UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 11, 2025
TEAM, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-08604 | 74-1765729 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 331-6154
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Common Stock, $0.30 par value | TISI | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether 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).
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Securities Purchase Agreement
On September 11, 2025, Team, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and InspectionTech Holdings LP (the “Stellex Holder”), an affiliate of Stellex Capital Management LLC (collectively with the Stellex Holder and its affiliates, “Stellex”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to the Stellex Holder an aggregate of (A) 75,000 shares of preferred stock, $100.00 par value per share, of the Company designated as Series B Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred,” and such shares, the “Initial Preferred Shares”), (B) warrants to purchase 982,371 shares of common stock, $0.30 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) at an initial exercise price of $23.00 per share, subject to adjustments (“Tranche A Warrants,” and such Tranche A Warrants, the “Initial Tranche A Warrants”), and (C) warrants to purchase 470,889 shares of Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $50.00 per share, subject to adjustments (“Tranche B Warrants,” and such Tranche B Warrants, the “Initial Tranche B Warrants” and, together with the Initial Tranche A Warrants, the “Initial Warrants”), for total consideration of $75.0 million. The closing of the payment and the issuance of the Initial Preferred Shares and the Initial Warrants (the “Initial Equity Issuance”) occurred simultaneously with the signing of the Purchase Agreement.
The proceeds of the Initial Equity Issuance were used to (x) repay $25.0 million of the loans outstanding under the Company’s ABL Credit Agreement (as defined below), (y) pay transaction expenses related to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and (z) the remainder to repay a portion of the loans (together with accrued interest) outstanding under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement (as defined below), representing approximately $42.9 million.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, from time to time prior to September 11, 2027, the Company has the option to draw upon (a “Delayed Draw”) up to $30.0 million as a delayed draw, with 30,000 shares of Series B Preferred issuable to the Stellex Holder (such shares, the “Delayed Draw Preferred Shares”), in minimum draw amounts of $5.0 million, subject to satisfying certain conditions, including pro forma compliance with a First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below)) of 6.50 to 1.00. The Stellex Holder is not required to consummate a Delayed Draw more than once per calendar quarter.
Upon each issuance of 5,000 Delayed Draw Preferred Shares, the Company will issue to the Stellex Holder an additional 65,491 Tranche A Warrants (the “Additional Tranche A Warrants”) and an additional 31,393 Tranche B Warrants (the “Additional Tranche B Warrants” and, together with the Additional Tranche A Warrants, the “Additional Warrants,” and the Additional Warrants together with the Initial Warrants, the “Warrants”) on substantially similar terms, except that upon each issuance of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares on or after December 10, 2025, any Additional Tranche A Warrants issued shall have an initial exercise price the lesser of (x) $30.00 and (y) 110% of the 30-day volume weighted average price of the Common Stock, subject to adjustments. Any Additional Tranche B Warrants issued shall have an initial exercise price of $50.00 per share, subject to adjustments.
Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation (as defined below), undrawn amounts of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares will be subject to an undrawn commitment fee of 1.0% per annum (“Undrawn Fee”), payable quarterly (and on the date of each draw (in respect of accrued amounts related to the amount so drawn)), by adding such amounts to the Stated Value (as defined below) of the Series B Preferred.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company is required to apply the net proceeds of each Delayed Draw (i) to finance permitted acquisitions and certain growth initiatives (including the costs of expansion into new markets), (ii) to repay loans outstanding under the Company’s First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, and (iii) for up to 20% of such net proceeds, to finance the Company’s transformation plan mutually agreed between the Company and Stellex.
The Warrants will be exercisable for 10 years from the date of issuance, as applicable, and contain customary anti-dilution protections and net-exercise provisions. Pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement (as defined below), for so long as the Stellex Holder or its affiliates holds any Warrants, the Company shall not, among other things, purchase or redeem or pay any cash dividend on any capital stock of the Company other than on a pro rata basis to all holders of Common Stock (including in respect of the Warrants in the case of repurchases) or pursuant to the cashless exercise of options, warrants or other rights to acquire capital stock.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Stellex Holder.
Pursuant to the Warrants, the Stellex Holder will have participation rights with respect to certain issuances of equity securities of the Company pro rata to the Warrant Shares issued or issuable to the Stellex Holder as a percentage of Common Stock on a fully diluted basis.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing descriptions of the Initial Warrants are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Initial Warrants, forms of which are filed as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing descriptions of the Additional Warrants are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Form of Warrant attached as Exhibit B to the Purchase Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Series B Preferred Stock
Returns on the Series B Preferred will accrue on the Stated Value of the Series B Preferred at a rate per annum of 10.5% but will be paid in cash only when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) out of legally available funds. At any time when such returns, compounded quarterly, have not been paid in cash, such returns will be compounded and added to the Stated Value of the Series B Preferred. “Stated Value” means, for each share of Series B Preferred, $1,000 (the “Initial Stated Value”), plus (i) all accrued and unpaid (including compounded) returns as of the most recent quarter end (if any) prior to such date, plus (ii) all accumulated and unpaid Undrawn Fees payable as of the most recent quarter end or issuance date of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares.
The Series B Preferred will be redeemable at the Company’s option, from time to time, at the then-applicable Redemption Price (as defined below) (x) commencing after March 11, 2029, in whole or in part, or (y) after certain change of control transactions or other corporate events, in whole but not in part. The holders of the Series B Preferred may require the Company to redeem the Series B Preferred, in whole but not in part, on or after December 31, 2030, at the then-applicable Redemption Price. In the event that the Company fails to consummate such redemption: (i) the applicable return rate will increase by 1.75% per annum and will increase by an additional 1.75% per annum on each anniversary thereafter subject to a maximum return rate of 15% per annum and (ii) the Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain additional capital to consummate such redemption.
In the event that the Company fails to obtain the Shareholder Approval (as defined in the form of Warrant) following the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the applicable return rate will increase by 1% per annum for so long as the Shareholder Approval has not been obtained.
The Series B Preferred has no maturity date and ranks senior to the outstanding shares of Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions in liquidation and junior to all existing and future liabilities of the Company, and has a redemption price (the “Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of (i) for the 42 month period after the issuance of the Initial Preferred Shares and the Delayed Draw Preferred Shares, respectively (and as applicable), 140% of the Initial Stated Value, less all returns previously paid in cash in respect of each such share of Series B Preferred, and (ii) the Stated Value of each share of Series B Preferred plus all accrued, but uncompounded, returns thereon and accrued and unpaid Undrawn Fees (the “Accreted Value”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Accreted Value will be payable in connection with a change of control in which Stellex provides (including through roll-over amounts) the majority of the equity capital for such transaction.
Holders of the Series B Preferred are not entitled to vote on matters with the Common Stock.
In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Board approved a Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”). The Certificate of Designation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and became effective on September 11, 2025.
The Certificate of Designation contains certain events of default and affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to (i) issue any equity security or security convertible into or exercisable for any equity security that does not rank junior to the Series B Preferred with respect to its rights, preferences and privileges or increase the number of authorized shares of Series B Preferred, (ii) purchase or redeem or pay any dividend on any capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Series B Preferred, (iii) make changes to the nature of the Company’s business, (iv) incur, assume or permit to exist additional indebtedness and guarantees and (v) make payments in respect of certain debt.
The foregoing description of the Certificate of Designation is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Certificate of Designation, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Shareholders Agreement
On September 11, 2025, the Company, the Stellex Holder and Stellex entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”). Pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of the Shareholders Agreement, the Board is required to appoint two qualified nominees of Stellex to the Board, who shall each be designated by Stellex and qualify as an independent director (each, a “Board Nominee”), and the Board is required to appoint such initial Board Nominees as directors within seven business days of receipt by the Company of all information reasonably requested by the Company from Stellex and such applicable Board Nominee. Pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of the Shareholders Agreement, the Company shall nominate each initial Board Nominee, or each successor Board Nominee chosen by Stellex, for re-election at each election of the class of directors in which such Board Nominee is placed. Upon Stellex ceasing to beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (i) more than 50% of the aggregate Warrants and Warrant Shares (as defined below), the number of Board Nominees that Stellex is entitled to shall be reduced by one, and (ii) any of the Series B Preferred, the number of Board Nominees that Stellex is entitled to shall be reduced by one. So long as Stellex is entitled to appoint at least one Board Nominee (i) the Company shall not increase the size of the Board without the consent of Stellex and (ii) Stellex shall have the right to appoint an individual to serve as a non-voting observer at all meetings of the Board, inclusive of certain customary information rights related thereto.
The Shareholders Agreement provides that until September 11, 2026, Stellex will not transfer the Series B Preferred or the Warrants, other than to affiliates and related funds of Stellex. Thereafter, subject to applicable law and certain exceptions (i) the Series B Preferred will additionally be transferrable to third parties, subject to a consent right in favor of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, other than to direct operating company competitors, and (ii) the Warrants (and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”)) will be freely transferable, other than to direct operating company competitors, activist investors, and investment firms that control a direct operating company competitor.
Pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, until March 11, 2026, Stellex will not (i) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with any beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 10% of the Common Stock of the Company (with Warrants counted on as-if-converted basis) (an “Affiliated Person”) or (ii) purchase any shares of Common Stock (or equity linked securities) of the Company from an Affiliated Person other than through open-market purchases or the acquisition of warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock currently held by APSC Holdco II, L.P.
The foregoing description of the Shareholders Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Shareholders Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
On September 11, 2025, the Company and the Stellex Holder entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file, on or prior to October 14, 2025, a resale registration statement covering the Warrant Shares. The Registration Rights Agreement provides the Stellex Holder certain customary demand and piggyback rights with respect to its Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), subject to certain terms and conditions set forth therein.
At any time that a shelf registration statement is effective, the Stellex Holder may require the Company to undertake an underwritten offering if the expected gross proceeds exceed, in the aggregate, (i) $10.0 million or (ii) an amount less than $10.0 million if the Stellex Holder requests to sell all of its Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering. The Company is not obligated to effect more than two underwritten offerings during any 12-month period.
The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Voting and Support Agreement
On September 11, 2025, Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP, each an existing shareholder of the Company, along with Corre Partners Management, LLC (“Corre”), which has been delegated investment authority over the assets of such shareholders (Corre, collectively with such shareholders, the “Corre Holders”), entered into a voting and support agreement (the “Support Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Corre Holders and the Stellex Holder, pursuant to which the Corre Holders have agreed, among other things, (i) not to transfer, subject to certain exceptions (including an exemption for any transfer or series of transfers involving an aggregate of less than 100,000 shares of Common Stock), any of their shares of Common Stock, (ii) to vote their shares of Common Stock in favor of the issuance of Warrant Shares and any other proposal necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement and (iii) to vote their shares of Common Stock against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement (A) that would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with or delay the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement or the Support Agreement and (B) that would result in a breach of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company or certain of its subsidiaries contained in the Purchase Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement or of the Corre Holders contained in the Support Agreement. The Support Agreement will terminate upon the earlier to occur of (a) immediately after the completion of the first meeting of the Company’s shareholders after the date of the Support Agreement (whether special or annual) at which approval for the issuance of Warrant Shares and any other proposal necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or the Shareholder Agreement is submitted to the vote of the Company’s shareholders (provided that, in the event the Company has not called a special meeting within 60 days of the date of the Support Agreement for such purpose, the Corre Holders will have the right to require the Company to promptly call such meeting), (b) the first date on which no Warrant or any commitment under the Purchase Agreement to purchase any Additional Warrants remains outstanding, (c) the date of any material breach of the Purchase Agreement by the Stellex Holder that is not cured within five days thereof following notice by the Company and (d) September 30, 2026. As of September 11, 2025, the Corre Holders, collectively, beneficially owned (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) approximately 35% of the outstanding voting power of the Company, without giving effect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the common stock purchase warrants held by the Corre Holders.
The foregoing description of the Support Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Support Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment No. 1 to First Lien Term Loan Agreement
On September 11, 2025, the Company, as borrower, along with the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as agent (the “First Lien Term Loan Agent”), entered into Amendment No.
1 to Credit Agreement (the “First Lien Amendment”), which amended the First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025 among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and the First Lien Term Loan Agent (as amended, the “First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement”), to, among other things, (i) permit the entry of the Company into the Purchase Agreement, the issuance of the Series B Preferred and the Warrants, the use of proceeds of the Initial Equity Issuance as described above and the other transactions contemplated thereby (such transactions collectively, the “Series B Transactions”), (ii) reduce the applicable interest rate margin applicable to the loans under the First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement by 0.25% per annum, starting on the first day of the fiscal quarter immediately following the date of the Initial Equity Issuance, (iii) increase the maximum permitted First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, tested as of the end of each fiscal quarter, to 6.00 to 1.00 from 5.50 to 1.00 through and including the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2026, then stepping back down to 5.50 to 1.00 for fiscal quarters ending thereafter, and (iv) amend certain affirmative and negative covenants and mandatory prepayment requirements, in each case, to permit for greater flexibility for the Company and its subsidiaries.
The foregoing description of the First Lien Amendment is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the First Lien Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment No. 1 to Second Lien Term Loan Agreement
On September 11, 2025, the Company, as borrower, along with the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as agent (the “Second Lien Term Loan Agent”), entered into Amendment No.1 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Second Lien Amendment”), which amended the Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025, among the Company, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Second Lien Term Loan Agent (as amended, the “Second Lien Term Loan Agreement”), to, among other things (i) permit the consummation of the Series B Transactions, (ii) increase the maximum permitted First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement), tested as of the end of each fiscal quarter, to 6.50 to 1.00 from 6.00 to 1.00 through and including the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2026, then stepping back down to 6.00 to 1.00 for fiscal quarters ending thereafter, and (iii) amend certain affirmative and negative covenants and mandatory prepayment requirements, in each case, to permit for greater flexibility for the Company and its subsidiaries. In connection with and as a condition to the effectiveness of the Second Lien Amendment, the Company prepaid an amount of the principal of loans outstanding and accrued and unpaid interest thereon under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement in an amount of approximately $42.9 million.
The foregoing description of the Second Lien Amendment is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Second Lien Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment No. 7 to ABL Credit Agreement
On September 11, 2025, the Company, as borrower agent, along with the other borrowers and the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as agent (the “ABL Agent”), entered into Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement (“ABL Amendment No. 7”), which amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2022, among the Company, as borrower agent, the other borrowers and guarantors party thereto from time to time, the lenders party thereto and the ABL Agent (as amended, the “ABL Credit Agreement”), to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date from September 30, 2027 to October 2, 2028, (ii) increase the aggregate amount of commitments thereunder from $130.0 million to $150.0 million, (iii) permit the consummation of the Series B Transactions, and (iv) reduce the applicable interest rate margin applicable to the loans under the ABL Credit Agreement by a range of 0.25% to 0.375% per annum, depending on the Company’s EBITDA (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) and Average Historical Excess Availability (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) for the calendar month most recently ended (with such reduction to begin January 1, 2026). In connection with and as a condition to the effectiveness of ABL Amendment No. 7, the Company prepaid loans outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to $25.0 million (without a corresponding commitment reduction).
The foregoing description of ABL Amendment No. 7 is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of ABL Amendment No. 7, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference. The Initial Preferred Shares and the Initial Warrants were issued, and any Delayed Draw Preferred Shares and Additional Warrants, and Warrant Shares, will be issued, to the Stellex Holder in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in transactions not involving any public offering.
| Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On September 11, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
As provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 furnished hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor shall they be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| * | Certain schedules and similar attachments have been omitted in reliance on Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company will provide, on a supplemental basis, a copy of any omitted schedule or attachment to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TEAM, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ James C. Webster |
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| James C. Webster | ||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||
Dated: September 12, 2025
Exhibit 3.1
Execution Version
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
OF
SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
OF
TEAM, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
Pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), Team, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the DGCL (the “Company”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 thereof, does hereby submit the following:
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) authorizes the issuance of up to 500,000 preferred shares, par value $100.00 per share (“Preferred Stock”), of the Company, and expressly authorizes the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to limitations prescribed by Law, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for series of Preferred Stock, and, with respect to each such series, to establish and fix the number of shares to be included in any series of Preferred Stock and the designations, rights, preferences, powers, qualifications, restrictions and limitations of the shares of such series; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors to establish and fix the number of shares to be included in a new series of Preferred Stock and the designations, rights, preferences, powers, qualifications, restrictions and limitations of the shares of such new series.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors does hereby provide authority for the Company to issue a series of Preferred Stock to be known as the Series B Preferred Stock and does hereby in this certificate of designation (this “Certificate of Designation”) establish and fix and herein state and express the designations, rights, preferences, powers, qualifications, restrictions and limitations of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock as follows:
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS, CALCULATIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions. Unless stated otherwise or otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Certificate of Designation, or defined by reference to the corresponding definition in the ABL Credit Agreement, the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, shall have the meaning, mutatis mutandis, as set forth in the ABL Credit Agreement, the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, each as in effect as of the Closing Date without effect to any subsequent amendment or modification. As used in this Certificate of Designation, the following capitalized terms will have the following meanings:
“1970 Group SIRFA” has the meaning set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“1970 Group Subordination Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“ABL Agent” means Eclipse Business Capital LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent and/or collateral agent for the lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement, or the administrative agent and/or collateral agent (or similar agent) under any other ABL Facility, and any successor thereto in any such capacity.
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“ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2022, by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time and ABL Agent, as in effect as of the Closing Date and as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or extended or refinanced from time to time solely as permitted under Section 5.05(j).
“ABL Facility” means Indebtedness under (a) the ABL Credit Agreement and (b) any credit facility that refunds, replaces (whether upon termination or otherwise) or refinances in whole or in part any Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement from time to time; provided that any ABL Facility must comply with the requirements of Section 5.05(j).
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025, between the First Lien Agent, the Second Lien Agent and the ABL Agent, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date of this Certificate of Designation.
“ABL Obligations” means all “ABL Debt” (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement).
“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to the term “ABL Priority Collateral” in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Accreted Value” means, at any date of determination and with respect to each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock, the sum of (i) the Stated Value thereof, plus (ii) without duplication, all accrued and uncompounded Return thereon since the most recent Quarter End Date (or if no Quarter End Date has occurred since the Closing Date, the Closing Date) through, but not including, such date, plus (iii) all accrued and unpaid Undrawn Fees not added to the Stated Value as of such date. For the avoidance of doubt, upon any Liquidation Event or Bankruptcy Event, the Accreted Value shall not be less than the Redemption Price, which shall be required to be paid to Holders.
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly Controls, is under common Control with, is Controlled by, or is a director, officer, manager or general partner of such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Corre, each Corre Affiliate, Stellex and each Affiliate of Stellex shall be deemed not to be an Affiliate of the Company for purposes of this Certificate of Designation.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), each as amended, and all other laws and regulations or ordinances concerning or relating to bribery or corruption in any jurisdiction.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the statutes, laws, regulations, or rules in any jurisdiction that relate to terrorism financing, money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, “know-your customer” laws or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. § 5311 et seq.), the Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
“Auditors” means any of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Grant Thornton LLP or BDO Global or another nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the Company.
“Available Incremental Amount” means, as of any date, an amount equal to (a) $15,000,000 less (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Commitments (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) extended prior to such date in reliance on the Available Incremental Amount and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred prior to such date in reliance on the Available Incremental Amount and solely to the extent permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
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“Bank Product” means any of the following products, services or facilities extended to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries:
| (a) | Cash Management Services; and |
| (b) | products under Hedging Agreements for non-speculative purposes. |
“Bank Product Obligations” means Indebtedness and other obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries arising from Bank Products.
“Bankruptcy Event” means:
| (a) | 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 Company, or of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or for all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company, or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Company, and in the case of any proceeding described in this clause (a), such proceeding or petition shall continue in effect and undismissed or unstayed for 90 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or |
| (b) | the Company shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar 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 (a) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or for all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company, or (iv) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (v) commence any voluntary in-court or out of- court restructuring or recapitalization transactions, and in the case of any proceeding described in this clause (b), such proceeding or petition shall continue in effect and undismissed or unstayed for 90 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered. |
“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors, board of managers or other Governing Body of such Person, or if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors, board of managers or other Governing Body of such entity, and the term “directors” means members of the Board of Directors. Whenever any provision requires any action or determination to be made by, or any approval of, a Board of Directors, such action, determination or approval shall be deemed to have been taken or made if approved by a majority of the directors on any such Board of Directors (whether or not such action or approval is taken as part of a formal board meeting or as a formal board approval). Unless the context requires otherwise, the Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in New York, New York are required or permitted by law or other governmental action to close.
“Business Plan” means a business plan of the Company and its Subsidiaries, consisting of consolidated projected balance sheets, related cash flow statements and related profit and loss statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of the underlying assumptions, which covers a one-year period and which is prepared on an annual basis, as delivered to the lenders under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
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“Bylaws” means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Team, Inc.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP in effect on the Closing Date, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease which, under GAAP, is or will be required to be accounted for as a finance lease on the balance sheet of the lessee, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as Indebtedness (net of Interest Expense) in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Management Services” means any one or more of the following types of services or facilities:
| (a) | credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, |
| (b) | treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) and |
| (c) | any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services. |
“Certificate of Designation” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Certificate of Incorporation” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Change of Control” means that:
| (a) | any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person and its Subsidiaries, and any Person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than any combination of the Designated Equity Investor, shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Company (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 50% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Company entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Company or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Company; |
| (b) | a change in control or similar event with respect to the Company, as defined or described under any documentation in respect of Material Indebtedness to which the Company is a party, shall have occurred; or |
| (c) | any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. |
“Closing Date” means September 11, 2025.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.30 per share, of the Company.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“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 the term “Controlled” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.
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“Corre” means Corre Partners Management, LLC.
“Corre Affiliate” means Corre or any of its Affiliates.
“Default” means any event that, if it continues uncured or unwaived, will, with the lapse of any applicable grace period, be a Trigger Event.
“Delayed Draw Preferred Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(b).
“Designated Equity Investor” means Corre and the Corre Affiliates.
“DGCL” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
| (a) | mature automatically or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by the Company (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (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 First Lien Obligations, Second Lien Obligation and ABL Obligation (other than, in each case, contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) and prior redemption in full of the Series B Preferred Stock that are accrued and payable); |
| (b) | are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by the Company (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part; |
| (c) | provide for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash that are payable without further action or decision of Company; or |
| (d) | are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 120 days after June 10, 2030. |
“EBITDA” has the meaning set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement (including any component definitions thereof) as in effect as of the Closing Date without effect to any subsequent amendment or modification.
“Entity” for each Person (other than an individual), means its status, as applicable, as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership.
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water (including potable waters, navigable waters and wetlands), groundwater, surface and subsurface strata, natural resources, wildlife, plant life, biota, and the workplace or as otherwise defined in Environmental Laws.
“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, provincial, territorial and local statutes, laws (including common laws), rulings, regulations, ordinances, codes, legally binding and enforceable policies or guidelines or governmental, administrative or judicial directives, judgments, orders or interpretations of any of the foregoing now or hereafter in effect relating to pollution or protection of human health (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the Environment including laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of or exposure to any Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
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“Equity Interests” means (i) in the case of a corporation, its capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its membership interests, and (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general and limited partnership interests, including in each case, all of the following rights relating to such Equity Interests, whether arising under the Governing Documents of the Entity issuing such Equity Interests or under any applicable law of such Entity’s jurisdiction of organization or formation: (x) all economic rights (including all rights to receive dividends and distributions) relating to such Equity Interests; (y) all voting rights and rights to consent to any particular actions by the applicable issuer; and (z) all management rights with respect to such issuer, but, in each case, excluding any debt security convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interests.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Financial Statements” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period specified, prepared in accordance with GAAP and consistent with prior practices and, except in the case of annual audited Financial Statements, a comparison in reasonable detail to (i) the projected balance sheets, profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow set forth in the Business Plan for the same year-to-date and month periods and (ii) the balance sheets, profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow for the same year-to-date and month periods of the immediately preceding year.
“First Lien Agent” means HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as agent for the lenders from time to time party to the First Lien Credit Agreement and any successor and assigns appointed in accordance with the terms thereof.
“First Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025, by and among the Company, First Lien Agent, and certain lenders party thereto from time to time, as in effect as of the Closing Date and as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or extended or refinanced from time to time in accordance with Section 5.05(k).
“First Lien Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“Fundamental Change” means the occurrence of (i) a Change of Control or (ii) the commencement of a voluntary case or other proceeding or filing of any petition seeking, or the adoption of a plan relating to, the bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, reorganization, winding-up of the Company or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar applicable law now or hereafter in effect.
“Fundamental Change Redemption Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(b).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“Governing Body” means (i) in the case of a corporation (or a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales or the Netherlands), its board of directors and/or shareholders (as the case may be), (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its managers or members, and (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general partner(s), or in each case, another comparable governing body of the applicable Entity.
“Governing Documents” means
(i) in the case of a corporation, its articles (or certificate) of incorporation (or equivalent) and bylaws (if applicable),
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(ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles (or certificate) of organization (or formation) and its operating agreement,
(iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its articles (or certificate) of limited partnership and its limited partnership agreement, or in each case, another comparable governing document of the applicable Entity,
(iv) in the case of a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, its articles of association and memorandum of association (if applicable) and its certificate of incorporation and any certificate of incorporation on a change of name (if applicable), and
(v) in relation to any Person organized under Dutch law in each case including its deed of incorporation (oprichtingsakte), articles of association (statuten) and an extract (uittreksel) from the commercial register (handelsregister) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel).
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government, any court, any securities exchange or any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, province or territory of Canada, Canada, or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Hazardous Materials” means any and all pollutants, contaminants and toxic, caustic, radioactive or hazardous materials, substances and wastes including petroleum or petroleum distillates, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, whether or not friable, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other materials, substances or wastes of any nature, that are regulated under any Environmental Laws due to their dangerous or hazardous properties or characteristics.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreement. The term “Hedging Agreement,” as used herein, shall extend to and include any Swap Obligation.
“Holder” means a holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
“Holder Majority” means the consent of Holders who among them hold not less than the majority of the aggregate Accreted Value of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding.
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(s).
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, as of the date of determination thereof (without duplication of the same obligation under any other clause hereof),
(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money of any kind or nature, including funded and unfunded debt,
(ii) all monetary obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under Hedging Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedging Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), in each case, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise,
(iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligations, purchase price adjustments and profit-sharing arrangements arising from purchase and sale agreements,
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(iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(v) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right to be secured) a Lien on any asset of such Person whether or not the Indebtedness is assumed by such Person,
(vi) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreements in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),
(vii) any Disqualified Equity Interests,
(viii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products,
(ix) notes payable and drafts representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money,
(x) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings,
(xi) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another,
(xii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the sale or factoring of receivables,
(xiii) any liability or agreement of such Person to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness or Equity Interests from any other Person, including any “repo” or other similar arrangement, and
(xiv) any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (i) through (xiii) above.
For purposes of this definition, (A) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), (B) the amount of any Indebtedness which is limited or is non-recourse to a Person or for which recourse is limited to an identified asset shall be valued at the lesser of (1) if applicable, the limited amount of such obligations, and (2) if applicable, the fair market value of such assets securing such obligation, and (C) the Series B Preferred Stock shall not be considered “Indebtedness.”
“Initial Stated Value” means, at any date of determination, and with respect to each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock, $1,000.00 (adjusted as appropriate (as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith) in the event of any stock dividend, redemption, stock split, stock distribution, recapitalization or combination with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock).
“Intended Preferred Stock Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b).
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, all interest with respect to Indebtedness (including the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations) accrued or capitalized during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Laws” means, with respect to any Person, (i) the common law and any federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international statutes, laws, treaties, judicial decisions, judgments, writs, orders, decrees, codes, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, and legally binding and enforceable standards, rules and regulations, guidances, guidelines, ordinances, rules, governmental agreements and governmental restrictions (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities), in each case whether now or hereafter in effect, and (ii) the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Lien” means any lien, claim, charge, pledge, security interest, assignment, hypothecation, deed of trust, mortgage, lease, conditional sale, retention of title, attachment or other preferential arrangement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, whether voluntary or imposed by law.
“Liquidation Event” means an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for 90 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered.
“Mandatory Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(a).
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the material impairment of (A) the Company and its Subsidiaries’ ability to perform the Company’s payment or the Company and its Subsidiaries’ other material obligations under this Certificate of Designations, or (B) the ability of the Holders to enforce this Certificate of Designation.
“Material Contract” means any agreement or arrangement to which the Company or a Loan Party (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) is party (other than this Certificate of Designation) (i) for which breach, nonperformance or termination (including by failure to renew) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) that relates to Material Indebtedness.
“Material Indebtedness” means (a) the ABL Obligations, (b) the First Lien Obligations, (c) the Second Lien Obligations, (d) the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA and (e) any other Indebtedness or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $12,000,000. For purposes of this definition, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company or any other Loan Party (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or any other Loan Party (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Patents” means patents and patent applications, including (i) all continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, and renewals thereof and improvements thereon, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (iv) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Permits” means, in respect of any Person, all licenses, permits, franchises, consents, rights, privileges, certificates, authorizations, approvals, registrations and similar consents granted or issued by any Governmental Authority to which or by which such Person is bound.
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“Permitted Hedging Agreement” means a Hedging Agreement made by the Company or its Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business in accordance with the reasonable requirements of its business, and not for speculative purposes, and in any such case, shall be unsecured (except for Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (xii) of the definition thereof in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).
“Permitted Transfer” means a transfer of the Series B Preferred Stock consummated in compliance with the Shareholders Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, joint stock company, association, corporation, institution, entity, party or government (including any division, agency or department thereof) or any other legal entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity, and, as applicable, the successors, heirs and assigns of each.
“Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio in accordance with Section 1.02(v).
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Quarter End Date” means each of March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. If any Quarter End Date is not a Business Day, the Quarter End Date will be the Business Day immediately following such Quarter End Date.
“Real Property” means any real property owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
“Redemption Date” means (a) in respect of any Voluntary Redemption, the date set by the Company as the date on which such redemption shall occur; and (b) in respect of any Mandatory Redemption, the date of redemption.
“Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
“Redemption Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
“Redemption Price” means the total price for each share of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed pursuant to this Certificate of Designation on any Redemption Date, which shall be an amount per share of Series B Preferred Stock equal to the greater of (1) if applicable, (a) for shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued on the Closing Date, if any applicable Redemption Date occurs on or prior to the 42 month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Initial Stated Value of such share of Series B Preferred Stock issued on the Closing Date multiplied by 140% or (b) for Delayed Draw Preferred Shares, if any applicable Redemption Date occurs on or prior to the 42 month anniversary of the issuance date of such Delayed Draw Preferred Shares, the Initial Stated Value of such Delayed Draw Preferred Share multiplied by 140% minus, in the case of clause (a) and (b), any amounts paid in cash with respect to each such share of Series B Preferred Stock, whether or not previously redeemed and (2) the Accreted Value of such share as of such Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, only the Accreted Value plus all accrued but uncompounded Undrawn Fees will be payable in connection with a Change of Control in which Stellex and/or its Affiliates provides (including through roll-over amounts) the majority of the equity capital for such transaction.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as:
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(i) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon, the reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, any accrued and unpaid interest and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,
(ii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the final stated maturity or the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially adverse to the interests of the Holders,
(iii) [reserved]
(iv) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended,
(v) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended was unsecured, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be unsecured,
(vi) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was secured such refinancing, renewal, or extension shall be secured by substantially the same or less collateral as secured such refinanced, renewed or extended Indebtedness,
(vii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions shall be incurred by the Person who is the obligor or guarantor (or any successor thereto) on the Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or extended, and
(viii) at the time thereof, no Default or Trigger Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching into the Environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing Hazardous Materials) and the migration through the Environment, including migration through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Requirement of Law” or “Requirements of Law” means (i) the Governing Documents, (ii) any law, treaty, rule, regulation, order or determination of an arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority, or (iii) any franchise, license, lease, permit, certificate, authorization, qualification, easement, right of way, or other right or approval binding on the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their property.
“Responsible Officer” means, as applied to any Person, the chairman, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, vice president, secretary, treasurer, director or any other individual designated in writing by an existing Responsible Officer of such Person an authorized signatory of any certificate or other document to be delivered hereunder.
“Restricted Payment” means (a) any payment of any dividend or any payment or distribution on account of the Company’s Equity Interests that are junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation or (b) any purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company that are junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, including in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, the Company does not have any Equity Interests that are senior or pari passu to the Series B Preferred Stock.
“Return” means the dividends to be made by the Company in respect of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 2.01(a).
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“Return Rate” means a rate of 10.50% per annum; provided that (a) such rate shall automatically and immediately increase by 1.75% per annum on the date on which the Company has not effected a Mandatory Redemption pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof and thereafter, on each anniversary thereof, in each case not to result in a dividend rate exceeding 15.00% per annum and (b) such rate shall increase by an additional 1.00% for so long as the Shareholder Approval (as defined in the common stock purchase warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement) has not been obtained following the Company’s 2026 annual general meeting.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to any Real Property (and any related furniture, fixtures, and equipment) or personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company whereby the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers such property to a Person and the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company rents or leases such property from such Person.
“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions imposed, administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the Government of Canada, the government of Japan, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union and any member state thereof, the UK government (and any of its governmental institutions, including His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom) or other applicable sanctions authorities that have jurisdiction over the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Lien Agent” means Cantor Fitzgerald Securities as agent for the lenders from time to time party to the Second Lien Credit Agreement and any successor and assigns appointed in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025, by and among the Company, Second Lien Agent, and certain Corre Affiliates, as in effect as of the Closing Date and as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or extended or refinanced from time to time in accordance with Section 5.05(l).
“Second Lien Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, as amended.
“Series B Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
“Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, among the Company, Stellex and the other parties thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Solvent” means that as of the date as to which such Person’s solvency is to be measured:
| (a) | the fair saleable value of its assets is in excess of (i) the total amount of its liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, absolute, fixed, matured, unmatured, liquidated and unliquidated liabilities) and (ii) the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured; |
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| (b) | it has sufficient capital to conduct its business; and |
| (c) | it is able to meet its debts as they mature. |
“Stated Value” means, with respect to the shares of Series B Preferred Stock at any date, the sum of (i) the Initial Stated Value thereof, plus (ii) all accrued and unpaid (including compounded) Return as of the most recent Quarter End Date (if any) prior to such date, plus (iii) all accumulated and unpaid Undrawn Fees payable as of the most recent Quarter End Date and/or issuance date of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares.
“Stellex” means Stellex Capital Management LLC.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any Entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or Controls more than 50% of the issued and outstanding economic or Voting Interests of such Entity. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to Subsidiaries herein shall be a reference to Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Swap Obligation” means 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.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges, in each case, in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Test Period” means, as of any date of determination, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or most recently ended as of such date of determination for which Financial Statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 4.05(a) and 4.05(b), as applicable.
“Total Leverage Ratio” has the meaning set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement (including any component definitions thereof) as in effect as of the Closing Date without effect to any subsequent amendment or modification.
“Trademarks” means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark applications, including (i) all renewals thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof, (iv) the goodwill symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and (v) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
“Undrawn Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
“Voluntary Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(c).
“Voluntary Redemption Trigger Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(a).
“Voting Interests” means Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the Governing Body of such Person.
Section 1.02. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires or otherwise specified herein:
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(a) the meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms;
(b) the term “including” is by way of example and not limitation;
(c) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including;”
(d) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings);
(e) section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only;
(f) the word “or” is not exclusive;
(g) the word “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(h) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(i) unless the context otherwise requires, references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;
(j) any reference to a statute refers to the statute, any amendments or successor legislation and all rules and regulations promulgated under or implementing the statute, as in effect at the relevant time;
(k) references to a Person also include its permitted assigns and successors;
(l) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section” or “clause” refers to an Article, Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Certificate of Designation;
(m) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Certificate of Designation as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision;
(n) all references to $, currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein mean U.S. dollars;
(o) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to both genders;
(p) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(q) any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity);
(r) a statement that a copy of an item has been delivered means a correct and accurate copy of such item has been delivered;
(s) any financial ratios required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Certificate of Designation shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate numerator by the appropriate denominator, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number);
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(t) 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 and such extension of time shall not be reflected in computing interest, dividends, premium or fees, as the case may be;
(u) the parties to this Certificate of Designation acknowledge and agree that (a) each party and its counsel has reviewed, or has had the opportunity to review, the terms and provisions of this Certificate of Designation, (b) any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are resolved against the drafting party will not be used to interpret this Certificate of Designation and (c) the provisions of this Certificate of Designation will be construed without regard to which party was generally responsible for the preparation of this Certificate of Designation;
(v) for purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio as of any date, EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (as certified by the Company) assuming that all acquisitions made, and all dispositions completed, during the four consecutive fiscal quarters then most recently ended had been made on the first day of such period (but without any adjustment for projected cost savings or other synergies not described in clause (W) of the definition of “EBITDA” in the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date unless otherwise approved by the Holders);
(w) “the Netherlands” means the European part of the Kingdom of The Netherlands and “Dutch” means in or of the Netherlands;
(x) time of day means time of day New York, New York, except as otherwise expressly provided; and
(y) for purposes of calculating EBITDA under any grower basket (i.e., a covenant exception subject to a limitation based on the greater of a Dollar amount and a percentage of EBITDA) contained in Article V (or otherwise set forth herein), for any subject transaction, EBITDA shall be determined as of the Test Period most recently ended. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no such baskets shall be determined to be exceeded hereunder (and no Default shall occur) solely on account of fluctuations to the amount of EBITDA after any such basket is utilized in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any decrease in the amount of EBITDA shall be deemed to decrease EBITDA for the purposes of any basket that has not been utilized and any refinancing (including any Refinancing Indebtedness) with respect to any basket that has been utilized.
Section 1.03. Effect of Covenants. For the avoidance of doubt, the covenants set forth in Article IV and Article V shall only apply at a time when the Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding and shall cease to apply when all shares of Series B Preferred Stock are no longer outstanding.
Section 1.04. Accounting Terms and Principles. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. If any change in GAAP results in a change in the interpretation of related provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then if the Company shall request an amendment to such provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the Company and the Holders agree to negotiate an amendment to such provisions of this Certificate of Designation so as to equitably reflect such changes in GAAP with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Company’s financial condition shall be the same after such change in GAAP as if such change had not been made. Until the Company and the Holders have agreed to any amendment referred to in the prior sentence, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the financial statements prior to the applicable change in GAAP.
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Anything in this Certificate of Designation to the contrary notwithstanding, any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in the future) that is not (or would not be) required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall not be treated as Capital Lease solely as a result of changes in the application of GAAP, in each case, after December 31, 2018.
ARTICLE II RETURN; DIVIDENDS; DESIGNATION
Section 2.01. Return and Dividends.
(a) From and after the respective dates of issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, Holders of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive in respect of each such share, solely if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, from time to time, cumulative dividends accruing on a daily basis from, and including, such date of issuance, at the Return Rate on the Stated Value of such share from time to time. The Return will accrue and may be paid in cash as dividends on Series B Preferred Stock at the Company’s election, (subject to such cash dividends having been declared by the Board of Directors, and the Company having completed all other formalities required for the payment of cash dividends). Return will be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed over a year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day months. Without any need to declare or take other action, to the extent any Return is not paid in cash on any applicable Quarter End Date, such Return shall compound on each Quarter End Date and shall be added to the Stated Value.
(b) All Return and compounded amounts on the Series B Preferred Stock are prior to and in preference over any dividend on any Common Stock or other Equity Interests of the Company and shall be declared and fully paid (including any Return that has compounded and been added to the Stated Value) before any dividends are declared and paid, or any other distributions are made, on any Common Stock or other Equity Interests of the Company.
Section 2.02. Designations; Ranking. A total of 105,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $100.00 per share, of the Company, shall be designated as a series known as Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank senior and in priority in right to receive dividends, to participate in distributions or payment to the Common Stock and any other Equity Interests of the Company currently existing or hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified in any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank junior to the Company’s existing and future liabilities. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement. So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, no dividends or distributions on, or purchases or redemptions of, Common Stock shall be paid, declared or made, except as permitted under this Certificate of Designation.
Section 2.03. Delayed Draw Preferred Shares. During the Delayed Draw Period (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), a fee shall accrue on any unissued Delayed Draw Preferred Shares on a daily basis from the Closing Date to the date such Delayed Draw Preferred Shares are issued (or the end of the Delayed Draw Period to the extent such Delayed Draw Preferred Shares are not issued) at a rate of 1.0% per annum on the Initial Stated Value of the unissued Delayed Draw Preferred Shares (the “Undrawn Fee”). The Undrawn Fee will be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed over a year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Undrawn Fee is payable on each Quarter End Date and on each issuance of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares (in respect of the Undrawn Fee accrued and not previously paid on the amounts of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares issued on such date) or the end of the Delayed Draw Period to the extent such Delayed Draw Preferred Shares are not issued and shall be added on each Quarter End Date pro rata to the Stated Value of each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock held by the initial Holders (that were Holders on the Closing Date) or their Affiliates and Related Funds (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) or on the issuance date of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares to the Delayed Draw Preferred Shares issued on such date.
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ARTICLE III REDEMPTION
Section 3.01. Notices to Holders. If the Company elects to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof or is required to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it shall give to each Holder a notice in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof.
Section 3.02. Selection of Series B Preferred Stock to Be Redeemed in any Partial Redemption. Other than in the case of a redemption of all Series B Preferred Stock in a single transaction, if less than all of the Series B Preferred Stock are to be redeemed at any time:
(a) such partial redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock shall only be permitted if (A) it would result in at least a 25% reduction in the value of the aggregate Equity Interests in the Company owned (directly and through the attribution rules described in Section 302(c) of the Code, including with respect to the warrants issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement) by each Holder of Series B Preferred Stock, and (B) the Company has determined that it will (and agrees in writing that it will) report such redemption as a sale and exchange of the redeemed Series B Preferred Stock consistent with clause (ii) of the Intended Preferred Stock Tax Treatment; and
(b) each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Delayed Draw Preferred Shares then issued and outstanding) shall be subject to redemption, which redemption shall be on a pro rata basis in proportion to the aggregate Redemption Price of all Series B Preferred Stock outstanding on the date of the notice of redemption issued pursuant to Section 3.03, constituted by a reduction in the Stated Value and Accreted Value of all Series B Preferred Stock outstanding. Each Holder hereby agrees to tender for redemption each outstanding Series B Preferred Stock.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption. The Company shall deliver electronically, mail or cause to be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid a notice of redemption (a “Redemption Notice”) not less than five days and not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date (the date of such notice, the “Redemption Notice Date”) to each Holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The notice shall state:
(i) the section of this Certificate of Designation pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(ii) the Accreted Value of the Series B Preferred Stock held by each Holder;
(iii) the Redemption Date;
(iv) the Redemption Price;
(v) if the Company is not permitted by Law to redeem all of the Series B Preferred Stock required to be redeemed or if the Series B Preferred Stock is to be redeemed in part only (subject to the limitations in Section 3.02 applicable to partial redemptions (unless otherwise waived by a relevant Holder)), the portion of the Redemption Price of the Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed (which must satisfy the requirements of Section 3.02 applicable to partial redemptions) and that, after the Redemption Date and upon surrender of any certificates representing such Series B Preferred Stock, a new certificate for such Series B Preferred Stock, which shall have a Stated Value and Accreted Value equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Series B Preferred Stock, will be issued in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of any certificate representing such Series B Preferred Stock prior to such Redemption Date; and
(vi) if such redemption is a Voluntary Redemption, any condition to such redemption.
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A Voluntary Redemption (and solely a Voluntary Redemption) may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, and, if a Voluntary Redemption is subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the notice of such redemption shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the Redemption Date as stated in such notice, or by the redemption date as so delayed.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. The Company shall have the right to revoke and withdraw a Redemption Notice delivered to the Holders in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof prior to the Redemption Date set forth in such Redemption Notice only in the event that any or all conditions precedent relating to such Voluntary Redemption have not been satisfied or waived by such Redemption Date. The notice, if delivered in accordance with Section 10.02 hereof, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to deliver such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any share of Series B Preferred Stock designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other share of Series B Preferred Stock.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
(a) The aggregate Redemption Price will be due and payable, and paid in cash in immediately available funds, to the respective Holders on the applicable Redemption Date. Prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with each Holder money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Series B Preferred Stock of such Holder to be redeemed on that Redemption Date. Each Holder shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Holders by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price of all Series B Preferred Stock of such Holder to be redeemed.
(b) If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding clause (a), on and after the Redemption Date, Return shall cease to accrue on the Series B Preferred Stock or the portions of Series B Preferred Stock called for redemption.
Section 3.06. Series B Preferred Stock Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of any Series B Preferred Stock certificate that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue a new Series B Preferred Stock certificate representing Series B Preferred Stock equal in Stated Value and Accreted Value to the unredeemed portion of the Series B Preferred Stock surrendered.
Section 3.07. Voluntary Redemption.
