunder; provided, that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such
acquisition and (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(kk) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing (x)
obligations in an aggregate outstanding principal amount that, together with the aggregate principal amount of other obligations that are secured pursuant to this clause (kk), immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of
such Liens, would not exceed the greater of $141,250,000 and 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA when incurred, created or assumed and (y) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance obligations secured pursuant to subclause
(x);
(ll) in the case of (A) any subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (B)
the Equity Interests in any person that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower, any encumbrance or restriction, including any put and call arrangements, related to Equity Interests in such subsidiary or such other person set forth in the
organization documents of such subsidiary or such other person or any related joint venture, shareholders’ or similar agreement; and
(mm) Liens in respect of Permitted Supplier Receivables Programs.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference
to one category of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.02(a) through (mm) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof, (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of
Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.02(a) through (mm), the Borrower may, in its sole discretion,
divide, classify or reclassify such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.02 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Lien or such
item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or portion thereof) will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only such
clause or clauses (or any portion thereof), and (C) Section 1.07 shall apply.
Section 6.04 Investments, Loans and Advances.
(i) Purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with a person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior
to such merger) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other person, (ii) make any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the Indebtedness of any other person, or (iii) purchase or otherwise acquire, in
one transaction or a series of related transactions, (x) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another person or (y) assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such person (each of
the foregoing, an “Investment”), except:
(a) Investments to effect the Transactions;
(b) Investments by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower, any
Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(c) Permitted Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;
(d) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of non‑cash
consideration for the Disposition of assets permitted under Section 6.05;
(e) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed $10,000,000, (ii) in
respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(f) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the
ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any
prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes;
(h) Investments (not in Subsidiaries, which are provided in clause (b) above) existing on, or
contractually committed as of, the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04 and any extensions, renewals, replacements or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (h)
is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or committed on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date or as
otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04);
(i) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 6.02(f), (g), (n),
(q), (r), (dd) and (jj);
(j) Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the
time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed at the time made the sum of (X) the greater of $282,500,000 and 50.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA, plus (Y) so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any portion of the Available Amount on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.04(j)(Y) in a written notice of a
Responsible Officer thereof, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail of the Available Amount immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied, and plus (Z) an amount equal
to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment (excluding any returns in excess of the
amount originally invested) pursuant to clause (X) or (Y); provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(j) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such
Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made
pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(j);
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(k) Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;
(l) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of
delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(m) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a person merged into the Borrower
or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation is permitted under this Section 6.04, (ii) in the case of any
acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, in accordance with Section 6.05 and (iii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or
consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(n) acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of Equity Interests of the Borrower, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to such officers or
employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(o) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capitalized Lease
Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness of the kind described in clauses (b), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of the definition
thereof, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Qualified Equity
Interests of the Borrower; provided, that the issuance of such Equity Interests are not included in any determination of the Available Amount;
(q) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3
endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;
(r) non-cash Investments made in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities so long
as, after giving effect thereto, the security interest of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not materially impaired (as determined by the Borrower in good faith);
(s) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in
accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(t) Investments by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, if the Borrower or any Subsidiary would
otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment under Section 6.06(g) in such amount (provided, that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under Section 6.06(g) for
all purposes of this Agreement);
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(u) Investments consisting of transfers of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets or arising as a
result of Qualified Receivables Facilities;
(v) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to
joint marketing or other similar arrangements with other persons;
(w) to the extent constituting Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies,
materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(x) Investments, so long as, at the time any such Investment is made and immediately after giving
effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 2.50 to 1.00; and
(y) Investments in joint ventures or any Unrestricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding amount
(valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof)not to exceed at the time made the sum of (X) the greater of (i) $141,250,000 and (ii) 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA
and (Y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment (excluding any
returns in excess of the amount originally invested) pursuant to clause (X); provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(y) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which
such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made
pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(y).
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.04, (A) an Investment need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Investments (or any portion
thereof) described in Sections 6.04(a) through (y) but may be permitted in part under any relevant combination thereof and (B) in the event that an Investment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of
the categories of permitted Investments (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.04(a) through (y), the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, divide, classify or reclassify such Investment (or any portion thereof)
in any manner that complies with this Section 6.04 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Investment (or any portion thereof) in one or more (as relevant) of the above clauses (or any portion thereof) and
such Investment (or any portion thereof) shall be treated as having been made or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof); provided, that all Investments described in Schedule 6.04 shall be
deemed outstanding under Section 6.04(h).
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Any Investment in any person other than the Borrower or a Guarantor that is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04 may be made through intermediate Investments in Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties and such intermediate Investments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth above. The amount of any Investment made other than in
the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the Fair Market Value thereof valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent write-downs or write-offs thereof.
Section 6.05 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and
Acquisitions. (x) Merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into, amalgamate with or consolidate with it, or (y) Dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of related
transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) having a Fair Market Value in excess of $25,000,000 in a single transaction or a series of related transactions or (z) purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other person or division or line of business of a person, except that this Section 6.05 shall not prohibit:
(a) (i) the purchase and Disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, with respect to operating leases, otherwise for Fair Market
Value on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (iii) the Disposition of surplus, obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
(iv) the Disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Subsidiary with or into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the survivor, (ii) the merger, amalgamation or
consolidation of any Subsidiary with or into any Guarantor in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is or becomes a Guarantor and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than the
Borrower or a Guarantor receives any consideration (unless otherwise permitted by Section 6.04), (iii) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor with or into any other Subsidiary that is
not a Guarantor, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if (x) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the
Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (y) the same meets the requirements contained in the proviso to Section 5.01(a), (v) any Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any other person in
order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary (unless otherwise permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(m)(ii))),
which shall be a Loan Party if the merging, amalgamating or consolidating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with any applicable requirements of Section 5.10 or
(vi) any Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any other person in order to effect an Asset Sale otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 6.05;
(c) Dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided, that any Dispositions by a Loan
Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in reliance on this clause (c) shall be made in compliance with Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(x));
(d) Dispositions of any property subject to a Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transaction;
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(e) (i) Investments permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(m)(ii)),
Permitted Liens, and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06, (ii) the Transactions to the extent otherwise prohibited by this Section 6.05, and (iii) the Merger;
(f) the discount or sale, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of
past due receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of
receivables);
(g) other Dispositions of assets; provided, that (i) the Net Proceeds thereof, if any, are
applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b) to the extent required thereby, (ii) any such Dispositions shall comply with the final sentence of this Section 6.05 and (iii) the Borrower may not dispose of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole pursuant to this clause (g) unless the surviving entity is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes all obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents;
(h) Permitted Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a
Permitted Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving entity or the requirements of Section 6.05(n) are otherwise complied
with;
(i) leases, licenses or subleases or sublicenses of any real or personal property in the ordinary
course of business;
(j) Dispositions of inventory or Dispositions or abandonment of Intellectual Property of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower to be no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries;
(k) Dispositions of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets pursuant to any Permitted Supplier
Receivables Sale Program;
(l) the purchase and Disposition (including by capital contribution) of Permitted Receivables
Facility Assets including pursuant to Qualified Receivables Facilities;
(m) any exchange or swap of assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments) for other assets (other
than cash and Permitted Investments) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as a whole, determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower; provided, that the
Fair Market Value of any such exchanges or swaps shall not, in the aggregate, exceed $50,000,000 in any fiscal year; and
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(n) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary or any other person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower, provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the surviving entity or (B)
if the surviving entity is not the Borrower (such other person, the “Successor Borrower”), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia, (2) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to each
Administrative Agent, (3) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable, confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall
apply to any Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to any applicable Security Document affirmed
that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3) and (5) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agents (x) a certificate of a Responsible Officer
stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if requested by any Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation or
consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Loan Document and covering such other matters as are contemplated by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be covered in opinions of counsel (it being understood that if
the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.05 above, no Disposition of assets under Section 6.05(g) shall in each case be permitted unless (i) such
Disposition is for Fair Market Value, and (ii) at least 75% of the proceeds of such Disposition (except to Loan Parties) consist of cash or Permitted Investments; provided, that the provisions of this clause (ii) shall not
apply to any individual transaction or series of related transactions involving assets with a Fair Market Value of less than $17,500,000; provided, further, that for purposes of this clause (ii), each of the
following shall be deemed to be cash: (a) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or are
otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction, (b) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary into cash within 180 days after receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received) and (c) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Disposition or any series of related
Dispositions, having an aggregate Fair Market Value not to exceed, in the aggregate, the greater of $36,000,000 and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets when received (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash
Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).
Section 6.06 Restricted Payments. (i) Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property,
securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the person declaring, paying or
making such dividends or distributions), (ii) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of the Borrower’s Equity Interests or set aside any amount
for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests) or (iii) make any Junior Debt Restricted Payment (all of the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that:
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(a) Restricted Payments may be made to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (provided, that
Restricted Payments made by a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary must be made on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the
perspective of the Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on its ownership interests in such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary);
(b) Restricted Payments may be made by the Borrower to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of the
Borrower (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan or any shareholders’
agreement then in effect upon such person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided,
that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this clause (b) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $25,000,000 (plus (x) the amount of net proceeds contributed to the Borrower that were received by the
Borrower during such calendar year from sales of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower to directors, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and
incentive arrangements; provided, that such proceeds are not included in any determination of the Available Amount and (y) the amount of net proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year,
which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary from members of management of the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.06;
(c) any person may make repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise or settlement
of stock options or other Equity Interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of or withholding obligation with respect to such options or other Equity Interests;
(d) so long as, at the time any such Restricted Payment is made and immediately after giving effect
thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount equal to a portion of the Available Amount on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to
apply to this Section 6.06(d), which such election shall be set forth in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail of the Available Amount
immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied;
(e) Restricted Payments may be made in connection with the consummation of the Transactions to the
extent contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the payment of the appraised value of any Dissenting Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement) in accordance with the Merger Agreement;
(f) Restricted Payments may be made to make payments, in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional
shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;
(g) other Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of
$141,250,000 and 25.0% of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA when made;
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(h) additional Restricted Payments, so long as, at the time any such Restricted Payment is made and
immediately after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing and (y) the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 2.50 to 1.00; and
(i) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (in the case of dividends and share
repurchases, on the date of declaration or notice thereof, as applicable), additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount for any twelve (12) month period not to exceed 7% of the Market Capitalization (determined as of the date
of such Restricted Payment, or in the case of dividends of share repurchases, on the date of declaration or notice thereof, if applicable).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of Section 6.06 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any
redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have
complied with the provisions of this Section 6.06 (it being understood that such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made on the date of declaration or notice for purposes of such provision).
Section 6.09 Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions and Negative Pledge Clauses.
Permit the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (A) the payment of dividends or other distributions or the making of cash advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a
direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (B) the granting of Liens by the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case,
restrictions existing by reason of:
(a) restrictions imposed by applicable law;
(b) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date under Indebtedness
existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01 or contained in any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(z), or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any
such Indebtedness that does not materially expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(c) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or
disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(d) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint
ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(e) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this
Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the specific property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(f) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01
or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in this Agreement (in each case, as determined in good
faith by the Borrower);
(g) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of Intellectual Property and other similar
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(h) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold
interest;
(i) customary provisions restricting assignment, mortgaging or hypothecation of any agreement
entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(j) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale,
transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;
(k) Permitted Liens and customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating
thereto, so long as (1) such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien, and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 6.09;
(l) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Subsidiaries,
so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;
(m) any agreement in effect at the time a subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement
was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;
(n) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of a
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that apply only to such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors;
(o) customary restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale
agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;
(p) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business;
(q) restrictions contained in any Permitted Receivables Facility Documents with respect to any
Receivables Entity;
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(r) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clause (A) above imposed by
any other instrument or agreement entered into after the Closing Date that contains encumbrances and restrictions that, as determined by the Borrower in good faith, will not materially adversely affect the Borrower’s ability to make
payments on the Loans; and
(s) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clause
(A) or (B) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of or similar arrangements to the contracts, instruments or obligations referred
to in clauses (a) through (r) above; provided, that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or similar arrangements are, in the good
faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions as contemplated by such provisions prior to such
amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement, refinancing or similar arrangement.
Section 6.10 Financial Covenant. With respect to the Term A Facility and the Revolving
Facility only, except with the written consent of the Required Financial Covenant Lenders, permit the First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period (commencing with the Test Period ending on the last day of
the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date) to be greater than (i) in the case of the Test Periods ending on the last day of the first through fourth full fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending after the
Closing Date, 4.25 to 1.00, (ii) in the case of the Test Periods ending on the last day of the fifth through eighth full fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date, 4.00 to 1.00, and (iii) in the case of any Test Period
ending on the last day of the ninth or any subsequent full fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date and prior to the Initial Term A Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, 3.75 to 1.00; provided,
however, that the Borrower may elect (the “Step-Up Election”) (x) at any time on or after the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date and prior to the date that is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date, to
increase the maximum First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted hereunder by 0.25 to 1.00 for the four immediately succeeding Test Period end dates and (y) at any time on or after the date that is twenty-four (24) months after the
Closing Date, to increase the maximum First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted hereunder by 0.50 to 1.00 for the four immediately succeeding Test Period end dates, in each case, by providing a written notice to the PR
Administrative Agent of such Step-Up Election prior to the last day of the first Test Period for which the Step-Up Election is to take effect (this sentence, the “Financial Covenant”). The Borrower may make only one Step-Up
Election in any five-year period. Upon the expiration of the Step-Up Election, the maximum First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted under the Financial Covenant shall revert to applicable First Lien Secured Net Leverage Ratio for
such Test Period set forth above.
Section 7.01 Events of Default. In case of the happening
of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”):
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(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or any Guarantor herein or in
any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made; provided, that the failure of any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party on the Closing Date (other than the representations and warranties referred to in clause (i) of Section 4.01(d)) to be true and correct in any material
respect on the Closing Date will not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement amount
under any Letter of Credit when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or in the payment of any Fee or
any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business
Days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower of any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in, Section 5.01(a) (solely with respect to the Borrower), 5.05(a) or 5.08 or in Article VI; provided, that the failure to observe or perform the Financial
Covenant shall not in and of itself constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term B Facility unless the Required Financial Covenant Lenders have accelerated all Revolving Facility Loans and Term A Loans then outstanding as a
result of such breach and such declaration has not been rescinded on or before the date on which the Term B Lenders declare an Event of Default in connection therewith;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower or any of the
Guarantors of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clauses (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty
(30) days after notice thereof from any Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any such Material
Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity, in each case without such Material Indebtedness having been discharged, or any such event of or
condition having been cured promptly; provided, that any breach of the Financial Covenant giving rise to an event described in clause (B) above shall not, by itself, constitute an Event of Default under any Term B
Facility hereunder, unless the Required Financial Covenant Lenders have accelerated all Revolving Facility Loans and Term A Loans then outstanding as a result of such breach and such declaration has not been rescinded on or before the
date on which the Term B Lenders declare an Event of Default in connection therewith; or (ii) the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall fail to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity thereof; provided,
that subclause (i) of this clause (f) shall not apply to (1) any secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a disposition, transfer, condemnation, insured loss or similar event with respect to the property or
assets securing such Indebtedness, (2) any customary offer to repurchase provisions upon an asset sale, (3) customary debt and equity proceeds prepayment requirements contained in any bridge or other interim credit facility,
(4) Indebtedness of any person assumed in connection with the acquisition of such person to the extent that such Indebtedness is repaid as required by the terms thereof as a result of the acquisition of such person or (5) the redemption
of any Indebtedness incurred to finance an acquisition pursuant to any special mandatory redemption feature that is triggered as a result of the failure of such acquisition to occur;
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(g) there shall have occurred a Change of Control;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the
property or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, under the Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or any other Debtor Relief Law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator, examiner, liquidator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up,
liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, compromise, arrangement or other relief of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (except in a transaction permitted hereunder); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty
(60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or any other Debtor Relief Law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in clause (h)
above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator, examiner, liquidator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property
or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become
unable or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(j) the failure by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $75,000,000, which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of sixty (60) consecutive
days, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon assets or properties of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(k) (i) an ERISA Event shall have occurred, (ii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans or (iii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have
been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; and in each case in clauses (i) through (iii) above, such
event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(l) (i) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that constitute a material portion of the Collateral shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any other
Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and
therein) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Equity
Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or from failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or to file
Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements (so long as such failure does not result from the breach or non-compliance with the Loan Documents by any Loan Party), or (ii) a material portion of the Guarantees pursuant to the Loan Documents
by the Guarantors guaranteeing the Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any Guarantor not to be in effect or not to be
legal, valid and binding obligations (other than in accordance with the terms thereof); provided, that no Event of Default shall occur under this Section 7.01(l) if the Loan Parties cooperate with the Collateral Agent to
replace or perfect such security interest and Lien, such security interest and Lien is promptly replaced or perfected (as needed) and the rights, powers and privileges of the Secured Parties are not materially adversely affected by such
replacement; or
(m) (i) any material provision of any Loan Document shall for any reason (other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which
no claim has been asserted and obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements)) cease to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party
thereto in accordance with its terms or (ii) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any Guarantor not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto,
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then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Applicable Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders (or in the case of a termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments pursuant to clause (i) below, the Required Revolving
Facility Lenders or, in the case of a failure to observe or perform the Financial Covenant, unless the Required Financial Covenant Lenders have accelerated all Revolving Facility Loans and Term A Loans then outstanding as a result of such breach
and such declaration has not been rescinded on or before the date on which the Term B Lenders declare an Event of Default in connection therewith, the Required Financial Covenant Lenders), shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the
following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part (in which case any principal not so declared to be due and
payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower
accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein
or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (ii) above, demand Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(k); and in any event with
respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all
other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the PR Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for Cash Collateral to the full extent
permitted under Section 2.05(k), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided that, with respect to any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under clause (d) with respect to Section 5.05(a) or, for the avoidance of doubt, an Event of Default under clause (h)
or (i)), neither the Required Lenders nor any Administrative Agent may take any action described in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph after the date that is two years after the earlier of (x) notice to each
Administrative Agent of the Default or Event of Default or (y) disclosure to the Lenders of the applicable event leading to such Default or Event of Default; provided, further that it is understood and agreed that a press release,
a filing with the SEC or a posting to the applicable Platform for the Facilities shall constitute notice to the Lenders; provided, further that, no such two year limitation shall apply if prior to the expiration of such two year
period, either Administrative Agent has commenced any remedial action with respect to such Default or Event of Default.
Section 8.01 Appointment.