(a) On or before March 11, 2029 (the “Voluntary Redemption Trigger Date”), the Company may not make a Voluntary Redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided, that concurrently with a Fundamental Change that occurs prior to the Voluntary Redemption Trigger Date, the Company may redeem all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the Holders upon written notice as described under Section 3.03 hereof for an amount per share equal to the Redemption Price paid in cash on the Redemption Date set forth in the notice required under Section 3.03.
(b) At any time after the Voluntary Redemption Trigger Date, the Company may on one or more occasions redeem all (or a part, solely to the extent permitted in accordance with Section 3.02) of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the Holders, upon written notice as described under Section 3.03 hereof for an amount per share equal to the Redemption Price paid in cash on the Redemption Date set forth in the notice required under Section 3.03.
(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 (any such redemption, a “Voluntary Redemption”) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
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Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption.
(a) Subject to the terms of this Section 3.08, (i) on or after December 31, 2030, at the option of the Holders, or (ii) upon an exercise of the Fundamental Change Redemption Right, the Company shall redeem for cash all of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price per share equal to the Redemption Price as of the applicable Redemption Date (“Mandatory Redemption”).
(b) The Company shall, at least 5 Business Days prior to a Fundamental Change, provide written notice to the Holders and, the Holders shall have the right (the “Fundamental Change Redemption Right”) to require the Company to make a Mandatory Redemption on the date of such Fundamental Change of all of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
(c) If, upon a Mandatory Redemption, the Company does not have surplus for the redemption of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock or if the Company is not permitted by Law to consummate such a Mandatory Redemption the Company shall, subject to the limitations in Section 3.02 applicable to partial redemptions (unless otherwise waived by a relevant Holder), redeem shares of Series B Preferred Stock to the fullest extent it is able or of such surplus and shall, subject to the limitations in Section 3.02 applicable to partial redemptions (unless otherwise waived by a relevant Holder), redeem the remaining shares of Series B Preferred Stock as soon as practicable after the Company has surplus therefor or is otherwise permitted by Law to do so. At any time thereafter when additional surplus is available for the redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock, such surplus will, subject to the limitations in Section 3.02 applicable to partial redemptions (unless otherwise waived by a relevant Holder), immediately be used to redeem the balance of the Series B Preferred Stock.
(d) The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts (including by engaging a financial advisor) to promptly obtain sufficient funds to consummate a Mandatory Redemption, including through additional sales of Equity Interests in the Company or its Subsidiaries, the incurrence of additional Indebtedness, sale of assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, effecting a merger or similar transaction or otherwise by any and all lawful means available to the Company.
Section 3.09. No Conversion. The Series B Preferred Stock shall not be convertible into any other securities of the Company.
ARTICLE IV AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Existence. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to the extent constituting a Loan Party under the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date to:
(a) maintain the Company’s existence, except in connection with a transaction in which a successor entity formed by consolidation or amalgamation or into which it is merged (the “Successor Entity”) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia and such Successor Entity expressly assumes all obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designation and the Series B Preferred Stock;
(b) maintain such Subsidiary’s existence except in connection with a transaction expressly permitted under the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date or where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) maintain in full force and effect all material licenses, bonds, franchises, leases, Trademarks, qualifications and authorizations to do business, and all material Patents, contracts and other rights necessary or advisable to the profitable conduct of its businesses, except:
(i) as expressly permitted by this Certificate of Designation or the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date;
(ii) such as may expire, be abandoned or lapse in the ordinary course of business; or (iii) as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and
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(d) continue in the same or reasonably related lines of business as presently conducted by it.
Section 4.02. Requirements of Law; Material Contracts. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to the extent constituting a Loan Party under the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date to, comply (i) with all Requirements of Law applicable to it, including any state licensing laws and Environmental Laws and (ii) obligations under Material Contracts, in each case except, in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.03. Taxes. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay, before the same becomes delinquent or in default:
(a) all federal income and other material Taxes imposed against it or any of its property; provided that such payment and discharge will not be required with respect to any Tax if:
(i) the validity thereof, or to the extent the amount thereof, is being contested in good faith, by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; and
(ii) an adequate reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been established therefore as required in accordance with GAAP.
Section 4.04. Notification Requirements and Information. The Company shall deliver to each Holder, promptly following delivery of the same to the First Lien Agent, the Second Lien Agent or each lender under the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date and the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date, all notices and other documents or information delivered to the First Lien Agent, the Second Lien Agent or each lender pursuant to Sections 7.8 and 7.11 of the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date and Sections 7.8 and 7.11 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the requirements of this Section 4.04 may be satisfied to the extent the Holders shall receive the required information from the First Lien Agent or the Second Lien Agent pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date and the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date, in their capacity as lenders thereunder.
Section 4.05. Financial Reporting. The Company shall deliver to each Holder the following:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the annual audited and certified consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an Auditor, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit (except for any such qualification pertaining to impending debt maturities occurring within 12 months of such audit or any breach of any financial covenant).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2025:
(i) the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and for the fiscal year to date, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and (ii) a narrative discussion of the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries and results of operations and the liquidity and capital resources for the fiscal quarter then ended, prepared by a Responsible Officer of the Company.
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(c) Monthly Financial Statements. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month, commencing with the fiscal month ended September 30, 2025:
(i) the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and for the fiscal year to date; and
(ii) a certification by a Responsible Officer of the Company that such Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and are fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(d) The requirements of this Section 4.05 may be satisfied by the filing with the SEC for public availability by the Company of any Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10- Q or Current Report on Form 8-K, containing the required information with respect to the Company and filed within the time period required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for the filing of such forms.
(e) To the extent any information is not provided within the time periods specified in Section 4.04 or this Section 4.05 and such information is subsequently provided, the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations with respect thereto at such time and any Default or Trigger Event with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured.
Section 4.06. Solvency. The Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be and remain Solvent at all times.
Section 4.07. Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall comply in all respects with all applicable Sanctions and in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws and shall maintain all of the necessary Permits required pursuant to any applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws in order for the Company and its Subsidiaries to continue the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and will maintain policies, procedures, and internal controls designed to promote and achieve compliance with such applicable laws and with the terms and conditions of this Certificate of Designation.
ARTICLE V NEGATIVE COVENANTS
For so long as any Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to (as applicable), without the prior affirmative vote or action by written consent of the Holder Majority, take any of the following actions (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation, operation of law or otherwise). For the avoidance of doubt, no such consent shall be required for any transaction that would result in a redemption in full of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
Section 5.01. No Voluntary Insolvency or Dissolution. The Company will not file a voluntary petition for bankruptcy or voluntarily liquidate, dissolve or wind up the Company or the affairs of the Company.
Section 5.02. Governing Documents. The Company will not amend, alter or repeal (in each case, including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company in a manner that adversely and disproportionately affects the rights of the Holders in their capacity as Holders of Series B Preferred Stock.
Section 5.03. Preferred Stock and Equity Interests.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to create, authorize the creation of, classify, reclassify, or issue any Equity Interest ranking pari passu or senior (including structurally senior) to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to its rights, preferences and privileges; which prohibition shall, for the avoidance of doubt, also prohibit any Indebtedness that is convertible into, any Equity Interests that are convertible into, or any instrument exercisable for, in each case Equity Interests ranking pari passu or senior (including structurally senior) to the Series B Preferred Stock.
(b) The Company will not increase the number of authorized shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The Company will not issue any additional Series B Preferred Stock, other than up to 30,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Delayed Draw Preferred Shares”) that may be issued up to 24 months after the Closing Date in accordance with the Purchase Agreement.
Section 5.04. Restricted Payments. The Company will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payments other than:
(a) the purchase, retirement, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) of the Company held directly or indirectly by any future, present or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or their estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses (Equity Interests held by any entity whose Equity Interests are held by any such future, present or former employee, consultant or independent contractor or their estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses) pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan effective as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (a) shall not exceed $500,000 at the time of making (or at the option of the Company, the declaration to make) such Restricted Payment in any calendar year;
(b) Restricted Payments in cash to purchase or redeem or in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of the Equity Interests of the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $600,000 and 1.2% of EBITDA;
(c) any cashless exercise of options, warrants or other rights to acquire Equity Interests;
(d) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company and any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (A) if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Company or a Subsidiary and (B) Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date) shall be permitted at all times;
(e) the Company and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividends payable solely in the stock or other Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of such Person so long as, in the case of a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary remains wholly-owned by the Company; provided that if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Company or a Subsidiary; and
(f) the Company and each Subsidiary may make Equity Interest repurchases with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock.
Section 5.05. Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or issue any Disqualified Equity Interests other than:
(a) Indebtedness in connection with the 1970 Group SIRFA, provided that such Indebtedness (i) shall not permit or require any cash interest payments (provided that this limitation shall not prohibit the payment of the “Effective Date Fee” or the “Extension Fee” (each as defined in the 1970 Group SIRFA) or any similar fee thereunder); (ii) shall be subject to the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement; and (iii) shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 5.05(a), and not any other clause of this Section 5.05;
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(b) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness) to finance all or any part of the purchase, lease, construction, installment, repair or improvement of property, plant or equipment or other fixed or capital assets in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $18,000,000; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred within ninety (90) days after the purchase, lease, construction, installation, repair or improvement of the property that is the subject of such Indebtedness;
(c) Bank Product Obligations (other than arising under Hedging Agreements) and Indebtedness under Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(d) [Reserved];
(e) 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;
(f) Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Certificate of Designation;
(g) issuances of Equity Interests permitted under Section 8.5(p) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date;
(h) endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of:
(i) overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, purchasing card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services and similar arrangements, and in connection with securities and commodities arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Permitted Investments (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) and not any obligation in connection with margin financing;
(ii) up to $3,600,000 in the aggregate of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees or letter of credit facilities, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) the endorsement of instruments for deposit or the financing of insurance premiums;
(iv) deferred compensation or similar arrangements to the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) obligations to pay insurance premiums or take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements; and
(vi) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, business interruption or liability insurance to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such Indebtedness shall not be in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of the annual premium for such insurance; (j) the ABL Obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time $150,000,000; provided that the ABL Facility shall provide that the availability of the credit extensions thereunder is subject to borrowing bases with respect to one or more categories of ABL Priority Collateral and which borrowing bases shall, on any applicable date of determination, be customary for financings of this type;
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(k) Indebtedness incurred under the First Lien Credit Agreement (and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of (i) $175,000,000, plus (ii) up to $50,000,000 in the form of delayed draw term loans thereunder;
(l) Indebtedness incurred under the Second Lien Credit Agreement (and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of (i) $59,573,236.05, plus (ii) up to $10,000,000 in the form of delayed draw term loans thereunder, plus (iii) accrued and unpaid paid-in-kind interest thereunder (including PIK Interest (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement)), plus (iv) up to $15,000,000 in the form of incremental loans thereunder;
(m) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or to any other Subsidiary, or of the Company to any Subsidiary;
(n) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed at any time the sum of (x) the greater of $18,000,000 and 34% of EBITDA plus (y) an amount equal to the amount of proceeds of any such unsecured Indebtedness which are utilized to repay Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement;
(o) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Company that are not organized or incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, the Netherlands, Canada, any province or territory thereof, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(p) Indebtedness not otherwise permitted in this Section 5.05 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $9,000,000 and 17% of EBITDA at any time outstanding; provided that to the extent Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (p) would exceed the greater of $3,600,000 and 6% of EBITDA at the time of incurrence of any additional Indebtedness to be incurred in reliance on this clause (p), then such additional Indebtedness shall be permitted only if, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(q) Indebtedness resulting from Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted pursuant to Section 8.5(m) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(r) Indebtedness consisting of the letters of credit as in effect on March 12, 2025 and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof; and
(s) additional Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with the loans incurred pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Available Incremental Amount and solely to the extent permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date and the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (any Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this clause (s), “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided, that the proceeds of any such Indebtedness shall be used solely for working capital purposes.
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ARTICLE VI TAX
Section 6.01. Tax.
(a) The Company may deduct and withhold, or cause to be deducted and withheld from any amounts paid in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock, any amounts required to be deducted and withheld under applicable Law with respect to the making of such payment in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock. Other than any deduction or withholding imposed in connection with the failure of a Holder to provide the Company with the documentation set forth in Section 6.01(c), before deducting or withholding any amounts with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify any affected Holder in writing and shall reasonably cooperate with each Holder to reduce or eliminate such deduction or withholding (and if any withholding is made, the Company will reasonably cooperate with the affected Holder to secure a refund or credit of such deduction or withholding).
(b) For U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is the intent of the Company (and its affiliates) and the Holders that: (i) the Series B Preferred Stock will be treated as “stock” within the meaning of section 305 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder that is not “section 306 stock” as such term is used in Section 306 of the Code; (ii) any Voluntary Redemption and any Mandatory Redemption will be treated as a redemption that is a sale and exchange pursuant to Section 302(b) of the Code, and not a distribution under Section 301 of the Code, provided that the Holder whose Series B Preferred Stock is being redeemed does not own a greater than 50% interest in the Common Stock (directly and through application of the attribution rules described in Section 302(c) of the Code); (iii) the terms of the Preferred Stock do not require the Holders to include any amounts in income as a dividend or other distribution (or deemed distribution) as a result of the accrual of the Return Rate or otherwise prior to the receipt of cash in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock (other than potential inclusions (A) with respect to an agreed amount of non-de minimis original issue discount on the initial Series B Preferred Stock that is attributable to the portion of the Initial Purchase Price that is allocable to the acquisition of the Tranche A Warrants and Tranche B Warrants acquired at the issuance of the initial Series B Preferred Stock and set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (B) with respect to any agreed amount of non-de minimis original issue discount (if applicable) in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock constituting the Delayed Draw Preferred Shares that is agreed in writing by the Company and the initial Holders thereof that is attributable to the portion of the Delayed Draw Purchase Price that is drawn at a particular issuance of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares and that is allocable to the Delayed Draw Warrants acquired at the issuance of such Delayed Draw Preferred Shares); and (iv) the Undrawn Fee will be treated as option premium (the intended tax treatment set forth in clauses (i) through (iv), the “Intended Preferred Stock Tax Treatment”). The Company and the Holders will (and will cause their affiliates to) file their income tax returns (and assess and administer withholding tax requirements consistent with) the Intended Preferred Stock Tax Treatment except as otherwise required by a change in law after the Closing Date or a “determination” within the meaning of section 1313 of the Code. Capitalized terms used in this Section 6.01(b) but not otherwise defined in this Certificate of Designation shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
(c) Each Holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall provide the Company with a properly completed and executed: (i) IRS Form W-9; (ii) IRS Form W-8EXP; (iii) IRS Form W-8IMY; or (iv) other documentation establishing a complete exemption for such Holder from U.S. federal withholding tax applicable to dividends.
(d) The Company and Holders shall reasonably cooperate to structure any Voluntary Redemption and Mandatory Redemptions in a tax efficient manner for Holders.
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The Company will provide information regarding the Company reasonably requested by a Holder in connection with assessing tax withholding and compliance obligations, including for this purpose (i) an estimate or determination of the amount of the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits in any taxable period where relevant to determining if any amount distributed or deemed distributed to the Holders is properly treated as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) certifications requested by Holders relating to the status of the Company as a United States real property holding corporation (as such term is used in Section 897 of the Code). The Company will not take any action without the consent of the Holder Majority that would result in the Holders owning an entity that is not treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(e) For so long as any Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, the Company will not, without the prior affirmative vote or action by written consent of a majority of the Holders, make any tax election that would have a disproportionate and material adverse impact on the Holders.
(f) The Company will pay any documentary, stamp, transfer, registration, stock issuance, sales, excise or similar Taxes payable in connection with the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock and in connection with any redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE VII TRANSFERS
Section 7.01. Transfers.
(a) A Holder of Series B Preferred Stock may transfer any share of Series B Preferred Stock to a Person pursuant to a Permitted Transfer at any time.
(b) Upon the surrender of any certificate, if then certificated, representing Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall, upon the request of the record holder of such certificate, promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days after such request) execute and deliver (at the Company’s expense) a new certificate or certificates in exchange therefor representing Series B Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value and Accreted Value of the Series B Preferred Stock represented by the surrendered certificate. Each such new certificate will be registered in such name and the shares represented thereby will have the Stated Value and Accreted Value applicable to the shares of Series B Preferred Stock represented thereby (provided, that if such registered holder is different than such requesting holder, such registration in the name of the new registered holder will be contingent on the consummation of a Permitted Transfer). The issuance of new certificates will be made without charge to the Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, and the Company shall pay for any cost incurred by the Company in connection with such issuance; provided that the Company shall not pay for any documentary, stamp or similar issuance or transfer tax in respect of the preparation, execution and delivery of such new certificates pursuant to this Section 7.01 and any such taxes shall be the sole responsibility of the applicable Holder and its transferee. All transfers and exchanges of the Series B Preferred Stock will be made promptly by direct registration on the books and records of the Company and the Company shall take all such other actions as may be required to reflect and facilitate all transfers and exchanges permitted pursuant to this Section 7.01.
(c) Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company (it being understood that an affidavit of the registered holder will be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing Series B Preferred Stock, if applicable, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender of such certificate, the Company shall (at its expense) execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of like kind representing the Series B Preferred Stock represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate.
(d) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and the applicable Holder, each certificate representing the Series B Preferred Stock, if applicable, will bear a restrictive legend substantially in the form set forth in Appendix I hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Certificate of Designation, and will be subject to the restrictions set forth therein.
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In addition, each such certificate may have notations, additional legends or endorsements required by Law, stock exchange rules, and agreements to which the Company and all of the Holders of Series B Preferred Stock in their capacity as Holders are subject, if any.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no transfer by any Holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall be permitted unless such a transfer is made in compliance with the Shareholders Agreement and all applicable securities laws.
ARTICLE VIII TRIGGER EVENTS, DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 8.01. Trigger Events. A “Trigger Event” wherever used herein, means any material breach in any respect by the Company of its obligations, covenants, representations, warranties or agreements (including a failure to redeem Series B Preferred Stock when required pursuant to this Certificate of Designation) in each case in this Certificate of Designation or the Purchase Agreement and, in the case of any such breach that is capable of being cured other than a breach pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03 or any breach with respect to a payment obligation of the Company, such breach continues for thirty (30) days.
Section 8.02. Waiver of Past Defaults. A Holder Majority, by written notice to the Company, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Series B Preferred Stock waive any existing Default and its consequences hereunder (except as provided in Section 9.02(b)). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and unless otherwise provided in such waiver, any Trigger Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose herein; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
ARTICLE IX VOTING; AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. Voting Rights. The Holders, except as otherwise required under Law or as expressly set forth in this Certificate of Designation, shall not be entitled to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Company.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
(a) Subject to Section 9.02(b) below, no (i) amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designation or the preferences, powers or rights of the Holders, (ii) waiver, in whole or in part, of any Default and its consequences hereunder and (iii) waiver, in whole or in part, of any existing Default or Trigger Event, shall be made or given effect without the vote or written consent (including any consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Series B Preferred Stock) of the Holder Majority.
(b) In addition to Section 9.02(a) above, no amendment, modification, supplement or waiver (in each case, including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of the terms of this Certificate of Designation or the preferences, powers or rights of the Holders shall be made or given effect without the vote or written consent of (x) in the case of clauses (i) through (iii), each Holder affected thereby (as to the Series B Preferred Stock held by such affected Holder), (y) in the case of clause (iv), all Holders, and (z) in the case of clause (v), the applicable voting percentage of the Holders subject to such change or the Holder Majority as then defined, respectively, to the extent that the same shall:
(i) reduce the Accreted Value or Redemption Price of any such share of Series B Preferred Stock;
(ii) waive a Default in the payment of the Accreted Value or Redemption Price of the Series B Preferred Stock;
(iii) make any change to this Article IX that is materially adverse to the Holders; (iv) make any change to Section 3.02 regarding any pro rata treatment of all Holders in connection with any redemption referred to therein; or
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(v) make any change in voting percentages of the Holders or the definition of Holder Majority.
(c) Promptly, and in no event later than three Business Days, after an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall give the Holders a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to deliver such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, modification, supplement or waiver under Section 9.02 becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder shall represent the consent of the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a share of Series B Preferred Stock or portion of a share of Series B Preferred Stock that evidences the same share as the consenting Holder’s Series B Preferred Stock, even if notation of the consent is not made on any certificate representing a share of Series B Preferred Stock. However, unless such consent otherwise provides in accordance with Law, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its share of Series B Preferred Stock to the fullest extent permitted by Law. Such an amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall bind every Holder.
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01. Ultra Vires. For the avoidance of doubt, any of the actions prohibited by or taken in contravention of the provisions herein, including but not limited to Article IV and Article V, shall be ultra vires, null and void ab initio and of no force or effect. Further, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, by amendment, alteration or repeal of this Certificate of Designation (whether by merger, consolidation, operation of Law, or otherwise) or through any transaction that would trigger a Mandatory Redemption, Voluntary Redemption, any Change of Control or any other reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, amalgamation, consolidation, merger, dissolution, disposition, issue or sale of securities, agreement or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed under this Certificate of Designation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 10.02. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given to any party under this Certificate of Designation will be in writing and delivered by (a) email or (b) overnight delivery via a national courier service, with respect to any Holder, at the email address or physical address on file with the Company and, with respect to the Company, to the following email address or physical address, as applicable:
If to the Company:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Attn: Nelson M. Haight and James C. Webster
Email: Nelson.Haight@teaminc.com and James.Webster@TeamInc.com
With a copy to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Matthew Pacey and Billy Vranish
E-mail: matt.pacey@kirkland.com and billy.vranish@kirkland.com
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Notice or other communication pursuant to this Section 10.02 will be deemed given in accordance with Section 232 of the DGCL, except that any notice or communication given by email transmission on a non-Business Day or on any Business Day after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or by overnight delivery on a non-Business Day will be deemed to have been given at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day.
Section 10.03. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision hereof will be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision hereof is held to be prohibited by, or ineffective or invalid under, applicable Law, then such provision will be prohibited, ineffective or invalid only to the extent of such prohibition, ineffectiveness or invalidity, without prohibiting, invalidating or otherwise affecting the remaining provisions hereof.
Section 10.04. Governing Law. This Certificate of Designation and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract, tort or statute) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Certificate of Designation, or the negotiation, adoption or performance of this Certificate of Designation (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Certificate of Designation or as an inducement to enter into this Certificate of Designation), shall be governed by and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, including its statutes of limitations, without regard to the Laws of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction that would call for the application of the substantive Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
Section 10.05. Rights and Remedies of Holders.
(a) The Company and each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that the various provisions set forth under this Certificate of Designation are unique, for the benefit of the Holders and that the Holders would be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Certificate of Designation is not performed in accordance with its specific terms or otherwise is breached, and that remedies at law would not be adequate to compensate the Holders. Accordingly, the Company agrees that the Holders will be entitled to enforce them, including an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Certificate of Designation and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled, at law or in equity. The Company shall waive any defense that a remedy at law is adequate and waive any requirement to prove special damages, post bond or provide similar security in connection with one or more actions instituted for injunctive relief or for specific performance of this Certificate of Designation.
(b) Except as expressly set forth herein, all remedies available under this Certificate of Designation, at law, in equity or otherwise, will be deemed cumulative and not alternative or exclusive of other remedies. The exercise by any Holder of a particular remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designation to be signed by a duly authorized officer this 11th day of September 2025.
| THE COMPANY: TEAM, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ James C. Webster | |
| Name: | James C. Webster | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS]
Appendix I Restrictive Legend to the Series B Preferred Stock Certificate
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE VII OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW (THE “CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION”) AND THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG TEAM, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) AND CERTAIN HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES PARTY THERETO. NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION AND THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT. A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION AND THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER UPON REQUEST.
Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY IF SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
WARRANT No. 5
to purchase
Shares of Common Stock
Team, Inc.
a Delaware Corporation
Issue Date: September 11, 2025
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, InspectionTech Holdings LP or its permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof (the “Issue Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 11, 2035 (the “Expiration Time”), to subscribe for and purchase from Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 982,371 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Shares” and each a “Share”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below). The Exercise Price and the number of Shares to be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided.
| 1. | Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meanings indicated. |
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of that Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Atlantic Park Warrant” means that certain second amended and restated common stock purchase warrant, dated as of December 8, 2021, for, among other things, the purchase in the aggregate of up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock by APSC Holdco II, L.P., upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
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“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company, including any duly authorized committee thereof.
“business day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.
“Capital Stock” means (A) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
“Cashless Exercise” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.
“Change of Control” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.30 par value per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Corre Warrants” means those certain common stock purchase warrants, dated as of December 8, 2021, for, among other things, the purchase in the aggregate of up to 255,058, 116,092 and 128,850, shares of Common Stock by Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP, respectively, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
“Daily VWAP” means the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “TISI <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on the relevant trading day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such trading day determined, using a volume-weighted average method by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company at its sole cost and reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder (or if there is more than one Warrantholder, a majority in interest of Warrantholders)), determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“Election Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(C).
“Equity Interests” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Issuances” shall mean (i) any issuance of shares of Common Stock or any options or convertible securities issued in connection with a merger or other business combination or an acquisition of the securities or assets of another Person, business unit, division or business, other than in connection with the broadly marketed offering and sale of equity or convertible
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securities for third-party financing of such transaction, (ii) any issuance of shares of any equity securities (including upon exercise of options) to directors, officers, employees, consultants or other agents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as approved by the Board of Directors or its designee(s) other than for bona fide capital raising purposes, (iii) any issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to an employee stock option plan, management incentive plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan or stock, ownership plan or similar benefit plan, similar program or similar agreement as approved by the Board of Directors, (iv) any issuance of shares of equity securities in connection with a bona fide third-party strategic partnership or commercial arrangement with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (x) any such strategic partnership or commercial arrangement with a private equity firm or similar financial institution or (y) an issuance the primary purpose of which is a bona fide capital raise), (v) any issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this sentence and outstanding as of September 11, 2025 (including any such issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants, the Corre Warrants or the Atlantic Park Warrant), (vi) any issuance of shares of any equity securities or convertible securities to a third party financial institution as an “equity kicker” in connection with a bona fide, new money borrowing by the Company that is primarily a debt financing transaction and (vii) any issues of securities in a transaction described in Section 14(A), 14(B) or 14(C), subject to an aggregate limit for each of (x) all Excluded Issuances pursuant to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) and (y) all Excluded Issuances pursuant to the foregoing clause (vi), not to exceed the applicable Excluded Issuance Cap (defined below). The “Excluded Issuance Cap” means (x) with respect to all Excluded Issuances pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence until September 11, 2027, a total number of shares not to exceed 10.0% of the Company’s fully diluted shares as of September 11, 2025, and (y) with respect to all Excluded Issuances pursuant to clause (vi) of the preceding sentence, a total number of shares not to exceed 10% of the Company’s fully diluted shares as of September 11, 2025; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants outstanding as of September 11, 2025, the Corre Warrants and the Atlantic Park Warrant shall be included in the calculation of the Company’s fully diluted shares outstanding as of September 11, 2025 for purposes of this definition.
“Exercise Price” means $23.00 (as such price may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 14 hereof).
“Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property determined as follows:
| (a) | if the security is listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Daily VWAP of the security measured over the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on and including the specified date (or, if the specified date is not a trading day, the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the specified date); |
| (b) | if the security is not then listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Daily VWAP of the security measured over the fifteen (15) trading day period ending |
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| on and including the specified date (or, if the specified date is not a trading day, the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the specified date), as reported on the principal over-the-counter quotation system on which such security trades; or |
| (c) | in all other cases, (i) as agreed upon in good faith by the Warrantholder and the Company or (ii) solely if an agreement cannot be reached pursuant to clause (i), as determined by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is retained at the sole cost and expense of the Company and the identity of which is reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder and the Company. |
“Governmental Authority” means all United States and other governmental or regulatory authorities.
“Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Market Price” means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the last reported sale price, regular way, or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on which the applicable securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted bid price in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group or similar organization. “Market Price” shall be determined without reference to after hours or extended hours trading. If such security is not listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the fair market value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the independent members of the Board of Directors in reliance upon an opinion of a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose at its sole cost and reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder (or if there is more than one Warrantholder, a majority in interest of Warrantholders excluding any Warrantholder that is an Affiliate of the Company). For the purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock on the “trading day” preceding, on or following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading day shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing price).
“Participation Rights Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(B).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust, statutory trust, series trust, other organization, whether or not a legal entity, Governmental Authority or other entity.
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“Per Share Fair Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(B).
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and between the Company and the purchasers named in Schedule I thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Series B Certificate of Designation” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Share” or “Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and among the Company, Stellex Capital Management LLC and InspectionTech Holdings LP, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Shareholder Approval” means a vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock (as calculated in accordance with Section 312.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (as amended or supplemented)) in connection with the issuance of any Shares upon an exercise, in full or in part, of this Warrant and the Stellex Warrants, to the extent required by Section 312.03(c) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (as amended or supplemented).
“Stellex Warrants” means those certain common stock purchase warrants, other than this Warrant, issuable pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, that, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
“trading day” means (A) if the shares of Common Stock are traded on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day on which such relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for business and on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market for any period or periods aggregating one half hour or longer; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the shares of Common Stock or (B) if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day.
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“Transfer Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(A)(i).
“Warrantholder” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Warrant” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Warrant Share Delivery Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(A)(i).
| 2. | Number of Shares; Exercise Price. The Warrantholder is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in part, 982,371 fully paid and nonassessable Shares, at a purchase price per Share equal to the Exercise Price. The number of Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to “Common Stock,” “Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any such adjustment or series of adjustments. |
| 3. | Exercise of Warrant; Term; Limitations. |
| (A) | The right to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time after the Issue Date but in no event later than the Expiration Time, by (A) the delivery of the Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A (including by specifying the manner in which the Exercise Price is to be paid), duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, by hand delivery, e-mail or facsimile, at the principal executive office of the Company located at 13131 Dairy Ashford Road, Suite 600, Sugar Land, Texas 77478, e-mail: james.webster@teaminc.com (or such other office or agency of the Company in the United States as the Company may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares thereby purchased at the election of the Warrantholder (i) by tendering in cash, either by certified or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company, at the election of the Warrantholder, (ii) by means of a Cashless Exercise as set forth in the paragraph below, or (iii) by a combination of the foregoing. |
| (B) | The Warrantholder may, in its sole discretion and in lieu of payment of the Exercise Price, elect to exercise all or any part of this Warrant in a “cashless” or “net-issue” exercise (a “Cashless Exercise”) by delivering to the Company a Notice of Exercise selecting a Cashless Exercise, as a result of which the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock calculated using the following formula: |
| X = Y * (A - B) |
| A |
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| where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrantholder |
| Y = the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised |
| A = the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of exercise of this Warrant |
| B = the then-current Exercise Price of the Warrant |
| (C) | Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company in order to exercise all or a portion of this Warrant; provided, however, that if the Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder shall promptly following such partial exercise surrender this Warrant to the Company and shall be entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and in any event not exceeding three business days, a new warrant in substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised. When the Warrantholder has purchased all of the Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, the Warrantholder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three business days after the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Shares purchased. The Warrantholder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall inform the Warrantholder if a Notice of Exercise has not been duly completed within one business day of receipt of such notice, but shall not refuse or object to the issuance of the Shares upon receipt of, and pursuant to, a duly completed Notice of Exercise. The Warrantholder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Shares hereunder, the number of Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. |
| (D) | Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that its exercise of this Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition that the Warrantholder will have first received, to the extent applicable and required to permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for shares of Common Stock and to own such Common Stock, the receipt of any necessary approvals and authorizations of, filings and |
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| registrations with, notifications to, or expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. |
| (E) | The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and no Warrantholder shall have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to this Section 3 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Warrantholders (collectively, and together with the Warrantholders’ respective Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Warrantholders or any of the Warrantholders’ Affiliates), would, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrantholders (collectively) at such time, beneficially own shares of Common Stock, in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrantholders and their respective Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Warrantholders or any of their respective Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Warrantholders or any of their respective Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(E), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Warrantholders that the Company is not representing to any Warrantholder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Warrantholders are solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 3(E) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Warrantholders together with any of their respective Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Warrantholders, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the applicable Warrantholder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Warrantholders together with any of their respective Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership |
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| Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. For purposes of this Section 3(E), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Warrantholders may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the SEC, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). Upon the written or oral request of a Warrantholder, the Company shall, within two (2) trading days, confirm orally and in writing to such Warrantholder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Warrantholders or their respective Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. If the Company receives a Notice of Exercise from the Warrantholder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Warrantholder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Notice of Exercise would otherwise cause the Warrantholder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 3(E), to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Warrantholder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Notice of Exercise (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Warrantholder any exercise price paid by the Warrantholder for the Reduction Shares. As used in this Warrant, “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” means 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrantholders shall have the right to increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other number, with any increase to be effective only upon the Warrantholders providing the Company with prior written notice of such increase, which shall be effective sixty-one (61) days after delivery of such notice to the Company. The provisions of this Section 3(E) shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(E) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership |
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| Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. |
| 4. | Mechanics of Exercise; Issuance of Shares; Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company; Listing. |
| (A) | Mechanics of Exercise. |
| (i) | Delivery of Certificates and/or Book-Entry Shares Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Warrantholder by, at the Warrantholder’s request (A) crediting the account of the Warrantholder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system if the Company is then a participant in such system, (B) physical delivery to the address specified by the Warrantholder in the Notice of Exercise or (C) by entry on the books of the Company (or the Transfer Agent, if any), in each case by the date that is two trading days after the later of (1) payment of the Exercise Price as set forth above or (2) the date of a Cashless Exercise, if applicable (such later date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The applicable Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Warrantholder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the applicable exercise date or the date that is two trading days following the date of a Cashless Exercise, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to deliver shares through the system of The Depositary Trust Company if it determines that pursuant to Section 9 a legend is required to be included on the Shares being delivered. |
| (ii) | Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Warrantholder a certificate or the certificates representing the Shares pursuant to Section 4(A)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than as a result of any action or inaction of the Warrantholder’s prime broker), then the Warrantholder shall have the right to rescind such exercise. Any rescission by the Warrantholder pursuant to this Section 4(A)(ii) shall not affect any other remedies available to the Warrantholder under applicable law or equity as a result of the Company’s failure to timely deliver the Shares. |
| (iii) | Closing of Books. The Company shall not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof. |
| (B) | Conditional Exercise. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if an exercise of any portion of this Warrant is to be made in connection with an underwritten public offering or a sale of the Company (pursuant to a merger, |
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| sale of stock, or otherwise), such exercise may, at the election of the Warrantholder (set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise), be conditioned upon the consummation of such transaction, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed to be effective until immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction. |
| (C) | Exercise Prior to Expiration. To the extent this Warrant is not previously exercised as to all Shares subject hereto, and if the Market Price of the Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price then in effect, this Warrant shall be deemed automatically exercised pursuant to Section 4(A) (even if not surrendered) via a “cashless exercise” described in Section 3(B) immediately prior to the Expiration Time. To the extent this Warrant or any portion thereof is deemed automatically exercised pursuant to this Section 4(C), the Company agrees to promptly notify the Warrantholder of the number of Shares, if any, the Warrantholder is to receive by reason of such automatic exercise. |
| (D) | Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby represents, covenants and agrees, as applicable: |
| (i) | The Company (A) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (B) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, to issue and enter into this Warrant and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (C) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or operations of the Company, is qualified to do business and, where applicable is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. |
| (ii) | This Warrant is, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized and validly issued. This Warrant constitutes, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity. |
| (iii) | The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Warrant and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant does not and will not (A) violate any material provision of applicable law or the organizational documents of the Company, (B) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with the giving of |
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| any notice, the passage of time, or both) a default under any material agreement of the Company or (C) result in or require the creation or imposition of any lien upon any assets of the Company. |
| (iv) | The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights represented by this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that such Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation or any preemptive or similar rights of any equity holder of the Company. The Company shall (A) procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded and (B) maintain such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance. |
| (v) | The Company covenants that all Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant shall, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges created by the Warrantholder, except as otherwise provided herein, or income and franchise taxes of Warrantholder incurred in connection with the exercise of any Warrant or any transfer of Shares occurring contemporaneously therewith). |
| (vi) | Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Warrantholder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Warrantholder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall (A) not increase the par value of any Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (B) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Shares upon the |
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| exercise of this Warrant, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant, and (D) use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares may be issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or traded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Company from repurchasing or otherwise buying back shares of its Common Stock. |
| (vii) | Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Exercise Price as so adjusted. |
| (viii) | The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis (including all options, warrants and securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock as of the Issue Date is 5,928,395). |
| (ix) | Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (or expect to become in the foreseeable future) a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations in Section 4(D)(viii) and (ix) shall be made only as of the Issue Date.
| 5. | No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a Share that the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at the Company’s election, either (A) pay to such Warrantholder an amount in cash (by delivery of a certified or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds) equal to the product of (1) such fraction multiplied by (2) the Market Price of one Share on the exercise date or the date of Cashless Exercise, as applicable, or (B) round up to the next whole share. |
| 6. | No Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books. This Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date of exercise hereof. The Company will at no time close its transfer books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant. |
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| 7. | Charges, Taxes and Expenses. |
| (A) | Issuance of certificates for Shares to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue, stamp, transfer or other tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company. The parties agree to report a Cashless Exercise as a recapitalization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
| (B) | [Reserved.] |
| (C) | The Warrantholder and the Company agree not to report or take any tax position for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and applicable state, local and non-U.S. income tax purposes) that is inconsistent with this Section 7 except as otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 or a change in applicable law made after the date hereof. |
| (D) | The Warrantholder (including any transferee Warrantholder) shall provide the Company with a duly completed or executed IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 upon the issuance (or, in the event of a transfer, the receipt of) this Warrant. |
| (E) | The Company (and its applicable withholding agents and paying agents) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold taxes attributable to any payment (including deemed payments) made on or with respect to the Warrant from any payment made on such Warrant or on the Shares into which such Warrant are converted (in each case, which payment is made to the applicable Warrantholder) to the extent required by applicable law; provided that, if the Company determines that any such deduction or withholding is so required (other than any deduction or withholding resulting from any Warrantholder’s failure to deliver the documentation set forth in Section 7(D)), then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the recipient of the amount and rationale for such deduction or withholding prior to the applicable payment date and shall reasonably cooperate with the recipient of such payment to obtain any available exemption from, or reduction in the amount of, such deduction or withholding in accordance with applicable law. Any such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the applicable Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made. |
| 8. | Representations and Warranties of the Warrantholder. The Warrantholder acknowledges that the Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The Warrantholder expressly warrants that it (i) is acquiring the Warrant (and any Shares issuable upon exercise) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present |
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| intention to distribute the Warrant (or any Shares issuable upon exercise) to any person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (ii) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Warrant (or any Shares issuable upon exercise), except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (iii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks and of making an informed investment decision, and has conducted a review of the business and affairs of the Company that it considers sufficient and reasonable, (iv) has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Warrant and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company, (v) is able to bear the economic risk and at the present time is able to afford a complete loss of such investment and (vi) is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act). |
| 9. | Transfer/Assignment. |
| (A) | Subject to compliance with clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 9, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the books of the Company by the registered holder hereof in person or by a duly authorized attorney, and a new warrant shall be made and delivered by the Company, of the same tenor and date as this Warrant but registered in the name of one or more transferees, upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the office or agency of the Company described in Section 3. All expenses (other than stock transfer taxes, if any) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the new warrants pursuant to this Section 9 shall be paid by the Company. |
| (B) | This Warrant shall not be transferrable other than in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Shareholders Agreement. Each permitted transferee of a Warrant shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Shareholders Agreement. |
| (C) | If and for so long as the Warrant has not been registered under the Securities Act, this Warrant Certificate shall contain a legend as set forth in the first paragraph of the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant. A similar legend will be included on any Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant under similar circumstances. |
| 10. | Exchange and Registry of Warrant. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Warrantholder to the Company, for a new warrant or warrants of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares. The Company shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the Warrantholder as the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at the office of the Company, and the Company shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry. |
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| 11. | Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of a bond, indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares as provided for in such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant. |
| 12. | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is a business day. |
| 13. | Rule 144 Information. The Company covenants that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely file all reports and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Warrantholder, make publicly available such information as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act), and it shall use reasonable best efforts to take such further action as any Warrantholder may reasonably request, in each case to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to, if permitted by the terms of this Warrant, sell this Warrant without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (B) any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the written request of any Warrantholder, the Company will deliver to such Warrantholder a written statement that it has complied with such requirements. |
| 14. | Adjustments and Other Rights. Subject in each case to Section 14(K), the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows; provided, that if more than one subsection of this Section 14 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and no single event shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this Section 14 so as to result in duplication: |
| (A) | Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations. If the Company shall (i) declare and pay a dividend or otherwise make a distribution on its Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity-equivalent securities (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivide (by any stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of the Company’s Capital Stock then-issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a greater number of shares, or (iii) combine or consolidate (including by way of reverse stock split) or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of the |
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| Company’s Capital Stock then-issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a smaller number of shares, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Warrantholder after such date shall be entitled to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive in respect of the shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant after such date had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such date. In such event, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record or effective date, as the case may be, for such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 14(A) shall, in the case of a dividend or distribution, become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and, in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification, become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision, combination or re-classification. In the event that any such dividend or distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such dividend or distribution, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed. |
| (B) | Other Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, in case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a dividend or other distribution to any or all holders of shares of its Common Stock, by return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, cash, rights, options, warrants or other property by way of dividend, spin-off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme or arrangement or similar transaction) (excluding dividends or distributions referred to in Section 14(A)), in each such case, the Exercise Price in effect prior to such record date shall be reduced immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the reduction by the quotient of (x) the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading without the right to receive such distribution, minus the |
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| amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value of the securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, warrants or other property to be so distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock (such amount and/or Fair Market Value, the “Per Share Fair Market Value”) divided by (y) such Market Price on such date specified in clause (x); such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. In such event, the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the distribution giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. In the event that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, cash, warrants or other property, as the case may be, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed. |
| (C) | Adjustments Upon Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation or Merger. In the event of any (i) capital reorganization of the Company, (ii) reclassification of the stock of the Company (other than a reclassification of Common Stock referred to in Section 14(A)), (iii) consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, (iv) sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person or (v) other similar transaction (other than any such transaction covered by Section 14(A)) in each case which entitles the holders of Common Stock to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or property with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, each Warrant shall, immediately after such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, remain outstanding and shall thereafter, in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the number of Shares then exercisable under this Warrant, be exercisable for the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Company or of the successor Person resulting from such transaction to which the Warrantholder would have been entitled upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction if the Warrantholder had exercised this Warrant in full immediately prior to the time of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction and acquired the applicable number of Shares then issuable hereunder as a result of such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant); and, in such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made with respect to the Warrantholder’s rights under this Warrant to insure that the provisions of this Section 14 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as possible, to this Warrant in relation to any shares of stock, securities or property thereafter |
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| acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant (including, in the case of any consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, an immediate adjustment to the Exercise Price to the value per share for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, and a corresponding immediate adjustment to the number of Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction). In determining the kind and amount of stock, securities or property receivable upon exercise of this Warrant following the consummation of such transaction, if the holders of Common Stock have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such transaction, then the Warrantholder shall have the right to make a similar election (including, without limitation, being subject to similar proration constraints) upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to the number of shares of stock or other securities or property which the Warrantholder will receive upon exercise of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 14(C) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales or similar transactions. |
| (D) | Anti-Dilution Adjustments. |
| (i) | If the Company (x) issues or sells any shares of Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exchange or other extinguishment of any equity-linked instruments) (other than Excluded Issuances), or (y) issues or sells any warrants or other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock (other than Excluded Issuances), in either case for a consideration per share or exercise, conversion or strike price (as applicable) (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the greater of (A) the New Issuance Price and (B) $17.25 (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14); provided that, if required, until the Shareholder Approval is obtained, no adjustment will be made pursuant to this Section 14(D) to the extent, but only to the extent, such adjustment would cause the Exercise Price to be less than $18.73 (subject to proportionate adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits or stock combinations with respect to the Common Stock). If Shareholder Approval is obtained at any time after any adjustment to the Exercise Price is limited pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 14(D) then, effective as of the time such Shareholder Approval is obtained, the Exercise Price will be adjusted to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect assuming that the first sentence of this Section 14(D) had not applied to any prior adjustment to the Exercise Price. |
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| (ii) | Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained herein in the event of any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to either clause (x) or clause (y) of the foregoing Section 14(D)(i) in an issuance in which the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates participates, such adjustment shall only be applied proportionately in respect of the portion in which the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates elected not to participate, if any. |
| (E) | Rounding of Calculations; Minimum Adjustments. All calculations under this Section 14 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a cent or to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be. Any provision of this Section 14 to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be made if the amount of such adjustment would be less than $0.01 or one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of Common Stock, but any such amount shall be carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate $0.01 or 1/10th of a share of Common Stock, or more. |
| (F) | Timing of Issuance of Additional Common Stock Upon Certain Adjustments. In any case in which the provisions of this Section 14 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Warrantholder of this Warrant exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying to such Warrantholder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company upon request shall deliver to such Warrantholder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Warrantholder’s right to receive such additional shares, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment. |
| (G) | Notice to the Warrantholder. |
| (i) | Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 14, the Company shall promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including (A) a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Shares or other securities or property issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable) and (B) in the case of adjustment pursuant to Section 14(B), a statement of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription |
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| rights applicable to one share of Common Stock, and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and certifying the calculation thereof. The Company shall deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Warrantholder as promptly as reasonably practicable following any adjustment of the Exercise Price, but in any event not later than ten business days thereafter. |
| (ii) | Notice to Allow Exercise by the Warrantholder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special or nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Capital Stock of any class or of any rights of the Company, (D) the Company enters into or becomes bound by an agreement in connection with a Change of Control or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Company’s records, at least 10 business days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such Change of Control is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such Change of Control; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Warrantholder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable laws, to the extent that any notice provided pursuant to this Section 14(G)(ii) contains material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall disclose such information regarding the Company in a Current Report on Form 8-K and file such Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC no later than the business day following the date such notice is delivered to the Warrantholder. |
| (H) | Cash Transaction Exercise. In the event of a Change of Control in which the Common Stock is converted into solely the right to receive cash upon closing of such Change of Control, if this Warrant has not previously been |
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| exercised in full on an exercise date occurring before the third (3rd) business day prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, any unexercised portion of this Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to receive cash consideration in such Change of Control as if it were deemed exercised in full, without the delivery of a Notice of Exercise, effective immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to the amount of cash payable in such Change of Control in respect of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Shares that would be deliverable upon a Cashless Exercise of this Warrant in full immediately prior to consummation of such Change of Control pursuant to this Section 14(H) of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, where the applicable Market Price of a share of Common Stock in such an exercise is deemed for these purposes to be the cash payable in respect of a share of Common Stock in such Change of Control; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, if the cash payable in respect of a share of Common Stock in such Change of Control in which the Common Stock is converted into solely the right to receive cash upon closing of such Change of Control is less than the then-applicable Exercise Price, then upon consummation of such Change of Control the unexercised portion of this Warrant shall be cancelled for no consideration. |
| (I) | Statement Regarding Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted as provided in Section 14, the Company shall forthwith file at the principal office of the Company a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price that shall be in effect and the number of Shares into which this Warrant shall be exercisable after such adjustment, and the Company shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage prepaid, to each Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Company’s records. |
| (J) | [Reserved]. |
| (K) | Adjustment Rules. Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 14 shall be made successively whenever an event referred to herein shall occur. If an adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder would reduce the Exercise Price to an amount below par value of the Common Stock, then such adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder shall reduce the Exercise Price to the par value of the Common Stock. |
| 15. | Participation Rights. |
| (A) | If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizes the issuance or sale of any Equity Interests, other than the Excluded Issuances or in the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company, the Company shall offer to sell to each Warrantholder a portion of such Equity Interests equal to the |
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| quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant then held by such Warrantholder plus the number of Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Warrant held by such Warrantholder by (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding determined on a fully diluted basis, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants outstanding as of September 11, 2025, the Corre Warrants and the Atlantic Park Warrant shall be included in the calculation of the Company’s fully diluted shares outstanding as of September 11, 2025 for purposes of this Section 15(A). Each such Warrantholder shall be entitled to purchase such Equity Interests at the same price and on the same terms as such Equity Interests are to be offered. The purchase price for all Equity Interests offered to each such Warrantholder shall be payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds. In the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to request that the underwriter(s) in such offering allow the Warrantholders to purchase shares from the underwriter(s) in the same proportion that they would have been entitled to had this Section 15 applied to such underwritten offering. |
| (B) | In connection with the issuance or sale of any Equity Interests to which the participation rights described in this Section 15 apply, the Company will deliver to each Warrantholder, as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances giving rise to the participation rights described in this Section 15, a written notice (the “Participation Rights Notice”) describing (i) the Equity Interests being offered, (ii) the purchase price and the payment terms of the Equity Interests being offered (including the date the Company is requesting delivery of funds with respect thereto), and (iii) such Warrantholder’s percentage allotment. |
| (C) | In order to exercise its participation rights under this Section 15, each Warrantholder must deliver a written notice to the Company describing its election hereunder (which election may be with respect to all or any portion of the Equity Interests it has a right to purchase hereunder) no later than five (5) business days after receipt of the Participation Rights Notice (the “Election Period”). |
| (D) | During the 120-day period following the expiration of the Election Period, the Company shall be entitled to sell such Equity Interests which any Warrantholder has not elected to purchase prior to the expiration of the Election Period on terms and conditions (including price) no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than those offered to such Warrantholder. Any Equity Interests offered or sold by the Company to any Person after such 120-day period must be proportionately reoffered to each such Warrantholder pursuant to the terms of this Section 15. |
| 16. | [Reserved]. |
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| 17. | Shareholder Approval. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Shareholder Approval, including by seeking such approval, if not previously obtained, at each future regular annual meeting of its stockholders and endorsing its approval in the related proxy materials. The Company will promptly notify the Warrantholder if the Shareholder Approval is obtained. |
| 18. | Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State. Each of the parties hereto agrees (i) to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the State or Federal courts in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, (ii) that exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall lie in the State or Federal courts in the State of New York, and (iii) that notice may be served upon such party at the address and in the manner set forth for such party in Section 21. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WARRANT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (I) 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 THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS WARRANT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 18. |
| 19. | Binding Effect. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective the successors and permitted assigns. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of the Warrantholder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Warrantholder or holder of Shares. |
| 20. | Amendment and Modification; Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Warrant may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by the Company or the Warrantholder of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Warrant shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. |
| 21. | Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile, or three business days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. |
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Notices and other communications hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites). Notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.