(a) (i) Each of the Term A Lenders and each Revolving Facility Lender and the Swingline Lender (if applicable) hereby irrevocably appoints Wells Fargo Bank, National Association to act on its behalf as the PR Administrative Agent
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the PR Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the PR Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together
with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (ii) each of the Term B Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints GS Bank to act on its behalf as the Term Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and
authorizes the Term Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Term Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto, and (iii) each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints GS Bank to act on its behalf as the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its
behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf
of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and
its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements) hereby, and any other Person party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured
Hedge Agreement or Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement, by its entry into such agreement, irrevocably designates and appoints the Applicable Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Administrative Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender,
and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Administrative Agent. The provisions of this Article VIII
(other than the final paragraph of Section 8.12 hereof) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a
third-party beneficiary of any such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to
connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative
relationship between independent contracting parties.
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(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and the Swingline Lender (if applicable) and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured
Hedge Agreements and Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge
Agreements and Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements) hereby, and any other Person party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement, by its entry into such
agreement, appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations,
together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Collateral Agent (and any Subagents appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 for purposes of holding or
enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights or remedies thereunder at the direction of the Collateral Agent) shall be entitled to the benefits of this Article VIII
(including Section 8.07) as though the Collateral Agent (and any such Subagents) were an “Agent” under the Loan Documents, as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 8.02
Delegation of Duties. Any Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may execute any of their respective duties under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Each Agent may also from time to time,
when it deems it to be necessary or desirable, appoint one or more trustees, co-trustees, collateral co-agents, collateral subagents or attorneys-in-fact (each, a “Subagent”) with respect to all or any part of the Collateral; provided,
that no such Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by the Applicable Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. Should any instrument
in writing from the Borrower or any other Loan Party be required by any Subagent so appointed by an Agent to more fully or certainly vest in and confirm to such Subagent such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower shall, or shall
cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by such Agent. If any Subagent, or successor thereto, shall become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all rights, powers,
privileges and duties of such Subagent, to the extent permitted by law, shall automatically vest in and be exercised by the Applicable Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent until the appointment of a new Subagent. No Agent shall be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent, attorney-in-fact or Subagent that it selects with reasonable care.
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Section 8.03
Exculpatory Provisions. None of the Agents, their respective Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final
and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by any
Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party
a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender 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 Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party. No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided, that no Administrative Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of
its counsel, may expose such Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief
Laws or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Laws and (c) no Agent shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any
duty to disclose, and shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by such Agent or any of its
Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agents in accordance
with Section 8.05. No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents
of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or
therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection
or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm
receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agents. No Administrative Agent shall be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the
provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, No Administrative Agent shall (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender
or Participant is a Disqualified Lender or a Net Short Lender or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans and/or Commitments, or disclosure of confidential information, to any
Disqualified Lender or a Net Short Lender.
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Section 8.04
Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or conversation believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise
authenticated by the proper person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining
compliance with any condition hereunder to any Credit Event that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or any Issuing Bank, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank
unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank prior to such Credit Event. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any
amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with such Agent in accordance with Section 9.04. Each Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders)
as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified and exculpated in a manner satisfactory to it by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement,
all or other Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
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Section 8.05
Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless such Agent has received
written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default.” In the event that any Administrative Agent receives such a notice,
such Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the other Administrative Agent. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed
by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders); provided, that unless and until such Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Applicable Administrative Agent may (but shall not
be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
Section 8.06
Non-Reliance on Agents, Arrangers and Other Lenders. Each Lender and Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that none of the Agents, any Arranger or any of their
respective Related Parties have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent or any Arranger hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to
constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent or any Arranger to any Lender. Each Lender and Issuing Bank represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender or any
of their respective Related Parties, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of, the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, any
Arranger or any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Loan
Parties and their Affiliates) as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any related agreement
or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder, and to make such investigation as it
deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be
furnished to the Lenders by the Applicable Administrative Agent hereunder, no Administrative Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender, any other Agent with any credit or other information concerning the business,
operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of such Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties.
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8.07 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent and the Revolving Facility Lenders agree to indemnify each Issuing Bank and the
Swingline Lender, in each case in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its aggregate
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and, in the case of the indemnification of each Agent, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments hereunder; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans owing to the Swingline
Lender and of L/C Disbursements owing to any Issuing Bank shall be considered to be owed to the Revolving Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) (determined at the time such indemnity is
sought or, if the respective Obligations have been repaid in full, as determined immediately prior to such repayment in full), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent or such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in any way relating
to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such
Agent, Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and non‑appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s, Issuing Bank’s or the Swingline Lender’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The failure of any Lender to reimburse any Agent or Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any amount required to be paid by the Lenders to such Agent,
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, as provided herein shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to reimburse such Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, for its ratable
share of such amount, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to reimburse such Agent, Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, for such other Lender’s ratable share of such amount. The
agreements in this Section 8.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
Section 8.08
Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with any
Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued, or Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan participated in, by it, each Agent shall have the same
rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
Section 8.09
Successor Administrative Agent.
(a) The Term Administrative Agent may resign as Term Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Term B Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required
Term B Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing) (which consent of the
Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, whereupon such successor agent
shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Term Administrative Agent, and the term “Term Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Term Administrative Agent’s
rights, powers and duties as Term Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Term Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If
no successor agent has accepted appointment as Term Administrative Agent by the date that is thirty (30) days following a retiring Term Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Term Administrative Agent’s resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Term B Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Term Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the applicable Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as
provided for above. After any retiring Term Administrative Agent’s resignation as Term Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted
to be taken by it, its Subagents and their respective Related Parties while it was Term Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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(b) The PR Administrative Agent may resign as PR Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Term A Lenders, Revolving Facility Lenders and the Borrower. Any such resignation
by the PR Administrative Agent hereunder shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, in which case the resigning PR Administrative Agent (x) shall not be required to issue any further
Letters of Credit or make any additional Swingline Loans hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it, or Swingline Loans made
by it, prior to the date of such resignation. Upon any such resignation, the Required Financial Covenant Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c),
(h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate
of any such bank with an office in the United States, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the PR Administrative Agent, and the term “PR Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent
effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former PR Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as PR Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former PR
Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as PR Administrative Agent by the date that is thirty (30) days following a retiring PR Administrative
Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring PR Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Term A Lenders and the Revolving Facility Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the PR
Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the applicable Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring PR Administrative Agent’s resignation as PR Administrative Agent, the provisions
of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it, its Subagents and their respective Related Parties while it was PR Administrative Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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(c) The Collateral Agent may resign as Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. Any such resignation by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall also
constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank, in which case the resigning Collateral Agent (x) shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing Bank with respect to
any Letters of Credit issued by it prior to the date of such resignation. Upon any such resignation, then the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default under Section 7.01(b),
(c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or
an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor agent
effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of
the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Collateral Agent by the date that is thirty (30) days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring
Collateral Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring
Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed), and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Collateral Agent hereunder until such
time, if any, as the applicable Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05
shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it, its Subagents and their respective Related Parties while it was Collateral under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 8.10
Arrangers, Etc. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the persons named on the cover page
hereof as “joint lead arranger” or “joint bookrunner” is named as such for recognition purposes only, and in its capacity as such shall have no rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, except that each such person and its Affiliates shall be entitled to the rights expressly stated to be applicable to them in Section 9.05 and 9.17 (subject to the applicable obligations and limitations as set forth
therein).
Section 8.11
Security Documents and Collateral Agent. The Lenders and the other Secured Parties authorize the Collateral Agent to release any Collateral or Guarantors in
accordance with Section 9.18 or if approved, authorized or ratified in accordance with Section 9.08.
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The Lenders and the other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize and instruct the Collateral Agent to, without any further consent of any
Lender or any other Secured Party, enter into (or acknowledge and consent to) or amend, renew, extend, supplement, restate, replace, waive or otherwise modify any Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, any Permitted First Lien Intercreditor
Agreement and any other intercreditor or subordination agreement (in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and deemed appropriate by it) with the collateral agent or other representative of holders of Indebtedness secured (and
permitted to be secured) by a Lien on assets constituting a portion of the Collateral under (1) any of Sections 6.02(c), (i), (j), (v) and/or (z) (and in accordance with the relevant requirements thereof)
and (2) any other provision of Section 6.02 (it being acknowledged and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to execute any Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to this clause (2), and may elect to do so, or
not do so, in its sole and absolute discretion) (any of the foregoing, an “Intercreditor Agreement”). The Lenders and the other Secured Parties irrevocably agree that (x) the Collateral Agent may rely exclusively on a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower as to whether any such other Liens are permitted hereunder and as to the respective assets constituting Collateral that secure (and are permitted to secure) such Indebtedness hereunder and (y) any Intercreditor
Agreement entered into by the Collateral Agent shall be binding on the Secured Parties, and each Lender and the other Secured Parties hereby agrees that it will take no actions contrary to the provisions of, if entered into and if applicable, any
Intercreditor Agreement. Furthermore, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties hereby authorize each Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by any Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by clauses (c), (i), (j), (v) or (z) of Section 6.02 in each case to the extent the contract
or agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted prohibits any other Liens on such property or (ii) that is or becomes Excluded Property; and the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent shall do so upon request of the Borrower; provided,
that prior to any such request, the Borrower shall have in each case delivered to the Administrative Agents, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (x) that such Lien is permitted under this Agreement, (y) in the case
of a request pursuant to clause (i) of this sentence, that the contract or agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted prohibits any other Lien on such property and (z) in the case of a request pursuant to clause (ii) of this
sentence, that (A) such property is or has become Excluded Property and (B) if such property has become Excluded Property as a result of a contractual restriction, such restriction does not violate Section 6.09.
Section 8.12 Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantees. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, (i) any Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether
the principal of any Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise (A) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of any or all of the Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and any Administrative Agent and any Subagents allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (B) to collect and receive any monies or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and (ii) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender and Issuing Bank to make such payments to any Administrative Agent and, if such Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, to pay to the Applicable Administrative
Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to such Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize any Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or to authorize any Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.
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Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, each Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
each Secured Party hereby agree that (a) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee set forth in any Loan Document, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights
and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Applicable Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely
by the Collateral Agent; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lenders may exercise the set-off rights contained in Section 9.06 in the manner set forth therein, and (b) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral
Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the
Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled, 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 public sale, 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 sale or other Disposition.
Section 8.13 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable Requirement of Law, the Applicable Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the
Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that such Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including
because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Applicable Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding
Tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify the Applicable Administrative Agent (to the extent that such Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable
Loan Party to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by such Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, fines, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses,
allocated staff costs and any out-of-pocket expenses, whether or not such Taxes are correctly or legally imposed. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Applicable Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to
such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to any Administrative Agent under this Section 8.13. For purposes of this Section 8.13, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank.
Section 8.14 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such person became a Lender party hereto to the date such person ceases being a Lender party
hereto, for the benefit of, the any Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,
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(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption
for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions
involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on
behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the
Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14
are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agents, in their sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause
(iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such person became a Lender party
hereto to the date such person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agents and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that no Administrative Agent
is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in
connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by any Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
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Section 8.15 Erroneous Payments.
(a) Each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party hereby severally agrees that if (i) the Applicable Administrative Agent notifies (which such notice shall be conclusive absent manifest error) such Lender, Issuing Bank or
any other Secured Party or any Affiliate thereof or any other Person (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) that has received funds from the Applicable Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates, either for its own account or on
behalf of a Lender, Issuing Bank or other Secured Party (any such Lender, Issuing Bank, Secured Party or Affiliate thereof or other recipient (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) that receives funds on behalf of any of the
foregoing, a “Payment Recipient”) that the Applicable Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously
transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Payment Recipient) or (ii) any Payment Recipient receives any payment from any Administrative Agent (or any of its
Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by any Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment,
prepayment or repayment, as applicable, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Applicable Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment
or repayment, as applicable, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted or received in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) then, in each case, an error in payment shall be presumed to have been made (any
such amounts specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 8.15(a), whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise; individually and collectively, an “Erroneous
Payment”), then, in each case, such Payment Recipient is deemed to have knowledge of such error at the time of its receipt of such Erroneous Payment; provided that nothing in this Section 8.15 shall require any
Administrative Agent to provide any of the notices specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above. Each Payment Recipient agrees that it shall not assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives any claim,
counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by any Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on
“discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
(b) Without limiting the immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient agrees that, in the case of clause (a)(ii) above, it shall promptly notify the Applicable Administrative Agent in writing of such
occurrence.
(c) In the case of either clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Applicable Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in
trust for the benefit of the Applicable Administrative Agent, and upon demand from such Administrative Agent such Payment Recipient shall (or, shall cause any person who received any portion of an Erroneous Payment on its behalf to),
promptly, but in all events no later than one (1) Business Day thereafter, return to the Applicable Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds and in
the currency so received, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Applicable
Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by such Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
(d) [Reserved.]
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(e) Each party hereto hereby agrees that (x) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Applicable
Administrative Agent (1) shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Payment Recipient with respect to such amount and (2) is authorized to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Payment Recipient under any
Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Applicable Administrative Agent to such Payment Recipient from any source, against any amount due to the Applicable Administrative Agent under this Section 8.15 or under the
indemnification provisions of this Agreement and (y) the receipt of an Erroneous Payment by a Payment Recipient shall not for the purpose of this Agreement be treated as a payment, prepayment, repayment, discharge or other satisfaction of any
Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Applicable
Administrative Agent from or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party for the purpose of making for a payment on the Obligations.
(f) Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 8.15 shall survive the resignation or replacement of any Administrative Agent or any transfer of right or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or
Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
(g) Nothing in this Section 8.15 will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from any Payment Recipient’s receipt of an Erroneous Payment.
Section 9.01 Notices; Communications.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 9.01(b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier or other electronic means as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to
be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to any Loan Party, any Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank as of the Closing Date or the Swingline Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such person on Schedule 9.01; and
(ii) if to any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the
Applicable Administrative Agent; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to Article II if such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Applicable
Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Applicable Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to
it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by them; provided, that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
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(c) Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received. Notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if
not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided
in Section 9.01(b) above shall be effective as provided in such Section 9.01(b).
(d) Any party hereto may change its address, telecopy number, electronic mail address or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
(e) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically (including as set forth in Section 9.17)
and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.01,
or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Applicable Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether
sponsored by the Applicable Administrative Agent); provided, that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Applicable Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies
until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Applicable Administrative Agent or such Lender. Except for such certificates required by Section 5.04(c), the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have no
obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be
solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
Section 9.02 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection
with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents
and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date. Without prejudice to the survival of any other
agreements contained herein, the provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the occurrence of the Termination Date or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
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Section 9.03 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agents and when each Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken
together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, each Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each Lender and their
respective permitted successors and assigns.
Section 9.04 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of an Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that (i) other than as permitted by Section 6.05, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its respective rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any
attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04.
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues
any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 9.04), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders)
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in subclause (ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (other (I) than any natural person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for
the primary benefit of, a natural person), (II) except to the extent permitted hereunder, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates or (III) Disqualified Lender) (each, an “Assignee”) all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent of:
(A) the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), which consent will be deemed to have been given if the Borrower has not responded within ten (10) Business Days after the
delivery of any request for such consent; provided, that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (w) for an assignment of a Term B Loan to a Lender or an Affiliate or an Approved Fund thereof, (x) for an assignment of a Term A
Loan to a Term A Lender, Revolving Facility Lender or an Affiliate or an Approved Fund of any of the foregoing, (y) for an assignment of a Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan to a Revolving Facility Lender, an Affiliate
of a Revolving Facility Lender or Approved Fund with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender or (z) if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, for an assignment
to any person;
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(B) the Applicable Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that no consent of the Applicable Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or
any portion of a Term Loan to (x) a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, or an Approved Fund, or (y) the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower made in accordance with Section 2.25; and
(C) the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (such consent, in each case, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that no consent of the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender shall
be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.
(ii) Assignments (other than pursuant to Section 2.25) shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the
amount of the applicable Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Applicable Administrative
Agent) shall not be less than (x) $1,000,000 in the case of Term Loans and (y) $5,000,000 in the case of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments, unless each of the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent otherwise
consent; provided, that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and
its Affiliates or Approved Funds (with simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds being treated as one assignment), if any;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided, that this clause (B) shall not be
construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall (1) execute and deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance and any form required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17 via an
electronic settlement system acceptable to the Applicable Administrative Agent or (2) if previously agreed with the Applicable Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Acceptance, in each case together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Applicable Administrative Agent);
(D) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all
syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in
accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws; and
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(E) the Assignee shall not be (1) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries except in accordance with Section 2.25 or (2) a Disqualified Lender.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04, “Approved Fund” means any person (other than a natural person) that is
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, no Lender shall be permitted to assign or transfer any
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any person that, at the time of such assignment or transfer, is a Defaulting Lender. Any assigning Lender shall, in connection with any potential assignment, provide to the Borrower a
copy of its request (including the name of the prospective assignee) concurrently with its delivery of the same request to the Administrative Agents irrespective of whether or not an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h)
or (i) has occurred and is continuing.
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(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to this subclause (iii), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto
and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections, including the requirements of Sections 2.17(d)
and 2.17(f))). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 9.04 (except to the extent such participation is not permitted by such clause (c) of this Section 9.04, in which case
such assignment or transfer shall be null and void). The Term Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Term B Lenders, and the applicable Commitments of, and principal and interest amounts of the Term B Loans owing to, each Term B Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the “Term B Loan Register”). The PR Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Term A Lenders and the Revolving Facility Lenders, and the applicable Commitments of, and principal and interest amounts of the Loans and Revolving L/C
Exposure owing to, each Term A Lender and Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “PR Register”). The entries in the applicable Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Administrative Agents, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Registers pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. Each Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender (solely with respect to the PR Register) and any Lender (with respect to such
Lender’s interest only in the applicable Register), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee,
the Assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b)(ii)(C) of this Section 9.04, if applicable, and any
written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 9.04, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and promptly record the information contained therein in the
applicable Register; provided, that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b), 2.18(d)
or 8.07, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information therein in the applicable Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full,
together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the applicable Register as provided in this subclause
(iii). For the purposes of calculation of Required Lenders or any vote as required for the purposes of this Agreement, (i) the PR Administrative Agent shall promptly upon request, deliver the PR Register to the Term Administrative
Agent and (ii) the Term Administrative Agent shall promptly upon request, deliver the Term B Loan Register to the PR Administrative Agent.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, any Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations in Loans and Commitments to one or more banks or other entities other than any person
that, at the time of such participation, is (I) a Defaulting Lender, (II) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, (III) a Disqualified Lender or (IV) a natural person (or holding company, investment
vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person) (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments
and the Loans owing to it); provided, that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations
and (C) the Borrower, any Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement
pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that both (1) requires the
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) and (2) directly affects such Participant (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not any waiver of any Default or Event of Default). Subject
to clause (c)(iii) of this Section 9.04, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those
Sections and Section 2.19, including the requirements of Sections 2.17(d) and 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Sections 2.17(d) and 2.17(f) shall be delivered solely to
the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 9.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender; provided, that such Participant shall be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.