If to the Company, to it at:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford Road
Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Attn: James C. Webster
E-mail: James.Webster@TeamInc.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Matthew R. Pacey and Billy Vranish
Email: Matt.Pacey@kirkland.com, Billy.Vranish@kirkland.com
If to the Warrantholder, to it at,
c/o Stellex Capital Management LLC
900 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Olivia Zhao and Tom Cassidy
E-mail: ozhao@stellexcapital.com and tcassidy@stellexcapital.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins, LLP
1271 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10020
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Attention: Peter Sluka and Andrew Blumenthal
E-mail: peter.sluka@lw.com and andrew.blumenthal@lw.com
| 22. | Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Warrantholder, shall give rise to any liability of the Warrantholder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. |
| 23. | Remedies. The Warrantholder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. |
| 24. | Severability. Any provision of this Warrant held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. |
| 25. | Entire Agreement. This Warrant and the forms attached hereto, contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or undertakings with respect thereto. |
| 26. | Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Company contained in this agreement, or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this agreement, and all covenants of the Company in this agreement, shall survive the execution and delivery of this agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until such time when either (i) the Warrant and the Shares are no longer outstanding or (ii) the Warrantholder no longer holds any Warrants or Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of such survival period and such claims shall survive until finally resolved. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Warrant as of the Issue Date.
| COMPANY: TEAM, INC. |
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: Team, Inc.
RE: Election to Purchase Common Stock
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase the number of shares of the Common Stock set forth below covered by such Warrant. The undersigned, in accordance with Section 2 of the Warrant, hereby agrees to pay the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares of Common Stock by means of the manner specified below. In the event that the undersigned desires to use a combination of such methods, such intent should be described in detail below. A new warrant evidencing the remaining shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, but not yet subscribed for and purchased, if any, should be issued in the name set forth below.
Number of Shares of Common Stock:
Aggregate Exercise Price:
Cash Payment: ☐
Cashless Exercise: ☐
Conditional Exercise: ☐
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Exhibit 4.2
Execution Version
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY IF SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
WARRANT No. 6
to purchase
Shares of Common Stock
Team, Inc.
a Delaware Corporation
Issue Date: September 11, 2025
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, InspectionTech Holdings LP or its permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof (the “Issue Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 11, 2035 (the “Expiration Time”), to subscribe for and purchase from Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 470,889 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Shares” and each a “Share”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below). The Exercise Price and the number of Shares to be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided.
| 1. | Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meanings indicated. |
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of that Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Atlantic Park Warrant” means that certain second amended and restated common stock purchase warrant, dated as of December 8, 2021, for, among other things, the purchase in the aggregate of up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock by APSC Holdco II, L.P., upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
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“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company, including any duly authorized committee thereof.
“business day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.
“Capital Stock” means (A) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
“Cashless Exercise” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.
“Change of Control” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.30 par value per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Corre Warrants” means those certain common stock purchase warrants, dated as of December 8, 2021, for, among other things, the purchase in the aggregate of up to 255,058, 116,092 and 128,850, shares of Common Stock by Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP, respectively, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
“Daily VWAP” means the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “TISI <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on the relevant trading day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such trading day determined, using a volume-weighted average method by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company at its sole cost and reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder (or if there is more than one Warrantholder, a majority in interest of Warrantholders)), determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“Election Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(C).
“Equity Interests” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Issuances” shall mean (i) any issuance of shares of Common Stock or any options or convertible securities issued in connection with a merger or other business combination or an acquisition of the securities or assets of another Person, business unit, division or business, other than in connection with the broadly marketed offering and sale of equity or convertible
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securities for third-party financing of such transaction, (ii) any issuance of shares of any equity securities (including upon exercise of options) to directors, officers, employees, consultants or other agents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as approved by the Board of Directors or its designee(s) other than for bona fide capital raising purposes, (iii) any issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to an employee stock option plan, management incentive plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan or stock, ownership plan or similar benefit plan, similar program or similar agreement as approved by the Board of Directors, (iv) any issuance of shares of equity securities in connection with a bona fide third-party strategic partnership or commercial arrangement with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (x) any such strategic partnership or commercial arrangement with a private equity firm or similar financial institution or (y) an issuance the primary purpose of which is a bona fide capital raise), (v) any issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this sentence and outstanding as of September 11, 2025 (including any such issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants, the Corre Warrants or the Atlantic Park Warrant), (vi) any issuance of shares of any equity securities or convertible securities to a third party financial institution as an “equity kicker” in connection with a bona fide, new money borrowing by the Company that is primarily a debt financing transaction and (vii) any issues of securities in a transaction described in Section 14(A), 14(B) or 14(C), subject to an aggregate limit for each of (x) all Excluded Issuances pursuant to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) and (y) all Excluded Issuances pursuant to the foregoing clause (vi), not to exceed the applicable Excluded Issuance Cap (defined below). The “Excluded Issuance Cap” means (x) with respect to all Excluded Issuances pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence until September 11, 2027, a total number of shares not to exceed 10.0% of the Company’s fully diluted shares as of September 11, 2025, and (y) with respect to all Excluded Issuances pursuant to clause (vi) of the preceding sentence, a total number of shares not to exceed 10% of the Company’s fully diluted shares as of September 11, 2025; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants outstanding as of September 11, 2025, the Corre Warrants and the Atlantic Park Warrant shall be included in the calculation of the Company’s fully diluted shares outstanding as of September 11, 2025 for purposes of this definition.
“Exercise Price” means $50.00 (as such price may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 14 hereof).
“Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property determined as follows:
| (a) | if the security is listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Daily VWAP of the security measured over the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on and including the specified date (or, if the specified date is not a trading day, the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the specified date); |
| (b) | if the security is not then listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Daily VWAP of the security measured over the fifteen (15) trading day period ending |
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| on and including the specified date (or, if the specified date is not a trading day, the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the specified date), as reported on the principal over-the-counter quotation system on which such security trades; or |
| (c) | in all other cases, (i) as agreed upon in good faith by the Warrantholder and the Company or (ii) solely if an agreement cannot be reached pursuant to clause (i), as determined by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is retained at the sole cost and expense of the Company and the identity of which is reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder and the Company. |
“Governmental Authority” means all United States and other governmental or regulatory authorities.
“Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Market Price” means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the last reported sale price, regular way, or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on which the applicable securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted bid price in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group or similar organization. “Market Price” shall be determined without reference to after hours or extended hours trading. If such security is not listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the fair market value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the independent members of the Board of Directors in reliance upon an opinion of a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose at its sole cost and reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder (or if there is more than one Warrantholder, a majority in interest of Warrantholders excluding any Warrantholder that is an Affiliate of the Company). For the purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock on the “trading day” preceding, on or following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading day shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing price).
“Participation Rights Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(B).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust, statutory trust, series trust, other organization, whether or not a legal entity, Governmental Authority or other entity.
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“Per Share Fair Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(B).
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and between the Company and the purchasers named in Schedule I thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Series B Certificate of Designation” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Share” or “Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and among the Company, Stellex Capital Management LLC and InspectionTech Holdings LP, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Shareholder Approval” means a vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock (as calculated in accordance with Section 312.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (as amended or supplemented)) in connection with the issuance of any Shares upon an exercise, in full or in part, of this Warrant and the Stellex Warrants, to the extent required by Section 312.03(c) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (as amended or supplemented).
“Stellex Warrants” means those certain common stock purchase warrants, other than this Warrant, issuable pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, that, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
“trading day” means (A) if the shares of Common Stock are traded on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day on which such relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for business and on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market for any period or periods aggregating one half hour or longer; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the shares of Common Stock or (B) if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day.
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“Tranche A Warrants” means those certain “Tranche A Warrants” to be issued by the Company on the date hereof pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Transfer Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(A)(i).
“Warrantholder” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Warrant” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Warrant Share Delivery Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(A)(i).
| 2. | Number of Shares; Exercise Price. The Warrantholder is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in part, 470,889 fully paid and nonassessable Shares, at a purchase price per Share equal to the Exercise Price. The number of Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to “Common Stock,” “Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any such adjustment or series of adjustments. |
| 3. | Exercise of Warrant; Term; Limitations. |
| (A) | The right to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time after the Issue Date but in no event later than the Expiration Time, by (A) the delivery of the Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A (including by specifying the manner in which the Exercise Price is to be paid), duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, by hand delivery, e-mail or facsimile, at the principal executive office of the Company located at 13131 Dairy Ashford Road, Suite 600, Sugar Land, Texas 77478, e-mail: james.webster@teaminc.com (or such other office or agency of the Company in the United States as the Company may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares thereby purchased at the election of the Warrantholder (i) by tendering in cash, either by certified or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company, at the election of the Warrantholder, (ii) by means of a Cashless Exercise as set forth in the paragraph below, or (iii) by a combination of the foregoing. |
| (B) | The Warrantholder may, in its sole discretion and in lieu of payment of the Exercise Price, elect to exercise all or any part of this Warrant in a “cashless” or “net-issue” exercise (a “Cashless Exercise”) by delivering to the Company a Notice of Exercise selecting a Cashless Exercise, as a result |
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| of which the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock calculated using the following formula: |
| X = Y * (A - B) |
| A |
| where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrantholder |
| Y = the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised |
| A = the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of exercise of this Warrant |
| B = the then-current Exercise Price of the Warrant |
| (C) | Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company in order to exercise all or a portion of this Warrant; provided, however, that if the Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder shall promptly following such partial exercise surrender this Warrant to the Company and shall be entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and in any event not exceeding three business days, a new warrant in substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised. When the Warrantholder has purchased all of the Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, the Warrantholder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three business days after the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Shares purchased. The Warrantholder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall inform the Warrantholder if a Notice of Exercise has not been duly completed within one business day of receipt of such notice, but shall not refuse or object to the issuance of the Shares upon receipt of, and pursuant to, a duly completed Notice of Exercise. The Warrantholder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Shares hereunder, the number of Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. |
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| (D) | Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that its exercise of this Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition that the Warrantholder will have first received, to the extent applicable and required to permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for shares of Common Stock and to own such Common Stock, the receipt of any necessary approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations with, notifications to, or expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. |
| (E) | The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and no Warrantholder shall have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to this Section 3 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Warrantholders (collectively, and together with the Warrantholders’ respective Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Warrantholders or any of the Warrantholders’ Affiliates), would, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrantholders (collectively) at such time, beneficially own shares of Common Stock, in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrantholders and their respective Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Warrantholders or any of their respective Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Warrantholders or any of their respective Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(E), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Warrantholders that the Company is not representing to any Warrantholder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Warrantholders are solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 3(E) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Warrantholders together with any of their respective Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Warrantholders, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the applicable Warrantholder’s determination of whether this Warrant is |
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| exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Warrantholders together with any of their respective Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. For purposes of this Section 3(E), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Warrantholders may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the SEC, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). Upon the written or oral request of a Warrantholder, the Company shall, within two (2) trading days, confirm orally and in writing to such Warrantholder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Warrantholders or their respective Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. If the Company receives a Notice of Exercise from the Warrantholder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Warrantholder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Notice of Exercise would otherwise cause the Warrantholder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 3(E), to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Warrantholder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Notice of Exercise (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Warrantholder any exercise price paid by the Warrantholder for the Reduction Shares. As used in this Warrant, “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” means 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrantholders shall have the right to increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other number, with any increase to be effective only upon the Warrantholders |
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| providing the Company with prior written notice of such increase, which shall be effective sixty-one (61) days after delivery of such notice to the Company. The provisions of this Section 3(E) shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(E) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. |
| 4. | Mechanics of Exercise; Issuance of Shares; Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company; Listing. |
| (A) | Mechanics of Exercise. |
| (i) | Delivery of Certificates and/or Book-Entry Shares Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Warrantholder by, at the Warrantholder’s request (A) crediting the account of the Warrantholder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system if the Company is then a participant in such system, (B) physical delivery to the address specified by the Warrantholder in the Notice of Exercise or (C) by entry on the books of the Company (or the Transfer Agent, if any), in each case by the date that is two trading days after the later of (1) payment of the Exercise Price as set forth above or (2) the date of a Cashless Exercise, if applicable (such later date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The applicable Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Warrantholder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the applicable exercise date or the date that is two trading days following the date of a Cashless Exercise, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to deliver shares through the system of The Depositary Trust Company if it determines that pursuant to Section 9 a legend is required to be included on the Shares being delivered. |
| (ii) | Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Warrantholder a certificate or the certificates representing the Shares pursuant to Section 4(A)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than as a result of any action or inaction of the Warrantholder’s prime broker), then the Warrantholder shall have the right to rescind such exercise. Any rescission by the Warrantholder pursuant to this Section 4(A)(ii) shall not affect any other remedies available to the Warrantholder under applicable law or equity as a result of the Company’s failure to timely deliver the Shares. |
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| (iii) | Closing of Books. The Company shall not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof. |
| (B) | Conditional Exercise. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if an exercise of any portion of this Warrant is to be made in connection with an underwritten public offering or a sale of the Company (pursuant to a merger, sale of stock, or otherwise), such exercise may, at the election of the Warrantholder (set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise), be conditioned upon the consummation of such transaction, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed to be effective until immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction. |
| (C) | Exercise Prior to Expiration. To the extent this Warrant is not previously exercised as to all Shares subject hereto, and if the Market Price of the Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price then in effect, this Warrant shall be deemed automatically exercised pursuant to Section 4(A) (even if not surrendered) via a “cashless exercise” described in Section 3(B) immediately prior to the Expiration Time. To the extent this Warrant or any portion thereof is deemed automatically exercised pursuant to this Section 4(C), the Company agrees to promptly notify the Warrantholder of the number of Shares, if any, the Warrantholder is to receive by reason of such automatic exercise. |
| (D) | Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby represents, covenants and agrees, as applicable: |
| (i) | The Company (A) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (B) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, to issue and enter into this Warrant and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (C) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or operations of the Company, is qualified to do business and, where applicable is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. |
| (ii) | This Warrant is, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized and validly issued. This Warrant constitutes, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity. |
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| (iii) | The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Warrant and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant does not and will not (A) violate any material provision of applicable law or the organizational documents of the Company, (B) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both) a default under any material agreement of the Company or (C) result in or require the creation or imposition of any lien upon any assets of the Company. |
| (iv) | The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights represented by this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that such Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation or any preemptive or similar rights of any equity holder of the Company. The Company shall (A) procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded and (B) maintain such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance. |
| (v) | The Company covenants that all Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant shall, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges created by the Warrantholder, except as otherwise provided herein, or income and franchise taxes of Warrantholder incurred in connection with the exercise of any Warrant or any transfer of Shares occurring contemporaneously therewith). |
| (vi) | Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Warrantholder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such |
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| terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Warrantholder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall (A) not increase the par value of any Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (B) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant, and (D) use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares may be issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or traded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Company from repurchasing or otherwise buying back shares of its Common Stock. |
| (vii) | Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Exercise Price as so adjusted. |
| (viii) | The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis (including all options, warrants and securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock as of the Issue Date is 5,928,395). |
| (ix) | Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (or expect to become in the foreseeable future) a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations in Section 4(D)(viii) and (ix) shall be made only as of the Issue Date.
| 5. | No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a Share that the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at the Company’s election, either (A) pay to such Warrantholder an amount in cash (by delivery of a certified or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds) equal to the product of (1) such fraction multiplied by (2) the Market Price of one Share on the exercise date or the date of Cashless Exercise, as applicable, or (B) round up to the next whole share. |
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| 6. | No Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books. This Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date of exercise hereof. The Company will at no time close its transfer books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant. |
| 7. | Charges, Taxes and Expenses. |
| (A) | Issuance of certificates for Shares to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue, stamp, transfer or other tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company. The parties agree to report a Cashless Exercise as a recapitalization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
| (B) | [Reserved.] |
| (C) | The Warrantholder and the Company agree not to report or take any tax position for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and applicable state, local and non-U.S. income tax purposes) that is inconsistent with this Section 7 except as otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 or a change in applicable law made after the date hereof. |
| (D) | The Warrantholder (including any transferee Warrantholder) shall provide the Company with a duly completed or executed IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 upon the issuance (or, in the event of a transfer, the receipt of) this Warrant. |
| (E) | The Company (and its applicable withholding agents and paying agents) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold taxes attributable to any payment (including deemed payments) made on or with respect to the Warrant from any payment made on such Warrant or on the Shares into which such Warrant are converted (in each case, which payment is made to the applicable Warrantholder) to the extent required by applicable law; provided that, if the Company determines that any such deduction or withholding is so required (other than any deduction or withholding resulting from any Warrantholder’s failure to deliver the documentation set forth in Section 7(D)), then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the recipient of the amount and rationale for such deduction or withholding prior to the applicable payment date and shall reasonably cooperate with the recipient of such payment to obtain any available exemption from, or reduction in the amount of, such deduction or withholding in accordance with applicable law. Any such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the applicable Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made. |
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| 8. | Representations and Warranties of the Warrantholder. The Warrantholder acknowledges that the Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The Warrantholder expressly warrants that it (i) is acquiring the Warrant (and any Shares issuable upon exercise) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present intention to distribute the Warrant (or any Shares issuable upon exercise) to any person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (ii) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Warrant (or any Shares issuable upon exercise), except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (iii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks and of making an informed investment decision, and has conducted a review of the business and affairs of the Company that it considers sufficient and reasonable, (iv) has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Warrant and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company, (v) is able to bear the economic risk and at the present time is able to afford a complete loss of such investment and (vi) is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act). |
| 9. | Transfer/Assignment. |
| (A) | Subject to compliance with clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 9, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the books of the Company by the registered holder hereof in person or by a duly authorized attorney, and a new warrant shall be made and delivered by the Company, of the same tenor and date as this Warrant but registered in the name of one or more transferees, upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the office or agency of the Company described in Section 3. All expenses (other than stock transfer taxes, if any) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the new warrants pursuant to this Section 9 shall be paid by the Company. |
| (B) | This Warrant shall not be transferrable other than in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Shareholders Agreement. Each permitted transferee of a Warrant shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Shareholders Agreement. |
| (C) | If and for so long as the Warrant has not been registered under the Securities Act, this Warrant Certificate shall contain a legend as set forth in the first paragraph of the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant. A similar legend will be included on any Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant under similar circumstances. |
| 10. | Exchange and Registry of Warrant. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Warrantholder to the Company, for a new warrant or warrants of like tenor |
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| and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares. The Company shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the Warrantholder as the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at the office of the Company, and the Company shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry. |
| 11. | Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of a bond, indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares as provided for in such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant. |
| 12. | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is a business day. |
| 13. | Rule 144 Information. The Company covenants that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely file all reports and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Warrantholder, make publicly available such information as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act), and it shall use reasonable best efforts to take such further action as any Warrantholder may reasonably request, in each case to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to, if permitted by the terms of this Warrant, sell this Warrant without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (B) any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the written request of any Warrantholder, the Company will deliver to such Warrantholder a written statement that it has complied with such requirements. |
| 14. | Adjustments and Other Rights. Subject in each case to Section 14(K), the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows; provided, that if more than one subsection of this Section 14 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and no single event shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this Section 14 so as to result in duplication: |
| (A) | Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations. If the Company shall (i) declare and pay a dividend or otherwise make a distribution on its Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity-equivalent securities (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock |
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| issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivide (by any stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of the Company’s Capital Stock then-issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a greater number of shares, or (iii) combine or consolidate (including by way of reverse stock split) or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of the Company’s Capital Stock then-issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a smaller number of shares, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Warrantholder after such date shall be entitled to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive in respect of the shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant after such date had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such date. In such event, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record or effective date, as the case may be, for such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 14(A) shall, in the case of a dividend or distribution, become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and, in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification, become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision, combination or re-classification. In the event that any such dividend or distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such dividend or distribution, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed. |
| (B) | Other Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, in case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a dividend or other distribution to any or all holders of shares of its Common Stock, by return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, cash, rights, options, warrants or other property by way of dividend, spin-off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme or arrangement or similar transaction) (excluding dividends or distributions referred to in Section 14(A)), in each such case, the Exercise Price in effect prior to such record date shall be reduced |
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| immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the reduction by the quotient of (x) the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading without the right to receive such distribution, minus the amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value of the securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, warrants or other property to be so distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock (such amount and/or Fair Market Value, the “Per Share Fair Market Value”) divided by (y) such Market Price on such date specified in clause (x); such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. In such event, the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the distribution giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. In the event that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, cash, warrants or other property, as the case may be, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed. |
| (C) | Adjustments Upon Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation or Merger. In the event of any (i) capital reorganization of the Company, (ii) reclassification of the stock of the Company (other than a reclassification of Common Stock referred to in Section 14(A)), (iii) consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, (iv) sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person or (v) other similar transaction (other than any such transaction covered by Section 14(A)) in each case which entitles the holders of Common Stock to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or property with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, each Warrant shall, immediately after such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, remain outstanding and shall thereafter, in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the number of Shares then exercisable under this Warrant, be exercisable for the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Company or of the successor Person resulting from such transaction to which the Warrantholder would have been entitled upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction if the Warrantholder had exercised this Warrant in full immediately prior to the time of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction and acquired the applicable number of Shares then |
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| issuable hereunder as a result of such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant); and, in such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made with respect to the Warrantholder’s rights under this Warrant to insure that the provisions of this Section 14 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as possible, to this Warrant in relation to any shares of stock, securities or property thereafter acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant (including, in the case of any consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, an immediate adjustment to the Exercise Price to the value per share for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, and a corresponding immediate adjustment to the number of Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction). In determining the kind and amount of stock, securities or property receivable upon exercise of this Warrant following the consummation of such transaction, if the holders of Common Stock have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such transaction, then the Warrantholder shall have the right to make a similar election (including, without limitation, being subject to similar proration constraints) upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to the number of shares of stock or other securities or property which the Warrantholder will receive upon exercise of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 14(C) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales or similar transactions. |
| (D) | Anti-Dilution Adjustments. |
| (i) | If the Company (x) issues or sells any shares of Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exchange or other extinguishment of any equity-linked instruments) (other than Excluded Issuances), or (y) issues or sells any warrants or other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock (other than Excluded Issuances), in either case for a consideration per share or exercise, conversion or strike price (as applicable) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the greater of (A) an amount reflecting a proportionate percentage reduction as that applied to the Tranche A Warrants pursuant to the anti-dilution adjustments applicable thereto and (B) $37.50 (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14); provided that, if required, until the Shareholder Approval is obtained, no adjustment will be made pursuant to this Section 14(D) to the extent, but only to the extent, such adjustment would cause the Exercise Price to be less than $18.73 (subject to proportionate adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits or stock |
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| combinations with respect to the Common Stock). If Shareholder Approval is obtained at any time after any adjustment to the Exercise Price is limited pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 14(D) then, effective as of the time such Shareholder Approval is obtained, the Exercise Price will be adjusted to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect assuming that the first sentence of this Section 14(D) had not applied to any prior adjustment to the Exercise Price. |
| (ii) | Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained herein in the event of any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to either clause (x) or clause (y) of the foregoing Section 14(D)(i) in an issuance in which the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates participates, such adjustment shall only be applied proportionately in respect of the portion in which the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates elected not to participate, if any. |
| (E) | Rounding of Calculations; Minimum Adjustments. All calculations under this Section 14 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a cent or to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be. Any provision of this Section 14 to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be made if the amount of such adjustment would be less than $0.01 or one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of Common Stock, but any such amount shall be carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate $0.01 or 1/10th of a share of Common Stock, or more. |
| (F) | Timing of Issuance of Additional Common Stock Upon Certain Adjustments. In any case in which the provisions of this Section 14 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Warrantholder of this Warrant exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying to such Warrantholder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company upon request shall deliver to such Warrantholder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Warrantholder’s right to receive such additional shares, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment. |
| (G) | Notice to the Warrantholder. |
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| (i) | Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 14, the Company shall promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including (A) a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Shares or other securities or property issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable) and (B) in the case of adjustment pursuant to Section 14(B), a statement of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock, and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and certifying the calculation thereof. The Company shall deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Warrantholder as promptly as reasonably practicable following any adjustment of the Exercise Price, but in any event not later than ten business days thereafter. |
| (ii) | Notice to Allow Exercise by the Warrantholder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special or nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Capital Stock of any class or of any rights of the Company, (D) the Company enters into or becomes bound by an agreement in connection with a Change of Control or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Company’s records, at least 10 business days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such Change of Control is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such Change of Control; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Warrantholder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable laws, to the extent that any notice provided pursuant to this Section 14(G)(ii) contains material, non- |
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| public information regarding the Company, the Company shall disclose such information regarding the Company in a Current Report on Form 8-K and file such Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC no later than the business day following the date such notice is delivered to the Warrantholder. |
| (H) | Cash Transaction Exercise. In the event of a Change of Control in which the Common Stock is converted into solely the right to receive cash upon closing of such Change of Control, if this Warrant has not previously been exercised in full on an exercise date occurring before the third (3rd) business day prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, any unexercised portion of this Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to receive cash consideration in such Change of Control as if it were deemed exercised in full, without the delivery of a Notice of Exercise, effective immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to the amount of cash payable in such Change of Control in respect of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Shares that would be deliverable upon a Cashless Exercise of this Warrant in full immediately prior to consummation of such Change of Control pursuant to this Section 14(H) of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, where the applicable Market Price of a share of Common Stock in such an exercise is deemed for these purposes to be the cash payable in respect of a share of Common Stock in such Change of Control; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, if the cash payable in respect of a share of Common Stock in such Change of Control in which the Common Stock is converted into solely the right to receive cash upon closing of such Change of Control is less than the then-applicable Exercise Price, then upon consummation of such Change of Control the unexercised portion of this Warrant shall be cancelled for no consideration. |
| (I) | Statement Regarding Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted as provided in Section 14, the Company shall forthwith file at the principal office of the Company a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price that shall be in effect and the number of Shares into which this Warrant shall be exercisable after such adjustment, and the Company shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage prepaid, to each Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Company’s records. |
| (J) | [Reserved]. |
| (K) | Adjustment Rules. Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 14 shall be made successively whenever an event referred to herein shall occur. If an adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder would reduce the Exercise Price to an amount below par value of the Common Stock, then such adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder shall reduce the Exercise Price to the par value of the Common Stock. |
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| 15. | Participation Rights. |
| (A) | If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizes the issuance or sale of any Equity Interests, other than the Excluded Issuances or in the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company, the Company shall offer to sell to each Warrantholder a portion of such Equity Interests equal to the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant then held by such Warrantholder plus the number of Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Warrant held by such Warrantholder by (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding determined on a fully diluted basis, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants outstanding as of September 11, 2025, the Corre Warrants and the Atlantic Park Warrant shall be included in the calculation of the Company’s fully diluted shares outstanding as of September 11, 2025 for purposes of this Section 15(A). Each such Warrantholder shall be entitled to purchase such Equity Interests at the same price and on the same terms as such Equity Interests are to be offered. The purchase price for all Equity Interests offered to each such Warrantholder shall be payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds. In the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to request that the underwriter(s) in such offering allow the Warrantholders to purchase shares from the underwriter(s) in the same proportion that they would have been entitled to had this Section 15 applied to such underwritten offering. |
| (B) | In connection with the issuance or sale of any Equity Interests to which the participation rights described in this Section 15 apply, the Company will deliver to each Warrantholder, as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances giving rise to the participation rights described in this Section 15, a written notice (the “Participation Rights Notice”) describing (i) the Equity Interests being offered, (ii) the purchase price and the payment terms of the Equity Interests being offered (including the date the Company is requesting delivery of funds with respect thereto), and (iii) such Warrantholder’s percentage allotment. |
| (C) | In order to exercise its participation rights under this Section 15, each Warrantholder must deliver a written notice to the Company describing its election hereunder (which election may be with respect to all or any portion of the Equity Interests it has a right to purchase hereunder) no later than five (5) business days after receipt of the Participation Rights Notice (the “Election Period”). |
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| (D) | During the 120-day period following the expiration of the Election Period, the Company shall be entitled to sell such Equity Interests which any Warrantholder has not elected to purchase prior to the expiration of the Election Period on terms and conditions (including price) no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than those offered to such Warrantholder. Any Equity Interests offered or sold by the Company to any Person after such 120-day period must be proportionately reoffered to each such Warrantholder pursuant to the terms of this Section 15. |
| 16. | [Reserved]. |
| 17. | Shareholder Approval. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Shareholder Approval, including by seeking such approval, if not previously obtained, at each future regular annual meeting of its stockholders and endorsing its approval in the related proxy materials. The Company will promptly notify the Warrantholder if the Shareholder Approval is obtained. |
| 18. | Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State. Each of the parties hereto agrees (i) to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the State or Federal courts in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, (ii) that exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall lie in the State or Federal courts in the State of New York, and (iii) that notice may be served upon such party at the address and in the manner set forth for such party in Section 21. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WARRANT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (I) 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 THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS WARRANT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 18. |
| 19. | Binding Effect. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective the successors and permitted assigns. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of the Warrantholder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Warrantholder or holder of Shares. |
| 20. | Amendment and Modification; Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Warrant may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by the Company or the Warrantholder of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any |
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| failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Warrant shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. |
| 21. | Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile, or three business days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. |
Notices and other communications hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites). Notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.
If to the Company, to it at:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford Road
Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Attn: James C. Webster
E-mail: James.Webster@TeamInc.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Matthew R. Pacey and Billy Vranish
Email: Matt.Pacey@kirkland.com, Billy.Vranish@kirkland.com
If to the Warrantholder, to it at,
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c/o Stellex Capital Management LLC
900 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Olivia Zhao and Tom Cassidy
E-mail: ozhao@stellexcapital.com and tcassidy@stellexcapital.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins, LLP
1271 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Peter Sluka and Andrew Blumenthal
E-mail: peter.sluka@lw.com and andrew.blumenthal@lw.com
| 22. | Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Warrantholder, shall give rise to any liability of the Warrantholder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. |
| 23. | Remedies. The Warrantholder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. |
| 24. | Severability. Any provision of this Warrant held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. |
| 25. | Entire Agreement. This Warrant and the forms attached hereto, contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or undertakings with respect thereto. |
| 26. | Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Company contained in this agreement, or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this agreement, and all covenants of the Company in this agreement, shall survive the execution and delivery of this agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until such time when either (i) the Warrant and the Shares are no longer outstanding or (ii) the Warrantholder no longer holds any Warrants or Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Warrant as of the Issue Date.
| COMPANY: | ||
| TEAM, INC. | ||
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Warrant]
| WARRANTHOLDER: | ||
| INSPECTIONTECH HOLDINGS LP | ||
| By | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Warrant]
Date:
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: Team, Inc.
RE: Election to Purchase Common Stock
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase the number of shares of the Common Stock set forth below covered by such Warrant. The undersigned, in accordance with Section 2 of the Warrant, hereby agrees to pay the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares of Common Stock by means of the manner specified below. In the event that the undersigned desires to use a combination of such methods, such intent should be described in detail below. A new warrant evidencing the remaining shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, but not yet subscribed for and purchased, if any, should be issued in the name set forth below.
Number of Shares of Common Stock:
Aggregate Exercise Price:
Cash Payment:☐
Cashless Exercise:☐
Conditional Exercise:☐
Method of Delivery:
☐ Book Entry
☐ Certificated
☐ Electronic
If to Prime Broker please provide Prime Broker account information:
| Warrantholder | ||
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| Title: | ||
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN SCHEDULE I HERETO
AND
TEAM, INC.
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Article I SALE AND PURCHASE OF SECURITIES | 1 | |||||||
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Section 1.01. | Sale and Purchase of Securities | 1 | |||||
| Section 1.02. | Delayed Draw Notice | 2 | ||||||
| Section 1.03. | Securities | 2 | ||||||
| Section 1.04. | Closing | 3 | ||||||
| Section 1.05. | Use of Proceeds | 3 | ||||||
| Article II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER | 3 | |||||||
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Section 2.01. | Capitalization | 3 | |||||
| Section 2.02. | Private Offering; No General Solicitation | 4 | ||||||
| Section 2.03. | Organization, Good Standing and Qualification | 4 | ||||||
| Section 2.04. | Authorization | 5 | ||||||
| Section 2.05. | Enforceability | 5 | ||||||
| Section 2.06. | No Conflict | 5 | ||||||
| Section 2.07. | Consents and Filings | 5 | ||||||
| Section 2.08. | Ownership; Subsidiaries | 5 | ||||||
| Section 2.09. | Solvency | 5 | ||||||
| Section 2.10. | SEC Filings; Financial Data | 5 | ||||||
| Section 2.11. | No Material Adverse Changes | 6 | ||||||
| Section 2.12. | Investment Company Act | 6 | ||||||
| Section 2.13. | Taxes and Tax Returns | 6 | ||||||
| Section 2.14. | No Judgments or Litigation | 6 | ||||||
| Section 2.15. | Title to Property | 7 | ||||||
| Section 2.16. | No Other Indebtedness | 7 | ||||||
| Section 2.17. | Compliance with Laws | 7 | ||||||
| Section 2.18. | ERISA | 7 | ||||||
| Section 2.19. | Intellectual Property | 8 | ||||||
| Section 2.20. | Labor Matters | 9 | ||||||
| Section 2.21. | Compliance with Environmental Laws | 9 | ||||||
| Section 2.22. | Licenses and Permits | 9 | ||||||
| Section 2.23. | Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws | 9 | ||||||
| Section 2.24. | Sanctions; Anti-Money-Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws | 10 | ||||||
| Section 2.25. | Brokerage | 10 | ||||||
| Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS | 10 | |||||||
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Section 3.01. | Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws | 10 | |||||
| Section 3.02. | Authorization; No Contravention | 10 | ||||||
| Section 3.03. | Governmental Authorization | 10 | ||||||
| Section 3.04. | Binding Effect | 11 | ||||||
| Section 3.05. | Investment Matters | 11 | ||||||
| Section 3.06. | Brokerage Fees | 12 | ||||||
| Section 3.07. | Litigation | 12 | ||||||
| Section 3.08. | Disclaimer | 12 | ||||||
| Article IV CONDITIONS | 13 | |||||||
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Section 4.01. | Conditions to the Several, and not Joint, Obligations of the Purchasers | 13 | |||||
| Section 4.02. | Conditions to the Obligations of the Issuer | 14 | ||||||
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| Article V ADDITIONAL COVENANTS | 14 | |||||||
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Section 5.01. | Further Assurances | 14 | |||||
| Section 5.02. | Expenses | 15 | ||||||
| Section 5.03. | Confidentiality | 15 | ||||||
| Section 5.04. | [Reserved] | 16 | ||||||
| Section 5.05. | Use of Proceeds | 16 | ||||||
| Section 5.06. | Tax Matters | 16 | ||||||
| Section 5.07. | Subject Matter Experts | 16 | ||||||
| Article VI MISCELLANEOUS | 17 | |||||||
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Section 6.01. | Survival; Damages | 17 | |||||
| Section 6.02. | Entire Agreement; Parties in Interest | 17 | ||||||
| Section 6.03. | No Recourse | 17 | ||||||
| Section 6.04. | Governing Law | 18 | ||||||
| Section 6.05. | Jurisdiction | 18 | ||||||
| Section 6.06. | Waiver of Jury Trial | 18 | ||||||
| Section 6.07. | Remedies | 19 | ||||||
| Section 6.08. | Notice | 19 | ||||||
| Section 6.09. | Amendments; Waivers | 20 | ||||||
| Section 6.10. | Counterparts | 20 | ||||||
| Section 6.11. | Assignment | 20 | ||||||
| Section 6.12. | Severability | 20 | ||||||
| Section 6.13. | Certain Issuer Acknowledgements | 20 | ||||||
| Section 6.14. | USA PATRIOT Act | 21 | ||||||
| Section 6.15. | Rights of Third Parties | 21 | ||||||
| Article VII DEFINITIONS | 21 | |||||||
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Section 7.01. | Certain Definitions | 21 | |||||
| Section 7.02. | Other Terms | 28 | ||||||
| Section 7.03. | Construction | 29 | ||||||
LIST OF SCHEDULES
| SCHEDULE I |
List of Purchasers |
LIST OF EXHIBITS
| EXHIBIT A |
Series B Certificate of Designation | |||
| EXHIBIT B |
Form of Warrant Agreement | |||
| EXHIBIT C |
Solvency Certificate |
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 11, 2025, is made by and between the Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (together with any transferee of the Purchasers, the “Purchasers”) and Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer” and, together with the Purchasers and any transferee that becomes a party to this Agreement, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to issue to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers desire to accept from the Issuer, the Series B Preferred Shares and Warrants (each as defined below, and, collectively, the “Securities”) as set forth in Schedule I hereto, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Series B Certificate of Designation (as defined below) and the Warrant Agreements (as defined below), as applicable.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I SALE AND PURCHASE OF SECURITIES
Section 1.01. Sale and Purchase of Securities. Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements set forth herein,
(a) on the date of this Agreement (the consummation of the following, the “Initial Closing”),
(i) the Issuer will issue and sell, and each Purchaser will, severally and not jointly, purchase the number of authorized but unissued shares of non-convertible Series B Preferred Stock, par value $100.00 per share, with an Initial Stated Value of $1,000.00 per share (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the heading “Initial Closing—Number of Series B Preferred Shares” in Schedule I hereto,
(ii) the Issuer will issue and sell, and each Purchaser will, severally and not jointly, purchase (A) warrants to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.30 per share (the “Common Stock”), set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the heading “Initial Closing—Number of Tranche A Warrants” in Schedule I hereto (the “Tranche A Warrants”) and (B) warrants to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the heading “Initial Closing—Number of Tranche B Warrants” in Schedule I hereto (the “Tranche B Warrants,” and together with the Tranche A Warrants, the “Warrants”) (the aggregate of Tranche A Warrants for up to 982,371 shares of Common Stock and the aggregate of Tranche B Warrants for up to 470,889 shares of Common Stock collectively, the “Initial Warrants”), and
(iii) each Purchaser will pay its portion of the aggregate purchase price of $75,000,000.00 (the “Initial Purchase Price”) for the Securities issued at the Initial Closing as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule I hereto by wire transfer in immediately available funds, net of an amount equal to the Issuer’s reimbursement obligation pursuant to Section 5.02(a) hereof;
(b) thereafter, at any time until the expiration of the Delayed Draw Period, and from time to time, the Issuer may deliver a Delayed Draw Notice, and, subject to the satisfaction of the relevant conditions in Section 4.01 (each consummation of the following, a “Delayed Draw Closing”):
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(i) the Issuer will issue and sell, and each Purchaser will, severally and not jointly, purchase up to the number of Series B Preferred Shares set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the heading “Delayed Draw Closing—Number of Series B Preferred Shares” in Schedule I hereto (the aggregate of up to 30,000 additional Series B Preferred Shares, the “Delayed Draw Preferred Shares”), (ii) the Issuer will issue and sell, and each Purchaser will, severally and not jointly, purchase Tranche A Warrants and Tranche B Warrants for up to the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the headings “Delayed Draw Closing—Number of Tranche A Warrants” and “Delayed Draw Closing—Number of Tranche B Warrants” in Schedule I hereto (in proportion to the number of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares being issued at such Delayed Draw Closing) (the aggregate of Tranche A Warrants for up to 392,946 additional shares of Common Stock and the aggregate of Tranche B Warrants for up to 188,358 additional shares of Common Stock collectively, the “Delayed Draw Warrants”), and
(iii) the Purchaser will pay up to its portion of the aggregate purchase price of $30,000,000.00 (the “Delayed Draw Purchase Price”) for the Securities issued at such Delayed Draw Closing (reduced proportionately to reflect the number of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares and Delayed Draw Warrants being issued at such Delayed Draw Closing), as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule I hereto by wire transfer in immediately available funds.
Section 1.02. Delayed Draw Notice. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each notice by the Issuer to the Purchasers of a Delayed Draw Closing (the “Delayed Draw Notice”) shall specify:
(i) the proposed date for consummation of the Delayed Draw Closing (the “Delayed Draw Closing Date”), which shall be a Business Day occurring not less than twenty (20) Business Days after the date of the Delayed Draw Notice;
(ii) the number of Series B Preferred Shares for each Purchaser, which must be pro rata in accordance with their respective commitments set forth in Schedule I hereto, and shall be in aggregate increments of not less than 5,000 Series B Preferred Shares (or all such remaining available Delayed Draw Preferred Shares if less than 5,000 Series B Preferred Shares remains of the Delayed Draw Preferred Shares);
(iii) the number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of each Tranche A Warrant and Tranche B Warrant to be issued to each Purchaser, which must be pro rata in accordance with their respective commitments set forth in Schedule I hereto (in an aggregate amount of Tranche A Warrants for not less than 65,491 shares of Common Stock and Tranche B Warrants for not less than 31,393 shares of Common Stock for each increment of 5,000 Series B Preferred Shares, unless less than 5,000 Series B Preferred Shares remain of the Delayed Draw Preferred Shares in which case the Delayed Draw Notice shall be for all remaining Tranche A Warrants and Tranche B Warrants);
(iv) the initial exercise price per share of Common Stock for each of the Tranche A Warrants and Tranche B Warrants to be issued on such Delayed Draw Closing Date (determined in accordance with the Warrant Agreement); and
(v) the portion of Delayed Draw Purchase Price to be paid by each Purchaser at the Delayed Draw Closing, which shall be an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the heading Delayed Draw Purchase Price on Schedule I hereto, divided by the number of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares being purchased in such Delayed Draw Closing by such Purchaser in accordance with the Delayed Draw Notice.
The Purchasers shall not be required to effect more than one (1) Delayed Draw Closing per fiscal quarter during the Delayed Draw Period.
Section 1.03. Securities.
(a) Series B Preferred Shares. The Series B Preferred Shares will (i) be issued on each Closing Date to the Purchasers fully paid, non-assessable and free and clear of any Liens (other than restrictions on transfer set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation, the Shareholders Agreement or under applicable securities laws), (ii) be registered to the Purchasers in the Issuer’s stock records, in the amounts purchased by the Purchasers, and (iii) have the designations, rights, preferences, powers, restrictions and limitations set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation, attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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(b) Warrants. The Warrants will (i) be issued on each Closing Date to the Purchasers fully paid, non-assessable and free and clear of any Liens (other than restrictions on transfer set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement or under applicable securities laws) and (ii) have the rights, preferences, powers, restrictions and limitations set forth in a Warrant Agreement in form of the form of Warrant Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(c) Certificates. The Board of Directors of the Issuer has determined by resolution that shares of Series B Preferred Shares will not be represented by certificates and will be uncertificated shares.
Section 1.04. Closing. The Initial Closing will take place remotely via the exchange and release of signatures on the date hereof. Each Delayed Draw Closing will take place remotely via the exchange and release of signatures, at such time and on the date set forth in the Delayed Draw Notice.
Section 1.05. Use of Proceeds.
(a) The proceeds of the Initial Closing will be applied by the Issuer to:
(i) substantially concurrently with the Initial Closing, make a prepayment of the outstanding loans under the ABL Facility in the principal amount of $25.0 million (without any corresponding reduction in commitments thereunder);
(ii) pay fees and expenses related to the Transactions; and
(iii) repay Indebtedness outstanding as of the initial Closing Date under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
(b) The proceeds of each Delayed Draw Closing will be applied by the Issuer to:
(i) finance permitted acquisitions and certain growth initiatives (including the costs of expansion into new markets) pursuant to a Business Plan approved or certified by the board of directors of the Issuer;
(ii) repay Indebtedness outstanding as of the applicable Closing Date under the First Lien Credit Agreement; and
(iii) finance, in an amount of up to 20% of the aggregate net proceeds of any Delayed Draw Closing and each other consummated Delayed Draw Closings, the agreed upon transformation plan mutually determined by Stellex and the Issuer.
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER
The Issuer represents and warrants to the Purchasers as of the date hereof and on each Delayed Draw Closing that:
Section 2.01. Capitalization.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement (after giving effect to the filing and effectiveness of the Series B Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Secretary”) and without giving effect to the issuance of the Warrants), the authorized capital stock of the Issuer will consist of (i) 500,000 preferred shares, par value $100.00 per share, of which (A) 100,000 such shares are designated as “Series A Preferred Stock,” and (B) 105,000 such shares are designated as Series B Preferred Shares, and (ii) 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
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As of the date hereof, except for those Series B Preferred Shares and shares of Common Stock contracted to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, only (i) 4,498,854 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding, (ii) warrants exercisable for 500,000 shares of Common Stock are issued to Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., (iii) warrants exercisable for 500,000 shares of Common Stock are issued to Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP, (iv) 102,235 shares of Common Stock are reserved or issuable pursuant to restricted stock units and (v) 327,306 shares of Common Stock are reserved or issuable pursuant to performance stock units. Except for the securities described in the foregoing sentence, there are not issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (i) any Equity Interests of the Issuer, (ii) any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Equity Interests of the Issuer or (iii) any warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from the Issuer any Equity Interests of the Issuer.
(b) No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right with respect to the issuance of the Securities or the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor, the Series B Preferred Shares, Warrants, and the Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of any Liens (other than restrictions on transfer set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation, the Warrant Agreement or under applicable securities laws). The Issuer has reserved, and will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all Warrants issued and outstanding.
Section 2.02. Private Offering; No General Solicitation.
(a) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in ARTICLE III, it is not necessary in connection with the issue of the Securities to the Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, to register the Securities under the Securities Act.
(b) None of the Issuer or its Affiliates or any Person acting on any of their behalf (other than the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates, as to whom the Issuer makes no representation or warranty) directly or indirectly, has offered, sold or solicited any offer to buy, and will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell or solicit any offer to buy, any security of a type or in a manner which would be integrated with the issue of the Securities (other than any issuance of additional Securities on any Closing Date). None of the Issuer or its Affiliates or any Person acting on any of their behalf (other than the Purchasers and their respective assignees, as to whom the Issuer makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any matter involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act) in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(c) The Securities will not, on the date they are issued, be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted on a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.
Section 2.03. Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries:
(a) is an Entity duly organized (or incorporated, as the case may be), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the country, state, province or territory of its incorporation, organization or formation;
(b) has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact the businesses in which it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged, except to the extent that the failure to own such properties and assets or transact business in such a way could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictions) in each jurisdiction where it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged in business, except to the extent that the failure so to qualify or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 2.04. Authorization. The Issuer has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party. All requisite corporate action necessary for the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party has been taken.
Section 2.05. Enforceability. The Transaction Agreements delivered by the Issuer, when executed and delivered, will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 2.06. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of each Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, the issuance of the Securities or the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants:
(a) do not contravene any of the Governing Documents of the Issuer;
(b) do not contravene any Requirement of Law, except as such contravention could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) do not contravene any Material Contract.
Section 2.07. Consents and Filings. Other than any shareholder approval required pursuant to applicable stock exchange rules to be obtained by the Issuer prior to the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of certain of the Warrants, no consent, authorization or approval of, or filing with or other act by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements, the issuance of the Securities, the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts as have been made or obtained, as applicable, and are in full force and effect.
Section 2.08. Ownership; Subsidiaries. As of each Closing Date, the Issuer has no Subsidiaries other than those set forth in an exhibit to its Form 10-K (in the case of the initial Closing Date, Exhibit 21 to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 19, 2025), and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.8 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Issuer have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
Section 2.09. Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to the sale of Securities, the disbursement of the proceeds of such sale, the use of the proceeds of all sales and the payment of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent and no procedure, act or filing described as an “Insolvency Event” has taken place with respect to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 2.10. SEC Filings; Financial Data.
(a) The Issuer has filed or furnished, as applicable, all forms, reports, schedules and other statements required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC under the Exchange Act since January 1, 2025 (collectively, the “Issuer Reports”).
(b) As of its respective date, and, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, each Issuer Report complied in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to such Issuer Report.
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As of its respective date, and, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, and, except to the extent that information contained in any Issuer Report has been revised or superseded by a later filed Issuer Report filed and made publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement, no Issuer Report contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(c) Each of the consolidated balance sheets, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows as of, and for the year ended, December 31, 2024 and as of, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, included in the Issuer Reports filed with the SEC under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries for each of the periods covered (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not have contained notes and were subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments). As of each Closing Date, neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not reflected in the financial statements including in its Issuer Reports or the notes thereto and which any such case is material to the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 2.11. No Material Adverse Changes. Since June 30, 2025, there has been no change, occurrence, development or event, which has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.12. Investment Company Act. The Issuer is not an “investment company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or a “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and neither the sale of the Securities, nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Issuer, nor the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby, will require the Issuer to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 2.13. Taxes and Tax Returns.
(a) The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed all income and other material Tax returns it is required to file and such returns are complete and accurate in all material respects.
(b) All income and other material Taxes payable by the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries that are required to have been paid have been timely paid.
(c) No material deficiencies for Taxes have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any taxing or other Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries which remain unpaid except those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened audits, investigations or claims by a Governmental Authority for or relating to any material liability of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for Taxes.
(d) The Issuer is not, and is not reasonably expected to become, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Section 2.14. No Judgments or Litigation. (x) No judgments, orders, writs or decrees are outstanding against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there now pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer after due inquiry, any threatened litigation, contested claim, investigation, arbitration, or governmental proceeding by or against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that:
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(i) individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Transaction Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 2.15. Title to Property. The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries has (i) good and marketable title in fee simple or equivalent to, or easements or valid leasehold interests in all of its Real Property and (ii) good and marketable title to all of its other assets, in each case, except where such failure to have such title, interest or right could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens. To the Issuer’s knowledge, there is no existing material event of default under any lease of its or its Subsidiaries’ Real Property, except where the event of default would not reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.16. No Other Indebtedness. On each Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 5.06 of the Series B Certificate of Designation.
Section 2.17. Compliance with Laws. On each Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transaction, none of the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Requirement of Law, or in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.18. ERISA.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their ERISA Affiliates have fulfilled all contribution obligations for each Pension Plan (including obligations related to the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code), except for ordinary funding obligations which are not past due, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Sections 303 and 304 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to any Pension Plan.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Termination Event has occurred nor has any other event occurred that is likely to result in a Termination Event. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries or any fiduciary of any Plan, is subject to any material direct or indirect liability with respect to any Plan under any Requirement of Law or agreement.
(c) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates is required to or reasonably expects to be required to provide security to any Plan under Section 463(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, and no Lien exists or could reasonably be expected to arise with respect to any Pension Plan.
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(d) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to all Plans; (ii) there has been no “prohibited transaction” as defined in Section 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Plan or any trust created thereunder for which no exemption is applicable and that could reasonably be expected to subject the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to a material civil penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code; (iii) the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their ERISA Affiliates have made when due any and all payments required to be made under any agreement or any Requirement of Law applicable to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; and (iv) with respect to each Pension Plan and Multiemployer Plan, none of the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred any liability to the PBGC or had asserted against it any penalty for failure to fulfill the minimum funding requirements of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code other than for payments of premiums in the ordinary course of business.
(e) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan and each trust established thereunder which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) or 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination or advisory opinion letter from the IRS, and no event has occurred since the date of such determination or advisory opinion letter which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of such Plan or trust.
(f) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the aggregate actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Pension Plan, determined on a plan termination basis, as disclosed in, and as of the date of, the most recent actuarial report for such Pension Plan, does not exceed the aggregate fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan as of such date.
(g) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in any such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan.
(h) The aggregate withdrawal liability that would be incurred in the event of a complete withdrawal as of the date of this Agreement by the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliate from all Multiemployer Plans would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no actions, suits, claims or other proceedings, either pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer, threatened against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, or otherwise involving a Plan (other than routine claims for benefits), which could reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan, the Issuer, or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 2.19. Intellectual Property. Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries owns, licenses, or otherwise has rights to all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs and other Intellectual Property rights which are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business, except where the failure to own, license, or otherwise have rights therein could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Issuer has not, and to its knowledge none of its Subsidiaries has, infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person where such infringement, misappropriation or other violation could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no claim, dispute or litigation that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect is pending or, to the Issuer’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person.
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Section 2.20. Labor Matters. The Issuer is not engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, there is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Issuer, or to the best knowledge of the Issuer, threatened against the Issuer before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against the Issuer or to the best knowledge of the Issuer, threatened against the Issuer, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving the Issuer, and (c) to the best knowledge of the Issuer, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.21. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as to matters that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and has obtained and maintains all Permits required pursuant to any Environmental Law required to conduct its business;
(b) there are and have been, no conditions, occurrences, violations of Environmental Law, or presence or Releases of Hazardous Materials which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Action against the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or affect any real property used in the business of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c) there are no pending Environmental Actions against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Issuer or any Subsidiary has received any written notification of any alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Law or responsibility for the Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials; and
(d) to the knowledge of the Issuer, all of the real property used in the business of the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries is free of Hazardous Materials, and to the knowledge of the Issuer has at all times been free of Hazardous Materials, underground storage tanks and underground waste disposal areas, in each case except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws or in a manner that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.22. Licenses and Permits. The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and maintained all Permits which are necessary or advisable for the operation of its business, except where the failure to possess any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.23. Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. None of the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries or any of the respective directors, officers, or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, employees, agents or other persons acting on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is:
(a) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”);
(b) a Person owned 50% or more by or Controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(c) a Person with which any Person is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or
(d) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or otherwise a Sanctioned Person.
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Section 2.24. Sanctions; Anti-Money-Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each of the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws and has instituted and maintains or is subject to policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws (if any) and Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries has received any communication (including any oral communication) from any Governmental Authority alleging that it is not in compliance with, or may be subject to liability under, any Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws. The Issuer will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use any portion of the proceeds of the Transaction, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any proceeds of the Transaction to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws.
Section 2.25. Brokerage. Other than, for the avoidance of doubt, fees payable by or on behalf of the Issuer to Houlihan Lokey in its role as advisor to the Issuer in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, there are no broker fees payable by or on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in connection with the sale of the Securities.
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS
Each Purchaser severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Issuer as of the date hereof that:
Section 3.01. Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Such Purchaser,
(a) if an entity, is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction);
(b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to:
(i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business as currently conducted; and
(ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements;
(c) if an entity, is duly qualified and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; and
(d) is in compliance with all applicable Laws, writs, injunctions and orders;
except in each case, other than with respect to clauses (a) and (b)(ii), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on such Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
Section 3.02. Authorization; No Contravention.
(a) If such Purchaser is an entity, the execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability, partnership or other organizational action of such Purchaser.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement will not, if such Purchaser is an entity, contravene the terms of any of its Governing Documents.
Section 3.03. Governmental Authorization. No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, such Purchaser of this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, except for, (a) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings that have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect; and
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(b) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on such Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
Section 3.04. Binding Effect. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Purchaser. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity and principles of good faith and fair dealing.
Section 3.05. Investment Matters.
(a) Such Purchaser is, and was at the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, (i) a qualified institutional buyer (within the meaning of Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act), (ii) an institutional accredited investor (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) of Regulation D) or (iii) a non U.S. Person (as such term is defined in Regulation S) and will not acquire the Securities for the account or benefit of any U.S. Person (as such term is defined in Regulation S).
(b) Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to any distribution thereof that would not otherwise comply with the Securities Act.
(c) Such Purchaser understands that (i) the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and the Securities are being issued by the Issuer in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (ii) all or any part of the Securities may not be offered or sold except pursuant to effective registration statements under the Securities Act or pursuant to applicable exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and in compliance with applicable state Laws.
(d) Such Purchaser understands that the exemption from registration afforded by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) (the provisions of which are known to such Purchaser) depends on the satisfaction of various conditions, which may not be satisfied, and that, if satisfied, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited amounts. Such Purchaser understands that no public market now exists for the Securities, and that the Issuer has made no assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Securities.
(e) Such Purchaser did not employ any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and no fees or commissions are payable to such Purchaser, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(f) No portion of the funds or assets that will be used by such Purchaser to pay its respective portion of the Initial Purchase Price, the Delayed Draw Purchase Price or to acquire or hold the Securities, constitute or will constitute the assets of any (i) employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) plan described in and subject to Section 4975 of the IRC (each such employee benefit plan and plan described in clauses (i) and (ii) referred to herein as an “ERISA Plan”), (iii) plan, account or other arrangement subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC that could cause the underlying assets of the Issuer to be treated as assets of such plan, account or arrangement (a “Similar Law Plan”) or (iv) entity whose underlying assets are deemed to include “plan assets” of any such ERISA Plan or Similar Law Plan pursuant to Section 3(42) of ERISA and any regulations that may be promulgated thereunder or otherwise.
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(g) Such Purchaser has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser understands that it must bear the economic risk of its investment in the Securities indefinitely and is able to bear such risk and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(h) Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed all materials such Purchaser deemed necessary for the purpose of making an investment decision with respect to the Securities, including information regarding the Transactions, and such Purchaser has evaluated the risks of investing in the Securities and understands there are substantial risks of loss incidental to the investment and has determined that it is a suitable investment for such Purchaser. Such Purchaser has had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers concerning the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries and all such questions have been answered to such Purchaser’s satisfaction. The determination of such Purchaser to acquire any Securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser independent of any such answers given or other statements made by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates and representatives.
(i) Such Purchaser has had the opportunity to consult with its own tax and other advisors with respect to the consequences to such Purchaser of the purchase, receipt or ownership of the Securities, including the tax consequences under federal, state, local and other income tax laws of the United States or any other country and the possible effects of changes in such tax laws. Without limiting any tax reporting covenant included herein or in the documentation relating to the Securities, such Purchaser acknowledges that none of the Issuer, its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, successors, beneficiaries, heirs, and assigns and its and their past and present directors, managers, officers, employees, and agents (including, without limitation, their attorneys) makes or has made any representation or warranties to such Purchaser regarding the consequences to such Purchaser of the purchase, receipt or ownership of the Securities or the consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the tax consequences under federal, state, local and other tax laws of the United States or any other country and the possible effects of changes in such tax laws. Such Purchaser has had an opportunity to consult with independent legal counsel regarding his, her or its rights and obligations under this Agreement and such Purchaser fully understands the terms and conditions contained herein.
(j) The office or offices of each Purchaser in which its principal place of business is identified in the address or addresses of such Purchaser set forth in Schedule I.
Section 3.06. Brokerage Fees. Such Purchaser is not a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for a brokerage fee, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the purchase of the Securities.
Section 3.07. Litigation. No litigation (including derivative actions), arbitration proceeding or governmental investigation or proceeding is pending or, to such Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened in writing against such Purchaser which would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on such Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party.
Section 3.08. Disclaimer. Such Purchaser has not relied, is not relying and will not at any time rely on any communication (written or oral) of the Issuer, each of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, agents, legal counsel, accountants, investment bankers, finders or other advisors or representatives of any of the foregoing (the “Issuer Parties”), as investment advice or as a recommendation to acquire the Securities, it being understood that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of the Securities, the Transaction Agreements or any other document or information provided in connection with any of the foregoing shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to acquire the Securities.
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Such Purchaser confirms that the Issuer has not given any guarantee or representation as to the potential success, return, effect or benefit (either legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting or otherwise) of an investment in the Securities. In deciding to acquire the Securities, such Purchaser has not relied, is not relying and will not at any time rely on the advice or recommendations of the Issuer and such Purchaser has made its own independent decision that the investment in the Securities is suitable and appropriate for such Purchaser. Such Purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer has not made, is not making, or will not make, and such Purchaser has not relied, is not relying, and will not at any time rely on, any representation or warranty whatsoever (express or implied) except as may be expressly set forth in the Transaction Agreements, and that to the extent the Issuer has made or purported to make any such representation or warranty they are all hereby disclaimed by the Issuer and waived by such Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Purchaser acknowledges that it, together with its advisors, has made its own investigation of the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries, and has not relied, is not relying and will not at any time rely on any implied warranties or upon any representation or warranty whatsoever as to the prospects (financial or otherwise) or the viability or likelihood of success of the business of the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries contained in any information (written or oral) provided by the Issuer, except as expressly covered by a representation and warranty contained in ARTICLE II.
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS
Section 4.01. Conditions to the Several, and not Joint, Obligations of the Purchasers.
(a) Each Initial Closing and Delayed Draw Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Purchasers of the following conditions:
(i) The Purchasers shall have received, and the Issuer shall have delivered, on the Closing Date, a customary officer’s certificate certifying that the conditions specified in Section 4.01(a)(ii) have been satisfied.
(ii) (x) The representations and warranties set forth in ARTICLE II shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations or warranties that are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the applicable Closing Date (except to the extent that such representation or warranty refers to an earlier date, then such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) and (y) the Issuer shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and obligations required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Issuer on or prior to such applicable Closing Date.
(iii) The Purchasers shall have received customary evidence of authority, good standing certificate (to the extent applicable) in the jurisdiction of organization of the Issuer and a solvency certificate, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C, from the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or other officer of the Issuer (or, at the sole option and discretion of the Issuer, a third party opinion as to the solvency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis issued by a nationally recognized firm).
(iv) The Purchasers shall have received an opinion addressed to the Purchasers from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, legal counsel to the Issuer, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance agreed between the Issuer, on the one hand, and the Purchasers on the other.
(b) The Initial Closing shall additionally be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Purchasers of the following additional conditions:
(i) On the date of this Agreement, the Purchasers (or their counsel) shall have received a counterpart of this Agreement (which may include a copy transmitted by email or other electronic method).
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(ii) The Issuer shall have filed, prior to the Initial Closing, the Series B Certificate of Designation in the form of Exhibit A hereto with the Delaware Secretary.
(iii) Payment of all fees and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Purchasers as set forth in Section 5.02, to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the Initial Closing and required to be paid in connection with the Initial Closing (which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Initial Purchase Price).
(iv) The Purchasers shall have, prior to the Initial Closing, received an executed copy of (1) Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement, amending the ABL Facility, (2) Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, amending the First Lien Credit Agreement, and (3) Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, amending the Second Lien Credit Agreement, each in form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers.
(v) The Purchaser shall have received from the Issuer a duly executed voting agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Issuer and the Holders (as defined therein).
(vi) The Purchasers shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence of the substantially concurrent (x) prepayment of $25.0 million of Indebtedness outstanding as of the initial Closing Date under the ABL Facility and (y) prepayment of $41,803,211.43 of Indebtedness outstanding as of the initial Closing Date under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
(vii) The Issuer shall have filed a supplemental listing application for the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (for the avoidance of doubt, including both the Initial Warrants and the Delayed Draw Warrants) for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and the New York Stock Exchange shall not have raised any objections to it.
(c) Each Delayed Draw Closing shall additionally be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Purchasers of the following additional conditions:
(i) The Purchasers shall have received a Delayed Draw Notice not less than twenty Business Days prior to the Delayed Draw Closing Date.
(ii) The Purchasers shall have received, and the Issuer shall have delivered, a certificate from the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or other officer of the Issuer certifying (together with reasonable evidence and calculations) that the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement) of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries is less than or equal to 6.50 to 1.00.
(iii) No material breach or default under each of the Transaction Agreements, or Default or Trigger Event under the Series B Certificate of Designation, or breach or default under the Warrant Agreement, shall have occurred and be continuing.
Section 4.02. Conditions to the Obligations of the Issuer. The issue and sale on each Closing Date of the Securities by the Issuer shall be subject to each Purchaser having performed and complied in all material respects (provided that each Purchaser has performed in all respects as it relates to Section 1.01(a)(iii) and Section 1.01(b)(iii)) with all agreements and obligations required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by such Purchaser on or prior to such applicable Closing Date.
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 5.01. Further Assurances. The Parties will execute and deliver such customary documents and other customary papers and take such further actions as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated hereby.
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Section 5.02. Expenses.
(a) The Issuer will reimburse the Holders at the Initial Closing for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including legal and tax advisory due diligence expenses) incurred by the Holders in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Series B Certificate of Designation, the Warrant Agreement and any related documentation, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,250,000.00.
(b) In addition, the Issuer will reimburse the Holders for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Holders (but limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of outside counsel to all such Persons taken as a whole and, if necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction to all such Persons, taken as a whole) in connection with the enforcement of their respective rights in connection with this Agreement, the Series B Certificate of Designation, the Warrant Agreements and any related documentation or in connection with the redemption or repayment of the Series B Preferred Shares. Except to the extent required to be paid on a Closing Date, all amounts due under this Section 5.02 shall be payable by the Issuer within 30 days of receipt by the Issuer of an invoice setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail, together with backup documentation supporting the relevant reimbursement request.
(c) The Issuer will pay any documentary, stamp, transfer, registration, stock issuance, sales, excise or similar Taxes payable in connection with the issuance of the Securities or upon any exercise or conversion of Warrants (and the issuance of Common Stock in respect thereof); provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that Issuer will not be responsible for any such Taxes incurred in connection with the transfer of the Securities by a Holder.
Section 5.03. Confidentiality.
(a) No Holder shall use at any time any Confidential Information, except in connection with its investment in the Issuer and set forth herein. Each Holder shall also keep the Confidential Information confidential and shall not disclose it or cause or permit its Representatives to disclose it, except (i) as required by applicable law, regulation or legal process or in response to any inquiry from, or upon the request or demand of, a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Holder, and only after compliance with Section 5.03(b) and (ii) that it may disclose the Confidential Information or portions thereof to those of its Representatives who need to know such information in connection with the investment by such Holder in the Issuer; provided that such Representatives (x) are informed of the confidential and proprietary nature of the Confidential Information and (y) have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Section 5.03. Each Holder shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 5.03 by its Representatives. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) each Holder and each Representative thereof may disclose to such Holder’s legal, tax, accounting, regulatory and financial advisors the tax treatment, tax structure or tax strategies of, and the tax strategies relating to, the Issuer and the Transactions and all materials of any kind (including opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to such Holder or Representative thereof relating to such tax treatment, tax structure, or tax strategies, (B) each Holder that is an investment fund may disclose Confidential Information (subject to confidentiality restrictions at least as restrictive set forth herein) relating directly to its investment in the Issuer on a confidential basis to its investors and limited partners so long as they are under similar confidential duties to such Holder, or prospective investors in connection with its ordinary course reporting and fundraising activities, (C) each Holder may disclose Confidential Information to other Holders or as required in any legal proceeding initiated by the Holder to enforce its rights under this Agreement, (D) each Holder may disclose Confidential Information (subject to confidentiality restrictions at least as restrictive set forth herein) to any nationally recognized rating agency or investor of a Holder that requires access to information about a Holder’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued or investment decisions with respect to such Holder and (E) each Holder may disclose Confidential Information to prospective purchasers (subject to confidentiality restrictions at least as restrictive set forth herein) in connection with a Transfer of the Securities permitted pursuant to the terms of the Series B Certificate of Designation or the Warrant Agreement, as applicable.
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The provisions of this Section 5.03 shall apply to all Holders for so long as such Person holds any Series B Preferred Shares or Warrants.
(b) If any Holder or Representative thereof becomes legally compelled (including by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information, such Holder or Representative thereof shall provide the Issuer with prompt and, if practicable, prior written notice of such requirement to disclose such Confidential Information, to the extent such notice is legally permissible. Upon receipt of such notice, the Issuer may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy. If such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, such Holder and its Representatives shall disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required to be disclosed (as determined in good faith by counsel to such Holder) and shall take all reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. In addition, neither such Holder or its Representatives shall oppose any action (and such Holder and its Representatives shall, if and to the extent requested by the Issuer and legally permissible to do so, cooperate with and assist the Issuer, at the Issuer’s expense and on a reasonable basis, in any reasonable action) by the Issuer to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded the Confidential Information.
Section 5.04. [Reserved].
Section 5.05. Use of Proceeds. The Issuer and its Subsidiaries shall use the Initial Purchase Price and the Delayed Draw Purchase Price only in the manner and for the purposes set forth in Section 1.05.
Section 5.06. Tax Matters. The Parties agree that the amount of the Initial Purchase Price allocable to the Warrants transferred to the Purchasers at the Initial Closing is $8,056,164. At the time that any Delayed Draw Preferred Shares are issued, the Issuer and the Purchasers will agree in writing as to the portion of the Delayed Draw Purchase Price that is attributable to the Warrants issued to the Purchasers in connection with such issuance of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares. Further, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Parties intend that (i) any “net exercise” of the Warrants will be treated as a tax-deferred recapitalization described in Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code, and (ii) the Securities (and transactions undertaken with respect to the Securities) will be treated in a manner consistent with the intended tax treatment of the Securities as set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designations and the Warrant Agreements. Each of the Parties agrees that all amounts payable in respect of the Series B Preferred Shares (other than those amounts specifically allocable to the Warrants as provided in this Section 5.06) will be treated as purchase price allocable to the Series B Preferred Shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each of the Parties agrees to (and to cause its affiliates to) file their income tax returns consistent with, and to assess and administer any applicable withholding tax and reporting responsibilities consistent with, the valuation information and intended tax treatment provided for in this Section 5.06, except as otherwise required as a result of a change in law after the date hereof or a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Section 5.07. Subject Matter Experts. So long as Stellex is eligible to appoint one Investor Director (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, Stellex, following consultation with the management of Issuer, shall designate up to five (5) persons (each a “Subject Matter Expert”) to be placed within the Issuer or its Subsidiaries (the role or department to be mutually determined by Stellex and the Issuer and shall be in furtherance of the execution of the agreed upon transformation plan), the salary and cost of which shall be determined in mutual agreement between the Issuer and Stellex and borne by the Issuer. The Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to employ each Subject Matter Expert, and shall do so at rates that Stellex and the Issuer mutually determine to be market compensation for the applicable roles and in each case consistent with the Issuer’s compensation levels and practices for similarly situated employees.
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The Subject Matter Experts will be employed by the Issuer on an employment-at-will basis or as an independent contractor but the Issuer shall consult with Stellex and provide Stellex and the applicable Subject Matter Expert with two (2) weeks prior notice of termination of any Subject Matter Expert that is an employee except that such prior notice is not required for any termination for cause; provided, that upon the termination of any Subject Matter Expert, Stellex shall have the right to designate another person as a Subject Matter Expert in replacement of the person terminated following consultation with the management of Issuer and subject to and pursuant to this Section 5.07. For the avoidance of doubt, the Subject Matter Experts shall be employees of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries or independent contractors and subject in all respects to the policies and procedures generally applicable to employees of the Issuer or independent contractors, as applicable.
ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.01. Survival; Damages.
(a) All representations and warranties made by the Issuer and the Purchasers contained in this Agreement, or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, and all covenants of the Issuer and the Purchasers in this Agreement, shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until such time when either (i) the Securities are no longer outstanding or (ii) the Purchasers no longer hold any Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of such survival period and such claims shall survive until finally resolved. All covenants made herein to be performed at or prior to the Initial Closing or a Delayed Draw Closing shall terminate upon such Initial Closing or Delayed Draw Closing, as applicable, and all other covenants shall survive such Initial Closing or Delayed Draw Closing, as applicable, according to their respective terms (and, for covenants that do not explicitly include a survival period, shall survive indefinitely). The aggregate amount of all damages for which the Issuer shall be liable for any breach of this Agreement shall not exceed the aggregate Initial Purchase Price and Delayed Draw Purchase Price actually paid for the Securities.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, no Party shall assert, and each hereby waive, any claim against any other Party, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Transaction Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 6.02. Entire Agreement; Parties in Interest. The Transaction Agreements constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or will confer upon any other Person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement except for the provisions of Section 6.03, which will be enforceable by the beneficiaries contemplated thereby.
Section 6.03. No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement may only be enforced by a Party against, and any proceedings that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, may only be made by such Party against, another Party or, if applicable, such other Party’s assignees that become party to this Agreement, and no current, former or future Affiliates of a Party or any assignee (except for any assignees in their capacity as such), or any of the foregoing Persons’ respective Representatives (collectively, the “Related Parties”) will have any liability for any liabilities of such Party for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the purchase of the Series B Preferred Shares hereunder or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith.
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In no event will a Party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, and each Party agrees not to and to cause its Affiliates and Representatives not to, seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover losses or other damages in connection therewith from, any Related Party.
Section 6.04. Governing Law. This Agreement and all questions relating to the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 6.05. Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, OR IN THE EVENT (BUT ONLY IN THE EVENT) THAT SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER SUCH ACTION, THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH DELAWARE 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 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. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN THIS Section 6.05. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT THE HOLDERS OF THE SERIES B PREFERRED SHARES AND WARRANTS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
Section 6.06. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY 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 OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON 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 TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section 6.06.
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Section 6.07. Remedies.
(a) Each Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that the subject matter of this Agreement, the Series B Certificate of Designation and the Warrant Agreements is unique, that the other Parties would be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement and/or the Series B Certificate of Designation and/or the Warrant Agreements are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached, and that remedies at law would not be adequate to compensate such other Parties not in default or in breach. Accordingly, each Party agrees that the other Parties will be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and/or the Series B Certificate of Designation and/or the Warrant Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof and thereof in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled, at law or in equity. The Parties waive any defense that a remedy at law is adequate and waive any requirement to prove special damages, post bond or provide similar security in connection with actions instituted for injunctive relief or specific performance of this Agreement.
(b) All remedies available under this Agreement, at law or otherwise, will be deemed cumulative and not alternative or exclusive of other remedies. The exercise by any Party of a particular remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
Section 6.08. Notice.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to any Party under this Agreement will be in writing and delivered by (i) email or (ii) registered mail via a national courier service to the following email address or physical address, as applicable:
If to the Issuer:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Attention: Nelson M. Haight and James C. Webster
Email: Nelson.Haight@teaminc.com and James.Webster@TeamInc.com
With a copy to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Matthew Pacey and Billy Vranish
Email: matt.pacey@kirkland.com and billy.vranish@kirkland.com
If to the Purchasers:
InspectionTech Holdings LP
c/o Stellex Capital Management LLC
900 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Olivia Zhao and Tom Cassidy
Email: ozhao@stellexcapital.com and tcassidy@stellexcapital.com
with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins, LLP
1271 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Peter Sluka and Andrew Blumenthal
Email: peter.sluka@lw.com and andrew.blumenthal@lw.com
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(b) Notice or other communication pursuant to Section 6.08(a) will be deemed given or received when delivered, except that any notice or communication received by email transmission on a non-Business Day or on any Business Day after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or overnight delivery on a non-Business Day will be deemed to have been given and received at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day. Any Party may specify a different address, by written notice to the other Parties. The change of address will be effective upon the other Parties’ receipt of the notice of the change of address.
Section 6.09. Amendments; Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, a Holder Majority and the Issuer, or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No knowledge, investigation or inquiry, or failure or delay by the Issuer or any Purchaser in exercising any right hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof nor will any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. No waiver of any right or remedy hereunder will be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any rights or remedies arising thereafter.
Section 6.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which constitutes an original, and all of which taken together constitute one instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing also applies to any amendment, extension or renewal of this Agreement.
Section 6.11. Assignment. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted assigns and successors. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any of the Parties without the prior written consent of the other Parties, except that each Purchaser may, without the consent of the Issuer, assign all or a portion of their rights, interests and obligations hereunder to one or more Permitted Transferees; provided, that such Permitted Transferee enters into a joinder to this Agreement and that any such assignment to such Permitted Transferee will not relieve any Purchaser of any of its funding obligations hereunder on any applicable Closing Date. In the event of an assignment by any Purchaser, such Permitted Transferee shall become a party to this Agreement by execution of a joinder hereto in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Issuer. Any assignment or transfer in violation of this Section 6.11 shall be null and void.
Section 6.12. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the Parties; provided, however, that in no event shall this Agreement be enforced without giving effect to Section 6.03. The Parties further agree to replace such illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a legal, valid and enforceable provision that achieves, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable provision.
Section 6.13. Certain Issuer Acknowledgements. The Issuer acknowledges on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries that:
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(a) Certain of the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates may be full service securities or investment firms engaged, either directly or through their respective Affiliates, in various activities, including securities trading, commodities trading, investment management, investment banking, financial advisory, financing and brokerage activities and financial planning and benefits counseling for both companies and individuals. In the ordinary course of such activities, such Purchaser and its Affiliates may actively engage in commodities trading or trade the debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of the Issuer and other Subsidiaries of the Issuer for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold long and short positions in such securities and financial instruments. Each Purchaser or its Affiliates may also co-invest with, make direct investments in, and invest or co-invest client monies in or with funds or other investment vehicles managed by other parties, and such funds or other investment vehicles may trade or make investments in securities of the Issuer or other Subsidiaries of the Issuer or engage in commodities trading with any thereof.
(b) The Purchasers and their respective Affiliates are involved in a broad range of transactions and may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries. Each Purchaser is and will act under this Agreement as an independent contractor. Nothing in this Agreement or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty of the Purchasers to the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate or equity holder thereof. The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are arm’s length commercial transactions between the Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Issuer on the other hand. In connection with the Transactions and with the process leading to the Transactions each Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not as agent or fiduciary of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or member of management, equity holders or creditors thereof or any other Person. The Purchasers have not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility or any other obligation in favor of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Transactions or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any of the Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates has advised or is currently advising the Issuer or any of its Affiliates or equity holders on other matters), except for the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement or other applicable Transaction Agreement. Each of the Purchasers and the Issuer has consulted its own legal, tax, accounting, regulatory and financial advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. The Issuer is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to the Transactions and the process leading thereto.
Section 6.14. USA PATRIOT Act. The Purchasers hereby notify the Issuer that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Purchasers may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Issuer, including its name, address and other information that will allow the Purchasers to identify, the Issuer in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
Section 6.15. Rights of Third Parties. Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, including Related Parties, who are express third party beneficiaries of the provisions of Section 6.03, this Agreement does not confer any rights on any person other than the Parties.
ARTICLE VII DEFINITIONS
Section 7.01. Certain Definitions. The following words and phrases have the meanings specified in this Section 7.01:
“ABL Facility” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to 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. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlled” has the meaning correlative thereto.
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For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Holders, and no Person Controlling any of the Holders, in each case in its or their capacity as such, shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York.
“Business Plan” means a business plan of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, consisting of consolidated projected balance sheets, related cash flow statements and related profit and loss statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of the underlying assumptions, which covers a one-year period and which is prepared on an annual basis, as delivered to the lenders under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Closing Date” means the date of any Initial Closing or Delayed Draw Closing.
“Confidential Information” means oral and written information concerning the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or their respective businesses or operations furnished to any Holder or its Representatives by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or Representatives (irrespective of the form of communication and whether such information is so furnished before, on or after the date hereof) or any other Person known, after reasonable investigation, to be prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation; provided that the term “Confidential Information” does not include any information which (i) at the time of disclosure is or thereafter becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by such Holder or its Representatives in violation of Section 5.03); (ii) is or becomes available to such Holder on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Issuer or any of its respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or Representatives; provided further that such source was not known by such Holder, after reasonable investigation, to be prohibited from disclosing such information to such Holder by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation; or (iii) with respect to any Holder that is not an individual, the identity of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or the amount invested by such Person the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
“Copyrights” means:
| (a) | any and all copyright rights (including derivative rights) in any works subject to the copyright laws of the United States, Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise; |
| (b) | all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof; |
| (c) | all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof; |
| (d) | the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world. |
“Debtor Relief Laws” means 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, Australia, England and Wales or any other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
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“Default” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Delayed Draw Period” means the date that is 24 months after the date of the Initial Closing.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with, in or involving such country or territory (as of the date hereof, the Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or, solely with respect to any such plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Entity” for each Person (other than an individual), means its status, as applicable, as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership.
“Environment” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Environmental Action” means any summons, citation, notice of investigation or judicial or administrative proceeding, action, suit, abatement order or other order, judgment, decree or directive (conditional or otherwise) from any Governmental Authority, or any written notice of violation, complaint, claim, or other demand from any Person arising (i) pursuant to Environmental Laws, (ii) in connection with any actual or alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Laws, including any Permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws, (iii) in connection with any Hazardous Materials, including the presence or Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials and any Remedial Action related to Hazardous Materials, or (iv) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety or the Environment.
“Environmental Laws” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Equity Interests” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1000 et seq., amendments thereto, successor statutes, and regulations or guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) for purposes relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code only, any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of the Issuer or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of the Issuer or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which the Issuer or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
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“First Lien Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“GAAP” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Governing Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Governmental Authority” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Hazardous Materials” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Holder” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Holder Majority” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Industrial Designs” means any and all industrial designs and industrial design applications, including the subject matter described and claimed therein together with the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof, all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, all damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof and rights to sue therefor, and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Initial Stated Value” shall have the meaning given in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Intellectual Property” means (i) any and all Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, trade secrets, and intellectual property rights in know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), algorithms, software (including source code and object code), processes, product designs, blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, URLs and domain names, specifications, documentations, reports, catalogs, literature, and any other forms of technology or proprietary information of any kind, including all applications for registration or registrations thereof; (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, misappropriations or other violations thereof; (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements, misappropriation or other violations thereof; and (iv) all rights corresponding to the foregoing throughout the world.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“Investment” in any Person means, as of the date of determination:
| (a) | any direct or indirect payment or contribution in or to such Person including property contributed to such Person for or in connection with its acquisition of any stock, bonds, notes, indebtedness, debentures, partnership or other ownership interest or any other security of such Person; |
| (b) | any direct or indirect payment or contribution for all or substantially all of the assets of such Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person); |
| (c) | any loan, advance or other extension of credit or guaranty of or other surety obligation for any Indebtedness made to, or for the benefit of, such Person, or any accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that Person in the ordinary course of business; |
| (d) | any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value by the Issuer or any Subsidiary from any Person of any Equity Interests of such Person; and |
| (e) | all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transactions, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise. |
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In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time,
(A) a guaranty (or other surety obligation) shall be valued at not less than the principal outstanding amount of the primary obligation;
(B) returns of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution) shall be deducted;
(C) earnings, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, shall not be deducted; and
(D) decreases in the market value shall not be deducted unless such decreases are computed in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment. It being understood and agreed that no effect will be given to returns on Investments in the form of proceeds of Indebtedness or equity incurred in connection with such Investment.
“Law” means collectively, all international, supranational, foreign, federal, state and local laws (including common law), statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities and executive orders, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other security device or security arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing or similar statement or notice filed under the UCC (as in effect from time to time in the relevant jurisdiction) or any other similar recording or notice statute, and any lease having substantially the same effect as any of the foregoing).
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, results of operations, properties, assets, liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the material impairment of (A) the Issuer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements, or (B) the ability of the Purchasers to enforce the Transaction Agreements; provided, however, in the case of clause (i), that no effect (by itself or when aggregated or taken together with any and all other effects) directly or indirectly resulting from, arising out of, attributable to, or related to any of the following shall be deemed to be or constitute a “Material Adverse Effect,” and no effect (by itself or when aggregated or taken together with any and all other such effects) directly or indirectly resulting from, arising out of, attributable to, or related to any of the following shall be taken into account when determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or may, would or could occur: (i) general economic conditions (or changes in such conditions) or conditions in the global economy generally; (ii) conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the securities markets, credit markets, currency markets or other financial markets generally, including (A) changes in interest rates and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries and (B) any suspension of trading in securities (whether equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities) generally on any securities exchange or over-the-counter market; (iii) conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the industry in which such Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries operates (including changes in commodity prices, general market prices and regulatory changes affecting the industry); (iv) political conditions (or changes in such conditions) or acts of war, sabotage or terrorism (including any escalation or general worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism); (v) earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters or weather conditions; (vi) any epidemic, pandemic, disease outbreak or other public health crisis or public health event, or the worsening of any of the foregoing; or (vii) changes in governmental policy, including the imposition or rescission of tariffs or restrictions on trade; except to the extent such effects directly or indirectly resulting from, arising out of, attributable to or related to the matters described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii) disproportionately adversely affect the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other Persons that conduct business in the regions in the world and in the industries in which the Issuer and its Subsidiaries conduct business (in which case, such adverse effects (if any) shall be taken into account when determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or may, would or could occur solely to the extent they are disproportionate).