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(ii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the
principal amounts and interest amounts of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest
error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Without limitation of the
requirements of this Section 9.04(c), no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of a 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 other Loan Obligations under any Loan Document), except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other Loan Obligation is in registered form under
Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. For the avoidance of doubt, any Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(iii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 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 the Participant acquired the applicable participation.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal
Reserve Bank and in the case of any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any pledge or assignment to any holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Lender, including to any trustee for, or any other representative of, such
holders, and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided, that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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(e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in clause (d) above; provided, that the
Borrower shall not be obligated to issue a Note to any Lender that is or was a party to the Existing Credit Agreement and/or the Existing Target Credit Agreement and received one or more notes pursuant to such agreements unless all such notes
(or a customary loss affidavit and indemnity in lieu thereof) has been returned to the Borrower.
(f) [Reserved.]
(g) Each purchase of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.25 shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Term Loans and the Borrower shall, upon
consummation of any such purchase, notify the Applicable Administrative Agent that the applicable Register should be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans.
(h) In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the
assignment shall make such additional payments to the Applicable Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or
subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the
Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to any Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank,
the Swingline Lender or any other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in
accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law
without compliance with the provisions of this clause (h), then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(i) Disqualified Lenders.
(i) No assignment or, to the extent the DQ List has been posted on the Platform for all Lenders, participation shall be made to any person that was a Disqualified Lender as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on
which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or participate all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment as
otherwise contemplated by this Section 9.04, in which case such person will not be considered a Disqualified Lender). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or participant that becomes a Disqualified Lender after
the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Lender”), (x) such assignee shall not retroactively be
disqualified from becoming a Lender or participant and (y) the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified
Lender. Any assignment in violation of this clause (i)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (i) shall apply.
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(ii) If any assignment or participation is made to any Disqualified Lender without the Borrower’s prior written consent in violation of clause (i) above, or if any person becomes a Disqualified Lender after the
applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Lender and the Applicable Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Revolving Facility Commitment of such Disqualified Lender
and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Lender in connection with such Revolving Facility Commitment; provided that proceeds of Revolving Loans may not be used for such purpose, (B) in the case of
outstanding Term Loans held by Disqualified Lenders, purchase or prepay such Term Loan by paying the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Lender paid to acquire such Term Loans, in each case
plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder; provided that proceeds of Revolving Loans may not be used for such purpose and/or (C) require such Disqualified Lender
to assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 9.04) all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more eligible assignees at the lesser of (x)
the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Lender paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts)
payable to it hereunder; provided that, in the case of clause (C) such assignment does not conflict with applicable laws.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Lenders (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower,
the Administrative Agents or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agents, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from
counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agents or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative
Agents or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Lender will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not
Disqualified Lenders consented to such matter, and (y) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any Bankruptcy Laws (a “Bankruptcy Plan”), each Disqualified Lender party hereto hereby
agrees (1) not to vote on such Bankruptcy Plan, (2) if such Disqualified Lender does vote on such Bankruptcy Plan notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall
be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Bankruptcy Laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such
Bankruptcy Plan in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Bankruptcy Laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the court hearing such proceeding (or
other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).
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(iv) The Administrative Agents shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agents, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Lenders provided by the Borrower and any updates thereto
from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on the Platform, including that portion of the Platform that is designated for Public Lenders and/or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender requesting the same.
Section 9.05 Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to pay (i) all reasonable and documented out‑of‑pocket expenses incurred by any Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates in connection with the syndication
and distribution (including via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration (other than routine administrative procedures and excluding costs and
expenses relating to assignments and participations of lenders) of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated), including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel for each Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges
and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction, (ii) all reasonable and documented out‑of‑pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any
demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection with the enforcement of their rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, in
connection with the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit and including (but
limited in the case of fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to) the fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for the Agents, Lenders and the Issuing Banks, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, a single local counsel in each
appropriate jurisdiction and (if appropriate) a single regulatory counsel for all such persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where such person affected by such conflict informs the Borrower
of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm for such affected person).
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(b) The Borrower agrees to
indemnify each Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Arrangers, each Issuing Bank, each Lender, each of their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and each of their respective Related Parties (each such person being called a
“Protected Person”), against, and to hold each Protected Person harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (excluding the allocated
costs of in house counsel and limited to not more than one counsel for all such Protected Persons, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and (if appropriate) a single regulatory counsel for
all such Protected Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Protected Person affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of
another firm of counsel for such affected Protected Person)), incurred by or asserted against any Protected Person arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with
such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit) or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Protected Person is a party thereto and regardless of
whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by the Borrower, any of its subsidiaries, equity holders or Affiliates; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Protected Person, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or a material breach of
obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by, such Protected Person or any of its Related Parties or (y) arose from any claim, action, suit, inquiry, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or
omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and is brought by a Protected Person against another Protected Person (other than any claim, action, suit, inquiry, litigation, investigation or proceeding against any Agent or Arranger in its
capacity as such). None of the Protected Persons (or any of their respective affiliates) shall be responsible or liable to the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person or entity for any special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages which may be alleged as a result of the Facilities or the Transactions; provided that this sentence shall not limit the Borrower’s indemnification obligations pursuant to this Section 9.05(b).
The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the
Obligations, the occurrence of the Termination Date, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of any Administrative Agent, any Issuing
Bank or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable within fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other
amount requested.
(c) This Section 9.05 shall not apply to any Taxes other than Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses resulting from a non-Tax claim.
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Protected Person, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan
or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Protected Person 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 (including the internet) in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
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(e) The agreements in this Section 9.05 shall survive the resignation of any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Issuing Bank, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations, the occurrence of the Termination Date and the termination of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
Section 9.06 Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or such
Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender or such
Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured; provided, that any recovery by any
Lender or any Affiliate pursuant to its setoff rights under this Section 9.06 is subject to the provisions of Section 2.18(c); provided, further, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right
of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Applicable Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.24 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such
Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agents and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable
detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and each Issuing Bank under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of set-off) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have.
Section 9.07 Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; provided, however, that (a) the interpretation of the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) and whether there shall have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect, (b) the determination of whether the conditions precedent in Section 4.01(i) have been satisfied and (c) the determination of whether the
representations made by the Target or any of its affiliates are accurate and whether as a result of any inaccuracy of any such representations the Borrower or Merger Sub has the right to terminate the obligations of the Borrower and Merger Sub
or has the right to refuse to consummate the Merger under the Merger Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof.
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Section 9.08 Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay of any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies
of any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by clause (b) below, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any other or further notice or
demand in similar or other circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether
any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor
any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) as provided in Section 1.09, 1.10, 2.14, 2.21, 2.22 or 2.23, (y) in the case of this
Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders (except that (a) any waiver, amendment or modification of Section 6.10 or of any defined term (or component defined term)
but only to the extent as used therein (or any Default or Event of Default or exercise of remedies by the Required Financial Covenant Lenders in respect or as a result thereof) or of the definition of “Required Financial Covenant Lenders” shall
require the Required Financial Covenant Lenders voting as a single Class, rather than the Required Lenders, (b) any amendment or modification to the definition of “Required Revolving Facility Lenders” shall require the Required Revolving
Facility Lenders voting as a single Class, rather than the Required Lenders and (c) any waiver, amendment or modification to the conditions precedent for any credit extension under the Revolving Facility (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, in
connection with the determination of whether any condition precedent for a credit extension under the Revolving Facility on the Closing Date shall have been satisfied) shall require the Required Revolving Facility Lenders voting as a single
Class, rather than the Required Lenders) and (z) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Loan Party party thereto and the Administrative Agents or the Collateral Agent, as
applicable, and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall:
(i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest or Fees on, any Loan or any reimbursement obligation with respect to any L/C Disbursement, or extend
the stated expiration of any Letter of Credit beyond the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of
such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided, that (x) any amendment to the financial definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction
in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (i) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or any reimbursement obligation with respect to any L/C Disbursement or to reduce any fee
payable hereunder and (y) only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to reduce or waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Fees at the applicable default rate set forth in Section 2.13(d);
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(ii) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender, or decrease the Commitment Fees, L/C Participation Fees or any other Fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender (which, notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to any such extension or decrease, such consent of such Lender shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided, that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent,
covenants, Defaults or Events of Default, mandatory prepayments or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate Commitments shall not constitute an increase or extension of the Commitments of any Lender for purposes of this clause (ii);
(iii) extend or waive any Term Loan Installment Date or reduce the amount due on any Term Loan Installment Date, extend or waive any Revolving Facility Maturity Date or reduce the amount due on any Revolving Facility
Maturity Date or extend any date on which payment of interest (other than interest payable at the applicable default rate of interest set forth in Section 2.13(d)) on any Loan or any L/C Disbursement or any Fees is due, without the
prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such
modification);
(iv) amend
the provisions of (x) Section 2.18(b), in a manner that would by its terms alter the payment waterfall or (y) Section 2.18 (c), in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, in
either case, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby;
(v) amend or modify the provisions of this Section 9.08, Section 9.04 or the definition of the terms “Required Lenders,” “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (it being understood that,
with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the
Closing Date);
(vi) except
as provided in Section 9.18, release all or substantially all of the value of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees provided by the Guarantors, taken as whole, without the prior written consent of
each Lender;
(vii) effect any waiver, amendment or modification that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments or collateral of Lenders participating in any Facility differently from those of Lenders
participating in another Facility, without the consent of the Majority Lenders participating in the adversely affected Facility (it being agreed that the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment or Commitment reduction
required by Section 2.11 so long as the application of any prepayment or Commitment reduction still required to be made is not changed); or
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(viii) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or Section 7.01(i), (A) subordinate any of the Facilities in right of payment to the prior payment of any other Indebtedness of
the Loan Parties identified in clause (a) of the definition thereof or (B) subordinate the Liens any of the Collateral to any other Lien on such Collateral securing any other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties identified in clause
(a) of the definition thereof, in each case, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents (including any transaction permitted under Section 6.02) without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected
thereby; provided that only those Lenders that have not been provided a reasonable opportunity, as determined in good faith by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agents, to participate on a pro rata basis on the same terms
in any new loans or other Indebtedness permitted to be issued as a result of such amendment, waiver or modification, shall be deemed directly affected by such amendment, waiver or modification,
provided, further,
that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agents, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agents, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender or each Issuing Bank affected thereby, as applicable. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender
pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any Assignee of such Lender.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have the right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or
consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the
Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any
Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Applicable Administrative Agent, the
Borrower and the Lenders providing the Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all or a portion of the outstanding Term Loans of any Class (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with one or more tranches of replacement
term loans (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus accrued
interest, fees, expenses and premium), (ii) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, (iii) the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans, at the time of such refinancing and
(iv) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans.