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“Material Contract” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Patents” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
“Permits” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning set forth under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to a Purchaser, any Affiliate or Related Fund (as each term is defined in the Shareholders Agreement) of such Purchaser which Permitted Transferee at the time of any such assignment or transfer has, and when required to deliver payment to the Issuer shall have, sufficient immediately available funds to pay the aggregate remaining (if any) Delayed Draw Purchase Price at any future Delayed Draw Closing and consummate the applicable Delayed Draw Closing(s) pursuant to this Agreement.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by the Issuer or its Subsidiary with respect to which any of them may incur liability (whether fixed or contingent) even if such plan is not covered by ERISA pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) thereof.
“Real Property” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Release” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Remedial Action” means all actions required to be taken under Environmental Law or by a Governmental Authority to (i) clean up, remove, remediate, treat, monitor, assess or evaluate Hazardous Materials in the Environment, (ii) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public or employee health or welfare or the Environment, (iii) restore or reclaim the Environment, (iv) perform any pre-remedial environmental-related studies, investigations, or post-remedial environmental-related operation and maintenance activities, or (v) conduct any other remedial actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder other than a reportable event for which the thirty-day notice requirement to the PBGC has been waived.
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“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s officers, directors, partners, limited partners, investors, lenders, rating agencies, managed accounts, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, agents and representatives.
“Requirement of Law” or “Requirements of Law” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Responsible Officer” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Sanctioned Person” means any Person, vessel or aircraft: (a) identified on any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons, including the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC; (b) directly or indirectly owned 50% or more by, controlled by or acting on behalf of any such Person or Person(s) described in clause (a); (c) that is resident in, or organized or incorporated under the laws of, a Designated Jurisdiction; or (d) otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions.
“Sanctions” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Series B Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Shares of the Issuer.
“Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, among the Issuer, Stellex and the other parties thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Solvent” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Stellex” means Stellex Capital Management LLC.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity, the management of which is, directly or indirectly, controlled by, or of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, such Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to Subsidiaries herein shall be a reference to Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
“Tax” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges, in each case, in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended from time to time.
“Termination Event” means:
| (a) | a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan, any failure to make a required contribution to any Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien, or the arising of a Lien with respect to a Pension Plan; |
| (b) | the withdrawal of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; |
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| (c) | the provision of notice by the administrator of any Pension Plan of intent to terminate a Pension Plan in a distress termination (as described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA), or the imposition of liability on the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of liability under Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA; |
| (d) | the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; |
| (e) | the occurrence of any event or condition that (A) constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (B) could reasonably be expected to result in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA; |
| (f) | the partial or complete withdrawal, within the meaning of Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA, of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; |
| (g) | receipt by the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of notice that a Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245(b), is in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA), is in “critical and declining” status (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA), or has become subject to the limitations of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code; or |
| (h) | the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for premiums due but not delinquent, upon the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate. |
“Trademarks” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Transaction” means the issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares, the issuance of the Warrants, the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and payment of fees and expenses in connection therewith.
“Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Series B Certificate of Designation and the Warrants.
“Transfer” means any sale, pledge, assignment, encumbrance or other transfer or disposition of any Series B Preferred Shares to any Person, whether directly, indirectly, voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law, pursuant to judicial process or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a bona fide direct or indirect transfer of an interest in an investment partnership or other investment fund that was not established to hold Series B Preferred Shares shall not be deemed a Transfer hereunder.
“Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“U.S.” means the United States of America.
“USA PATRIOT Act” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Public Law No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended or modified from time to time.
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any person, any class or classes of Equity Interests pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors of such person.
“Warrant Agreement” means warrants issued by the Issuer in the form of Warrant Agreement set forth hereto in Exhibit B.
Section 7.02. Other Terms. The following term shall have the meanings specified in the indicated Section of this Agreement.
| “Agreement” | Preamble |
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| “Common Stock” | Section 1.01(a)(ii) | |
| “Delaware Secretary” | Section 2.01 | |
| “Delayed Draw Closing” | Section 1.01(b) | |
| “Delayed Draw Notice” | Section 1.02 | |
| “Delayed Draw Preferred Shares” | Section 1.01(b)(i) | |
| “Delayed Draw Warrants” | Section 1.01(b)(ii) | |
| “ERISA Plan” | Section 3.05(f) | |
| “Initial Closing” | Section 1.01(a) | |
| “Initial Warrants” | Section 1.01(a)(ii) | |
| “Issuer” | Preamble | |
| “Issuer Parties” | Section 3.08 | |
| “Parties” | Preamble | |
| “Purchasers” | Preamble | |
| “Related Parties” | Section 6.03 | |
| “Rule 144” | Section 3.05(d) | |
| “Securities” | Preamble | |
| “Series B Preferred Shares” | Section 1.01(a)(i) | |
| “Similar Law Plan” | Section 3.05(f) | |
| “Tranche A Warrants” | Section 1.01(a)(ii) | |
| “Tranche B Warrants” | Section 1.01(a)(ii) | |
| “Warrants” | Section 1.01(a)(ii) |
Section 7.03. Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires or otherwise specified herein:
(a) the meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms;
(b) the term “including” is by way of example and not limitation;
(c) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including;”
(d) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings);
(e) section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only;
(f) the word “or” is not exclusive;
(g) the word “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(h) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(i) unless the context otherwise requires, references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;
(j) any reference to a statute refers to the statute, any amendments or successor legislation and all rules and regulations promulgated under or implementing the statute, as in effect at the relevant time;
(k) references to a Person also include its permitted assigns and successors;
(l) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section,” “clause,” “Exhibit” or “Schedule” in this Agreement refers to an Article, Section, clause, Exhibit or Schedule, as the case may be, of this Agreement; (m) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision;
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(n) all references to $, currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein mean U.S. dollars;
(o) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to both genders;
(p) a statement that a copy of an item has been delivered means a correct and accurate copy of such item has been delivered;
(q) time of day means time of day New York, New York, except as otherwise expressly provided;
(r) 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 and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest, dividends, premium or fees, as the case may be; and
(s) the Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) each Party and its counsel has reviewed, or has had the opportunity to review, the terms and provisions of this Agreement, (b) any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are resolved against the drafting Party will not be used to interpret this Agreement and (c) the provisions of this Agreement will be construed without regard to which Party was generally responsible for the preparation of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this Securities Purchase Agreement as of the date and year first written above.
| ISSUER: TEAM, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ James C. Webster | |
| Name: | James C. Webster | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
| PURCHASERS: | ||
| For and on behalf of: | ||
| InspectionTech Holdings LP | ||
| By: | /s/ Olivia Zhao | |
| Name: | Olivia Zhao | |
| Title: | Principal | |
[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
Schedule I
List of Purchasers
| Initial Closing | Delayed Draw Closing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name |
Number of Series B Preferred Shares |
Number of Tranche A Warrants |
Number of Tranche B Warrants |
Initial Purchase Price |
Number of Series B Preferred Shares |
Number of Tranche A Warrants |
Number of Tranche B Warrants |
Delayed Draw Purchase Price |
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| InspectionTech Holdings LP |
75,000 | 982,371 | 470,889 | $ | 75,000,000 | 30,000 | 392,946 | 188,358 | $ | 30,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total |
75,000 | 982,371 | 470,889 | $ | 75,000,000 | 30,000 | 392,946 | 188,358 | $ | 30,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhibit A
SERIES B CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
[See Attached.]
Exhibit B
FORM OF WARRANT AGREEMENT
[See Attached.]
Final Form
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY IF SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
WARRANT No. [●]12
to purchase
Shares of Common Stock
Team, Inc.
a Delaware Corporation
Issue Date: [●], 202[●]3
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, InspectionTech Holdings LP or its permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof (the “Issue Date”)4 and on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [●], 203[●] (the “Expiration Time”)5, to subscribe for and purchase from Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), [982,371]6[470,889]7[●]8 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Shares” and each a “Share”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant
| 1 | NTD: Initial Stellex Warrants will be broken out into two warrants. Warrant No. 5 for the initial Tranche A Warrant and Warrant No. 6 for the initial Tranche B Warrant. Delayed Draw Warrants to be numbered sequentially as and when issued. |
| 2 | NTD: The Company shall issue additional Tranche A Warrants (the “Delayed Draw Tranche A Warrants”) and additional Tranche B Warrants (the “Delayed Draw Tranche B Warrants” and, together with Delayed Draw Tranche A Warrants, the “Delayed Draw Warrants”) pursuant to and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. The terms of the Delayed Draw Warrants shall be the same as terms set forth in this form other than variations noted in the footnotes. |
| 3 | NTD: For Initial Stellex Warrants, September 11, 2025. For each Delayed Draw Warrant, the Issue Date shall be, for the avoidance of doubt, the date of issuance of such Delayed Draw Warrant. |
| 4 | NTD: For each Delayed Draw Warrant, the Issue Date shall be, for the avoidance of doubt, the date of issuance of such Delayed Draw Warrant. |
| 5 | NTD: For Initial Stellex Warrants, September 11, 2035. For each Delayed Draw Warrant, the Expiration Time shall be the date that is 10 years from the Issue Date of such Delayed Draw Warrant. |
| 6 | NTD: For initial Tranche A Warrant |
| 7 | NTD: For initial Tranche B Warrant |
| 8 | NTD: For each Delayed Draw Warrant, the number of Shares shall be the product of (x) the quotient of the number of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to be issued by the Company concurrently with the Issuance of such Delayed Draw Warrant divided by 75,000 and (y) (A) 982,371, in respect of a Tranche A Delayed Draw Warrant and (B) 470,889, in respect of a Tranche B Delayed Draw Warrant. |
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shall be equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below). The Exercise Price and the number of Shares to be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided.
| 1. | Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meanings indicated. |
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of that Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Atlantic Park Warrant” means that certain second amended and restated common stock purchase warrant, dated as of December 8, 2021, for, among other things, the purchase in the aggregate of up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock by APSC Holdco II, L.P., upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company, including any duly authorized committee thereof.
“business day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.
“Capital Stock” means (A) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
“Cashless Exercise” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.
“Change of Control” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.30 par value per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Corre Warrants” means those certain common stock purchase warrants, dated as of December 8, 2021, for, among other things, the purchase in the aggregate of up to 255,058, 116,092 and 128,850, shares of Common Stock by Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP, respectively, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
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“Daily VWAP” means the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “TISI <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on the relevant trading day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such trading day determined, using a volume-weighted average method by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company at its sole cost and reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder (or if there is more than one Warrantholder, a majority in interest of Warrantholders)), determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“Election Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(C).
“Equity Interests” has the meaning set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designation.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Issuances” shall mean (i) any issuance of shares of Common Stock or any options or convertible securities issued in connection with a merger or other business combination or an acquisition of the securities or assets of another Person, business unit, division or business, other than in connection with the broadly marketed offering and sale of equity or convertible securities for third-party financing of such transaction, (ii) any issuance of shares of any equity securities (including upon exercise of options) to directors, officers, employees, consultants or other agents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as approved by the Board of Directors or its designee(s) other than for bona fide capital raising purposes, (iii) any issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to an employee stock option plan, management incentive plan, restricted stock plan, stock purchase plan or stock, ownership plan or similar benefit plan, similar program or similar agreement as approved by the Board of Directors, (iv) any issuance of shares of equity securities in connection with a bona fide third-party strategic partnership or commercial arrangement with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (x) any such strategic partnership or commercial arrangement with a private equity firm or similar financial institution or (y) an issuance the primary purpose of which is a bona fide capital raise), (v) any issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this sentence and outstanding as of September 11, 2025 (including any such issuance of shares of any equity securities pursuant to this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants, the Corre Warrants or the Atlantic Park Warrant), (vi) any issuance of shares of any equity securities or convertible securities to a third party financial institution as an “equity kicker” in connection with a bona fide, new money borrowing by the Company that is primarily a debt financing transaction and (vii) any issues of securities in a transaction described in Section 14(A), 14(B) or 14(C), subject to an aggregate limit for each of (x) all Excluded Issuances pursuant to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) and (y) all Excluded Issuances pursuant to the foregoing clause (vi), not to exceed the applicable Excluded Issuance Cap (defined below). The “Excluded Issuance Cap” means (x) with respect to all Excluded Issuances pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence until September 11, 2027, a total number of shares not to exceed 10.0% of the Company’s fully diluted shares as of September 11, 2025, and (y) with respect to all Excluded Issuances pursuant to clause (vi) of the preceding sentence, a total number of shares not to exceed 10% of the Company’s fully diluted shares as of September 11, 2025; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants outstanding as of September 11, 2025, the Corre Warrants and the Atlantic Park Warrant shall be included in the calculation of the Company’s fully diluted shares outstanding as of September 11, 2025 for purposes of this definition.
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“Exercise Price” means [$23.00 (as such price may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 14 hereof)]9[$50.00 (as such price may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 14 hereof)]10[the lesser of (a) $30.00 and (b) an amount equal to 110% of the average of the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock measured over the thirty (30) trading day period ending on and including the Issue Date (or, if the Issue Date is not a trading day, the thirty (30) trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the Issue Date), in each case, as such price may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 14 hereof]11.
“Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property determined as follows:
| (a) | if the security is listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Daily VWAP of the security measured over the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on and including the specified date (or, if the specified date is not a trading day, the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the specified date); |
| (b) | if the security is not then listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Daily VWAP of the security measured over the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on and including the specified date (or, if the specified date is not a trading day, the fifteen (15) trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the specified date), as reported on the principal over-the-counter quotation system on which such security trades; or |
| (c) | in all other cases, (i) as agreed upon in good faith by the Warrantholder and the Company or (ii) solely if an agreement cannot be reached pursuant to clause (i), as determined by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is retained at the sole cost and expense of the Company and the identity of which is reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder and the Company. |
“Governmental Authority” means all United States and other governmental or regulatory authorities.
“Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
| 9 | NTD: This is the Exercise Price for Tranche A Warrants to be issued as of the Initial Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and for Tranche A Delayed Draw Warrants to be issued no later than 90 days following the date of Initial Closing. |
| 10 | NTD: This is the Exercise Price for the Tranche B Warrants to be issued as of the Initial Closing and for the Tranche B Delayed Draw Warrants. |
| 11 | NTD: This is the Exercise Price for the Tranche A Delayed Draw Warrants to be issued after the end of the 90-day period following the Initial Closing. |
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“Market Price” means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the last reported sale price, regular way, or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on which the applicable securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted bid price in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group or similar organization. “Market Price” shall be determined without reference to after hours or extended hours trading. If such security is not listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the fair market value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the independent members of the Board of Directors in reliance upon an opinion of a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose at its sole cost and reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholder (or if there is more than one Warrantholder, a majority in interest of Warrantholders excluding any Warrantholder that is an Affiliate of the Company). For the purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock on the “trading day” preceding, on or following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading day shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing price).
“Participation Rights Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(B).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust, statutory trust, series trust, other organization, whether or not a legal entity, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Per Share Fair Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(B).
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and between the Company and the purchasers named in Schedule I thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Series B Certificate of Designation” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Share” or “Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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“Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and among the Company, Stellex Capital Management LLC and InspectionTech Holdings LP, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Shareholder Approval” means a vote of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock (as calculated in accordance with Section 312.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (as amended or supplemented)) in connection with the issuance of any Shares upon an exercise, in full or in part, of this Warrant and the Stellex Warrants, to the extent required by Section 312.03(c) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (as amended or supplemented).
“Stellex Warrants” means those certain common stock purchase warrants, other than this Warrant, issuable pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, that, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
“trading day” means (A) if the shares of Common Stock are traded on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day on which such relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for business and on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market for any period or periods aggregating one half hour or longer; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the shares of Common Stock or (B) if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day.
[“Tranche A Warrants” means those certain “Tranche A Warrants” to be issued by the Company on the date hereof pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.]12
“Transfer Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(A)(i).
“Warrantholder” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Warrant” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
| 12 | NTD: Defined term only used in Tranche B Warrants. |
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“Warrant Share Delivery Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(A)(i).
| 2. | Number of Shares; Exercise Price. The Warrantholder is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in part, [982,371]13[470,889]14[●]15 fully paid and nonassessable Shares, at a purchase price per Share equal to the Exercise Price. The number of Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to “Common Stock,” “Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any such adjustment or series of adjustments. |
| 3. | Exercise of Warrant; Term; Limitations. |
| (A) | The right to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time after the Issue Date but in no event later than the Expiration Time, by (A) the delivery of the Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A (including by specifying the manner in which the Exercise Price is to be paid), duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, by hand delivery, e-mail or facsimile, at the principal executive office of the Company located at 13131 Dairy Ashford Road, Suite 600, Sugar Land, Texas 77478, e-mail: james.webster@teaminc.com (or such other office or agency of the Company in the United States as the Company may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares thereby purchased at the election of the Warrantholder (i) by tendering in cash, either by certified or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company, at the election of the Warrantholder, (ii) by means of a Cashless Exercise as set forth in the paragraph below, or (iii) by a combination of the foregoing. |
| (B) | The Warrantholder may, in its sole discretion and in lieu of payment of the Exercise Price, elect to exercise all or any part of this Warrant in a “cashless” or “net-issue” exercise (a “Cashless Exercise”) by delivering to the Company a Notice of Exercise selecting a Cashless Exercise, as a result |
| 13 | NTD: For initial Tranche A Warrant |
| 14 | NTD: For initial Tranche B Warrant |
| 15 | NTD: For each Delayed Draw Warrant, the number of Shares shall be the product of (x) the quotient of the number of Delayed Draw Preferred Shares (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to be issued by the Company concurrently with the Issuance of such Delayed Draw Warrant divided by 75,000 and (y) (A) 982,371, in respect of a Tranche A Delayed Draw Warrant and (B) 470,889, in respect of a Tranche B Delayed Draw Warrant. |
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| of which the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock calculated using the following formula: |
X = Y * (A - B)
A
where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrantholder
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised
A = the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of exercise of this Warrant
B = the then-current Exercise Price of the Warrant
| (C) | Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company in order to exercise all or a portion of this Warrant; provided, however, that if the Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder shall promptly following such partial exercise surrender this Warrant to the Company and shall be entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and in any event not exceeding three business days, a new warrant in substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised. When the Warrantholder has purchased all of the Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, the Warrantholder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three business days after the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Shares purchased. The Warrantholder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall inform the Warrantholder if a Notice of Exercise has not been duly completed within one business day of receipt of such notice, but shall not refuse or object to the issuance of the Shares upon receipt of, and pursuant to, a duly completed Notice of Exercise. The Warrantholder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Shares hereunder, the number of Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. |
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| (D) | Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that its exercise of this Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition that the Warrantholder will have first received, to the extent applicable and required to permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for shares of Common Stock and to own such Common Stock, the receipt of any necessary approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations with, notifications to, or expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. |
| (E) | The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and no Warrantholder shall have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to this Section 3 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Warrantholders (collectively, and together with the Warrantholders’ respective Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Warrantholders or any of the Warrantholders’ Affiliates), would, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrantholders (collectively) at such time, beneficially own shares of Common Stock, in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrantholders and their respective Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Warrantholders or any of their respective Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Warrantholders or any of their respective Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(E), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Warrantholders that the Company is not representing to any Warrantholder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Warrantholders are solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 3(E) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Warrantholders together with any of their respective Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Warrantholders, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the applicable Warrantholder’s determination of whether this Warrant is |
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| exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Warrantholders together with any of their respective Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. For purposes of this Section 3(E), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Warrantholders may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the SEC, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). Upon the written or oral request of a Warrantholder, the Company shall, within two (2) trading days, confirm orally and in writing to such Warrantholder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Warrantholders or their respective Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. If the Company receives a Notice of Exercise from the Warrantholder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Warrantholder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Notice of Exercise would otherwise cause the Warrantholder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 3(E), to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Warrantholder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Notice of Exercise (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Warrantholder any exercise price paid by the Warrantholder for the Reduction Shares. As used in this Warrant, “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” means 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrantholders shall have the right to increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other number, with any increase to be effective only upon the Warrantholders |
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| providing the Company with prior written notice of such increase, which shall be effective sixty-one (61) days after delivery of such notice to the Company. The provisions of this Section 3(E) shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(E) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. |
| 4. | Mechanics of Exercise; Issuance of Shares; Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company; Listing. |
| (A) | Mechanics of Exercise. |
| (i) | Delivery of Certificates and/or Book-Entry Shares Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Warrantholder by, at the Warrantholder’s request (A) crediting the account of the Warrantholder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system if the Company is then a participant in such system, (B) physical delivery to the address specified by the Warrantholder in the Notice of Exercise or (C) by entry on the books of the Company (or the Transfer Agent, if any), in each case by the date that is two trading days after the later of (1) payment of the Exercise Price as set forth above or (2) the date of a Cashless Exercise, if applicable (such later date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The applicable Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Warrantholder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the applicable exercise date or the date that is two trading days following the date of a Cashless Exercise, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to deliver shares through the system of The Depositary Trust Company if it determines that pursuant to Section 9 a legend is required to be included on the Shares being delivered. |
| (ii) | Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Warrantholder a certificate or the certificates representing the Shares pursuant to Section 4(A)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than as a result of any action or inaction of the Warrantholder’s prime broker), then the Warrantholder shall have the right to rescind such exercise. Any rescission by the Warrantholder pursuant to this Section 4(A)(ii) shall not affect any other remedies available to the Warrantholder under applicable law or equity as a result of the Company’s failure to timely deliver the Shares. |
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| (iii) | Closing of Books. The Company shall not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof. |
| (B) | Conditional Exercise. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if an exercise of any portion of this Warrant is to be made in connection with an underwritten public offering or a sale of the Company (pursuant to a merger, sale of stock, or otherwise), such exercise may, at the election of the Warrantholder (set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise), be conditioned upon the consummation of such transaction, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed to be effective until immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction. |
| (C) | Exercise Prior to Expiration. To the extent this Warrant is not previously exercised as to all Shares subject hereto, and if the Market Price of the Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price then in effect, this Warrant shall be deemed automatically exercised pursuant to Section 4(A) (even if not surrendered) via a “cashless exercise” described in Section 3(B) immediately prior to the Expiration Time. To the extent this Warrant or any portion thereof is deemed automatically exercised pursuant to this Section 4(C), the Company agrees to promptly notify the Warrantholder of the number of Shares, if any, the Warrantholder is to receive by reason of such automatic exercise. |
| (D) | Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby represents, covenants and agrees, as applicable: |
| (i) | The Company (A) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (B) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, to issue and enter into this Warrant and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (C) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or operations of the Company, is qualified to do business and, where applicable is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. |
| (ii) | This Warrant is, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized and validly issued. This Warrant constitutes, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity. |
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| (iii) | The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Warrant and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant does not and will not (A) violate any material provision of applicable law or the organizational documents of the Company, (B) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both) a default under any material agreement of the Company or (C) result in or require the creation or imposition of any lien upon any assets of the Company. |
| (iv) | The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights represented by this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that such Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation or any preemptive or similar rights of any equity holder of the Company. The Company shall (A) procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded and (B) maintain such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance. |
| (v) | The Company covenants that all Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant shall, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges created by the Warrantholder, except as otherwise provided herein, or income and franchise taxes of Warrantholder incurred in connection with the exercise of any Warrant or any transfer of Shares occurring contemporaneously therewith). |
| (vi) | Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Warrantholder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such |
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| terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Warrantholder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall (A) not increase the par value of any Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (B) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant, and (D) use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares may be issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or traded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Company from repurchasing or otherwise buying back shares of its Common Stock. |
| (vii) | Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Exercise Price as so adjusted. |
| (viii) | The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis (including all options, warrants and securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock as of the Issue Date is 5,928,395). |
| (ix) | Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (or expect to become in the foreseeable future) a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations in Section 4(D)(viii) and (ix) shall be made only as of the Issue Date.
| 5. | No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a Share that the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at the Company’s election, either (A) pay to such Warrantholder an amount in cash (by delivery of a certified or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds) equal to the product of (1) such fraction multiplied by (2) the Market Price of one Share on the exercise date or the date of Cashless Exercise, as applicable, or (B) round up to the next whole share. |
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| 6. | No Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books. This Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date of exercise hereof. The Company will at no time close its transfer books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant. |
| 7. | Charges, Taxes and Expenses. |
| (A) | Issuance of certificates for Shares to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue, stamp, transfer or other tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company. The parties agree to report a Cashless Exercise as a recapitalization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
| (B) | [Reserved.] |
| (C) | The Warrantholder and the Company agree not to report or take any tax position for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and applicable state, local and non-U.S. income tax purposes) that is inconsistent with this Section 7 except as otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 or a change in applicable law made after the date hereof. |
| (D) | The Warrantholder (including any transferee Warrantholder) shall provide the Company with a duly completed or executed IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 upon the issuance (or, in the event of a transfer, the receipt of) this Warrant. |
| (E) | The Company (and its applicable withholding agents and paying agents) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold taxes attributable to any payment (including deemed payments) made on or with respect to the Warrant from any payment made on such Warrant or on the Shares into which such Warrant are converted (in each case, which payment is made to the applicable Warrantholder) to the extent required by applicable law; provided that, if the Company determines that any such deduction or withholding is so required (other than any deduction or withholding resulting from any Warrantholder’s failure to deliver the documentation set forth in Section 7(D)), then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the recipient of the amount and rationale for such deduction or withholding prior to the applicable payment date and shall reasonably cooperate with the recipient of such payment to obtain any available exemption from, or reduction in the amount of, such deduction or withholding in accordance with applicable law. Any such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the applicable Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made. |
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| 8. | Representations and Warranties of the Warrantholder. The Warrantholder acknowledges that the Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The Warrantholder expressly warrants that it (i) is acquiring the Warrant (and any Shares issuable upon exercise) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present intention to distribute the Warrant (or any Shares issuable upon exercise) to any person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (ii) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Warrant (or any Shares issuable upon exercise), except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (iii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks and of making an informed investment decision, and has conducted a review of the business and affairs of the Company that it considers sufficient and reasonable, (iv) has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Warrant and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company, (v) is able to bear the economic risk and at the present time is able to afford a complete loss of such investment and (vi) is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act). |
| 9. | Transfer/Assignment. |
| (A) | Subject to compliance with clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 9, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the books of the Company by the registered holder hereof in person or by a duly authorized attorney, and a new warrant shall be made and delivered by the Company, of the same tenor and date as this Warrant but registered in the name of one or more transferees, upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the office or agency of the Company described in Section 3. All expenses (other than stock transfer taxes, if any) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the new warrants pursuant to this Section 9 shall be paid by the Company. |
| (B) | This Warrant shall not be transferrable other than in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Shareholders Agreement. Each permitted transferee of a Warrant shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the provisions of Section 3.1 of the Shareholders Agreement. |
| (C) | If and for so long as the Warrant has not been registered under the Securities Act, this Warrant Certificate shall contain a legend as set forth in the first paragraph of the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant. A similar legend will be included on any Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant under similar circumstances. |
| 10. | Exchange and Registry of Warrant. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Warrantholder to the Company, for a new warrant or warrants of like tenor |
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| and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares. The Company shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the Warrantholder as the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at the office of the Company, and the Company shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry. |
| 11. | Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of a bond, indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares as provided for in such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant. |
| 12. | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is a business day. |
| 13. | Rule 144 Information. The Company covenants that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely file all reports and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Warrantholder, make publicly available such information as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act), and it shall use reasonable best efforts to take such further action as any Warrantholder may reasonably request, in each case to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to, if permitted by the terms of this Warrant, sell this Warrant without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (B) any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the written request of any Warrantholder, the Company will deliver to such Warrantholder a written statement that it has complied with such requirements. |
| 14. | Adjustments and Other Rights. Subject in each case to Section 14(K), the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows; provided, that if more than one subsection of this Section 14 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and no single event shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this Section 14 so as to result in duplication: |
| (A) | Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations. If the Company shall (i) declare and pay a dividend or otherwise make a distribution on its Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity-equivalent securities (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock |
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| issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivide (by any stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of the Company’s Capital Stock then-issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a greater number of shares, or (iii) combine or consolidate (including by way of reverse stock split) or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or other class of the Company’s Capital Stock then-issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) into a smaller number of shares, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Warrantholder after such date shall be entitled to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive in respect of the shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant after such date had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such date. In such event, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record or effective date, as the case may be, for such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 14(A) shall, in the case of a dividend or distribution, become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and, in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification, become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision, combination or re-classification. In the event that any such dividend or distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such dividend or distribution, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed. |
| (B) | Other Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, in case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a dividend or other distribution to any or all holders of shares of its Common Stock, by return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, cash, rights, options, warrants or other property by way of dividend, spin-off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme or arrangement or similar transaction) (excluding dividends or distributions referred to in Section 14(A)), in each such case, the Exercise Price in effect prior to such record date shall be reduced |
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| immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the reduction by the quotient of (x) the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading without the right to receive such distribution, minus the amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value of the securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, warrants or other property to be so distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock (such amount and/or Fair Market Value, the “Per Share Fair Market Value”) divided by (y) such Market Price on such date specified in clause (x); such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. In such event, the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the distribution giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. In the event that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, cash, warrants or other property, as the case may be, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed. |
| (C) | Adjustments Upon Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation or Merger. In the event of any (i) capital reorganization of the Company, (ii) reclassification of the stock of the Company (other than a reclassification of Common Stock referred to in Section 14(A)), (iii) consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person, (iv) sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person or (v) other similar transaction (other than any such transaction covered by Section 14(A)) in each case which entitles the holders of Common Stock to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or property with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, each Warrant shall, immediately after such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, remain outstanding and shall thereafter, in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the number of Shares then exercisable under this Warrant, be exercisable for the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Company or of the successor Person resulting from such transaction to which the Warrantholder would have been entitled upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction if the Warrantholder had exercised this Warrant in full immediately prior to the time of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction and acquired the applicable number of Shares then |
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| issuable hereunder as a result of such exercise (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant); and, in such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made with respect to the Warrantholder’s rights under this Warrant to insure that the provisions of this Section 14 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as possible, to this Warrant in relation to any shares of stock, securities or property thereafter acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant (including, in the case of any consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, an immediate adjustment to the Exercise Price to the value per share for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction, and a corresponding immediate adjustment to the number of Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or similar transaction). In determining the kind and amount of stock, securities or property receivable upon exercise of this Warrant following the consummation of such transaction, if the holders of Common Stock have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such transaction, then the Warrantholder shall have the right to make a similar election (including, without limitation, being subject to similar proration constraints) upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to the number of shares of stock or other securities or property which the Warrantholder will receive upon exercise of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 14(C) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales or similar transactions. |
| (D) | Anti-Dilution Adjustments. |
| (i) | If the Company (x) issues or sells any shares of Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exchange or other extinguishment of any equity-linked instruments) (other than Excluded Issuances), or (y) issues or sells any warrants or other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock (other than Excluded Issuances), in either case for a consideration per share or exercise, conversion or strike price (as applicable) [(the “New Issuance Price”)] less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the greater of [(A) the New Issuance Price and (B) $17.25 (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14)]16[(A) an amount reflecting a proportionate percentage reduction as that applied to the Tranche A Warrants pursuant to the anti-dilution adjustments applicable thereto and (B) $37.50 (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14)]17; |
| 16 | NTD: For Tranche A Warrants. |
| 17 | NTD: For Tranche B Warrants. |
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| provided that, if required, until the Shareholder Approval is obtained, no adjustment will be made pursuant to this Section 14(D) to the extent, but only to the extent, such adjustment would cause the Exercise Price to be less than $18.73 (subject to proportionate adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits or stock combinations with respect to the Common Stock). If Shareholder Approval is obtained at any time after any adjustment to the Exercise Price is limited pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 14(D) then, effective as of the time such Shareholder Approval is obtained, the Exercise Price will be adjusted to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect assuming that the first sentence of this Section 14(D) had not applied to any prior adjustment to the Exercise Price. |
| (ii) | Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained herein in the event of any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to either clause (x) or clause (y) of the foregoing Section 14(D)(i) in an issuance in which the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates participates, such adjustment shall only be applied proportionately in respect of the portion in which the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates elected not to participate, if any. |
| (E) | Rounding of Calculations; Minimum Adjustments. All calculations under this Section 14 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a cent or to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be. Any provision of this Section 14 to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be made if the amount of such adjustment would be less than $0.01 or one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of Common Stock, but any such amount shall be carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate $0.01 or 1/10th of a share of Common Stock, or more. |
| (F) | Timing of Issuance of Additional Common Stock Upon Certain Adjustments. In any case in which the provisions of this Section 14 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Warrantholder of this Warrant exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying to such Warrantholder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company upon request shall deliver to such Warrantholder a due bill or other appropriate instrument |
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| evidencing such Warrantholder’s right to receive such additional shares, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment. |
| (G) | Notice to the Warrantholder. |
| (i) | Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 14, the Company shall promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including (A) a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Shares or other securities or property issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable) and (B) in the case of adjustment pursuant to Section 14(B), a statement of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock, and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and certifying the calculation thereof. The Company shall deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Warrantholder as promptly as reasonably practicable following any adjustment of the Exercise Price, but in any event not later than ten business days thereafter. |
| (ii) | Notice to Allow Exercise by the Warrantholder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special or nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Capital Stock of any class or of any rights of the Company, (D) the Company enters into or becomes bound by an agreement in connection with a Change of Control or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Company’s records, at least 10 business days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such Change of Control is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such Change of Control; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Warrantholder shall remain |
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| entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable laws, to the extent that any notice provided pursuant to this Section 14(G)(ii) contains material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall disclose such information regarding the Company in a Current Report on Form 8-K and file such Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC no later than the business day following the date such notice is delivered to the Warrantholder. |
| (H) | Cash Transaction Exercise. In the event of a Change of Control in which the Common Stock is converted into solely the right to receive cash upon closing of such Change of Control, if this Warrant has not previously been exercised in full on an exercise date occurring before the third (3rd) business day prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, any unexercised portion of this Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to receive cash consideration in such Change of Control as if it were deemed exercised in full, without the delivery of a Notice of Exercise, effective immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to the amount of cash payable in such Change of Control in respect of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Shares that would be deliverable upon a Cashless Exercise of this Warrant in full immediately prior to consummation of such Change of Control pursuant to this Section 14(H) of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, where the applicable Market Price of a share of Common Stock in such an exercise is deemed for these purposes to be the cash payable in respect of a share of Common Stock in such Change of Control; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, if the cash payable in respect of a share of Common Stock in such Change of Control in which the Common Stock is converted into solely the right to receive cash upon closing of such Change of Control is less than the then-applicable Exercise Price, then upon consummation of such Change of Control the unexercised portion of this Warrant shall be cancelled for no consideration. |
| (I) | Statement Regarding Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted as provided in Section 14, the Company shall forthwith file at the principal office of the Company a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price that shall be in effect and the number of Shares into which this Warrant shall be exercisable after such adjustment, and the Company shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage prepaid, to each Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Company’s records. |
| (J) | [Reserved]. |
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| (K) | Adjustment Rules. Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 14 shall be made successively whenever an event referred to herein shall occur. If an adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder would reduce the Exercise Price to an amount below par value of the Common Stock, then such adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder shall reduce the Exercise Price to the par value of the Common Stock. |
| 15. | Participation Rights. |
| (A) | If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizes the issuance or sale of any Equity Interests, other than the Excluded Issuances or in the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company, the Company shall offer to sell to each Warrantholder a portion of such Equity Interests equal to the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant then held by such Warrantholder plus the number of Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Warrant held by such Warrantholder by (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding determined on a fully diluted basis, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant, the Stellex Warrants outstanding as of September 11, 2025, the Corre Warrants and the Atlantic Park Warrant shall be included in the calculation of the Company’s fully diluted shares outstanding as of September 11, 2025 for purposes of this Section 15(A). Each such Warrantholder shall be entitled to purchase such Equity Interests at the same price and on the same terms as such Equity Interests are to be offered. The purchase price for all Equity Interests offered to each such Warrantholder shall be payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds. In the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to request that the underwriter(s) in such offering allow the Warrantholders to purchase shares from the underwriter(s) in the same proportion that they would have been entitled to had this Section 15 applied to such underwritten offering. |
| (B) | In connection with the issuance or sale of any Equity Interests to which the participation rights described in this Section 15 apply, the Company will deliver to each Warrantholder, as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances giving rise to the participation rights described in this Section 15, a written notice (the “Participation Rights Notice”) describing (i) the Equity Interests being offered, (ii) the purchase price and the payment terms of the Equity Interests being offered (including the date the Company is requesting delivery of funds with respect thereto), and (iii) such Warrantholder’s percentage allotment. |
| (C) | In order to exercise its participation rights under this Section 15, each Warrantholder must deliver a written notice to the Company describing its election hereunder (which election may be with respect to all or any portion of the Equity Interests it has a right to purchase hereunder) no later than five (5) business days after receipt of the Participation Rights Notice (the “Election Period”). |
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| (D) | During the 120-day period following the expiration of the Election Period, the Company shall be entitled to sell such Equity Interests which any Warrantholder has not elected to purchase prior to the expiration of the Election Period on terms and conditions (including price) no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than those offered to such Warrantholder. Any Equity Interests offered or sold by the Company to any Person after such 120-day period must be proportionately reoffered to each such Warrantholder pursuant to the terms of this Section 15. |
| 16. | [Reserved]. |
| 17. | Shareholder Approval. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Shareholder Approval, including by seeking such approval, if not previously obtained, at each future regular annual meeting of its stockholders and endorsing its approval in the related proxy materials. The Company will promptly notify the Warrantholder if the Shareholder Approval is obtained. |
| 18. | Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State. Each of the parties hereto agrees (i) to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the State or Federal courts in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, (ii) that exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall lie in the State or Federal courts in the State of New York, and (iii) that notice may be served upon such party at the address and in the manner set forth for such party in Section 21. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WARRANT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (I) 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 THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS WARRANT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 18. |
| 19. | Binding Effect. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective the successors and permitted assigns. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of the Warrantholder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Warrantholder or holder of Shares. |
| 20. | Amendment and Modification; Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Warrant may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by |
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| each party hereto. No waiver by the Company or the Warrantholder of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Warrant shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. |
| 21. | Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile, or three business days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. |
Notices and other communications hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites). Notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.
If to the Company, to it at:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford Road
Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Attn: James C. Webster
E-mail: James.Webster@TeamInc.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Matthew R. Pacey and Billy Vranish
Email: Matt.Pacey@kirkland.com, Billy.Vranish@kirkland.com
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If to the Warrantholder, to it at,
c/o Stellex Capital Management LLC
900 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Olivia Zhao and Tom Cassidy
E-mail: ozhao@stellexcapital.com and tcassidy@stellexcapital.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins, LLP
1271 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Peter Sluka and Andrew Blumenthal
E-mail: peter.sluka@lw.com and andrew.blumenthal@lw.com
| 22. | Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Warrantholder, shall give rise to any liability of the Warrantholder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. |
| 23. | Remedies. The Warrantholder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. |
| 24. | Severability. Any provision of this Warrant held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. |
| 25. | Entire Agreement. This Warrant and the forms attached hereto, contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or undertakings with respect thereto. |
| 26. | Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Company contained in this agreement, or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this agreement, and all covenants of the Company in this agreement, shall survive the execution and delivery of this agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until such time when either (i) the Warrant and the Shares are no longer outstanding or (ii) the Warrantholder no longer |
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| holds any Warrants or Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of such survival period and such claims shall survive until finally resolved. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Warrant as of the Issue Date.
| COMPANY: TEAM, INC. |
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| By | ||
| Name: | James C. Webster | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
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[Signature Page to Warrant]
| WARRANTHOLDER: | ||
| INSPECTIONTECH HOLDINGS LP | ||
| By | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: |
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[Signature Page to Warrant]
Date:
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: Team, Inc.
RE: Election to Purchase Common Stock
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase the number of shares of the Common Stock set forth below covered by such Warrant. The undersigned, in accordance with Section 2 of the Warrant, hereby agrees to pay the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares of Common Stock by means of the manner specified below. In the event that the undersigned desires to use a combination of such methods, such intent should be described in detail below. A new warrant evidencing the remaining shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, but not yet subscribed for and purchased, if any, should be issued in the name set forth below.
Number of Shares of Common Stock:
Aggregate Exercise Price:
Cash Payment: ☐
Cashless Exercise:☐
Conditional Exercise:☐
Method of Delivery:
☐ Book Entry
☐ Certificated
☐ Electronic
If to Prime Broker please provide Prime Broker account information:
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Exhibit C
SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
[See Attached.]
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
This SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 11, 2025, is entered into by and among (i) Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) Stellex Capital Management LLC (“Stellex” and, together with its Affiliates, including the Stellex Holder, Stellex III and Stellex III-A (each, as defined below), the “Investors”), and (iii) InspectionTech Holdings LP (the “Stellex Holder”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2025, the Company entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”) by and between the Company and the purchasers named in Schedule I thereto;
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2025, pursuant to terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to the Stellex Holder the Initial Preferred Equity Interests and the Initial Warrants;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company may in the future issue to the Stellex Holder the Delayed Draw Preferred Equity Interests and the Delayed Draw Warrants; and
WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Company, Stellex and the Stellex Holder wish to set forth certain understandings among such parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Activist Investor” means, as of any date of determination, any Person who has been identified as an activist investor on the most-recently available “SharkWatch 50” list or, in the event that the “SharkWatch 50” list is no longer published, on a substantially similar reputable published list of the most prominent activist investors regularly relied on or cited to by industry associations, public authorities or proxy advisors in the context of activism activities, or any controlled Affiliate of such Persons.
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such particular Person; provided, that for purposes of this Agreement, no Investor shall be considered an Affiliate of the Company or of any Affiliate of the Company.
“Affiliated Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Atlantic Park Warrants” means those certain warrants to purchase in the aggregate of up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock by APSC Holdco II, L.P. governed by that certain second amended and restated common stock purchase warrant, dated as of December 8, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.
A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “Beneficially Own” any shares of Common Stock that such Person or any of such Person’s affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) or associates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) is deemed to “beneficially own” (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, but without giving effect to the words “within 60 days” in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) and any exercise or conversion limitation or “blocker” contained within the terms of any security exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock), together with any Common Stock so beneficially owned by any other persons whose beneficial ownership would be aggregated with such Person for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
“Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.
“Board Confidentiality Policy” means the confidentiality policy applicable to the Board (as amended, amended and restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time).
“Board Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in New York, New York generally are closed as a result of federal, state or local holiday.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.30 par value per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Company Competitor” means (i) any Person that directly engages in business activities that compete with those material business activities engaged in by the Company identified in writing on that certain list delivered by the Company to Stellex on or prior to the date hereof (as such list may be updated from time to time in accordance with this paragraph as described below, the “Competitor List”), (ii) any Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) above that is reasonably identifiable as an Affiliate of such Person solely on the basis of such Affiliate’s name, and (iii) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) above that is identified from time to time in a written notice by the Company to Stellex as described below; provided that no private equity or similar investment fund (including the Investors) shall be deemed to engage in business activities that compete with those engaged in by the Company solely by virtue of any such fund’s ownership or Control of portfolio companies or individual investments as long as no information regarding the Company obtained by such Person in such Person’s role as a Board Observer or an Investor Director is shared with such portfolio company or investment or any individual serving as a director, officer or any similar role with any such portfolio company or other investment; provided further, that, following the date hereof, (a) the Competitor List may be updated by the Company from time to time after consultation with Stellex to add one or more additional Persons that directly engages in business activities that compete with those material business activities engaged in by the Company, and (b) no such update shall apply retroactively.
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“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall have correlative meanings.
“Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee” means the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board.
“Delayed Draw Preferred Equity Interests” means any delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Delayed Draw Warrants” means warrants to purchase additional shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in one or more common stock purchase warrants, issuable on or after the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(a) of this Agreement.
“Initial Preferred Equity Interests” means the preferred equity interests (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests) issued to the Stellex Holder on or about the date hereof pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Initial Warrants” means, collectively, (i) warrants to purchase in the aggregate up to 982,371 shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in that certain common stock purchase warrant, dated as of September 11, 2025 and (ii) warrants to purchase in the aggregate up to 470,889 shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in that certain common stock purchase warrant, dated as of September 11, 2025, in each case issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Investor Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.
“Investor Representative” means Stellex.
“Investors” have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
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“Necessary Action” means, with respect to a specified result, all actions (to the extent such actions are permitted by applicable law, rule or regulation) necessary to cause such result, including, to the extent applicable, (i) including each Investor Director in the Board’s slate of nominees to the stockholders for each election of the class of directors in which each Investor Director is placed, (ii) including each Investor Director in the proxy statement prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election of the class of directors in which each Investor Director is placed, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the Board with respect to the election of the class of directors in which each Investor Director is placed (and recommending the shareholders of the Company vote in favor of such Investor Director’s election at all times), (iii) not nominating any candidate for the slate of nominees for each election of the class of directors in which each Investor Director is placed in opposition to the election of each Investor Director, (iv) seeking the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Company if necessary, (v) executing necessary agreements and instruments, and (vi) making or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result.