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(c) Without the consent of any Lender or Issuing Bank, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or
additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to include holders of Other First Liens or (to the extent necessary or advisable under applicable local law) Junior Liens in the benefit of the Security
Documents in connection with the incurrence of any Other First Lien Debt or Indebtedness permitted to be secured by Junior Liens and to give effect to any Intercreditor Agreement associated therewith, or
as required by local law to give effect to, or protect, any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or this Agreement or in each case to
otherwise enhance the rights or benefits of any Lender under any Loan Document.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agents and the Borrower (i) to permit additional extensions of credit to be
outstanding hereunder from time to time and the accrued interest and fees and other obligations in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Facility
Loans and the accrued interest and fees and other obligations in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately the holders of such extensions of credit in any determination of the requisite lenders required hereunder, including Required
Lenders and the Required Revolving Facility Lenders, and for purposes of the relevant provisions of Section 2.18(b).
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, technical and conforming modifications to the Loan Documents may be made with the consent of the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent (but without the consent of any Lender) to the extent
necessary (A) to integrate any Other Term Loan Commitments, Other Revolving Facility Commitments, Other Term Loans and Other Revolving Loans in a manner consistent with Sections 2.21, 2.22 and 2.23 as may be necessary
to establish such Other Term Loan Commitments, Other Revolving Facility Commitment, Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans as a separate Class or tranche from the existing Term Facility Commitments, Revolving Facility Commitments, Term
Loans or Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable, and, in the case of Extended Term Loans, to reduce the amortization schedule of the related existing Class of Term Loans proportionately, (B) provide that the Lenders providing any Permitted
Incremental Term A Loans shall have the benefit of the Financial Covenant and be included in the “Required Financial Covenant Lenders” and make appropriate changes to Sections 6.10, 7.01 and 9.08 with respect to the
control of remedies in the event of a default in respect of the Financial Covenant, (C) to integrate any Other First Lien Debt or (D) to cure any ambiguity, omission, error, defect or inconsistency.
(f) Each of the parties hereto
hereby agrees that the Applicable Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be necessary to ensure that all Term Loans established pursuant to Section 2.21 after the Closing Date that will be included in an existing Class
of Term Loans outstanding on such date (an “Applicable Date”), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans of such Class (the “Existing Class Loans”), on a pro rata basis, and/or
to ensure that, immediately after giving effect to such new Term Loans (the “New Class Loans” and, together with the Existing Class Loans, the “Class Loans”), each Lender holding Class Loans will be deemed to hold its Pro Rata
Share of each Class Loan on the Applicable Date (but without changing the amount of any such Lender’s Term Loans), and each such Lender shall be deemed to have effectuated such assignments as shall be required to ensure the foregoing. The “Pro
Rata Share” of any Lender on the Applicable Date is the ratio of (1) the sum of such Lender’s Existing Class Loans immediately prior to the Applicable Date plus the amount of New Class Loans made by such Lender on the Applicable
Date over (2) the aggregate principal amount of all Class Loans on the Applicable Date.
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(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended, with the written consent of each Revolving Facility Lender, the PR Administrative Agent and the Borrower to the extent necessary to integrate any Alternate Currency.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in connection with any determination as to whether the Required Lenders have (A) consented (or not consented) to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (B) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (C) directed or required the Applicable Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from
taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, any Lender (other than (x) any Lender that is a Regulated Bank and (y) any Revolving Facility Lender or its Affiliates as of the Closing Date) that, as a result of its interest in
any total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract (other than any such total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract entered into pursuant to
bona fide market making activities), has a net short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments (each, a “Net Short Lender”) shall have no right to vote any of its Loans and Commitments and shall be deemed to have voted its
interest as a Lender without discretion in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Net Short Lenders. For purposes of determining whether a Lender has a “net short position” on any
date of determination: (i) derivative contracts with respect to the Loans and Commitments and such contracts that are the functional equivalent thereof shall be counted at the notional amount thereof in Dollars, (ii) the notional amounts in
other currencies shall be converted to the dollar equivalent thereof by such Lender in a commercially reasonable manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices and based on the prevailing conversion rate (determined on a
mid-market basis) on the date of determination, (iii) derivative contracts in respect of an index that includes any of the Borrower or other Loan Parties or any instrument issued or guaranteed by any of the Borrower or other Loan Parties
shall not be deemed to create a short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments, so long as (x) such index is not created, designed, administered or requested by such Lender or its Affiliates and (y) the Borrower and the other
Loan Parties and any instrument issued or guaranteed by any of the Borrower or other Loan Parties, collectively, shall represent less than five percent (5%) of the components of such index, (iv) derivative transactions that are documented
using either the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions or the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivative Definitions (collectively, the “ISDA CDS Definitions”) shall be deemed to create a short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments
if such Lender is a protection buyer or the equivalent thereof for such derivative transaction and (x) the Loans or the Commitments are a “Reference Obligation” under the terms of such derivative transaction (whether specified by name in the
related documentation, included as a “Standard Reference Obligation” on the most recent list published by Markit, if “Standard Reference Obligation” is specified as applicable in the relevant documentation or in any other manner), (y) the
Loans or the Commitments would be a “Deliverable Obligation” under the terms of such derivative transaction or (z) any of the Borrower or other Loan Parties (or its successor) is designated as a “Reference Entity” under the terms of such
derivative transaction, and (v) credit derivative transactions or other derivatives transactions not documented using the ISDA CDS Definitions shall be deemed to create a short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments if such
transactions are functionally equivalent to a transaction that offers the Lender protection in respect of the Loans or the Commitments, or as to the credit quality of any of the Borrower or other Loan Parties other than, in each case, as part
of an index so long as (x) such index is not created, designed, administered or requested by such Lender and (y) the Borrower and other Loan Parties and any instrument issued or guaranteed by any of the Borrower or other Loan Parties,
collectively, shall represent less than five percent (5%) of the components of such index. In connection with any such determination, each Lender (other than (x) any Lender that is a Regulated Bank and (y) any Revolving Facility Lender or
its Affiliates as of the Closing Date) shall promptly notify the Applicable Administrative Agent in writing that it is a Net Short Lender, or shall otherwise be deemed to have represented and warranted to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agents that it is not a Net Short Lender (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower and each Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on each such representation and deemed representation).
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Section 9.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”),
as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender or any Issuing Bank, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”)
that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender or Issuing Bank in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank,
shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided, that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender or such Issuing Bank on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation. In determining whether the interest
contracted for, charged, or received by any Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium
rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations
hereunder.
Section 9.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous
agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fee Letter shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto (and
the Protected Persons) rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
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Section 9.11 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR
OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS,
AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.
Section 9.12 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby as to such jurisdiction, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall
not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as
possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 9.13 Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and
shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by each Administrative Agent) shall
be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement and other Loan Documents shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or electronic
records, 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. For the avoidance of
doubt, the foregoing also applies to any amendment, extension or renewal of this Agreement or other Loan Document. Each of the Loan Parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has the corporate capacity and
authority to execute this Agreement and other Loan Documents through electronic means and there are no restrictions for doing so in such Loan Party’s organizational documents.
Section 9.14 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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Section 9.15 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) The Borrower and each other Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or
otherwise, against any Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank, any Arranger or any Affiliate of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating
hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York sitting in New York County, Borough
of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that any Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in clause (a) of this Section 9.15. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
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Section 9.16 Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to the Borrower and any Subsidiary or their respective businesses furnished
to it by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than information that (a) has become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender,
such Issuing Bank or such Agent without violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was available to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such Agent from a third party having, to such person’s knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to the
Borrower or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its Related Parties and any numbering, administration or settlement service providers or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender
(so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), except: (A) to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws or any legal process or the requirements of
any Governmental Authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such person or its Related Parties, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate
of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of reporting or review procedures to, or examinations by, Governmental Authorities or self-regulatory authorities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (C) to its parent companies, Affiliates and their Related Parties including auditors, accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to
keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (D) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (E) to any pledgee under Section 9.04(d) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as
such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (F) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or its Related Parties) in Hedging Agreements or such contractual
counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.16), (G) on a confidential basis to (i) any
rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the facilities evidenced by this Agreement or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with
respect to the facilities evidenced by this Agreement, (H) with the prior written consent of the Borrower and (I) to any other party to this Agreement. In addition, the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may disclose the existence of
this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders in connection with the administration and
management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments and the extensions of credit hereunder; provided that such person is advised and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.16.