“Observation Period” has the meaning set forth Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, any court, administrative agency, regulatory body, commission or other governmental authority, board, bureau or instrumentality, domestic or foreign and any subdivision thereof or other entity, and also includes any managed investment account.
“Preferred Equity Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock of Team, Inc. governing the Preferred Equity Interests (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Preferred Equity Interests” means, collectively, preferred equity interests (including the Initial Preferred Equity Interests and any subsequent Delayed Draw Preferred Equity Interests) issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Preferred Equity Threshold Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.
“Proceeding” means any suit, action or proceeding based upon or arising out of this Agreement.
“Prohibited Institutions” means (i) any Company Competitor identified in writing on that certain list delivered by the Company to Stellex on or prior to the date hereof (as such list may be updated from time to time in accordance with this paragraph as described below, the “Prohibited List”), (ii) any Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) above that is reasonably identifiable as an Affiliate of such Person solely on the basis of such Affiliate’s name, and (iii) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) above that is identified from time to time in a written notice by the Company to Stellex as described below; provided, that, following the date hereof, (a) the Prohibited List may be updated by the Company from time to time after consultation and with the consent of Stellex (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to add one or more additional Persons (provided that such additional Persons may only be added to the Prohibited List if they constitute a Company Competitor or an Affiliate of a Company Competitor), and (b) no such update shall apply retroactively.
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“Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Qualification Requirements” have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, any investment fund, entities or accounts controlled, managed, advised or subadvised by such Person or a wholly-owned Affiliate of such Person.
“Selected Courts” have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4 of this Agreement.
“Stellex” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Stellex Holder” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Stellex NDA” means that certain Confidentiality Agreement dated December 5, 2024 between the Company and Stellex.
“Warrants” means, collectively, the Initial Warrants and the Delayed Draw Warrants.
“Warrants Threshold Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.
Section 1.2 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) References in the singular or to “him,” “her,” “it,” “itself” or other like references, and references in the plural or the feminine or masculine reference, as the case may be, shall also, when the context so requires, be deemed to include the plural or singular, or the masculine or feminine reference, as the case may be;
(b) References to Articles and Sections shall refer to articles and sections of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified;
(c) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience and identification only and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision thereof;
(d) This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party that drafted and caused this Agreement to be drafted; and
(e) References to “including” in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation,” whether or not so specified.
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ARTICLE II
GOVERNANCE MATTERS
Section 2.1 Board Observation Rights.
(a) For the period (the “Observation Period”) beginning on the date hereof and continuing for so long as the Investors have the right to appoint at least one (1) director to the Board pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Agreement, the Investor Representative, acting on behalf of the Investors, shall have the right to appoint, by written notice to the Company, one individual representative (the “Board Observer”) to attend (but not record) and participate in all meetings of the Board in a non-voting observer capacity and, except as set forth herein, receive all deliverables provided to the Board. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an individual may not be a Board Observer if such individual is an employee or director of a Company Competitor.
(b) During the Observation Period, the Company shall give the Board Observer copies of all notices, consents, minutes and other materials, financial or otherwise, which the Company provides to the Board (whether in connection with meetings of the Board or otherwise, and at the same time as such materials are provided to the Board); provided, that Stellex confirms hereby that (i) the Board Observer is a “Representative” under the Stellex NDA, and (ii) Stellex has informed the Board Observer of the confidential nature of, and directed the Board Observer to treat confidentiality, any confidential information received in its capacity as the Board Observer in accordance with the terms of the Stellex NDA.
(c) It is acknowledged that, as of the date hereof, Olivia Zhao serves as the Investor Representative’s Board Observer. The Investor Representative, acting on behalf of the Investors, may remove or change the individual serving as the Board Observer for any reason, with or without cause. If for any reason, the individual serving as the Board Observer is removed or otherwise ceases to serve as the Board Observer, the Investor Representative, acting on behalf of the Investors, may, by written notice to the Company and in accordance with Section 2.1(a), appoint a replacement Board Observer during any Observation Period.
(d) The Board Observer may at any time elect, solely in his or her discretion and upon written notice to the Company, to cease attending meetings of the Board and receiving any deliverables provided to the Board. Such election may be revoked by the Board Observer (and the Board Observer shall have the right to attend meetings of the Board and receive deliverables provided to the Board, including any deliverables provided to the Board during the period of time in which the Board Observer elected to cease attending meetings and receiving deliverables provided to the Board, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, as if such election were not made) at any time upon written notice to the Company.
Section 2.2 Board Nomination Rights.
(a) Subject to the immediately following sentence and applicable law, the Company shall, upon written request by the Investor Representative, take all Necessary Action, subject to the following provisos, (i) to cause one (1) member of the Board to consist of the nominee designated in writing by the Investor Representative, acting on behalf of Stellex Capital Partners III LP (“Stellex III”), and (ii) to cause one (1) member of the Board to consist of the nominee designated in writing by the Investor Representative, acting on behalf of Stellex Capital Partners III-A LP (“Stellex III-A”), hereunder (each such director appointed in accordance with this sentence, an “Investor Director”), subject to the Qualification Requirements, in each case no later than seven (7) Business Days following receipt by the Company of all information reasonably requested by the Company from the Investor Representative and such applicable nominee.
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Upon the Investors collectively ceasing to Beneficially Own (i) more than 50% of the aggregate Warrants (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Warrants and any Delayed Draw Warrants) and Common Stock issued upon exercise of such Warrants issued to the Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Warrants Threshold Amount”), the number of Investor Directors that the Investors are entitled to shall be reduced by one, and (ii) any of the Preferred Equity Interests issued to the Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Preferred Equity Threshold Amount”), the number of Investor Directors that the Investors are entitled to shall be reduced by one. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) at any time that the Investors are entitled to nominate only one (1) Investor Director due to the foregoing reductions, such Investor Director shall be the nominee designated by the Investor Representative, acting on behalf of Stellex III-A, and (ii) upon the Investors collectively ceasing to hold the Warrants Threshold Amount and ceasing to hold the Preferred Equity Threshold Amount, the Investors shall no longer be entitled to any Investor Directors.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.2, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee may choose not to nominate or appoint each Investor Director, as the case may be, if the election or appointment of such candidate to the Board would result in the Company failing to comply with any rule or regulation of the Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or any other applicable law, rule or regulation, and if the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee so chooses not to nominate or appoint such Investor Director, then in the case of an election of a candidate to the Board, the Investor Representative may designate in writing a replacement director nominee until each Investor Director that is a suitable candidate, as determined by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, is nominated. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee shall take all Necessary Action to ensure that the Investor Representative is able to designate each Investor Director pursuant to this Section 2.2, subject to the Qualification Requirements. A nominee shall not be eligible to serve as an Investor Director if such nominee (A) does not satisfy the skill and experience qualifications for service as a director of the Company applicable to all directors of the Company (it being understood that any determination that a nominee Investor Director does not satisfy such qualifications must be made by a majority of the full Board (excluding any director that has recused himself or herself) in good faith), (B) is prohibited from serving as an independent director pursuant to any applicable law (including, without limitation, the Exchange Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended) or rule or regulation of the Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, (C) is an employee or director of a Company Competitor or (D) does not irrevocably agree in writing, in a form reasonably acceptable to both the Investor Representative and the Company, subject to applicable law, to immediately resign from the Board in the event that (1) such Investor Director receives written notice from the Investor Representative requesting on behalf of either Stellex III or Stellex III-A, as applicable, that such Investor Director resign from the Board (including a request after the Investors collectively cease to hold the Warrants Threshold Amount or the Preferred Equity Threshold Amount, as applicable), or (2) the conditions specified in Section 2.2(d) shall have occurred (the conditions set forth in sub-sections (A) through (D) collectively, the “Qualification Requirements”).
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For the avoidance of doubt, as of the date of this Agreement, the Warrants Threshold Amount and the Preferred Equity Threshold Amount are each satisfied, the Investors are entitled to a total of two (2) Investor Directors pursuant to this Section 2.2.
(c) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.2, each Investor Director designated by the Investor Representative and elected as a member of the Board shall serve as an Investor Director until the expiration of his or her term of office, and in such case the Investor Representative, acting on behalf of the Investors, may designate a successor Investor Director in accordance with this Section 2.2 upon prompt written notice to the Company at least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the one-year anniversary of the filing of the proxy statement in connection with the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company immediately preceding the annual meeting for the election of the class of directors in which such Investor Director is placed.
(d) In the event that an Investor Director fails to satisfy sub-sections (B) or (C) of the Qualification Requirements, or the number of Investor Directors is reduced by one as a result of a failure to maintain the Warrants Threshold Amount or Preferred Equity Threshold Amount, the Investors agree, promptly upon (and in any event within five (5) Business Days following) receipt of a written request from the Company, to cause either such Investor Director who at any given time is disqualified from serving on the Board pursuant to this Section 2.2(d), or an Investor Director as designated by the Investor, as applicable, to resign from the Board effective immediately or to cause such Investor Director to be removed from the Board in accordance with Section 2.2(e).
(e) In the event of (i) the resignation, death or removal (including removal for cause) of any Investor Director from the Board (including pursuant to Section 2.2(d)), (ii) an Investor Director ceasing to be a member of the Board at any time and for any reason or (iii) the creation of a vacancy on the Board as a result of an increase in the size of the Board in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Company’s Bylaws, the Investor Representative, acting on behalf of the Investors, shall have the right but not the obligation, such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Investor Representative and subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.2, to designate in writing a successor Investor Director (or new Investor Director, as applicable) to the Board to fill the resulting vacancy on the Board, subject to the Qualification Requirements. In the event that the Investor Representative chooses not to designate in writing an Investor Director to fill any such resulting vacancy on the Board in accordance with the terms and conditions herein, the resulting vacancy shall remain until the Investor Representative designates a successor Investor Director in accordance with this Section 2.2.
(f) Each Investor Director shall be entitled to serve on each committee of the Board that such Investor Director is permitted to serve on pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and any national securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading (other than with respect to matters in which the Investor or such Investor Director has a conflict of interest).
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(g) For so long as the Investors are entitled to at least one Investor Director, the Company shall not increase the size of the Board without the prior written consent of the Investors.
Section 2.3 Governance Obligations. The Investors shall cause each Investor Director to provide to the Company, prior to nomination and appointment and on an on-going basis while serving as a member of the Board, such information and materials, including completed director and officer questionnaires, as the Company routinely receives from other non-executive members of the Board or as is required to be disclosed in proxy statements under applicable law, rule or regulation or as is otherwise reasonably requested by the Company from time to time from all non-executive members of the Board in connection with the governance, legal, regulatory, auditor or national securities exchange requirements of the Company. Each Investor Director shall be subject to all codes of conduct and policies generally applicable to non-executive members of the Board (including, without limitation, the Board Confidentiality Policy), provided that such Investor Director shall not be subject to any code of conduct or other confidentiality policies that are more onerous on such Investor Director than those imposed on each other non-executive member of the Board.
Section 2.4 Reimbursement of Investor Director Expenses. The Company shall reimburse each Investor Director for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such Investor Director’s participation in the meetings of the Board, including all reasonable and documented travel, lodging and meal expenses, consistent with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies that apply to other non-executive directors serving on the Board.
Section 2.5 D&O Insurance; Compensation. Without limiting the rights of the Investor Directors under the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company as in effect from time to time and under applicable law, each Investor Director shall be covered as an insured by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ indemnity insurance coverage on customary terms that are at least as favorable to the Investor Directors as the terms of the coverage for other non-executive directors, and the Company shall maintain in full force and effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in reasonable amounts from established and reputable insurers to the same extent it indemnifies and provides insurance for each of the other non-executive directors of the Board. An Investor Director shall be entitled to any cash or equity compensation and/or indemnification (including by entry into any indemnification agreement) available to the other non-executive directors of the Board; provided, that, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 2.4 and this Section 2.5, any Investor Director that is an employee of the Investor will not receive any cash or equity compensation in connection with such Investor Director’s service on the Board. Each Investor Director shall be an express third-party beneficiary of this Section 2.5.
ARTICLE III
TRANSACTION RESTRICTIONS
Section 3.1 Transfer Restrictions. The Investors shall not transfer any portion of the Preferred Equity Interests or Warrants (or any Common Stock issued upon exercise of such Warrants) prior to September 11, 2026, other than to Affiliates or Related Funds of the Investor.
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Thereafter, subject to applicable law (a) the Preferred Equity Interests will be transferrable (i) to Affiliates and Related Funds of the Investor without the prior written consent of the Company and (ii) to any Person with the prior written consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, other than to Company Competitors; provided, that, such prohibition on transfer to Company Competitors shall only apply so long as there has been no Default or Trigger Event (each as defined in the Preferred Equity Certificate of Designation), and (b) the Warrants (and any Common Stock issued upon exercise of such Warrants) will be transferable to any Person without the prior written consent of the Company, other than to Company Competitors, Activist Investors, and private equity or similar investment funds that Control a Company Competitor.
Section 3.2 Competing Interests. For as long as the Investors (x) are entitled to any Investor Directors, (y) Beneficially Owns any Preferred Equity Interests or (z) Beneficially Owns more than 5% of the Common Stock of the Company (with Warrants counted on as-if-converted basis), the Investors shall not participate in any change of control transactions or direct equity, equity-linked or debt investments in any Prohibited Institution.
Section 3.3 Other Prohibited Transactions. Prior to March 11, 2026, the Investors shall not (a) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with any Beneficial Owner of 10% of the Common Stock of the Company (with Warrants counted on as-if-converted basis) (an “Affiliated Person”) or (b) purchase any shares of Common Stock (or equity linked securities) of the Company from an Affiliated Person other than through open-market purchases or the acquisition of the Atlantic Park Warrants.
ARTICLE IV
COMPANY COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Negative Covenant. For so long as the Stellex Holder or its Affiliates holds any Warrants, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investors, (a) make any tax election that would have a disproportionate and material adverse impact on the holders of the Warrants without the consent of Stellex (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (b) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Company’s Bylaws (each as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, up to the date hereof) or any similar document of the Company in a manner, in each case, that adversely and disproportionately affects the rights of the holders of the Warrants, or (c) purchase or redeem or pay any cash dividend on any capital stock of the Company other than on a pro rata basis to all Common Stock holders (including in respect of the Warrants in the case of repurchases) or pursuant to the cashless exercise of options, warrants or other rights to acquire Equity Interests (as defined in the Preferred Equity Certificate of Designation).
ARTICLE V
TERMINATION
Section 5.1 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the date on which the Investors collectively cease to Beneficially Own any Preferred Equity Interests or Warrants and (b) written agreement of the parties hereto to terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party hereto with respect to any liability for breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 Reimbursement of Investor Expenses.
(a) The Company shall reimburse the Investors for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Investors in connection with the enforcement of their rights under the Preferred Equity Certificate of Designation and the Purchase Agreement, in each case in respect of the Preferred Equity Interests.
(b) As Stellex will incur out-of-pocket expenses in support of the Company’s value creation and transformation plan, if incurred with the Company’s prior written approval, the Company shall reimburse Stellex for such out-of-pocket expenses.
Section 6.2 Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, the Investors, their officers and directors and agents and each Person who Controls the Investors (collectively, “Indemnitees”) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually incurred by such Indemnitees as a result of any third party claim brought or made against such Indemnitee(s) by any stockholder, lender or other contractual counterparty of the Company arising out of the Stellex Holder’s purchase of the Preferred Equity Interests pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any claim asserted by the Company, any claim asserted by any Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee or any claim arising out of any breach by the Investors of the Purchase Agreement or as a result of the Investors’ fraud, gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
(b) Any Person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the Company of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided, however, that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the Company) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified party and the Company may exist with respect to such claim, permit the Company to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the Company shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If the Company is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim, the Company shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by the Company with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. The Company shall not, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the Company pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
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(c) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution (pursuant to Section 6.2(d)) to such party in the event indemnification is unavailable for any reason.
(d) If the indemnification provided under Section 6.2 hereof from the Company is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The amount paid or payable by the Company as a result of the losses claims, damages or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.2(b) above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6.2(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6.2(d). No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 6.2(d) from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
Section 6.3 Notices. Any notice or other communication provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement by a party hereto to any other party hereto must be in writing and is duly given (a) one (1) Business Day after being deposited with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service company that tracks deliveries, addressed to such other party, with overnight service guaranteed, all charges paid and proof of receipt requested, (b) when delivered in person to such other party or (c) when sent via email, upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such email is sent after 5:00 p.m., New York time on a business day, such notice will be deemed received on the next business day. In each case the notice or communication should be addressed as follows:
(a) If to the Investors:
Stellex Capital Management LLC
900 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Olivia Zhao and Tom Cassidy
E-mail: ozhao@stellexcapital.com and tcassidy@stellexcapital.com
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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Latham & Watkins, LLP
1271 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Peter Sluka and Andrew Blumenthal
E-mail: peter.sluka@lw.com and andrew.blumenthal@lw.com
(b) If to the Company:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford Rd., Suite 600
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: James C. Webster
Email: james.webster@teaminc.com
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main St.
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Matthew R. Pacey; Billy Vranish
Email: matt.pacey@kirkland.com; billy.vranish@kirkland.com
Section 6.4 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice-of-law principles that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) submits, for itself and its properties, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the appellate courts therefrom (the “Selected Courts”) with respect to any Proceeding, and waives any objection to venue being laid in the Selected Courts whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise and hereby agrees not to commence any such Proceeding other than before one of the Selected Courts; provided, however, that a party may commence any Proceeding in a court other than a Selected Court solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the Selected Courts; (b) consents to service of process in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized international express carrier or delivery service, to the Company or the Investors at their addresses referred to in Section 6.3; provided, however, that nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law; and (c) TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AND AGREES THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND TO HAVE ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
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Section 6.5 Assignment; Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waivers. No party hereto may assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto; provided, however, that an Investor may assign any of its rights hereunder to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds; provided further, that the Company’s consent to an assignment of the rights or obligations provided in Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and Section 2.5 of this Agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Agreement shall be void ab initio. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior understandings, whether written or oral, between the Company and the Investors with respect to the contents hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified, in whole or in part, except by a written instrument executed by the Company and the Investor Representative expressly so amending, or modifying this Agreement or any part hereof. Any agreement on the part of any party hereto to any waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party hereto. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in the exercise of any right hereunder shall impair such right or be construed as a waiver of, or acquiescence in, any breach of any agreement herein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right.
Section 6.6 Specific Performance. Each party hereto agrees that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy. It is accordingly agreed that each party hereto shall be entitled to seek an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches (or threatened breaches) of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof, without the necessity of proving irreparable harm or injury as a result of such breach or threatened breach and without the necessity to post any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any party hereto is entitled to at law or in equity.
Section 6.7 Non-Recourse. Each party hereto agrees that this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the parties hereto, and no claims of any nature whatsoever arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be asserted against any individual, entity or other person other than the parties hereto, and no individual, entity or other person that is not a party hereto shall have any liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
Section 6.8 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and its successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other individual, entity or other person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement; provided that (a) the Investor Representative may assert and enforce any rights conferred by this Agreement upon the Stellex Holder (or its successors and permitted assigns) on its behalf, (b) each Investor Director shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 2.5 of this Agreement, (c) each of Stellex III and Stellex III-A shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 2.2 of this Agreement and (d) any individual, entity or other person other than the parties hereto shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 6.7.
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Section 6.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by e-mail or other electronic transmission (including “.pdf” or “.tif” format) shall be as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 6.10 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party hereto. Upon such a determination, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 6.11 Further Assurances. Each party shall execute, deliver, acknowledge and file such other documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the other parties hereto to give effect to and carry out the transactions contemplated herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the date first set forth above.
| TEAM, INC. | ||
| /s/ James C. Webster | ||
| Name: | James C. Webster | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
[Signature Page – Shareholders Agreement]
| STELLEX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | ||
| /s/ Olivia Zhao | ||
| Name: | Olivia Zhao | |
| Title: | Principal | |
| INSPECTIONTECH HOLDINGS LP | ||
| /s/ Olivia Zhao | ||
| Name: | Olivia Zhao | |
| Title: | Principal | |
[Signature Page – Shareholders Agreement]
Exhibit 10.3
Execution Version
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 11, 2025, is among Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Holders (as defined below).
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2025, the Company issued to InspectionTech Holdings LP (“Stellex”) the Initial Warrants (as defined below).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as defined below), the Company may in the future issue to Stellex the Delayed Draw Warrants (as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms and variations thereof have the meanings set forth below:
“Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Board, after consultation with outside counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.
“Affiliates” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of that Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble, as amended from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.30 par value per share.
“Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
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“Delayed Draw Warrants” means warrants to purchase additional shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in one or more common stock purchase warrants, issuable on or after the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
“Demand Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
“Demand Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
“Demanding Holders” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Existing Registration Rights Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2022, among the Company, APSC Holdco II, L.P., Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP.
“Form S-1” means a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or any comparable successor form or forms thereto.
“Form S-3” means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any comparable successor form or forms thereto.
“Governmental Authority” means any government, court, regulatory or administrative agency, commission, arbitrator or authority or other legislative, executive or judicial governmental entity (in each case including any self-regulatory organization), whether federal, state or local, domestic, foreign or multinational.
“Holder” shall mean Stellex and, for the avoidance of doubt, any Person to whom rights under this Agreement are assigned in accordance with Section 7.4.
“Initial Warrants” means, collectively, (i) warrants to purchase in the aggregate up to 982,371 shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in that certain common stock purchase warrant, dated as of September 11, 2025 and (ii) warrants to purchase in the aggregate up to 470,889 shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in that certain common stock purchase warrant, dated as of September 11, 2025, in each case issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of Registrable Securities.
“Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
“Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
“Other Holder” means any “Holder” under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.
“Other Participating Holder” means any “Holder” under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement who, in connection with a Registration hereunder, exercises its rights to register its securities pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.
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“Permitted Transferee” means any Person to whom a Holder or its Permitted Transferee has Transferred Warrants or the shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of a Warrant in a transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are assigned to the transferee of the securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust, statutory trust, series trust, other organization, whether or not a legal entity, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.
“Pro Rata” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, by and between the Company and the purchasers named in Schedule I thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Registrable Security” or “Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Initial Warrants and the Delayed Draw Warrants, respectively, and, in each case, any other equity securities issued or issuable with respect to any such Warrants or shares of Common Stock by way of share split, share dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, replacement, reorganization, conversion or similar event; provided, however, that any particular Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) such securities are sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (ii) such securities are held by the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, (iii) such securities have been transferred in a transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (iv) such securities are sold or disposed of (excluding transfers or assignments by a Holder to an Affiliate of such Holder) pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the SEC then in effect) under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (as then in effect) are met.
“Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
“Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration or Underwritten Offering, including, without limitation, the following:
(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any listing fees of any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;
(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities); (C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;
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(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;
(E) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration or Underwritten Offering;
(F) the Company’s expenses with respect to any roadshow related to the Registration or Underwritten Offering; and
(G) fees and expenses of the Company’s transfer agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to pay any fees, discounts and/or commissions to any Underwriter or broker with respect to the Registrable Securities.
“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
“Resale Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.1.
“Rule 144” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly available written or oral questions and answers, guidance, forms, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission or its staff, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) any other rules and regulations of the Commission.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Stellex” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided that in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
“Takedown Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.4.
“Transfer” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any interest owned by a Person or any interest (including a beneficial interest) in, or the ownership, control or possession of, any interest owned by a Person, establish or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidate with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any security, enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly announce any intention to effect any of the foregoing transactions.
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“Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.
“Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public, including for the avoidance of doubt an Underwritten Shelf Takedown.
“Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.4.
“Warrants” means the Initial Warrants and the Delayed Draw Warrants.
ARTICLE 2
REGISTRATION
Section 2.1 Demand Registration.
2.1.1 Request for Registration. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, at any time and from time to time, any Holder (such Holders, the “Demanding Holders”, and each, a “Demanding Holder”), may make a written demand for Registration of all or part of their Registrable Securities on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not available to be used by the Company at such time, on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Demanding Holders), which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof (such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Company shall, within ten (10) days of the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration, a “Demand Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Demand Requesting Holder(s) to the Company, such Demand Requesting Holder(s) shall, subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4, be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration and the Company shall file a Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration no more than thirty (30) days immediately after the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, for the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holders and, if applicable, Demand Requesting Holders or Other Participating Holders pursuant to such Demand Registration. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable (but in no event later than ninety (90) days after it shall have filed such Registration Statement (or thirty (30) days if the Commission does not review the Registration Statement)). The Holders shall have the right to demand exactly two (2) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1.
2.1.2 Effective Registration.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2.1.1 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and (ii) the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, further, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency, the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall be deemed not to have been declared effective for purposes of counting Registrations under subsection 2.1.1 above unless and until (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Demand Registration thereafter affirmatively elect to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify the Company in writing, but in no event later than five (5) days, of such election; provided, further, however, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration becomes effective or has been terminated.
2.1.3 Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, if the Demanding Holder or Demanding Holders advise the Company as part of their Demand Registration that the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of such Demanding Holder or any Demand Requesting Holder or any Other Participating Holder (if any) to include their Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon any such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.1.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company, which Underwriter(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to the Demanding Holders initiating the Demand Registration and any Other Participating Holder; provided that such underwriting agreement shall not require the Company or any of its directors, officers and/or stockholders to be locked up for any period of time following the date of the underwriting agreement.
2.1.4 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration, in good faith, advise the Company, the Demanding Holder or Demanding Holders and Demand Requesting Holders or any Other Participating Holder (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holder or Demanding Holders and the Demand Requesting Holders or any Other Participating Holder (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the Common Stock, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights held by any other stockholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Demand Requesting Holders (if any) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and the Demand Requesting Holders has requested to be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Demand Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)); (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Common Stock or other equity securities of the Other Participating Holders (if any) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities, pursuant to the terms of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), Common Stock or other equity securities of other Persons that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
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2.1.5 Demand Registration Withdrawal. A majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders and Demand Requesting Holders (if any) shall have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter(s) (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration (or, in the case of an Underwritten Registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, at least two (2) Business Days prior to the time of pricing of the applicable offering). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.5.
2.1.6 Certain Undertakings. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause (i) each Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Demand Registration (as of the effective date thereof), any amendment thereof (as of the effective date thereof) or supplement thereto (as of its date), (A) to comply in all material respects with applicable SEC Guidance and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) any related Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus) or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as of its date, (A) to comply in all material respects with applicable SEC Guidance and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, the Company shall have no such obligations or liabilities with respect to any written information pertaining to any Holder and furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein.
Section 2.2 Piggyback Registration.
2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. If the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed Registration to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but no later than seven (7) days prior to the initial filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter(s), if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter(s) of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof.
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All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.
2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with Persons other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (iii) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:
(i) If the Registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof and the Common Stock or other equity securities of Other Participating Holders exercising their rights pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (on a pro rata basis based on the respective number of Registrable Securities, Common Stock or other equity securities that each Holder or Other Participating Holder has so requested exercising its rights to register its Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof or to register its Common Stock or other equity securities pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement; provided that, between Other Participating Holders, proportional rights shall be determined based on the terms of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement), which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and
(ii) If the Registration is pursuant to a request by Persons other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting Persons, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent not covered by the foregoing clause (A) and to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities, Common Stock or other equity securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof or Other Participating Holders exercising their rights to register their Common Stock or other equity securities pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (on a pro rata basis based on the respective number of Registrable Securities, Common Stock or other equity securities that each Holder and Other Participating Holders has so requested exercising its rights to register its Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof and its rights to register Common Stock or other equity securities pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement; provided that, between Other Participating Holders, proportional rights shall be determined based on the terms of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement), which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), Common Stock or other equity securities for the account of other Persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
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2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by Persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.
2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.1 hereof, and there shall be no limit on the number of Piggyback Registrations.
2.2.5 Right to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any Registration initiated by it under this Section 2.2 prior to the effectiveness of such Registration whether or not any Holder of Registrable Securities has elected to include securities in such Registration.
Section 2.3 Resale Shelf Registration Rights.
2.3.1 Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission, no later than (1) with respect to the Registrable Securities in respect of the Initial Warrants, October 14, 2025, and (2) with respect to the Registrable Securities in respect of the Delayed Draw Warrants, not more than thirty (30) days immediately after the issuance of such Delayed Draw Warrants, one or more Registration Statements for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act or any successor thereto registering the resale from time to time by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders (collectively, the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not available to be used by the Company at such time, on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective no later than ninety (90) days following the initial filing of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission (or the 30th day if the Commission does not review the Resale Shelf Registration Statement); provided, however, that the Company’s obligations to include the Registrable Securities held by a Holder in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement are contingent upon such Holder furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding the Holder, the securities of the Company held by the Holder and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the Registration of the Registrable Securities, and the Holder shall execute such documents in connection with such Registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations.
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The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to address any comments from the Commission regarding such Resale Shelf Registration Statement and to advocate with the Commission for the Registration of all Registrable Securities in accordance with SEC Guidance (it being understood that the Company shall not be required to institute or maintain any action, suit or proceeding against the Commission or any member of the staff of the Commission). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission or SEC Guidance prevents the Company from including any or all of the Registrable Securities on any Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall include the resale of a number of Registrable Securities which is equal to the maximum amount permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Registrable Securities to be included for each Holder in the applicable Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be reduced (pro rata among all Holders). Once effective, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus included therein continuously effective and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, to ensure that another Registration Statement is available, under the Securities Act at all times until the earliest of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities. The Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this subsection 2.3.1 shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement, and shall provide that such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, Holders.
2.3.2 Notification and Distribution of Materials. The Company shall notify the Holders in writing of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as soon as practicable, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments, supplements and exhibits), the Prospectus contained therein (including each preliminary Prospectus and all related amendments and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (to the extent that any of such documents is not available on EDGAR).
2.3.3 Amendments and Supplements. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3.1 above, the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities. If any Resale Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.3.1 is filed on Form S-3 and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form S-3 for secondary sales, the Company shall promptly notify the Holders of such ineligibility and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration on an appropriate form as soon as reasonably practicable to replace the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and have such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable and to cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities; provided, however, that at any time the Company once again becomes eligible to use Form S-3, the Company shall cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be amended, or shall file a new replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is once again on Form S-3.
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2.3.4 Underwritten Shelf Takedown. At any time and from time to time after a Resale Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been declared effective by the Commission, any of the Demanding Holders may request to sell all or any portion of the Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering that is registered pursuant to such Resale Shelf Registration Statement (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided, however, that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include securities with a total offering price (including piggyback securities and before deduction of underwriting discounts) reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, (i) $10,000,000 or (ii) an amount less than $10,000,000 if a Demanding Holder (and its Affiliates) requests to sell all of its Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Promptly upon receiving such notice (but no later than 10 days after receipt of such notice), the Company shall notify all of the Holders of Registrable Securities (or any Other Holder who elected to register their Common Stock or other equity securities under the Resale Shelf Registration Statement hereunder) regarding the potential Underwritten Shelf Takedown. The Company shall, subject to subsection 2.3.5, include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown the securities requested to be included by any Holder or any Other Participating Holder (each a “Takedown Requesting Holder”) within 5 days of receipt of notice of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of such Holder (including those set forth herein) or Other Participating Holder. All such Holders or Other Participating Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under this subsection 2.3.4 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company, with the consent of the Demanding Holder who initiated the Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Other Participating Holders.
2.3.5 Reduction of Underwritten Shelf Takedown. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advise the Company, the Demanding Holders or the Demanding Holders and the Takedown Requesting Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders or Demanding Holders and the Takedown Requesting Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders who initiated the Underwritten Shelf Takedown and any Other Participating Holders, on a Pro Rata basis, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Registrable Securities of the Takedown Requesting Holders, on a Pro Rata basis, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
2.3.6 Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1. The Holders shall have the right to require exactly two (2) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in any 12-month period.
2.3.7 Certain Undertakings.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause (i) each Resale Shelf Registration Statement (as of the effective date of such Resale Shelf Registration Statement), any amendment thereof (as of the effective date thereof) or supplement thereto (as of its date), (A) to comply in all material respects with applicable SEC Guidance and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) any related Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus) or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as of its date, (A) to comply in all material respects with applicable SEC Guidance and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, the Company shall have no such obligations or liabilities with respect to any written information pertaining to any Holder and furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein. The Company agrees, to the extent necessary, to supplement or make amendments to each Resale Shelf Registration Statement if required by the registration form used by the Company for the applicable Registration or by SEC Guidance, or as may reasonably be requested by any Holder to permit such Holders’ intended method of distribution.
Section 2.4 Restrictions on Registration Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be obligated to (but may, at its sole option) file a Registration Statement pursuant to a Demand Registration request made pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 or effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown made pursuant to Section 2.3.4 within 90 days after any other Demand Registration or Underwritten Shelf Takedown, provided that the Company has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of a Demand Registration pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 or a request for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.3.4 and that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective or Underwritten Shelf Takedown to be consummated.
ARTICLE 3
COMPANY PROCEDURES
Section 3.1 General Procedures. If at any time the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, whether pursuant to the filing of a new Registration Statement or effecting an Underwritten Offering, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:
3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; provided that the Company shall not be required to file such Registration Statement until such time as it has received any necessary information from the Holders; provided, further, that no Holder shall be identified as an underwriter in any such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Holder.
3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the Holders or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
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3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;
3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other Governmental Authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;
3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
3.1.6 [reserved];
3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;
3.1.8 advise each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such Registration Statement has been declared effective (which may be satisfied by the issuance of a press release by the Company);
3.1.9 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;
3.1.10 permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriter(s), if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter(s) to participate, at each such Person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter(s), attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriter(s) enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information; 3.1.11 obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter(s) may reasonably request;
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3.1.12 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Underwriter(s), if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Underwriter(s) may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters; provided, however, that counsel for the Company shall not be required to provide any opinions with respect to any Holder;
3.1.13 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter(s) of such offering; provided that such underwriting agreement shall not require the Company or any of its directors and officers to be locked up for any period of time following the date of the underwriting agreement;
3.1.14 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission);
3.1.15 in connection with an Underwritten Offering, cause its senior management, officers, employees and independent public accountants (in the case of the independent public accountants, subject to any applicable accounting guidance regarding their participation in the offering or the due diligence process) to participate in, make themselves available, supply such information as may reasonably be requested and to otherwise facilitate and cooperate with the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including participating in due diligence sessions) taking into account the Company’s reasonable business needs; and
3.1.16 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.
Section 3.2 Registration Expenses. All Registration Expenses shall be borne by the Company, including as set forth in Section 2.1.5. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall pay the Underwriters’ commissions and discounts and all fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.
Section 3.3 Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
Section 3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. The Company shall promptly notify each of the Holders in writing if a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement and, upon receipt of such written notice from the Company, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed or has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement, provided that the Company hereby covenants to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare and file any required supplement or amendment correcting any Misstatement promptly after the time of such notice and, if necessary, to request the immediate effectiveness thereof.
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If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement or Prospectus included in any Registration Statement at any time (a) would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, (b) would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, or (c) in the good faith judgment of the Board, which judgment shall be documented in writing and provided to the Holders in the form of a written certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, such filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement would materially adversely affect the Company, the Company shall have the right to defer the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of any Registration Statement pursuant to (a), (b) or (c) for a period of not more than sixty (60) consecutive days and the Company shall not defer any such filing, initial effectiveness or use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3.4 for more than two times or for more than a total of 120 days (in each case counting deferrals initiated pursuant to (a), (b) and (c) in the aggregate) in any 12-month period.
Section 3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings (unless such filings are otherwise available on EDGAR). The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without Registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission).
Section 3.6 Limitations on Registration Rights. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement and in the event of any conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
ARTICLE 4
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
Section 4.1 Indemnification.
4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and agents and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriter(s), their officers and directors and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriter(s) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.
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4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) the Company against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriter(s), their officers, directors and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriter(s) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.
4.1.3 Any Person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided, however, that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution (pursuant to subsection 4.1.5) to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.
4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
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The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
ARTICLE 5
LEGENDS
Section 5.1 Legend Removal. If any Registrable Securities are at any time either eligible to be sold (i) pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or (ii) without registration pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities Act without limitation on the amount of securities sold or the manner of sale and without compliance with the current public reporting requirements set forth under Rule 144(c), then, at a Holder’s request, the Company will take such actions necessary, in cooperation with the Company’s transfer agent (including, if required by the Company’s transfer agent, delivering an opinion of the Company’s counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent), to remove any restrictive legend set forth on such certificates.
ARTICLE 6
TERMINATION
Section 6.1 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which neither the Holders nor any of their Permitted Transferees hold any Registrable Securities and (ii) September 11, 2032.
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by e-mail or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses or e-mail addresses (or at such other address or email address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.1):
If to the Company, to it at:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford Road
Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Attn: James C. Webster
Email: james.webster@teaminc.com
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Matthew R. Pacey and Billy Vranish
Email: matt.pacey@kirkland.com and billy.vranish@kirkland.com
If to the Holders, to them at,
c/o Stellex Capital Management LLC
900 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Olivia Zhao and Tom Cassidy
E-mail: ozhao@stellexcapital.com and
tcassidy@stellexcapital.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins, LLP
1271 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Peter Sluka and Andrew Blumenthal
E-mail: peter.sluka@lw.com and
andrew.blumenthal@lw.com
Section 7.2 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 7.3 Rule 144. If the Company shall have filed a Registration Statement pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act or a Registration Statement pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act in respect of the Registrable Securities, the Company covenants that (i) so long as it remains subject to the reporting provisions of the Exchange Act, it will timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (including, but not limited to, the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1)(i) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended (“Rule 144”)) or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales by such Holder under Rule 144 or any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the Commission, and (ii) it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without Registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 or (B) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
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Section 7.4 Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of law or otherwise), by any party without the prior express written consent of the other parties hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders may transfer or assign all or any portion of the rights provided in this Agreement, subject to this Section 7.4, in connection with the transfer of all or any portion of the Warrants without the prior written consent of the Company; provided that (i) such transfer of the Warrant itself were permitted, and (ii) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by this Agreement as fully as if it were an initial signatory hereto pursuant to a written instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, and any such transferee may thereafter make corresponding assignments in accordance with this Section 7.4.
Section 7.5 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto (and its respective permitted assigns), and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 7.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State. Each of the parties hereto agrees (i) to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the State or Federal courts in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, (ii) that exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall lie in the State or Federal courts in the State of New York, and (iii) that notice may be served upon such party at the address and in the manner set forth for such party in Section 7.1 hereof.
Section 7.7 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (I) 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 THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.7.
Section 7.8 Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If any ambiguity or question of intent arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, use of the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa, and the definitions of terms contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.
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The words “includes” or “including” shall mean “including without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “hereby,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar terms in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular section or article in which such words appear, the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.” Any reference to a law shall include any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and shall mean such law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented. References herein to any contract (including this Agreement) mean such contract as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 7.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or portable document format (pdf) transmission) in counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 7.10 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereby further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (ii) any requirement under any law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.
Section 7.11 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated.
Section 7.12 Recapitalization. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to any and all equity securities (if any) of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which, in each case, may be issued in respect of, in conversion of, in exchange for or in substitution of, the Registrable Securities (a “Share Transaction”) and shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, recapitalizations and the like occurring after the date hereof. In the event of a Share Transaction, the Company shall cause any successor or assign (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) to assume this Agreement or enter into a new registration rights agreement with the Holders on terms substantially the same as this Agreement as a condition of any such transaction.
Section 7.13 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid and binding unless it is in writing and signed by each of (i) the Company and (ii) the Holders representing at least 50% (by number) of the Registrable Securities (with each share of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of the Warrants counting as one Registrable Security for this purpose). No waiver of any right or remedy hereunder, to the extent legally allowed, shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the party making such waiver. No waiver by any party of any breach or violation of, default under, or inaccuracy in any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent breach, violation, default of, or inaccuracy in, any such representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence. No delay or omission on the part of any party in exercising any right, power, or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendments may be made to this Agreement that adversely affect the rights of Stellex disproportionately as compared with those of other Holders hereunder without the prior written consent of Stellex.
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Section 7.14 No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: TEAM, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ James C. Webster | |
| Name: | James C. Webster | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
| HOLDER: InspectionTech Holdings LP |
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| By: | /s/ Olivia Zhao | |
| Name: | Olivia Zhao | |
| Title: | Principal | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 10.4
Execution Version
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
THIS VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of September 11, 2025, by and among Corre Partners Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Corre”); Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP, each a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (such entities, collectively with Corre, the “Holders”), as shareholders of Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”); Company; and InspectionTech Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investor”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are entering into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the issuance of the Warrants and, if applicable, the Delayed Draw Warrants (each, as defined in the Purchase Agreement and collectively, as used in this Agreement, the “Warrants”) to the Investor on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Holders, collectively, are the Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of 1,587,296 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.30 per share, of Company (the “Company Common Stock”) (such shares of Company Common Stock the “Covered Securities”), without giving effect to the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the common stock purchase warrants held by the Holders;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, and as a condition and an inducement to the Investor entering into the Purchase Agreement, the Holders are entering into this Agreement with respect to the Covered Securities; and
WHEREAS, the Investor and Company desire that the Holders agree, and the Holders are willing to agree, subject to the limitations herein, not to Transfer (as defined below) any of its Covered Securities, and to vote its Covered Securities in a manner so as to facilitate the approval of the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the exercise of the Warrants.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
Section 1.1 Definitions.
“Beneficially Own” or “Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and a Person’s (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such Rule is actually applicable in such circumstance). For the avoidance of doubt, Beneficially Own and Beneficial Ownership shall also include record ownership of securities.
“Beneficial Owners” means Persons who Beneficially Own the referenced securities.
“Transfer” means any direct or indirect sale, lease, assignment, encumbrance, loan, pledge, grant of a security interest, hypothecation, disposition or other similar transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), either voluntary or involuntary, or entry into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to any sale, lease, assignment, encumbrance, loan, pledge, hypothecation, disposition or other transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), of any Covered Securities Beneficially Owned by the Holders; provided that Transfer shall not include any direct or indirect transfer of equity or other interests in the Holders by its equityholders that would not reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with or delay the performance by Holders of their obligations under this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
AGREEMENT TO RETAIN COVERED SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Transfer and Encumbrance of Covered Securities.
(a) From the date hereof until the Termination Date (as defined below), except as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement (including Section 2.1(b)), the Holders shall not, and shall cause their controlled (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) Affiliates not to, with respect to any Covered Securities Beneficially Owned by the Holders, (i) Transfer any such Covered Securities or (ii) deposit any such Covered Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to such Covered Securities or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto, or subject any such Covered Securities to any arrangement with respect to the voting of the Covered Securities; provided that the foregoing shall not restrict (i) any Transfer by the Holders where the transferee agrees in writing with (or for the benefit of) the Company to be bound by this Agreement as fully as if it were an initial signatory hereto pursuant to a written instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company or (ii) any Transfer (or series of Transfers) involving an aggregate of less than 100,000 shares of Company Common Stock.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2.1(a), the Holders may: (i) Transfer Covered Securities to one or more Affiliates (A) who are a party to an agreement with the Investor and Company with substantially similar terms as this Agreement or (B) if, as a condition to such Transfer, the recipient agrees in writing to be bound by this Agreement and delivers a copy of such executed written agreement to the Investor and Company prior to the consummation of such Transfer; or (ii) Transfer Covered Securities with the prior written consent of both the Investor and Company (which consent may be granted or withheld by the Investor and Company in its and their sole discretion).
Section 2.2 Additional Purchases; Adjustments. The Holders agree that any additional shares of capital stock or other equity of Company that the Holders purchase or otherwise acquire or with respect to which the Holders otherwise acquire voting power or Beneficial Ownership of after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Termination Date (including any shares of Company Common Stock issued upon exercise of the common stock purchase warrants held by the Holders) shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as if they constituted the Covered Securities as of the date hereof (and shall be deemed “Covered Securities” for all purposes hereof) and the Holders shall promptly notify both Company and the Investor of the existence of any such after-acquired Covered Securities. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, merger, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or the like of the capital stock of Company affecting the Covered Securities, the terms of this Agreement shall apply to the resulting securities.
Section 2.3 Unpermitted Transfers; Involuntary Transfers. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Covered Securities in violation of this Article II shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), be null and void ab initio, with no further action required by or on behalf of Company or the Investor.
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In furtherance of the foregoing, the Holders hereby agree to authorize Company to instruct its transfer agent to enter a stop transfer order to prevent any Transfer of any of the Covered Securities in violation of this Agreement. If any involuntary Transfer of any of the Holders’ Covered Securities shall occur, the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Covered Securities subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
AGREEMENT TO VOTE
Section 3.1 Agreement to Vote.
(a) Prior to the Termination Date, the Holders irrevocably and unconditionally agree that such Holders shall, at any meeting (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting), however called, of Company’s shareholders, appear at such meeting (in person or by proxy) or otherwise cause the Covered Securities to be counted as present thereat for purpose of establishing a quorum and vote, or cause to be voted at such meeting, or by written consent in connection with any written consent of Company’s shareholders, all Covered Securities:
(i) in favor of the approval of the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the exercise of the Warrants pursuant to the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and any other proposal necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement (any such meeting, a “Company Shareholder Meeting”); and
(ii) (A) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be expected to (1) impede, interfere with or delay the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement or this Agreement, (2) result in a breach in any material respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) under the Purchase Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement or the Holders under this Agreement or (3) change in any manner the voting rights of any class of shares of Company (including any amendments to Company’s Governing Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement)), other than as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or with Investor’s prior written consent, and (B) in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone any Company Shareholder Meeting to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to approve the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the exercise of the Warrants and any other proposal necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement.
(b) Any attempt by the Holders to vote, consent or express dissent with respect to (or otherwise to utilize the voting power of) the Covered Securities in contravention of this Section 3.1 shall be null and void ab initio. If any of the Holders is the Beneficial Owner, but not the holder of record, of any Covered Securities, such Holder agrees to take all actions necessary to cause the holder of record and any nominees to vote (or exercise a consent with respect to) all of such Covered Securities in accordance with this Section 3.1.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Holders shall remain free to vote (or execute consents or proxies with respect to) the Covered Securities with respect to any matter other than as set forth in Section 3.1(a) in any manner the Holders deem appropriate.
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ARTICLE IV
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
Section 4.1 Corre Board Rights Agreement. The Board Rights Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2023, by and among Company and the Holders (the “Corre Board Rights Agreement”) is hereby amended in accordance with Exhibit A.
Section 4.2 Further Assurances. The Holders agree that, during the term of this Agreement, and without additional consideration, the Holders shall from time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional or further consents, documents and other instruments as the Investor or Company may reasonably request to the extent necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.3 Fiduciary Duties. The Holders are entering into this Agreement solely in each of the Holders’ capacity as the record or Beneficial Owner of the Covered Securities and nothing herein is intended to or shall limit or affect any actions taken by the Holders or any of the Holders’ designees, as applicable, serving in his or her capacity as a director of Company (or a Subsidiary of Company). The taking of any actions (or failures to act) by the Holders or the Holder’s designees, as applicable, serving as a director of Company or a Subsidiary of Company (in such capacity as a director) shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Agreement.
Section 4.4 Waiver of Actions. The Holders hereby knowingly and voluntarily agree not to commence, join in, and agree to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to any claim, derivative or otherwise, against the Investor or Company or any of their respective Affiliates and each of their successors or directors relating to the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement, the Shareholder Agreement or the Purchase Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, but not limited to, any claim (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provisions of this Agreement, the Shareholder Agreement or the Purchase Agreement or (b) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of any of the members of Company’s Board of Directors in connection with the negotiation and entry into this Agreement, the Shareholder Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably waive any claim or rights whatsoever with respect to any of the foregoing.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF HOLDERS
Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties. The Holders hereby represent and warrant to the Investor as follows:
(a) Ownership. As of the date of this Agreement, (i) the Holders have, with respect to the Covered Securities set forth in the second recital to this Agreement, Beneficial Ownership of and good and valid title to such Covered Securities, (ii) the Covered Securities constitute all of the shares of Company Common Stock owned of record or Beneficially Owned by the Holders (without giving effect to the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the common stock purchase warrants held by the Holders), and all of the Covered Securities are held by the Holders free and clear of all encumbrances (other than restrictions created by this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act 1933, as amended, or the “blue sky” laws of the various states of the United States), (iii) other than this Agreement, (A) there are no agreements or arrangements of any kind, contingent or otherwise, to which any of the Holders is a party obligating the Holders to Transfer or cause to be Transferred to any person any of the Covered Securities and (B) no Person has any contractual or other right or obligation to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the Covered Securities and (iv) the Holders have sole and exclusive right to vote with respect to the Covered Securities.
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(b) Organization; Authority. Each of the Holders is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation. The Holders have full power and authority and are duly authorized to make, enter into and carry out the terms of this Agreement and to perform the Holders’ obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Holders and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Investor and Company) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Holders, enforceable against the Holders in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)) and, assuming the making of any filings and receipt of any authorizations as may be required under applicable Law (including the Exchange Act), no other action is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by the Holders or the performance of the Holders’ obligations hereunder.
(c) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the Holders of this Agreement will not (i) assuming the making of any filings and receipt of any authorizations as may be required under applicable Law (including the Exchange Act), violate any provision of any Law applicable to the Holders (including any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Holders or any of their Affiliates); or (ii) conflict with, or result in a breach or default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default), or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of any encumbrance over any of the Covered Securities under, any agreement or instrument to which the Holders or any of their Affiliates is a party or any term or condition of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or comparable organizational documents, as applicable, except in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) where such violation, conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have an adverse effect on the Holders’ ability to satisfy the Holders’ obligations hereunder.
(d) Consents and Approvals. The execution and delivery by the Holders of this Agreement, and the performance of the Holders’ obligations hereunder, do not require the Holders or any of their Affiliates to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any filing with or notification to, any person or Governmental Authority (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), except such filings required to be made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
(e) Absence of Litigation. To the knowledge of the Holders, as of the date hereof, there is no action, suit, investigation, complaint or other proceeding pending against, or threatened in writing against any of the Holders that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair the performance by the Holders of their obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Absence of Other Voting Agreements. Except as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement (including Section 2.1(b)), (i) neither the Holders nor any of their Affiliates have entered into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to the Covered Securities and (ii) neither the Holders nor any of their Affiliates have granted, a proxy or power of attorney with respect to the Covered Securities or otherwise subjected the Covered Securities to any arrangement with respect to voting of the Covered Securities, in either case, which is inconsistent with the Holders’ obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may only be brought against, the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the parties will be liable for, and none of the parties shall claim or seek to recover, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages or damages for lost profits. Except to the extent a named party to this Agreement undertakes a specific obligation in this Agreement (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such named party in this Agreement and not otherwise), no past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, equityholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor, consultant or representative or Affiliate of any of the foregoing shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) for any one or more of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations or liabilities of or made under this Agreement or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to have been made in connection herewith (whether for indemnification or otherwise) or of or for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.2 Disclosure.
(a) The Holders consent to and authorize the publication and disclosure by the Investor and Company of the Holders’ identities and holding of Covered Securities, and the terms of this Agreement (including, for avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of this Agreement), in any press release (provided that such publication or disclosure in any press release is required by applicable Law or the Holders have given their prior written consent with respect to such publication or disclosure), the proxy statement and any other disclosure document required in connection with this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; provided that, in each case, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Holders are provided a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon prior to any such publication or disclosure.
(b) The Holders agree that, during the term of this Agreement, such Holders shall not make any public announcement regarding this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby or any matter related to the foregoing, without the prior written consent of the Investor (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except: (i) if such announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law (including stock exchange rules, including an amendment to its Schedule 13D), in which case the disclosing Holders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, first allow the Investor a reasonable opportunity to review such announcement or communication and have the opportunity to comment thereon and such disclosing Holders shall consider such comments in good faith; (ii) to the extent such announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication previously approved in accordance with this Section 6.2; (iii) announcements and communications to Governmental Authorities in connection with registrations, declarations and filings required to be made as a result of this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement; and (iv) ordinary course disclosure and communication to existing or prospective general or limited partners, equityholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, investors, investment committees and similar bodies and auditors of any of the Holders or any Affiliate of any of the Holders or any such other Person, in each case, who are subject to customary confidentiality restrictions.
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Section 6.3 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest of (a) immediately after the completion of the first meeting of the Company’s shareholders after the date hereof (whether special or annual) at which approval for the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the exercise of the Warrants and any other proposal necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or the Shareholder Agreement is submitted to the vote of the Company’s stockholder (and provided that, in the event the Company has not called a special meeting within 60 days of the date of this Agreement for such purpose, the Holders shall have the right to require the Company to promptly call such meeting), (b) the first date on which no Warrant or any commitment under the Purchase Agreement to purchase any Delayed Draw Warrants remains outstanding, (c) the date of any material breach of the Purchase Agreement by the Investor that is not cured within five (5) days thereof following notice by the Company and (d) September 30, 2026 (the earliest of such dates, the “Termination Date”); provided that Section 4.1 and this Section 6.3 through Section 6.18 shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason. Neither the provisions of this Section 6.3 nor the termination of this Agreement shall relieve any party hereto from any liability of such party for Willful Breach to any other party incurred prior to such termination. For purposes hereof, “Willful Breach” shall mean a material breach that is a consequence of an intentional act or failure to take an act by the breaching party with the knowledge that the taking of such act (or the failure to take such act) is reasonably likely to constitute a breach of this Agreement.
Section 6.4 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each party hereto.
Section 6.5 Reliance. The Holders understand and acknowledges that the Investor is entering into the Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the Holders’ execution and delivery of this Agreement.
Section 6.6 Extension; Waiver. The parties hereto may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or acts of the other party hereunder;
(b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto; or
(c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions of the other party contained herein; provided, however, that, in each case, such waiver is made in writing and signed by the party (or parties) against whom the waiver is to be effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. No agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid unless set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. No waiver by any of the parties hereto of any default, misrepresentation or breach of representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.
Section 6.7 Expenses. All fees and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Holders in connection with (i) this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including for the avoidance of doubt in connection with the Holders’ review of this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and any other documentation in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (ii) the enforcement of their rights under the Corre Warrants (as defined in the Corre Board Rights Agreements), in each case shall be paid by the Company. The Holders shall also be entitled to the indemnification rights set forth in Exhibit B.
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Section 6.8 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party under, or otherwise in connection with, this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) if delivered in person; (b) if transmitted by electronic mail (“email”) (but only if confirmation of receipt of such email is requested and received; provided that each notice party shall use reasonable best efforts to confirm receipt of any such email correspondence promptly upon receipt of such request); or (c) if transmitted by national overnight courier, in each case as addressed as follows:
if to the Holders, to:
c/o Corre Partners Management, LLC
12 East 49th Street, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (646) 863-7190
Email: operations@correpartners.com and correstatements@sscinc.com
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue New York,
New York 10019-6099
Attention: Brian Lennon
Email: blennon@willkie.com
if to Company, to:
Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Attention: Nelson M. Haight and James C. Webster
Email: Nelson.Haight@teaminc.com and James.Webster@TeamInc.com
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street, Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Matthew Pacey and Billy Vranish
Email: matt.pacey@kirkland.com and billy.vranish@kirkland.com
and if to the Investor, to:
InspectionTech Holdings LP
c/o Stellex Capital Management LLC
900 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Olivia Zhao and Tom Cassidy
Email: ozhao@stellexcapital.com and tcassidy@stellexcapital.com
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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins, LLP
1271 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Peter Sluka and Andrew Blumenthal
Email: peter.sluka@lw.com and andrew.blumenthal@lw.com
Section 6.9 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section or Article, such reference shall be to a Section or Article of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The words “this Section,” “this subsection” and words of similar import, refer only to the Sections or subsections hereof in which such words occur. The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision in this Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.” References to “days” mean calendar days; when calculating the period of time within which, or following which, any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference day in calculating such period shall be excluded and if the last day of the period is a non-Business Day (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the period in question shall end on the next Business Day or if any action must be taken hereunder on or by a day that is not a Business Day, then such action may be validly taken on or by the next day that is a Business Day. References to an “Affiliate” of any Person mean any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, neither of Company, the Investor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any of the Holders.
Section 6.10 No Presumption Against Drafting Party. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that each party to this Agreement has been represented by counsel in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, any rule of Law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application and is expressly waived.
Section 6.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, including via email in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when two (2) or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.
Section 6.12 No Partnership, Agency or Joint Venture. This Agreement is intended to create, and creates, a contractual relationship and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture, any like relationship between the parties hereto or a presumption that the parties hereto are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Section 6.13 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 6.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior written agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings and all prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
Section 6.15 Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT) THAT MAY BE BASED UPON, ARISE OUT OF, OR RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF.
(b) THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR, IF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR THE DELAWARE SUPREME COURT DETERMINES THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 111 OF THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW, THE COURT OF CHANCERY DOES NOT HAVE OR SHOULD NOT EXERCISE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER SUCH MATTER, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE SOLELY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISPUTE THAT ARISES IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED EXCLUSIVELY BY SUCH A DELAWARE STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.
(c) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
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EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) 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; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.15.
Section 6.16 Assignment. Except as set forth in Article II, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding sentence and except as set forth in Article II, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 6.17 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage, for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached by the parties hereto. Accordingly, prior to any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.3, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, or any other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to Section 6.15, in each case in accordance with this Section 6.17, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under the terms of this Agreement at law or in equity. Each party hereto accordingly agrees not to raise any objections to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants and obligations of such party under this Agreement all in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.17. Each party hereto further agrees that no other party or any other Person shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 6.17, and each party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument.
Section 6.18 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have executed or caused this Agreement to be executed in counterparts, all as of the day and year first above written.
| COMPANY: | ||
| TEAM, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ James C. Webster | |
| Name: | James C. Webster | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
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[Signature Page to Voting and Support Agreement]
| INVESTOR: | ||
| InspectionTech Holdings LP | ||
| By: | /s/ Olivia Zhao | |
| Name: | Olivia Zhao | |
| Title: | Principal | |
[Signature Page to Voting and Support Agreement]
| HOLDERS: | ||
| Corre Partners Management LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barrett | |
| Name: | John Barrett | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
| Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barrett | |
| Name: | John Barrett | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
| Corre Horizon Fund, LP | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barrett | |
| Name: | John Barrett | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
| Corre Horizon II Fund, LP | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barrett | |
| Name: | John Barrett | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
[Signature Page to Voting and Support Agreement]
Exhibit A
Section 2.2 of the Corre Board Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as the last sentence of Section 2.2(a) (the defined terms set forth below are as defined in the Corre Board Rights Agreement):
The Investors hereby irrevocably waive, for so long as the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, among Company, Stellex Capital Management LLC and InspectionTech Holdings LP, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Shareholders Agreement”), remains in effect, their Proportional rights to nominate an additional Investor Director upon the increase in the size of Company’s Board of Directors to eight and nine members in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, between the Company and the purchasers named in Schedule I thereto (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”); provided that, in the event that the size of the Company’s Board of Directors is not reduced to eight members within 30 days of the date of the Purchase Agreement, the foregoing waiver shall automatically terminate as it relates to the ninth position on the Company’s Board of Directors; provided, further, that, in the event that the number of Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) that the Investors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) are entitled to designate is reduced by one or two for any reason, including as a result of failure to maintain the Warrants Threshold Amount or Preferred Equity Threshold Amount (each as defined in the Shareholders Agreement), the foregoing waiver shall automatically terminate sequentially as it relates to each such respective position on the Company’s Board of Directors.
Exhibit B
Defined terms used below that are not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2025, among Company, Stellex Capital Management LLC and InspectionTech Holdings LP, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, the Holders, their officers and directors and agents and each Person who Controls the Holders (collectively, “Indemnitees”) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) as a result of any third party claim brought or made against such Indemnitee(s) by any stockholder, lender or other contractual counterparty of the Company arising out of this Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any claim asserted by the Company, any claim asserted by any Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee or any claim arising solely out of any breach by the Holders of this Agreement or as a result of the Holders’ fraud, gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
(b) Any Person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the Company of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided, however, that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the Company) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified party and the Company may exist with respect to such claim, permit the Company to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the Company shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If the Company is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim, the Company shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by the Company with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. The Company shall not, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the Company pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
(c) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution (pursuant to clause (d) below) to such party in the event indemnification is unavailable for any reason.
(d) If the indemnification provided under this Exhibit B from the Company is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The amount paid or payable by the Company as a result of the losses claims, damages or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in clause (b) above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this clause (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this clause (d). No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this clause (d) from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
Exhibit 10.5
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 11, 2025, is made by and among TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, and HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (in such capacities, together with its successors and assigns, if any, in such capacities, herein called the “Agent”) under the Credit Agreement referred to below.
WHEREAS, (i) the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and the Agent are party to that certain First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or otherwise supplemented and in effect from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”) and (ii) the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Agent are party to that certain First Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or otherwise supplemented and in effect from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain modifications to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein, and the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto constituting all Lenders and the Agent each desire to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein.
WHEREAS, each Lender authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this Agreement, terms defined in the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Agreement, are used herein as defined therein. The interpretative provisions of Article I of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis. This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete bold, stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: ) and to add the bold, double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that, as of the date of this Agreement, immediately after giving effect to the terms of this Agreement:
(a) the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Credit Agreement, and in each of the other Loan Documents, are true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date);
(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof;
(c) each Loan Party (i) is an Entity duly organized (or incorporated, as the case may be), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the country, state, province or territory of its incorporation, organization or formation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact the businesses in which it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged, except to the extent that the failure to own such properties or assets or transact business in such a way could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictions) in each jurisdiction where it presently is, or proposed to be, engaged in business, except to the extent that the failure so to qualify or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement (i) do not and will not contravene any of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party, (ii) do not and will not contravene any Requirement of Law, except as such contravention could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) do not and will not contravene any Material Contract and (iv) do not and will not result in the imposition of any Liens upon any of its properties except for Permitted Liens; and
(e) no consent, authorization or approval of, or filing with or other act by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except (i) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts as have been made or obtained, as applicable, and are in full force and effect and (ii) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts the failure of which to be obtained or made could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4. Conditions Precedent. The amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions (the date of satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions, the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) Execution. The Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Lender party to the Credit Agreement a counterpart of this Agreement, duly executed by such party; (d) Preferred Equity Investment.
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(b) Payment of Fees and Expenses. The Agent shall have received evidence of payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and Lender Group Expenses required to be paid pursuant to Section 12.4(b) of the Credit Agreement to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Amendment Effective Date (it being understood that all other such fees and Lender Group Expenses shall be paid after the Amendment Effective Date in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement);
(c) Authorizations. The Agent shall have received (i) copies of the Governing Documents of each Loan Party and a copy of the resolutions of the Governing Body (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the shareholders of the UK Loan Parties) (or similar evidence of authorization) of each Loan Party and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, attached to a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer, as applicable, of such Loan Party certifying (A) that such copies of the Governing Documents and resolutions of the Governing Body (or similar evidence of authorization) relating to such Loan Party are true, complete and accurate copies thereof, have not been amended or modified since the date of such certificate and are in full force and effect and (B) the incumbency, names and true signatures of the officers (or, as applicable, directors) of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (ii) with respect to U.S. Loan Parties only, a certified copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation, organization or formation (or the equivalent Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation) of each U.S. Loan Party, dated within twenty (20) days of the Amendment Effective Date, listing the certificate of incorporation, organization or formation of such Loan Party and each amendment thereto on file in such official’s office and certifying (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdictions) that (A) such amendments (if any) are the only amendments to such certificate of incorporation, organization or formation on file in that office, (B) such Loan Party has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and (C) such Loan Party is in good standing in that jurisdiction (as applicable);
(i) The funding of the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment shall have been, or substantially concurrently with the Amendment Effective Date shall be, consummated in accordance with the terms of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the Initial Warrants, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, and any related material documents executed in connection therewith that are reasonably requested by the Agent;
(e) ABL Facility and Second Lien Facility. The Agent shall have received (i) that certain Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement (the “ABL Amendment”), dated as of the date hereof, among Team, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, each of the lenders party thereto, and Eclipse Business Capital LLC, acting not individually but as agent on behalf of the lenders and all other secured parties, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, that, inter alia, includes the extension of the Scheduled Maturity Date (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) from September 30, 2027 to October 2, 2028; (ii) that certain Amendment No.
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1 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Second Lien Amendment”), dated as of the date hereof, among Team, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the lenders and other secured parties, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders; and (iii) to the extent reasonably requested by the Agent, copies of any other material documents that are to be executed in connection with the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) or otherwise consummated in accordance with the terms of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment on the Amendment Effective Date;
(f) Closing Payments Letter. The Agent shall have received a fully executed Amended and Restated Closing Payments Letter, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Borrower and the Agent;
(g) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Credit Agreement, Section 3 of this Agreement, and in each of the other Loan Documents, shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date), and as if each reference in said Section 3 to this Agreement included reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that it shall be deemed to be an Event of Default under Section 10.1(f) of the Credit Agreement if any of the foregoing representations and warranties shall prove to have been false in any material respect when made);
(h) No Default. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from this Agreement;
(i) 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement. The Agent shall have received the 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto and dated as of the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and
(j) Intercreditor Amendment. The Agent shall have received an amendment to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “Intercreditor Amendment”), duly executed by the parties thereto and dated as of the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
Section 5. Condition Subsequent. On or prior to September 22, 2025, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a file-stamped copy of the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and any amendments relating to or affecting the formation documents of the Borrower in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents.
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Section 6. Certification. Each of the signatories of this Agreement on behalf of the Borrower, as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, does hereby certify (solely in their capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and not in any individual capacity) as to the matters specified in Section 3 hereof.
Section 7. No Novation or Mutual Departure. The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that there has not been, and this Agreement does not constitute or establish, a novation with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or a mutual departure from the strict terms, provisions, and conditions thereof, other than as specified herein. Except as otherwise expressed herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not (i) operate as a waiver, release or limitation of any right, power, privilege or remedy of Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (iii) constitute a consent to any other amendment to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the ABL Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement) or (iv) constitute a waiver of any Default, Event of Default or any other breach by the Loan Parties of, or non-compliance by the Loan Parties with, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising. Except as set forth herein, the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby ratifies and confirms its obligations thereunder as of the date hereof. This Agreement shall not constitute a course of dealing between the Loan Parties, on the one hand, and the Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, at variance with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document such as to require further notice by the Agent and the Lenders to any Loan Party to require strict compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the future, except as expressly set forth herein.
Section 8. Confirmation. Each Loan Party (a) confirms its obligations under the Credit Agreement (as modified by this Agreement) and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party as of the date hereof, (b) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the pledges set forth in the Loan Documents, (c) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Obligations,” (d) agrees that the Credit Agreement as modified hereby is the Credit Agreement under and for all purposes of the Loan Documents, (e) irrevocably and unconditionally ratifies its grant of security interest and pledge under the Guaranty and Security Agreement and each Loan Document, and (f) confirms that the Liens, security interests and pledges granted thereunder continue to secure the Obligations, including any additional Obligations resulting from or incurred pursuant to this Agreement. Each party, by its execution of this Agreement, hereby confirms that the Obligations shall remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof, and such Obligations shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of the grant set forth in the Security Documents. Each Guarantor (a) confirms its guarantee obligations including all guarantees, pledges, grants and other undertakings under the Guaranty and Security Agreement as of the date hereof, (b) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the guarantee set forth in the Guaranty and Security Agreement, (c) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Obligations”, (d) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (e) to the extent such Guarantor granted Liens on or security interests in any of its property pursuant to any such Loan Document as security for or otherwise guaranteed the Obligations under or with respect to the Loan Documents, ratifies and reaffirms such guarantee and grant of security interest and Liens.
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Each Loan Party, by its execution of this Agreement hereby confirms that the Guarantied Obligations and the Secured Obligations (each as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) shall remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof, supersede any prior written and verbal agreements among them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and shall bind and benefit the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging) all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully executed and delivered original manual counterpart.
(b) THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(c) Each of the undersigned Lenders, by its execution hereof, authorizes and directs the Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above (which shall be conclusively evidenced by such Lender’s execution hereof).
Section 10. Consent and Acknowledgement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, including the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, and in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, each of the undersigned Lenders (constituting all Lenders) hereby (a) acknowledges and agrees that, from and following the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, (i) any issuance of preferred equity interests and Warrants in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or issuance of common stock upon exercise of the Warrants and related transactions are permitted under the Credit Agreement, so long as the Warrants and the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement, (ii) the definition of “ABL Intercreditor Agreement” referenced in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to be the “ABL Intercreditor Agreement” as amended on the date hereof by the Intercreditor Amendment and (iii) the definition of “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” referenced in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to be the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” as amended on the date hereof by the Intercreditor Amendment and (b) consents to Borrower’s and Guarantors’ execution and delivery of the ABL Amendment and the Second Lien Amendment.
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Section 11. Limited Waiver. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, including the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, and in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, the Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto constituting Required Lenders hereby waive any Change of Control that may occur as a result of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or the exercise of the Warrants so long as the Warrants and 2025 Preferred Equity Investment comply with the requirements set forth in the Credit Agreement, solely with respect to the 2025 Preferred Documents as agreed and permitted hereunder. The waiver set forth in this Section 10 shall be limited precisely as written and shall not relate to any other changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the date hereof and shall not relate to any Defaults or Events of Default now existing or occurring after the date hereof, and shall not in any manner restrict the Agent or any Lender from exercising any rights or remedies they may have in respect of any Default or Event of Default (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Default or Event of Default existing as of the date hereof) at any time in respect of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a consent to any other departure from or a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or prejudice any right or remedy that the Agent or any Lender may have or may in the future have.
Section 12. Release. By its execution hereof and in consideration of the terms herein and other accommodations granted to the Loan Parties hereunder, each Loan Party, on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries, and its or their successors, assigns and agents, hereby expressly forever waives, releases and discharges any and all losses, claims (including intraparty claims), damages, liabilities, deficiencies, obligations, fines, penalties, actions (whether threatened or existing), judgments or suits (whether threatened or existing) (collectively, the “Claims”) any of them may, as a result of actions or inactions occurring on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, have or allege to have as of the date of this Agreement or at any time thereafter (and all defenses that may arise out of any of the foregoing) of any nature, description, or kind whatsoever, based in whole or in part on facts, whether actual, contingent or otherwise, now known, unknown, or subsequently discovered, whether arising in law, at equity or otherwise, against the Agent or any Lender, their respective successors, assigns, directors, partners, members, trustees, controlling persons, officers, agents, sub-agents, employees, advisors, shareholders, attorneys and Affiliates (collectively, the “Released Parties”) arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any or all of the actions and transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any actual or alleged performance or non-performance of any of the Released Parties hereunder or under the Loan Documents (the “Released Matters”). In entering into this Agreement, each Loan Party expressly disclaims any reliance on any representations, acts, or omissions by any of the Released Parties and hereby agrees and acknowledges that the validity and effectiveness of the releases set forth above does not depend in any way on any such representation, acts and/or omissions or the accuracy, completeness, or validity thereof. The provisions of this Section 12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the payment in full in cash of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents and all other amounts owing thereunder.
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[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
| TEAM, INC., as the Borrower | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson Haight | |
| Name: Nelson Haight | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| GUARANTORS: | ||
| AGGRESSIVE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC | ||
| DK VALVE & SUPPLY, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE AMERICA, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE WORLDWIDE, LLC | ||
| QUALSPEC LLC | ||
| ROCKET ACQUISITION, LLC | ||
| TANK CONSULTANTS, LLC | ||
| TANK CONSULTANTS MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC |
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| TCI SERVICES, LLC | ||
| TCI SERVICES HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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| TEAM QUALSPEC, LLC | ||
| TEAM TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LLC | ||
| GLOBAL ASCENT, LLC | ||
| KANEB FINANCIAL, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE LOUISIANA, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| FURMANITE B.V. | ||
| FURMANITE HOLDING B.V. | ||
| QUALITY INSPECTION SERVICES B.V. | ||
| TEAMINC EUROPE B.V. | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES EUROPE B.V. | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES NETHERLANDS B.V. |
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| TEAM VALVE REPAIR SERVICES B.V. | ||
| THRESHOLD INSPECTION & APPLICATION TRAINING EUROPE B.V. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||
| Title: General Director | ||
| TISI CANADA INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| EXECUTED by FURMANITE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, by one director |
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| Signed: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
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| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||||||
| Title: Director | ||||||
| EXECUTED by TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INSPECTION LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, by one director |
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| Signed: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
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| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||||||
| Title: Director | ||||||
| EXECUTED by TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (UK) HOLDING LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, by one director |
Signed: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
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| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||||||
| Title: Director | ||||||
| EXECUTED by TEAM VALVE AND ROTATING SERVICES LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, by one director |
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| Signed: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
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| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||||||
| Title: Director | ||||||
| EXECUTED by TIS UK LIMITED LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, by one director |
Signed: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
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| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||||||
| Title: Director | ||||||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, as the Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Piero Russo | |
| Name: Piero Russo | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
[Lender Signature Pages on File with the Agent]
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
EXHIBIT A to Amendment
Amendments to Credit Agreement
[SEE ATTACHED]
Execution Version
EXHIBIT A TO AMENDMENT NO. 1
FIRST LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
TEAM, INC.
as the Borrower,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
and
HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC,
as the Agent
Dated as of March 12, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||||||
| 1.1 | Definitions | 1 | ||||||
| 1.2 | Accounting Terms and Determinations | 75 | ||||||
| 1.3 | Divisions | 76 | ||||||
| 1.4 | Other Terms; Headings | 76 | ||||||
| 1.5 | Dutch Terms | 78 | ||||||
| 1.6 | Quebec Matters | 79 | ||||||
| 1.7 | Available Amount Transaction | 80 | ||||||
| 1.8 | Grower Baskets | 80 | ||||||
| ARTICLE II. THE CREDIT FACILITIES | 80 | |||||||
| 2.1 | The Loans | 80 | ||||||
| 2.2 | [Reserved] | 81 | ||||||
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2.3 | Procedure for Borrowing; Notices of Borrowing | 81 | |||||
| 2.4 | Use of Proceeds | 82 | ||||||
| 2.5 | Mandatory Prepayments; Optional Prepayments | 82 | ||||||
| 2.6 | Amortization of Loans | 85 | ||||||
| 2.7 | Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 85 | ||||||
| 2.8 | Term | 86 | ||||||
| 2.9 | Payment Procedures | 86 | ||||||
| 2.10 | Designation of a Different Lending Office | 87 | ||||||
| 2.11 | Replacement of Lenders | 87 | ||||||
| 2.12 | Alternate Rate of Interest | 88 | ||||||
| 2.13 | Conversion/Continuation | 90 | ||||||
| 2.14 | Sharing of Payments, Etc. | 91 | ||||||
| ARTICLE III. [RESERVED] | 91 | |||||||
| ARTICLE IV. INTEREST, FEES AND EXPENSES | 91 | |||||||
| 4.1 | Interest | 91 | ||||||
| 4.2 | Interest After Event of Default | 93 | ||||||
| 4.3 | Applicable Premium | 93 | ||||||
| 4.4 | [Reserved] | 95 | ||||||
| 4.5 | [Reserved] | 95 | ||||||
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4.6 | [Reserved] | 95 | |||||
| 4.7 | [Reserved] | 95 | ||||||
| 4.8 | Fees | 95 | ||||||
| 4.9 | Calculations | 95 | ||||||
| 4.10 | Increased Costs | 96 | ||||||
| 4.11 | Taxes | 98 | ||||||
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| ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS OF LENDING | 102 | |||||||
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5.1 | Conditions to Closing | 102 | |||||
| 5.2 | [Reserved] | 106 | ||||||
| 5.3 | [Reserved] | 106 | ||||||
| 5.4 | Conditions to each Delayed Draw Term Loan | 106 | ||||||
| 5.5 | Conditions to each Loan | 107 | ||||||
| ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 108 | |||||||
| 6.1 | Representations and Warranties of Borrower | 108 | ||||||
| ARTICLE VII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER | 121 | |||||||
| 7.1 | Existence | 121 | ||||||
| 7.2 | Maintenance of Property | 122 | ||||||
| 7.3 | [Reserved] | 122 | ||||||
| 7.4 | Taxes | 122 | ||||||
| 7.5 | Requirements of Law; Material Contracts | 122 | ||||||
| 7.6 | Insurance | 122 | ||||||
| 7.7 | Books and Records; Inspections | 123 | ||||||
| 7.8 | Notification Requirements | 124 | ||||||
| 7.9 | Annual Collateral Verification | 128 | ||||||
| 7.10 | Qualify to Transact Business | 128 | ||||||
| 7.11 | Financial Reporting | 128 | ||||||
| 7.12 | Payment of Liabilities | 132 | ||||||
| 7.13 | ERISA | 132 | ||||||
| 7.14 | Environmental Matters | 132 | ||||||
| 7.15 | Intellectual Property | 132 | ||||||
| 7.16 | Solvency | 133 | ||||||
| 7.17 | Access to Employees, Etc. | 133 | ||||||
| 7.18 | [Reserved] | 133 | ||||||
| 7.19 | Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws | 133 | ||||||
| 7.20 | Additional Subsidiaries; Further Assurances | 133 | ||||||
| 7.21 | Post-Closing Covenants | 135 | ||||||
| 7.22 | [Reserved] | 135 | ||||||
| 7.23 | Residency for Dutch Tax Purposes | 135 | ||||||
| 7.24 | Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes | 135 | ||||||
| 7.25 | Allocation of Tax Losses upon Termination of Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes | 135 | ||||||
| ARTICLE VIII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 136 | |||||||
| 8.1 | Indebtedness | 136 | ||||||
| 8.2 | Permitted Activities of the Borrower | 141 | ||||||
| 8.3 | Entity Changes, Etc. | 142 | ||||||
| 8.4 | Change in Nature of Business | 143 | ||||||
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8.5 | Sales, Etc. of Assets | 143 | |||||
| 8.6 | Use of Proceeds | 145 | ||||||
| 8.7 | 2025 Preferred Equity Investment | 146 | ||||||
| 8.8 | Liens | 146 | ||||||
| 8.9 | Dividends, Redemptions, Distributions, Etc. | 147 | ||||||
| 8.10 | Investments | 149 | ||||||
| 8.11 | [Reserved] | 150 | ||||||
| 8.12 | Fiscal Year | 150 | ||||||
| 8.13 | Accounting Changes | 150 | ||||||
| 8.14 | [Reserved] | 150 | ||||||
| 8.15 | ERISA Compliance | 150 | ||||||
| 8.16 | UK Pensions | 151 | ||||||
| 8.17 | Prepayments; Amendments | 152 | ||||||
| 8.18 | Lease Obligations | 155 | ||||||
| 8.19 | [Reserved] | 155 | ||||||
| 8.20 | Milwaukee Property | 155 | ||||||
| 8.21 | Securities and Deposit Accounts | 155 | ||||||
| 8.22 | Negative Pledge | 155 | ||||||
| 8.23 | Affiliate Transactions | 156 | ||||||
| 8.24 | Canadian Pension Plans | 157 | ||||||
| 8.25 | Assets Located in Quebec | 157 | ||||||
| ARTICLE IX. FINANCIAL COVENANT | 157 | |||||||
| 9.1 | Maximum First Lien Net Leverage Ratio | 157 | ||||||
| 9.2 | Cure Right | 157 | ||||||
| ARTICLE X. EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 159 | |||||||
| 10.1 | Events of Default | 159 | ||||||
| 10.2 | Acceleration and Termination | 162 | ||||||
| 10.3 | Other Remedies | 162 | ||||||
| 10.4 | License for Use of Intellectual Property; Real Property and Other Property | 163 | ||||||
| 10.5 | Post-Default Allocation of Payments | 164 | ||||||
| 10.6 | No Marshaling; Deficiencies; Remedies Cumulative | 164 | ||||||
| 10.7 | Waivers | 164 | ||||||
| 10.8 | Further Rights of Agent and the Lenders | 165 | ||||||
| 10.9 | Interest After Event of Default | 165 | ||||||
| 10.10 | Receiver | 165 | ||||||
| 10.11 | Rights and Remedies not Exclusive | 166 | ||||||
| ARTICLE XI. THE AGENT | 166 | |||||||
| 11.1 | Appointment of Agent | 166 | ||||||
| 11.2 | Nature of Duties of Agent | 167 | ||||||
| 11.3 | Lack of Reliance on Agent | 167 | ||||||
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11.4 | Certain Rights of Agent | 168 | |||||
| 11.5 | Reliance by Agent | 168 | ||||||
| 11.6 | Indemnification of Agent | 168 | ||||||
| 11.7 | Agent in Its Individual Capacity | 168 | ||||||
| 11.8 | Holders of Notes | 169 | ||||||
| 11.9 | Successor Agent | 169 | ||||||
| 11.10 | Collateral Matters | 169 | ||||||
| 11.11 | Actions with Respect to Defaults | 171 | ||||||
| 11.12 | Delivery of Information | 171 | ||||||
| 11.13 | Erroneous Payments | 171 | ||||||
| 11.14 | English Law Governed Transaction Security | 172 | ||||||
| 11.15 | Delegation of Duties | 175 | ||||||
| 11.16 | Agent Entitled to Act as Lender | 176 | ||||||
| 11.17 | Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment | 176 | ||||||
| 11.18 | Security Documents and Guaranty | 176 | ||||||
| 11.19 | Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proof of Claim | 177 | ||||||
| ARTICLE XII. GENERAL PROVISIONS | 179 | |||||||
| 12.1 | Notices | 179 | ||||||
| 12.2 | Delays; Partial Exercise of Remedies | 180 | ||||||
| 12.3 | Right of Setoff | 180 | ||||||
| 12.4 | Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection | 181 | ||||||
| 12.5 | Amendments, Waivers and Consents | 183 | ||||||
| 12.6 | Nonliability of Agent and Lenders | 184 | ||||||
| 12.7 | Assignments and Participations | 185 | ||||||
| 12.8 | Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures | 190 | ||||||
| 12.9 | Severability | 190 | ||||||
| 12.10 | Maximum Rate | 190 | ||||||
| 12.11 | [Reserved] | 191 | ||||||
| 12.12 | Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Interpretation | 191 | ||||||
| 12.13 | LIMITATION OF LIABILITY | 191 | ||||||
| 12.14 | GOVERNING LAW | 192 | ||||||
| 12.15 | SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION | 192 | ||||||
| 12.16 | Independence of Covenants | 193 | ||||||
| 12.17 | JURY TRIAL | 193 | ||||||
| 12.18 | Attorney | 193 | ||||||
| 12.19 | Agent Titles | 193 | ||||||
| 12.20 | Publicity | 194 | ||||||
| 12.21 | No Third Party Beneficiaries | 194 | ||||||
| 12.22 | Confidentiality | 194 | ||||||
| 12.23 | Patriot Act Notice, Etc. | 196 | ||||||
| 12.24 | Advice of Counsel | 196 | ||||||
| 12.25 | Captions | 196 | ||||||
| 12.26 | Platform | 196 | ||||||
| 12.27 | Survival or Representations, Warranties and Agreements | 196 | ||||||
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| 12.28 | Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 197 | ||||||
| 12.29 | Time | 197 | ||||||
| 12.30 | [Reserved] | 197 | ||||||
| 12.31 | Sovereign Immunity | 197 | ||||||
| 12.32 | No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative | 198 | ||||||
| 12.33 | Marshalling; Payments Set Aside | 198 | ||||||
| 12.34 | Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights | 198 | ||||||
| 12.35 | Electronic Execution of Assignments | 198 | ||||||
| 12.36 | No Fiduciary Duty | 199 | ||||||
| 12.37 | Currency Indemnity | 199 | ||||||
| 12.38 | Intercreditor Agreements | 200 |
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| Schedules |
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| Schedule 6.1(a) |
Jurisdiction of Loan Parties | |
| Schedule 6.1(b) |
Locations of Officers, Records & Collateral | |
| Schedule 6.1(f) |
Filings | |
| Schedule 6.1(g) |
Ownership; Subsidiaries | |
| Schedule 6.1(p) |
Judgments; Litigation | |
| Schedule 6.1(w) |
Intellectual Property | |
| Schedule 6.1(x) |
Labor Contracts | |
| Schedule 7 |
Mortgaged Property | |
| Schedule 7.21 |
Post-Closing Covenants | |
| Schedule 8.1(r) |
Existing Letters of Credit | |
| Schedule 8.2 |
Permitted Activities of the Borrower | |
| Schedule 8.8 |
Existing Liens | |
| Schedule 8.10 |
Existing Investments | |
| Schedule 8.23 |
Existing Transactions with Affiliates | |
| Annexes |
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| Annex A |
Lenders and Commitments | |
| Exhibits |
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| Exhibit A |
Form of Note | |
| Exhibit B |
Form of Notice of Borrowing | |
| Exhibit C |
Form of Conversion/Continuation Notice | |
| Exhibit D |
Form of VCOC Information Letter | |
| Exhibit E |
Form of Perfection Certificate | |
| Exhibit F |
Form of Financial Condition Certificate | |
| Exhibit G |
Form of Closing Certificate | |
| Exhibit H |
Form of Compliance Certificate | |
| Exhibit I |
[Reserved] | |
| Exhibit J |
Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
| Exhibits K-1 to K-4 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates | |
| Exhibit L |
Form of Monthly Operating Report | |
| Exhibit M |
Form of Delayed Draw Certificate | |
| Exhibit N |
Form of Qualified Change of Control Certificate | |
| Exhibit O |
Form of Intercompany Note | |
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FIRST LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIRST LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, is entered into as of March 12, 2025, among (i) TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), (ii) each of the lenders identified as a “Lender” on Annex A attached hereto (together with each of its respective successors and assigns, if any, each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and (iii) HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, in suchcapacities, herein called the “Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that, upon the satisfaction in full of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article V below, the applicable Lenders extend credit to the Borrower on the Closing Date up to (i) the Initial Term Commitments and Initial Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000 and (ii) the Delayed Draw Commitments in an aggregate committed amount of $50,000,000, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans will be used on the Closing Date (i) to consummate the Closing Date Refinancing and (ii) to pay the Transaction Expenses. The proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loans will be available after the Closing Date and will be used solely to prepay the Second Lien Obligations.
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to extend credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in respect of the foregoing premises and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby mutually acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders, and the Agent, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions . Any terms (whether capitalized or lower case) used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC or the PPSA (including Account, Account Debtor, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Account, Drafts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Inventory, Investment Property, Instruments, Promissory Notes, Proceeds, Securities Account and Supporting Obligations) shall be construed and defined as set forth in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable, unless otherwise defined herein. In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“1970 Group SIRFA” means, collectively, (i) that certain Substitute Insurance Collateral Facility Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2025, between Olympus LC
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Applicant, LLC and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement, (ii) that certain Substitute Insurance Collateral Facility Program Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2025, between 1970 Group Originator, Inc. and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement and (iii) that certain Amended and Restated Substitute Insurance Reimbursement Facility Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2024, between 1970 Group Inc. and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement.
“1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, between (a) Olympus LC Applicant, LLC (as the immediate successor in interest to 1970 Group Originator, Inc.), (b) the Second Lien Agent, (c) the Agent, (d) the ABL Agent and (e) as acknowledged by 1970 Group Originator, Inc.
“1970 Group Subordination Agreement” means, collectively, (i) the Original 1970 Group Subordination Agreement and (ii) the 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement.
“2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock of the Borrower, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on or about the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, relating to the preferred equity interests issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by Section 8.17(b)(ii)).
“2025 Preferred Documents” means, collectively, the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the Warrants.
“2025 Preferred Equity Investment” means, collectively, the issuances of preferred equity interests (including the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and any subsequent delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests) (as contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and the 2025 Preferred Documents) pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and all other transactions related to the foregoing.
“2025 Preferred Equity Investor” means Stellex and/or any of its Affiliates.
“2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, InspectionTech Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and the other parties from time to time party thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
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supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by Section 8.17(b)(ii)).
“ABL Agent” means Eclipse Business Capital LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent and/or collateral agent for the lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement, or the administrative agent and/or collateral agent (or similar agent) under any other ABL Facility, and any successor thereto in any such capacity.
“ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2022, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time and ABL Agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (including increasing the amount loaned thereunder) or extended or refinanced from time to time in accordance with Section 8.1(k) and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Facility” means Indebtedness under (a) the ABL Credit Agreement and (b) any credit facility that refunds, replaces (whether upon termination or otherwise) or refinances in whole or in part any Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement from time to time; provided that any ABL Facility must comply with the requirements of Section 8.1(k).
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Agent, the Second Lien Agent and the ABL Agent, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“ABL Loan Documents”means (a) the ABL Credit Agreement and (b) each of the other agreements, instruments and other documents with respect to the ABL Obligations, all as in effect on the date hereof or as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Obligations” means all “ABL Debt” (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement).
“ABL Payoff Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the ABL Agent and the Borrower.
“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to the term “ABL Priority Collateral” in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement on customary terms, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, entered into by and among the Loan Parties, the Agent, and certain lenders with respect to the applicable tranche of Indebtedness (or such lenders’ agent or debt representative) pursuant to which such Indebtedness is made subordinate in right of payment to Payment in Full of all Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
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“Acceptance Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(b).