Section 9.17 Platform; Borrower Materials. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agents and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks materials and/or information provided
by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”), and (b) certain of the Lenders may be
“public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower may
identify portions of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall
appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agents, the Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders to treat such Borrower
Materials as solely containing information that is either (A) publicly available information or (B) not material (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or any of their respective
securities for purposes of United States Federal securities laws (provided, however, that such Borrower Materials shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.16, to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute information
subject to the terms thereof), (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor,” and (iv) the Administrative Agents and the Arrangers shall be
entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.” THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENTS, ITS RELATED PARTIES AND THE ARRANGERS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. 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
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES OR ANY ARRANGER IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.
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Section 9.18 Release of Liens and Guarantees.
(a) The Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender, and the other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral shall (1) be automatically released:
(i) in full upon the occurrence of the Termination Date as set forth in Section 9.18(d) below; (ii) upon the Disposition (other than any lease or license) of such Collateral by any Loan Party to a person that is not (and is not
required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction permitted by this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further
inquiry), (iii) to the extent that such Collateral comprises property leased to a Loan Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any
Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in
accordance with Section 9.08), (v) to the extent that the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee in accordance with the Guarantee
Agreement or clause (b) below (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (vi) as required by the Collateral
Agent to effect any Disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents or (vii) in the case of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets, upon the Disposition thereof
by any Loan Party to a Receivables Entity of such Permitted Receivables Facility Assets pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Facility or a Permitted Supplier Receivables Sale Program and (2) be released in the circumstances, and subject to the
terms and conditions, provided in Section 8.11 (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without any further inquiry). Any such
release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by
the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any Disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents.
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(b) In addition, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the respective Guarantor shall be released from its respective Guarantee (i) upon consummation of any transaction permitted
hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any Guarantor which would not be required to be a Guarantor because it is or has become an Excluded Subsidiary, at any time, in the case of clauses
(i) and (ii), following a written request by the Borrower to the Term Administrative Agent requesting that such person no longer constitute a Guarantor and certifying its entitlement to the requested release (and the Administrative Agents and
Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to the foregoing effect without further inquiry); provided, that any such release pursuant to preceding clause (ii) shall only be effective if (A) no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (B) at the time of such release (and after giving effect thereto), all outstanding Indebtedness of, and Investments previously made in, such Subsidiary would then be permitted
to be made in accordance with the relevant provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.04 (for this purpose, with the Borrower being required to reclassify any such items made in reliance upon the respective Subsidiary being a Guarantor
on another basis as would be permitted by such applicable Section), and any previous Dispositions thereto pursuant to Section 6.05 shall be re-characterized and would then be permitted as if same were made to a Subsidiary that was not
a Guarantor (and all items described above in this clause (B) shall thereafter be deemed recharacterized as provided above in this clause (B)) and (C) such Subsidiary shall not be (or shall be simultaneously be
released as) a guarantor with respect to any Refinancing Notes, Permitted Debt or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the foregoing or (iii) if the release of such Guarantor is approved, authorized or ratified by the
Required Lenders (or such other percentage of Lenders whose consent is required in accordance with Section 9.08).
(c) The Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the other Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable
to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.18, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender or any other Secured Party. Upon the effectiveness
of any such release, any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Collateral or Guarantor shall no longer be deemed to be made. In connection with any release hereunder, the Administrative
Agents and the Collateral Agent shall promptly (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower and
at the Borrower’s expense in connection with the release of any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Subsidiary, property or asset; provided, that (i) each Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing such certifications as such Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, (ii) any Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which,
in the applicable Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose such Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (iii) such release shall not in any
manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the
sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 9.18(c) shall be without recourse to or warranty by any Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, on the Termination Date, upon request of the Borrower, each Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall (without notice
to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all obligations under any Loan Document, whether or not on the date of such release there
may be any (i) obligations in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreements, any Secured Cash Management Agreements or any Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreements and (ii) contingent indemnification obligations or expense reimbursement claims
not then due; provided, that each Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing such certifications as such Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Any such release
of obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded, avoided or must otherwise
be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar
officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (and their respective representatives) in connection with taking such actions to release security interests in all Collateral and all obligations under the Loan Documents as contemplated by this Section 9.18(d).
(e) Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement (after giving effect to all netting arrangements relating to such Secured Hedge Agreements) or Secured Bilateral
Letter of Credit Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed. No person shall have any voting rights under any
Loan Document solely as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no release of
Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall require the consent of any holder of obligations under any Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements or Secured Bilateral Letter of Credit
Agreements.
Section 9.19 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agents (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or any Administrative
Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
Section 9.20
Agency of the Borrower for the Loan Parties. Each of the other Loan Parties hereby appoints the Borrower as its agent for all purposes relevant to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the giving and receipt of notices and the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and therein and all modifications hereto and thereto.
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Section 9.21
No Liability of the Issuing Banks. The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with
respect to its use of such Letter of Credit. None of the Administrative Agents, the Revolving Facility Lenders or any Issuing Bank, or any of their Related Parties, shall be liable or responsible for: (a) the use that may be made of any Letter
of Credit or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all
respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by such Issuing Bank against presentation of documents that do not comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or
adequate reference to the Letter of Credit; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under any Letter of Credit, except that the Borrower shall have a claim against such Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank
shall be liable to the Borrower, to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law)
suffered by the Borrower that the Borrower proves were caused by (i) such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in determining whether
documents presented under any Letter of Credit comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit or (ii) such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to make lawful payment under a Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, such Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon documents that appear on their
face to be in substantial compliance with a Letter of Credit, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents
are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
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9.22 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan
Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Applicable Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the
Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to any Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding
any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that
on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement
Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to any Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify each Administrative Agent or the person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally
due to any Administrative Agent in such currency, the Applicable Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
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Section 9.23
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement,
arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to,
and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution
Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a
reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a
bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document; or (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
Section 9.24
Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent
that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedging Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the
parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any
Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered
Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC
Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the
Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a
Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered
Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state
of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a
Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
written above.
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HERMAN MILLER, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey M. Stutz
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Name:
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Jeffrey M. Stutz
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK, USA, as
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Collateral Agent, Term Administrative Agent
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and as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Robert Ehuden
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Name:
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Robert Ehuden
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Title:
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Authorized Signatory
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as PR Administrative Agent, Lender, Issuing Bank and
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Swingline Lender
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By:
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/s/ Steven Shafley
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Name:
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Steven Shafley
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Title:
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SVP
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Patrick Murphy
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Name:
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Patrick Murphy
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Title:
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Vice President
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Marcel Fournier
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Name:
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Marcel Fournier
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Title:
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Vice President
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Will Price
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Name:
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Will Price
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Title:
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Vice President
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ J.E. Fowler
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Name:
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J.E. Fowler
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Title:
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Managing Director
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Zoila Baker
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Name:
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Zoila Baker
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Title:
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Vice President
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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TRUIST BANK,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Steve Curran
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Name:
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Steve Curran
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Title:
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Director
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Frans Braniotis
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Name:
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Frans Braniotis
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Title:
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Managing Director
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Kyle Patterson
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Name:
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Kyle Patterson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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TD BANK, N.A.
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as Lender
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By:
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/s/ Zachary Dziama
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Name:
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Zachary Dziama
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Title:
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Senior Vice President
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Terrence Ward
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Name:
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Terrence Ward
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Title:
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Senior Vice President
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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
Schedule 2.01
Commitments
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Lender
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Term Loan B Commitment
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Goldman Sachs Bank USA
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$625,000,000
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TOTAL
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$625,000,000
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Lender
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Term Loan A Commitment
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Goldman Sachs Bank USA
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$26,666,666.67
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
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$71,111,111.09
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Citizens Bank, N.A.
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$35,555,555.56
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The Huntington National Bank
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$35,555,555.56
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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$35,555,555.56
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KeyBank National Association
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$35,555,555.56
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PNC Bank, National Association
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$35,555,555.56
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Truist Bank
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$35,555,555.56
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The Bank of Nova Scotia
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$22,222,222.22
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HSBC Bank USA, National Association
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$22,222,222.22
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TD Bank, N.A.
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$22,222,222.22
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U.S. Bank National Association
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$22,222,222.22
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TOTAL
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$400,000,000
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Lender
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Revolving Facility Commitment
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Goldman Sachs Bank USA
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$48,333,333.33
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
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$128,888,888.91
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Citizens Bank, N.A.
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$64,444,444.44
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The Huntington National Bank
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$64,444,444.44
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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$64,444,444.44
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KeyBank National Association
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$64,444,444.44
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PNC Bank, National Association
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$64,444,444.44
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Truist Bank
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$64,444,444.44
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The Bank of Nova Scotia
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$40,277,777.78
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HSBC Bank USA, National Association
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$40,277,777.78
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TD Bank, N.A.
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$40,277,777.78
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U.S. Bank National Association
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$40,277,777.78
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TOTAL
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$725,000,000
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Exhibit 99.1
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July 19, 2021
Herman Miller Completes Acquisition of Knoll
Zeeland, Mich: Herman Miller (NASDAQ: MLHR) today
announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Knoll, Inc. (“Knoll”), creating the preeminent leader in modern design. The combined company comprises 19 leading brands, a presence across more than 100 countries
worldwide, a global dealer network, 64 showrooms, more than 50 physical retail locations, and global multichannel eCommerce capabilities. Herman Miller, Knoll, and their legacy brands will continue to operate as distinct brands.
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“The closing of this transaction is the first step to realizing the great benefits of this combination, and I want to thank the teams at Herman Miller
and Knoll for their incredible efforts which enabled us to reach this milestone,” said Andi Owen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Herman Miller. “We are especially pleased to have completed the transaction quickly, which allows us
to swiftly begin taking advantage of the strengths of the combined company. We are a group of people and brands guided by a shared vision, common values, and a steadfast commitment to design. Together, we can be truly inclusive, design for
everyone, and care for our planet. With a broader portfolio, scaled global footprint, and advanced digital capabilities, we will be poised to meet our customers everywhere they live and work.”
As previously announced, the combined company will be led by Herman Miller President and CEO Andi Owen. In addition to Owen, the combined company will
be led by a world-class management team made up of executives from both Herman Miller and Knoll. The company will be releasing more information tomorrow after 11:00 AM ET.
Knoll (NYSE: KNL) shares will cease trading prior to the market open on July 20, 2021, and each share of Knoll common stock has been converted into the
right to receive 0.32 shares of Herman Miller common stock and $11.00 in cash. The completion of the transaction results in Herman Miller shareholders owning approximately 78 percent of the combined company and Knoll shareholders owning
approximately 22 percent of the combined company.
Advisers
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as financial adviser to Herman Miller, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as legal adviser.
About Herman Miller
Herman Miller is a globally recognized leader in design. Since its inception in 1905, the company’s innovative, problem-solving designs and furnishings
have inspired the best in people wherever they live, work, learn, heal, and play. In 2018, Herman Miller created Herman Miller Group, a purposefully selected, complementary family of brands that includes Colebrook Bosson Saunders, DWR,
Geiger, HAY, Maars Living Walls, Maharam, naughtone, and Nemschoff. Guided by a shared purpose—design for the good of humankind—Herman Miller Group shapes places that matter for customers while contributing to a more equitable and
sustainable future for all. For more information, visit www.hermanmiller.com/about-us.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements relate to future events and anticipated results of operations, business strategies, the anticipated benefits of the transaction, the anticipated impact of the transaction on
the combined company’s business and future financial and operating results, the expected amount and timing of synergies from the transaction, and other aspects of our operations or operating results. These forward-looking statements
generally can be identified by phrases such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “foresees,” “forecasts,” “estimates” or other words or phrases of similar import. It is uncertain whether any of the events anticipated by the
forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on the results of operations and financial condition of Herman Miller or the price of Herman Miller’s stock. These forward-looking
statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Herman Miller’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including but not
limited to: the impact of public health crises, such as pandemics (including coronavirus (COVID-19)) and epidemics, and any related company or government policies and actions to protect the health and safety of individuals or
government policies or actions to maintain the functioning of national or global economies and markets; the risk that the anticipated benefits of the merger with Knoll will not be realized on the anticipated timing or at all; risks
related to the additional debt incurred in connection with the merger; Herman Miller’s ability to comply with its debt covenants and obligations; the risk that the anticipated benefits of the merger will be more costly to realize than
expected; the effect of the announcement of the merger on the ability of Herman Miller or Knoll to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers and others with whom Herman Miller or Knoll does
business, or on Herman Miller’s or Knoll’s operating results and business generally; the ability of Herman Miller to successfully integrate Knoll’s operations; the ability of Herman Miller to implement its plans, forecasts and other
expectations with respect to Herman Miller’s business after the completion of the transaction and realize expected synergies; business disruption following the merger; general economic conditions; the availability and pricing of raw
materials; the financial strength of our dealers and the financial strength of our customers; the success of newly-introduced products; the pace and level of government procurement; and the outcome of pending litigation or
governmental audits or investigations. For additional information about other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Herman Miller’s
periodic reports and other filings with the SEC, including the risk factors identified in Herman Miller’s most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. The forward-looking statements included in this
communication are made only as of the date hereof. Herman Miller does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.
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Contacts
Investors:
Jeff Stutz
Chief Financial Officer
616 654 8538
jeff_stutz@hermanmiller.com
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Media:
Todd Woodward
VP of Global Communications
616 654 5977
media_relations@hermanmiller.com
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Exhibit 99.2
July 20, 2021
Herman Miller and Knoll Announce New Name for Combined Company: MillerKnoll
MillerKnoll, now one of the largest and most influential modern design companies in the world, is well
positioned to catalyze the transformation of the industry and redefine modern design.
Zeeland, Mich: Herman Miller (NASDAQ: MLHR) today announced that, after completing the acquisition of Knoll, Inc.
(“Knoll”), on July 19, 2021, the combined company will move forward as MillerKnoll. Herman Miller and Knoll, along with their legacy brands, will continue as distinct brands as part of MillerKnoll. In addition, MillerKnoll will have a new operating
model that will ensure strong brand ownership—transforming the industry and redefining modern design.
“We are excited to introduce MillerKnoll, a collective of dynamic brands coming together to design the world we live in,” said Andi Owen,
President and Chief Executive Officer of MillerKnoll. “Our industry—and the world in general—is changing rapidly. Design is the way we imagine and shape a better future. In coming together, we will define and lead this transformation, like we have
other transformations in our histories.”
MillerKnoll: The Preeminent Leader in Modern Design
Herman Miller and Knoll have deep legacies as industry pioneers and a shared commitment to design, innovation, operational excellence,
sustainability, and social good. With the transaction now closed, MillerKnoll will:
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Catalyze the transformation of the home and office through a united portfolio of complementary brands.
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Support and grow existing Contract and Retail channels, as well as explore new ideas and business innovations, to ensure they meet the highest level of manufacturing excellence, customer
sales and service, and user experience.
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Comprise global functional teams that serve the entire enterprise, including Manufacturing, Digital, Technology, Marketing, Strategy, Finance, Human Resources, and Legal.
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Drive growth and profitability with a scaled US and international footprint, maintaining strong brand ownership designed to preserve and nurture the essence of the brands within the
combined company’s portfolio, which includes the Herman Miller and Knoll brands.
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MillerKnoll now benefits from increased reach and the ability to better serve customers across the contract furnishings sector, residential
trade segment, and retail audience. In addition, MillerKnoll is well positioned to enhance engagement with architects and interior designers, who support decision-making for both Contract and Residential customers.
Owen continued, “We are a group of people and brands guided by a shared vision, common values, and a steadfast commitment to design. As
MillerKnoll, we’ll push and inspire each other to innovate and design the future for all the places where life happens.”
As previously announced, MillerKnoll will be led by Herman Miller President and CEO Andi Owen. In addition to Owen, the combined company will
be led by a world-class executive team made up of leaders from both Herman Miller and Knoll. Additional information on the leadership team is available on the company’s Newsroom.
Herman Miller intends to submit a proposal to its shareholders at its upcoming annual meeting in order to seek approval of the formal change of
Herman Miller’s corporate name to MillerKnoll. At this time, Herman Miller common stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “MLHR.”
About MillerKnoll
MillerKnoll is a collective of dynamic brands and one of the largest and most influential modern design companies in the world. The company is
a result of a deep legacy of design, innovation, and social good. MillerKnoll was created in 2021 from the combination of Herman Miller and Knoll, and includes brands Colebrook Bosson Saunders, DatesWeiser, DWR, Edelman Leather, Fully, Geiger, HAY,
Holly Hunt, KnollExtra, Knoll Office, KnollStudio, KnollTextiles, Maars Living Walls, Maharam, Muuto, naughtone, and Spinneybeck|FilzFelt. Guided by a shared vision, common values, and a steadfast commitment to design, MillerKnoll innovates and
designs the future for all the places where life happens while contributing to a more equitable and sustainable future for all.
Contacts
Investors:
Jeff Stutz
Chief Financial Officer
616 654 8538
jeff_stutz@hermanmiller.com
Media:
Todd Woodward
VP of Global Communications
616 654 5977
media_relations@hermanmiller.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements relate to future events and anticipated results of operations, business strategies, the anticipated benefits of the transaction, the anticipated impact of the transaction on the combined
company’s business and future financial and operating results, the expected amount and timing of synergies from the transaction, and other aspects of our operations or operating results. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by
phrases such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “foresees,” “forecasts,” “estimates” or other words or phrases of similar import. It is uncertain whether any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if
any of them do, what impact they will have on the results of operations and financial condition of Herman Miller or the price of Herman Miller’s stock. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
Herman Miller’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: the impact of public health crises, such as pandemics (including coronavirus
(COVID-19)) and epidemics, and any related company or government policies and actions to protect the health and safety of individuals or government policies or actions to maintain the functioning of national or global economies and markets; the risk
that the anticipated benefits of the merger with Knoll will not be realized on the anticipated timing or at all; risks related to the additional debt incurred in connection with the merger; Herman Miller’s ability to comply with its debt covenants
and obligations; the risk that the anticipated benefits of the merger will be more costly to realize than expected; the effect of the announcement of the merger on the ability of Herman Miller or Knoll to retain and hire key personnel and maintain
relationships with customers, suppliers and others with whom Herman Miller or Knoll does business, or on Herman Miller’s or Knoll’s operating results and business generally; the ability of Herman Miller to successfully integrate Knoll’s operations;
the ability of Herman Miller to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to Herman Miller’s business after the completion of the transaction and realize expected synergies; business disruption following the merger; general
economic conditions; the availability and pricing of raw materials; the financial strength of our dealers and the financial strength of our customers; the success of newly-introduced products; the pace and level of government procurement; and the
outcome of pending litigation or governmental audits or investigations. For additional information about other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Herman
Miller’s periodic reports and other filings with the SEC, including the risk factors identified in Herman Miller’s most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. The forward-looking statements included in this
communication are made only as of the date hereof. Herman Miller does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Contacts
Investors:
Jeff Stutz
Chief Financial Officer
616 654 8538
jeff_stutz@hermanmiller.com
Media:
Todd Woodward
VP of Global Communications
616 654 5977
media_relations@hermanmiller.com