“Advance” means amounts advanced by the Lenders (or any of them, as applicable) to or for the benefit of Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof on the occasion of any borrowing and “Advances” shall mean more than one Advance.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly Controls, is under common Control with, is Controlled by or is a director, officer, manager or general partner of such Person, provided that, (a) in any event, any Person who owns directly or indirectly 15 % or more of the economic interests or Voting Interests of a Person, shall be deemed to control such Person and (b) for the avoidance of doubt, each of Corre, each Corre Affiliate and Stellex shall constitute an Affiliate of the Loan Parties under this Agreement for so long as it would satisfy this definition. Without limitation of the foregoing, the following Persons shall at all times constitute Affiliates of the Borrower: (i) the Borrower, (ii) each Guarantor and (iii) all Subsidiaries.
“Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement. “Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 12.26(b).
“Agent’s Payment Account” means an account designated on the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter by Agent to the Lenders and Borrower as the “Agent’s Payment Account”.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Agent.
“ Amendment No. 1 Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 4 of Amendment No. 1 were satisfied, which date was September 11, 2025.
“ Amendment No. 1 Second Lien Prepayment” means the prepayment in an aggregate amount equal to $41,803,211.43 of principal of Second Lien Obligations (plus accrued and unpaid cash interest thereon) substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date made solely from proceeds of the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the Initial Warrants.
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“ Amendment No. 1 Transaction Expenses” means any fees, expenses, costs and/or charges, without duplication, incurred or paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Amendment No. 1 Transactions (including any prepayment premiums or similar fees, including in respect of Indebtedness repaid or prepaid with proceeds of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the Warrants and any reimbursement of fees, expenses, costs and/or charges of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor).
“Amendment No. 1 Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution and delivery of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, any preferred stock issued pursuant to or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and the Warrants, the filing and adoption of the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the consummation of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, the issuance of the Warrants and any other transactions contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, (b) the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 1, (c) the Amendment No. 1 Second Lien Prepayment, (d) the repayment of loans outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to $25,000,000 (without a concurrent reduction of Commitments (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)), (e) the execution and delivery of any amendment to the ABL Credit Agreement on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (f) the execution and delivery of any amendment to the Second Lien Credit Agreement on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (g) the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 1 to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (which amends the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (h) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), each as amended, and all other laws and regulations or ordinances concerning or relating to bribery or corruption in any jurisdiction.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the statutes, laws, regulations, or rules in any jurisdiction that relate to terrorism financing, money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, “know-your customer” laws or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. § 5311 et seq.), the Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
“Applicable Margin” means a percentage per annum equal to with respect to Loans :
(i) until the delivery of the Financial Statements and a related Compliance Certificate for theFiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2025 pursuant to Section 7.11(a) or Section 7.11(b), as applicable, (A) for Term Benchmark Loans, 6.50% and (B) for Base Rate Loans, 5.50%; and annum set forth in the table below based upon the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Agent pursuant to Section 7.11(d):
(ii) thereafter, (A) through and including the last day of the Fiscal Quarter in which the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment has been consummated, the percentages per
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| Level |
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Base Rate Loans | Term Benchmark Loans | |||||||
| I |
Greater than 5.25 to 1.00 | 6.00 | % | 7.00 | % | |||||
| II |
Equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.00 and greater than 4.00 to 1.00 | 5.50 | % | 6.50 | % | |||||
| III |
Equal to or less than 4.00 to 1.00 | 5.00 | % | 6.00 | % | |||||
or (B) commencing with the first day of the Fiscal Quarter immediately following the date on which the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment has been consummated, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Agent pursuant to Section 7.11(d):
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Level |
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Base Rate Loans | Term Benchmark Loans | |||||||
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I |
Greater than 5.25 to 1.00 | 5.75 | % | 6.75 | % | |||||
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II |
Equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.00 and greater than 4.00 to 1.00 | 5.25 | % | 6.25 | % | |||||
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III |
Equal to or less than 4.00 to 1.00 | 4.75 | % | 5.75 | % | |||||
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes under this Agreement, the “Applicable Margin” for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period pursuant to Section 4.1 at the time the interest for such period was required to be paid pursuant to such Section (and shall remain due and payable until Paid in Full, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(d) has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable five (5) Business Days following the determination described above.
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In addition, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver Financial Statements pursuant to Section 7.11(a) or Section 7.11(b), as applicable and a related Compliance Certificate, the “Applicable Margin” for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall be deemed to be Level I of the applicable pricing grid until such Compliance Certificate is delivered, at which point any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date such Compliance Certificate is delivered.
“Applicable Premium” means, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Agent and the Borrower from time to time, in connection with the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event, with respect to any Loans in connection with the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event:
(a) during the period from and after theAmendment No.1 Effective Date up to and including the first anniversary of theAmendment No. 1 Effective Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the first anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date), an amount equal to 3.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid or repaid on such date;
(b) during the period from the day after the first anniversary of theAmendment No. 1 Effective Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the first anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date) up to and including the second anniversary of theAmendment No. 1 Effective Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the second anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date), an amount equal to 2.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid or repaid on such date;
(c) after the second anniversary of theAmendment No.1 Effective Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the second anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date) up to and including the third anniversary of theAmendment No. 1 Effective Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the third anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date), an amount equal to 1.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being paid on such date; and
(d) at any time thereafter, zero.
“Applicable Premium Trigger Event” means:
(i) any payment by any Loan Party of all, or any part, of the principal balance of any Loan for any reason (including any optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment other than any prepayment made pursuant to a Casualty Event, a Change of Control, pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) unless and until the amount of all such mandatory prepayments exceeds $10,000,000 in the aggregate (and only the amount in excess of such threshold) or Section
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2.5(b)(iii)) whether before or after (A) the occurrence of an Event of Default, (B) the commencement of any Insolvency Event, and notwithstanding any acceleration (for any reason) of the Obligations or (C) pursuant to Section 2.11, in each case, other than in connection with a Stellex Change of Control Transaction that satisfies clause (x) or (y) of clause (ii) below;
(ii) the occurrence of any Change of Control (other than(1) any Stellex Change of Control Transaction in connection with which either (x) this Agreement shall remain in force and effect immediately after giving effect to such Stellex Change of Control Transaction or (y) the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) shall have agreed in writing to continue, refinance or rollover the then-outstanding Loans (whether on the same or different terms) or otherwise extend a credit facility to the Borrower or its Affiliates upon the consummation of such Stellex Change of Control Transaction or (2) any Qualified Change of Control);
(iii) the acceleration of the Obligations following an Event of Default, including acceleration in accordance with Section 10.2, including as a result of the commencement of an Insolvency Event;
(iv) the satisfaction, release, payment, restructuring, reorganization, replacement, reinstatement, defeasance or compromise of any of the Obligations in any Insolvency Event, foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding or otherwise) or deed in lieu of foreclosure or the making of a distribution of any kind in any Insolvency Event to Agent, for the account of the Lenders in full or partial satisfaction of the Obligations; or
(v) the termination of this Agreement for any reason (other than in connection with (A) a Change of Control transaction or (B) a Stellex Change of Control Transaction that satisfies clause (x) or (y) of clause (ii) above).
If any Applicable Premium Trigger Event described in the foregoing clauses (ii) through (v) occurs, then, solely for purposes of calculating the Applicable Premium due and payable in connection therewith, the entire amount of the Loans shall be deemed to have been prepaid on the date on which such Applicable Premium Trigger Event occurs.
“Asset Disposition” means any direct or indirect sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), issuance or other disposition, or any exchange or property with or a series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions that are part of a common plan, of shares of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares), property or other assets of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any disposition by means of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or similar transaction (other than, in each case of the foregoing, dispositions in an amount less than or equal to the greater of $6,000,000 and 10% of EBITDA per transaction or series of related transactions).
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“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by a Lender and its assignee, and accepted by Agent, to be substantially in the form of Exhibit J, or such other form as acceptable to Agent.
“Auditors” means any of the “big 4” national firms, Grant Thornton or BDO Global or another nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
“Availabl e Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination (the “Available Amount Reference Date”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero), determined on a cumulative basis, equal to, without duplication (and, in each case, to the extent Not Otherwise Applied):
(a) the sum of (without duplication):
(i) the Available Starter Amount; plus
(ii) 100% of the cumulative portion of Excess Cash Flow in respect of the Available Amount Reference Period relating to such Available Amount Reference Date, which has not been and is not required to be used to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(iii), which shall not be less than $0 for any fiscal year; plus
(iii) an amount determined on a cumulative basis equal to the net cash proceeds from an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or a capital contribution in the Borrower) or its direct or indirect parent company, and which are contributed to the Borrower as cash equity, in each case, after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (other than net cash proceeds arising from (A) Disqualified Equity Interests or (B) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment); plus
(iv) the Net Cash Proceeds of sales of Investments actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of Investments made using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 8.10(f) (but not exceeding the amount of the original Investment); plus
(v) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts actually received in respect of Investments made using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 8.10(f) (but not exceeding the amount of the original Investment); minus
(b) the sum of (in each case, without duplication):
(i) the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.9(g) after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and prior to such Available Amount Reference Date; plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 8.10(f) after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and prior to such Available Amount Reference Date; plus
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(iii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness permanently paid or prepaid pursuant to Section 8.17(a)(viii) after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and prior to such Available Amount Reference Date.
“ Available Amount Conditions” means, except with respect to the use of the Available Starter Amount, (a) immediately before and after giving effect to the applicable Available Amount Transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing or would result therefrom and (b) the Total Leverage Ratio (on a Pro Forma Basis) as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended shall be less than 3.75 to 1.00.
“ Available Amount Reference Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Available Amount”.
“ Available Amount Reference Period” means, with respect to any Available Amount Reference Date, the period commencing immediately after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and ending on the applicable Available Amount Reference Date.
“Available Amount Transaction” means, as applicable, an Investment made pursuant to Section 8.10(f), a Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 8.9(g) or Indebtedness paid pursuant to Section 8.17(a)(viii).
“ Available Starter Amount” means an amount equal to $5,000,000.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.12(e).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 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).
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“Bank Product” means any of the following products, services or facilities extended to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries:
(i) Cash Management Services; and
(ii) products under Hedging Agreements for non-speculative purposes.
“Bank Product Obligations” means Indebtedness and other obligations of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries arising from Bank Products.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as that title may be amended from time to time, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (iii) the sum of (a) the Term SOFR for a one month Interest Period as published two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) (after giving effect to the Floor) plus (b) 1.00% per annum; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Rate shall at no time be less than the Floor plus 1.00% per annum. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.12 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until any amendment has become effective pursuant to Section 2.12(c)), then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (i) and (ii) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (iii) above.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” means with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR, or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.12.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable corresponding tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Agent and the Borrower for the applicable corresponding tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the 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:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the 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 (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
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For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, 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
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as 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 Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.12 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.12.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement. “Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or permitted by law to close.
“Business Plan” means a business plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, consisting of consolidated projected balance sheets, related cash flow statements and related profit and loss statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of the underlying assumptions, which covers a one-year period and which is prepared on a monthly basis for the first year and a quarterly basis thereafter.
“Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan” means a Canadian Pension Plan registered under the Tax Act, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other applicable provincial, territorial, or federal pension benefits standards legislation as amended from time to time and any successor statute which contains a “defined benefit provision”, as such term is defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Tax Act.
“Canadian Guarantor” means any Guarantor organized under the laws of Canada or a province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Loan Party” means any Loan Party incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or a province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan” means (i) a “multi-employer pension plan” as that term is defined in subsection 1(1) of the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or an equivalent plan under pension standards legislation of another applicable provincial, territorial, or federal jurisdiction or (ii) a “multi-employer plan” as that term is defined in subsection 8500(1) of the Income Tax Regulations (Canada).
“Canadian Pension Plan” means a pension plan subject to (i) the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other applicable provincial, territorial, or federal pension benefits standards legislation as amended from time to time and any successor statute or (ii) a “registered pension plan” as that term is defined in subsection 248(1) of the Tax Act, but excludes a Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan.
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“Canadian Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, dated as of even date with this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, executed and delivered by each of the Canadian Loan Parties to Agent, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Canadian Security Documents” means the Canadian Security Agreement, any share pledge agreement governed by Canadian law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, and each other agreement, document or instrument executed by any Loan Party governed by Canadian law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, consolidated expenditures during such period that are or are required to be included in or are reflected by the consolidated property, plant, or equipment accounts of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any similar fixed asset, or improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto or therefor which have a useful life of more than one year, or are or are required to be otherwise included as capitalized costs, and shall include all payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and leasehold improvements, in each case on the balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP in effect on the date hereof, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease which, under GAAP, is or will be required to be capitalized on the books of the lessee, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as Indebtedness (net of Interest Expense) in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” means
(i) securities issued, guaranteed or insured by the United States or any of its agencies with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired;
(ii) certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired, issued by (a) a Lender or its Affiliates; (b) any U.S. federal, Canadian federal, state, provincial or territorial chartered commercial bank of recognized standing which has capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $500,000,000; or (c) any bank or its holding company that has a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A 1 or the equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or at least P 1 or the equivalent by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;
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(iii) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements with terms of not more than thirty (30) days from the date acquired, for securities of the type described in clause (i) above and entered into only with commercial banks having the qualifications described in clause (ii) above or such other financial institutions with a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A 1 or the equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or at least P 1 or the equivalent by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;
(iv) commercial paper, other than commercial paper issued by Borrower or any of its Affiliates, issued by any Person incorporated under the laws of the United States, Canada or any state, province or territory thereof and rated at least A 1 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or at least P 1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; and
(v) investments in money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which have net assets of at least $500,000,000 and at least eighty-five percent (85%) of whose assets consist of securities and other obligations of the type described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
“Cash Management Services” means any one or more of the following types of services or facilities:
(i) credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services,
(ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) and
(iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services.
“Casualty Events” means any event (not constituting an Asset Disposition) occurring after the Closing Date that gives rise to the receipt by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any casualty insurance proceeds (including business interruption insurance proceeds) or condemnation awards or other compensation in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property or as a result of the taking of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by a Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking thereof.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code in which any Loan Party or direct or indirect owner of a Loan Party is a “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code; provided that notwithstanding anything under any Loan Documents, none of the entities organized or incorporated in England and Wales, Canada or the Netherlands (or successors thereto) shall be considered a CFC or a Foreign Subsidiary, be subject to any Section 956 Limitations, or be or become owned by any entity other than Loan Parties.
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For purposes of the foregoing, “Section 956 Limitation” means any exclusion or limitation on an entity providing guarantees, pledging its assets, engaging in any repayment or repatriation transaction or on the pledge of Equity Interests issued by any entity, in each case, as a result of such entity being considered a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code or any adverse tax, cost or impact under Section 956 of the Code or any similar provision.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following:
(i) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty;
(ii) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or
(iii) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority;
provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
(A) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, and
(B) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means that:
(i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert, other than the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex, shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 50% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower,
(ii) Borrower fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party except where such failure is as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents,
(iii) a change in control or similar event with respect to any Loan Party, as defined or described under any documentation in respect of Material Indebtedness to which any Loan Party is a party, shall have occurred,
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(iv) sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or
(v) solely after the consummation of any Qualified Change of Control Transaction, the Designated Equity Investor shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon a portion of the Equity Interests of the Borrower owned thereby such that if the party secured by such Lien exercises a right to vote the Equity Interests pledged pursuant thereto, such exercise would result in a “Change of Control” pursuant to clause (i) of this definition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the foregoing, in no event shall any Qualified Change of Control Transactionor Stellex Change of Control Transaction constitute a “Change of Control”.
“Claims” has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(a).
“Class” (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are Initial Term Lenders or Delayed Draw Lenders, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Initial Term Commitments or Delayed Draw Commitments and
(c) when used with respect to Loans, refers to whether such Loans are Initial Term Loans or Delayed Draw Term Loans.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 5.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.5).
“Closing Date Refinancing” means (i) the redemption and/or repayment (or otherwise defeasance) of the Existing Indebtedness in its entirety, (ii) in each case, the termination and/or release of all guarantees and security granted in connection with the Existing Indebtedness, other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (iii) the refinancing of an aggregate principal amount of $97,413,198.18 of Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Term Credit Agreement), inclusive of premium and accrued and unpaid PIK interest, with respect to the credit facility provided pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Closing Payments Letter”means that certain Closing Payments Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Agent and the Borrower (as amended by that certain Amended and Restated Closing Payments Letter dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and as may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
“CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time, and all regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of
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Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents as security for all or any of the Obligations (regardless of whether such Lien is actually perfected).
“Combined Cap” means the aggregate amount of adjustments made for any applicable Test Period pursuant to clauses (O), (V), (W) and (X) of the definition of “EBITDA” shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such Test Period (before giving effect to such addbacks).
“Commitments” means, a Delayed Draw Commitment or an Initial Term Commitment or any combination thereof, as the context may require.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and all regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“Communications” has the meaning specified in Section 12.26(b).
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(d).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness” means Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on any assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Liens that are expressly junior in priority to the Liens securing the Obligations or junior in priority to the Liens securing other Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness) and including, for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Funded Indebtedness constituting ABL Obligations, but excluding any such Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of:
(i) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, other than amounts owed pursuant to insurance premium financings,
(ii) all purchase money Indebtedness,
(iii) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, other than amounts in respect of the 1970 Group SIRFA solely to the extent that each such letter of credit is not drawn and not reimbursed or otherwise cash collateralized,
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(iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligation, purchase price adjustments and profit-sharing arrangements arising from purchase and sale agreements, in each case to the extent such amount is accounted for as debt in accordance with GAAP,
(v) Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(vi) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment prior to the Maturity Date in respect of any Equity Interests of such Person (other than pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents) or any other Person or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends (including any Disqualified Equity Interests) (in each case, other than pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents);
(vii) without duplication, all guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (i) through (vi) above of Persons other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and
(viii) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no obligation pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement shall constitute “Consolidated Funded Indebtedness.”
“Contribution Notice” means a contribution notice issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 38 or section 47 of the Pensions Act 2004.
“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 the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, which provides for the Agent to have “control” (as defined in Section 9-104 of the UCC of the State of New York or Section 8-106 of the UCC of the State of New York, as applicable) of Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts, as applicable.
“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
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“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Copyright Security Agreement” means a First Lien Copyright Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Copyrights” means
(i) any and all copyright rights (including derivative rights) in any works subject to the copyright laws of the United States, Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise,
(ii) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule 6.1(w);
(iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof;
(iv) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Corre” means Corre Partners Management, LLC. “Corre Affiliate” means Corre or any of its Affiliates.
“Corre Payoff Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Second Lien Agent and the Borrower.
“Covered Entity” means 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).
“Cure Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
“Cure Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding up and Restructuring Act (Canada), the debt and/or securities reorganization provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act or the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), the Insolvency Act 1986 and all other liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States, Canada, England and Wales or other any other comparable and applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1, which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, or the satisfaction of any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Interest” has the meaning set out in Section 4.2.
“Delayed Draw Certificate” means a delayed draw certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M.
“Delayed Draw Commitment” means the commitment of each Lender to make Delayed Draw Term Loans, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, up to the maximum amount specified for such Lender on Annex A or in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance. The initial aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Commitments on the Closing Date is
$50,000,000.
“Delayed Draw Funding Date” means the date of any borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.3(a) and Section 5.4.
“Delayed Draw Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Delayed Draw Commitment or a Delayed Draw Term Loans at such time.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(ii).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Availability Period” means the period commencing on June 30, 2025 and ending on the Delayed Draw Termination Date.
“Delayed Draw Termination Date” means the date that is the earliest to occur of (i) the twenty fourth month anniversary of June 30, 2025, (ii) the date the Delayed Draw Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.5(a) or Section 2.7(a) and (iii) the date of termination of Commitments pursuant to Section 10.2.
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Designated Equity Investor” means (i) prior to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date, Corre, together with the Corre Affiliates and (ii) on or after the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date, the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor that is the purchaser of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates. “Designated Equity Investor”does not include Stellex or any Affiliate thereof.
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“Designated Equity Investor Affiliated Lender” means (x) Corre and any Corre Affiliate so long as Corre and each Corre Affiliate (taken together) continues to hold either (i) 20% or more of the outstanding loans or commitments under the Second Lien Credit Agreement or (ii) beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 20% or more of (a) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower or (b) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower and (y) the Designated Equity Investor and any Affiliate of the Designated Equity Investor (including any such Affiliate that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and with respect to which the Designated Equity Investor does not, directly or indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity).
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with, in or involving such country or territory (as of the date hereof, the Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition
(i) mature automatically or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by Borrower (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (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 Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments),
(ii) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by Borrower (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part,
(iii) provide for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash that are payable without further action or decision of Borrower, or
(iv) are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests,
in each case, prior to the date that is 120 days after the Maturity Date.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Equity Interests issued in connection with the Warrants or the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment shall not constitute “Disqualified Equity Interests.”
“Disqualified Institutions” means:
(i) (A) any Person that is a competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and identified by the Borrower in writing to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date;
(B) any Person that is a competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and identified by the Borrower in writing to the Agent from time to time after the Closing Date; and
(C) together with any Affiliates of such competitors described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) that are reasonably identifiable as such on the basis of such Affiliate’s name or otherwise identified in writing by the Borrower to the Agent from time to time (other than any such Affiliate that is a bank, financial institution or fund (other than a Person described in clause (ii) below) that regularly invests in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and for which no personnel involved with the relevant competitor (1) make investment decisions or (2) have access to non-public information relating to the Borrower or any Person that forms part of the Borrower’s business (including its Subsidiaries)); or
(ii) certain banks, financial institutions, other institutional lenders and investors and other entities that are identified by the Borrower in writing to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, together with any Affiliates of such identified entities that are reasonably identifiable as such on the basis of such Affiliate’s name or otherwise identified in writing by the Borrower to the Agent from time to time.
provided that (x) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no written notice shall apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in any Loans or entered into a trade for either of the foregoing and (y) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the Agent shall not 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 Institutions and (b) the Borrower (on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties) and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution and that the Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Institution.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” means freely transferable lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Loan Party that is organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
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“Dutch Guarantor” means any Guarantor organized under Dutch law. “Dutch Loan Party” means any Loan Party organized under Dutch law.
“Dutch Security Agreements” means the following Dutch law governed security agreements:
(i) the senior ranking security agreement among the Agent as pledgee and the Loan Parties party thereto as pledgors in relation to the Term Loan Priority Collateral; and
(ii) the junior ranking security agreement among the Agent as pledgee and the Loan Parties party thereto as pledgors in relation to the ABL Priority Collateral.
“Dutch Security Documents” means the Dutch Security Agreements, the Dutch Share Pledges, and each other agreement, document or instrument executed by any Loan Party governed by Dutch law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Dutch Share Pledges” means the following Dutch law governed notarial deeds of pledge of shares:
(i) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Team Industrial Services Netherlands B.V. as company;
(ii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Threshold Inspection & Application Training Europe B.V. as company;
(iii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Quality Inspection Services B.V. as company;
(iv) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Team Valve Repair Services B.V. as company;
(v) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Netherlands B.V. as pledgor and Teaminc Europe B.V. as company;
(vi) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Furmanite B.V. as company;
(vii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services International, Inc. as pledgor and Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as company; and
(viii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Furmanite Holding B.V. as company.
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“EBITDA” means, for any period, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, Net Income for such period,
(i) plus in each case, to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period without duplication:
(A) the amount of depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets during such period, plus
(B) all Interest Expense and all fees for the use of money or the availability of money, including commitment, facility and like fees, premium (including any prepayment premium or Applicable Premium solely to the extent (x) reducing Net Income and (y) such prepayment premium or Applicable Premium is required to be paid upon a prepayment as set forth in the applicable document governing such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date) and charges upon Indebtedness (including Indebtedness to Agent or Lenders) paid or payable during such period, without duplication, plus
(C) net Tax Expense paid or accrued during such period, without duplication, plus
(D) the amount of all non-cash share-based compensation during such period, plus
(E) [reserved], plus
(F) Transaction Expenses to the extent paid or to the extent invoices are received by the Borrower or its Affiliates on or within one hundred eighty (180) days of the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate, provided, that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (F) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such measurement period, plus
(G) financing fees, financial and other advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees (and similar advisory and consulting fees), and related costs and expenses incurred during such period by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with asset sales permitted by Section 8.5, any Stellex Change of Control Transaction or Qualified Change of Control Transaction, any transaction with the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex which would otherwise constitute a Change of Control but for the exclusion of the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex, as applicable, from clause (i) thereof, the refinancing of Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 8.1(a), (k), (l) or (n), the making of any Incremental Facility Amendment (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) or the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) to the extent consented to by the Required Lenders in writing (including any fees and expenses related to any amendments, supplements, modifications and maturity date extensions thereof) or otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders (whether or not consummated), in each case, to the extent not prohibited under this Agreement, to the extent paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP on or within one hundred eighty (180) days of the closing date of such transaction in an amount not to exceed (x) $5,000,000 in the aggregate for any refinancings of Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 8.1(a), (k), (l) or (n), the making of any Incremental Facility Amendment (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) or the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) to the extent consented to by the Required Lenders in writing (including any fees and expenses related to any amendments, supplements, modifications and maturity date extensions thereof), and (y) $750,000 per annum in the aggregate for any asset sales permitted by Section 8.5, provided that no maximum aggregate amount shall apply to any fees, costs and expenses incurred in relation to any Stellex Change of Control Transaction or Qualified Change of Control Transaction or any transaction with the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex which would otherwise constitute a Change of Control but for the exclusion of the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex, as applicable, from clause (i) thereof, provided, further, that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (G) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such measurement period, plus
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(H) any loss in connection with any disposition of assets during such period, plus
(I) non-cash losses incurred during such period for currency exchanges in accordance with GAAP, plus
(J) non-cash losses from foreign exchange conversions and mark-to-market adjustments due to foreign currency remeasurement and/or hedge agreements (or other derivatives) during such period, plus
(K) the aggregate amount of all non-cash charges, expenses, fees or losses during such period, plus
(L) [reserved], plus
(M) legal fees and other expenses incurred related to litigation and reserves established for non-routine matters, plus
(N) all (A) Amendment No. 1 Transaction Expenses and (B) non-operating professional fees, costs and expenses, in each case, during such period to the extent paid or to the extent invoices are received by the Borrower or its Affiliates on or prior to the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (or such later date as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), in an aggregate amount for the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), collectively, not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, provided, that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (N) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such measurement period, plus
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(O) non-recurring business optimization expenses and other non-recurring restructuring charges or reserves, in each case, consisting of severance, lease term charges, and other similar non-recurring expenses paid or accrued during such period , provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (O) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap, plus
(P) items reducing Net Income of such Person for such period to the extent (i) covered by a binding indemnification or refunding obligation or insurance, (ii) paid or payable (directly or indirectly) by a third party (except to the extent such payment gives rise to reimbursement obligations) or with the proceeds of a contribution to equity capital of such Person or (iii) such Person is directly or indirectly, reimbursed for such item by a third party, so long as such Person has submitted in good faith, and reasonably expects to receive payment in connection with, a claim for reimbursement of such amounts under its relevant insurance policy (in the case of any add-backs pursuant to this clause (P), with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next Fiscal Quarter), plus
(Q) the amount of indemnities and expenses paid in such period by such Person or otherwise to any member of the board of directors of such Person, the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor, a Designated Equity Investor or any Affiliate of a 2025 Preferred Equity Investor or a Designated Equity Investor and the amount of any fees and other compensation paid to the members of the board of directors (or the equivalent thereof) of such Person or any of its parent entities, solely to the extent any such amount is permitted to be paid under Section 8.9, plus
(R) the non-cash portion of “straight line” rent expense less the cash portion of “straight line” rent expense which exceeds the cash amount paid in respect thereof, provided that to the extent such Person elects to add back such non-cash charge or expense, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, plus
(S) (A) minority interest expense of such Person for such period, including expense or deduction attributable to minority Equity Interests of third parties in any Subsidiary and (B) charges, costs and expenses consisting of income attributable to minority interests and non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof, and the amount of any reductions in arriving at Net Income resulting from the application of ASC Topic No. 810, Consolidation, plus
(T) payments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period with respect to deferred purchase price in respect of assets, securities, services or business including earn-outs and contingent consideration obligations, bonuses and other compensation, payments in respect of dissenting shares, and purchase price adjustments, made by such Person during such period, solely to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder, plus
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(U) the amount of any losses from abandoned, closed or discontinued operations, solely to the extent such operations are reasonably anticipated to be so abandoned, closed or discontinued within ninety (90) days of the last day of such period, provided that the amount permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (U) for any period shall not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate, plus
(V) losses or discounts on a sale of receivables and any related assets in connection with any receivables sale, factoring or similar financing transaction or series of transactions permitted hereunder, provided that the amount permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (V) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap, plus
(W) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies resulting from, or related to (1) mergers and other business combinations, acquisitions, Investments, dispositions or other sales of assets, discontinuance of activities or operations and other specified transactions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives, operational changes, and operating cost initiatives and improvements, that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions taken, committed to be taken or expected to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken, no later than twelve (12) months after the end of such period (which amounts will be determined by the Borrower in good faith and calculated on a pro forma basis as though amounts had been realized on the first day of the period for which EBITDA is being determined), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that, (i) in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, such cost savings are reasonably identifiable, reasonably anticipated to be realized, and factually supportable (it being agreed that such determination need not be made in compliance with Regulation S-X or other applicable securities law) and (ii) the Agent shall have received a duly executed certificate of an officer of the Borrower (which may be included in the applicable Compliance Certificate), certifying the requirements under this clause (W)(1) and accompanied by a reasonably detailed statement or schedule of such add backs, and other supporting information that may be reasonably requested by the Agent, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, delivered on or prior to the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d) ; provided, further, that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (W)(1) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap or (2) changes in insurance programs that occurred on, prior to, or after the Amendment No.
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1 Effective Date, provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (W)(2) shall not exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate, plus (X) adjustments, exclusions and addbacks evidenced by or contained in any quality of earnings report prepared by a nationally recognized accounting firm (or other advisor reasonably acceptable to the Agent) and furnished to the Agent in connection with any permitted acquisition, other similar investment or any other transaction consummated after the Closing Date to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (X) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap,
(ii) less in each case, to the extent included in determining Net Income for such period, without duplication:
(A) the amount of all non-recurring gains during such period, less
(B) any gain in connection with any disposition of assets, less
(C) [reserved]
(D) non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase EBITDA in such prior period, less
(E) non-cash gains incurred during such period for currency exchanges in accordance with GAAP, less
(F) non-cash gains from foreign exchange conversions and mark-to-market adjustments due to foreign currency remeasurement and/or hedge agreements (or other derivatives), less
(G) the aggregate amount of non-cash gains during such period increasing Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have been added back to Net Income in calculating EBITDA in accordance with this definition), less
(H) gains due to adjustments in legal reserves and other legal costs related to non-routine matters;
and provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, EBITDA shall be deemed to be $13,097,000, $15,962,000, $5,232,000 and $26,535,000 , respectively, for the Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024, March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, it being agreed that the amounts deemed for any of the foregoing Fiscal Quarters shall not be subject to any add-back or adjustment, including in respect of any pro forma or “run-rate” adjustments (other than pro forma adjustments with respect to the permitted acquisitions or similar Investments permitted pursuant to Section 8.10(l) which occur after the Amendment No.
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1 Effective Date, as expressly permitted by Section 1.2(b)) and, for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the foregoing Fiscal Quarters, no add-backs or adjustments shall be duplicative of amounts already addressed and included in the foregoing deemed EBITDA amounts.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (i) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (ii) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (i) of this definition, or (iii) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (i) or
(ii) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means 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.
“Eligible Assignee” means any
(i) a Lender or any Affiliate thereof ; or
(ii) any other Person;
provided that
(A) none of any owner of Equity Interests of a Loan Party, any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee (except thatPermitted Affiliated Lenders shall each qualify as an Eligible Assignee, subject to the limitations of Section 12.7(j)),
(B) a natural person shall not qualify as an Eligible Assignee,
(D) nothing herein shall restrict or require the consent of any Person to the pledge by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights and interests under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 C. F. R. § 203.14, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge in any manner permitted by applicable law, and
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(E) a Disqualified Institution shall not qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
(C) each Eligible Assignee underclause (ii) hereof shall be reasonably acceptable to and subject to the consent of Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), “English Security Documents” means: (i) the English law governed debenture to be made between the UK Loan Parties as chargors and the Agent (the “English Debenture”); (ii) the English law governed share charge and subordinated debt assignment to be made between each Loan Party which is the holder of the shares in the UK Loan Parties (other than UK Loan Parties which are already party to the English Debenture as chargors) in favor of the Agent (the “English Share Charge”) and (iii) each other agreement, deed, instrument or document executed by any Loan Party governed by English law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Entity” for each Loan Party (other than an individual), means its status, as applicable, as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership.
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water (including potable waters, navigable waters and wetlands), groundwater, surface and subsurface strata, natural resources, wildlife, plant life, biota, and the workplace or as otherwise defined in Environmental Laws.
“Environmental Action” means any summons, citation, notice of investigation or judicial or administrative proceeding, action, suit, abatement order or other order, judgment, decree or directive (conditional or otherwise) from any Governmental Authority, or any written notice of violation, complaint, claim, or other demand from any Person arising (i) pursuant to Environmental Laws, (ii) in connection with any actual or alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Laws, including any Permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws, (iii) in connection with any Hazardous Materials, including the presence or Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials and any Remedial Action related to Hazardous Materials, or (iv) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety or the Environment.
“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, provincial, territorial and local statutes, laws (including common laws), rulings, regulations, ordinances, codes, legally binding and enforceable policies or guidelines or governmental, administrative or judicial directives, judgments, orders or interpretations of any of the foregoing now or hereafter in effect relating to pollution or protection of human health (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the Environment including laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of or exposure to any Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation, feasibility study, removal, remediation or post remediation monitoring or other Remedial Action), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any Environmental Action or with respect to any violation of, or liability pursuant to, any Environmental Law or any Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials.
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“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.
“Equity Interests” means (i) in the case of a corporation, its capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its membership interests, and (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general and limited partnership interests, including in each case, all of the following rights relating to such Equity Interests, whether arising under the Governing Documents of the Entity issuing such Equity Interests or under any applicable law of such Entity’s jurisdiction of organization or formation: (x) all economic rights (including all rights to receive dividends and distributions) relating to such Equity Interests; (y) all voting rights and rights to consent to any particular actions by the applicable issuer; and (z) all management rights with respect to such issuer, but, in each case, excluding any debt security convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1000 et seq., amendments thereto, successor statutes, and regulations or guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity that, together with a Loan Party is required to be treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, or under Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA. Any former ERISA Affiliate of any Loan Party shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of such Loan Party for purposes of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Loan Party and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which such Loan Party would be liable under the Code or ERISA.
“ERP Conversion” means the Borrower’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system conversion to Microsoft D365 as disclosed in writing to the Agent prior to the Closing Date.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 10.1.
“Excess Availability” means “Excess Availability” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement on the Closing Date).
“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, without duplication, for any four Fiscal Quarter period: (a) without duplication, the sum of (i) Net Income, (ii) to the extent reducing Net Income, decreases or minus increases (as the case may be) in working capital, (iii) to the extent reducing Net
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Income, the non-cash portion of unusual or infrequent or nonrecurring losses and less the non-cash portion of unusual or infrequent or nonrecurring gains, (iv) to the extent reducing Net Income, non-cash depreciation, non-cash amortization and other non-cash charges; minus (b) without duplication, the sum of: (i) [reserved], (ii) the aggregate amount of scheduled repayments and other permanent principal payments of Indebtedness during such period, (iii) to the extent not taken into account in the calculation of Net Income, the principal amortization paid in cash during such period with respect to Capital Leases, as calculated by the Borrower in good faith , (iv) costs paid in cash related to the ERP Conversion and are projected (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower) to be paid within 360 days and to the extent such costs are not paid, will be paid in the subsequent mandatory prepayment to be paid pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(iii), (v) solely to the extent financed with proceeds of Internally Generated Cash: (A) premiums and penalties paid in cash in connection with any permitted prepayment of Indebtedness (including the Loans) permitted to be made pursuant to Section 8.17 (or, in the case of the Loans, or ABL Loans not limited thereby), (B) cash amounts paid in respect of Capital Expenditures, capitalized software expenditures, acquisitions and Investments (including cash paid in respect of earnouts, purchase price holdbacks or deferred consideration with respect to any acquisition or Investment), (C) cash required to be paid in respect of planned Capital Expenditures and binding commitments for acquisitions and Investments without duplication of the amounts deducted pursuant to clause (B); provided that such amounts may only include payments that are projected or committed to be made within 180 days of the end of the applicable fiscal year (the “Deduction Deadline”); provided, further, that any such amounts deducted pursuant to this clause (C) for a particular fiscal year and not actually paid on or prior to the Deduction Deadline for such fiscal year shall be added back for the purpose of calculating Excess Cash Flow for the following fiscal year and (D) the amount of Restricted Payments paid in cash to a Person other than the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period pursuant to Section 8.9(d) and/or (e), (vi) taxes paid in cash or for which reserves have been set aside to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in arriving at such Net Income for such period and (vii) the Amendment No. 1 Transaction Expenses paid in cash in such period and fees, expenses or charges paid in cash in such period in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, refinancing transaction, issuance of Equity Interests or amendment or modification of any debt or equity instrument.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Agreement” means that certain Exchange Agreement dated October 4, 2022, by and among the Borrower, Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP, and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP.
“Excluded Asset Disposition” means, any Asset Disposition pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c), (d) (unless constituting a Casualty Event), (e), (f), (h) or (i) of Section 8.5.
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“Excluded Property” means:
(i) 35% of the issued and outstanding Voting Interests of any first-tier CFC (other than any Protected CFC) held by any Loan Party, except to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such Voting Interests would not result in material adverse tax consequences under Section 956 of the Code or any similar provision to any Loan Party as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Agent;
(ii) Equity Interests in any Person other than wholly owned Subsidiaries that cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than to the extent such prohibition is deemed ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition);
(iii) any
(x) rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement covering real or personal property (including Intellectual Property) of any Loan Party (including any governmental licenses or approvals and state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, approval, franchises, charters, or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby) and
(y) equipment owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a purchase money lien or a capital lease obligation if (but only to the extent that and only for so long as such purchase money Indebtedness or capital lease restricts the granting of a Lien therein to the Agent)
solely to the extent the grant of a security interest therein would constitute a violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a third party if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or lien therein is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement and such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement has not been obtained (provided that
(A) the foregoing exclusions of this clause (iii) shall in no way be construed
(1) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is ineffective under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or other applicable law, or
(2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Agent’s security interest or lien to attach notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement and
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(B) the foregoing exclusions of clauses (x) and (y) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of the Agent’s or any Lender’s continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Loan Party in or to
(1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization, license agreement, or Equity Interests (including any Receivables or Equity Interests), or
(2) any proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization, license agreement, or Equity Interests;
(iv) any United States intent-to-use Trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use Trademark applications or any registrations issuing therefrom under applicable federal law; provided that upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a statement of use or an amendment to allege use, such intent-to-use Trademark application shall no longer be Excluded Property and shall be Collateral;
(v) all leasehold Real Property interests (other than in the United Kingdom if security is granted by means of a floating charge);
(vi) the Milwaukee Property, solely for so long as the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) does not exceed $1,000,000;
(vii) fee simple Real Property interests (other than in the United Kingdom if security is granted by means of a floating charge) having a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) less than $1,000,000 on a per-property basis for any property or group of related parcels;
(viii) to the extent subject to certificates of title (or the local law equivalent), motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title or any rolling stock, other than those, in each case, with a value exceeding $1,000,000;
(ix) Restricted Accounts (other than Restricted Accounts of the type described in clauses (iv) and (vii) of such term);
(x) any asset in circumstances where the cost of obtaining a security interest therein, including the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance (if necessary) would be excessive in light of the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby as determined by the Agent; and provided that Excluded Property shall not include (a) any proceeds of Excluded Property unless such proceeds otherwise constitute Excluded Property and (b) any Collateral (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement or Second Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable).
(xi) the last day of the term of any lease, sublease or agreement to sublease now held or subsequently acquired by any of the Loan Parties which is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory therein (it being understood and agreed that the Loan Parties shall stand possessed of such last day in trust for the assignment and disposal of it as the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) may direct).
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“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient,
(i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, capital Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (A) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized or incorporated under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes,
(ii) any Canadian federal withholding Taxes imposed by reason of the Recipient
(A) not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Tax Act) with the relevant Loan Party;
(B) being a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act) of a Loan Party or not dealing at arm’s length with a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act) of a Loan Party; or
(C) being a “specified entity” (as defined in subsection 18.4(1) of the Tax Act) in respect of a Loan Party;
except in the case where the non-arm’s length relationship, the Recipient being a “specified shareholder” or not dealing at arm’s length with a “specified shareholder” of a Loan Party, or the Recipient being a “specified entity” in respect of a Loan Party, arises solely from the Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, or enforced any Loan Document,
(iii) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (A) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Borrower under Section 2.11) or (B) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.11, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, “Existing Indebtedness” means, collectively (i) M&E Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (ii) Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (iii) the RE-I Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (iv) the RE-II Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (v) the Existing Loans (as defined in the Existing Term Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), except for such Existing Loans being refinanced pursuant to the Closing Date Refinancing, and (vi) the Incremental Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Term Credit Agreement).
(iv) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.11(g), and
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(v) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“FATCA” mean Sections 1471 and 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version to the extent that it is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it, as determined in good faith by Agent.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Financial Covenant” means the covenant set forth in Article IX.
“Financial Statements” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period specified, prepared in accordance with GAAP and consistent with prior practices and, except in the case of annual audited Financial Statements, a comparison in reasonable detail to (i) the projected balance sheets, profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow set forth in the Business Plan for the same year-to-date and month periods and (ii) the balance sheets, profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow for the same year-to-date and month periods of the immediately preceding year.
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“Financial Support Directions” means a financial support direction issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 43 of the Pensions Act 2004.
“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount up to $30,000,000 to (ii) EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.
“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is senior in priority to any other Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than Liens permitted hereunder applicable to such Collateral which as a matter of law have priority over the respective Liens on such Collateral created pursuant to the relevant Security Document.
“ Fiscal Quarter” means each calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted that is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mudslide hazards.
“Floor” means 1.00%.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Foreign Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 7.13.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means, subject to the proviso included in the definition of the term “CFC,” any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Loan Party that is organized or incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“Governing Body” means (i) in the case of a corporation (or a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales or the Netherlands), its board of directors and/or shareholders (as the case may be), (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its managers or members, and (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general partner(s), or in each case, another comparable governing body of the applicable Entity.
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“Governing Documents” means
(i) in the case of a corporation, its articles (or certificate) of incorporation (or equivalent) and bylaws (if applicable),
(ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles (or certificate) of organization (or formation) and its operating agreement,
(iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its articles (or certificate) of limited partnership and its limited partnership agreement, or in each case, another comparable governing document of the applicable Entity,
(iv) in the case of a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, its articles of association and memorandum of association (if applicable) and its certificate of incorporation and any certificate of incorporation on a change of name (if applicable), and
(v) in relation to any Dutch Loan Party in each case including its deed of incorporation (oprichtingsakte), articles of association (statuten) and an extract (uittreksel) from the commercial register (handelsregister) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel).
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government, any court, any securities exchange or any self-regulatory organization, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, province or territory of Canada, Canada, or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Group” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(qq).
“Guarantors” means the Borrower and each other Person that guarantees, in whole or in part, the Obligations on the Closing Date or at any time thereafter.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty by each Loan Party set forth in the Guaranty and Security Agreement or other applicable Security Document.
“Guaranty and Security Agreement” means that certain First Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to Agent, as such may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Hazardous Materials” means any and all pollutants, contaminants and toxic, caustic, radioactive or hazardous materials, substances and wastes including petroleum or petroleum distillates, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, whether or not friable, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other materials, substances or wastes of any nature, that are regulated under any Environmental Laws due to their dangerous or hazardous properties or characteristics.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreement. The term “Hedging Agreement,” as used herein, shall extend to and include any Swap Obligation.
“Highest Lawful Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 12.10.
“Historical Financials” means the Financial Statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.11(a) of the Existing Term Credit Agreement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and pursuant to Section 7.11(b) of the Existing Term Credit Agreement for the Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2024.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, as of the date of determination thereof (without duplication of the same obligation under any other clause hereof),
(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money of any kind or nature, including funded and unfunded debt,
(ii) all monetary obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under Hedging Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedging Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), in each case, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise,
(iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligations, purchase price adjustments and profit-sharing arrangements arising from purchase and sale agreements,
(iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations,
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(v) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right to be secured) a Lien on any asset of such Person whether or not the Indebtedness is assumed by such Person,
(vi) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreements in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),
(vii) any Disqualified Equity Interests,
(viii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products,
(ix) notes payable and drafts representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money,
(x) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings,
(xi) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another,
(xii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the sale or factoring of receivables,
(xiii) any liability or agreement of such Person to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness or Equity Interests from any other Person, including any “repo” or other similar arrangement, and
(xiv) any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (i) through (xiii) above.
For purposes of this definition, (A) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), and (B) the amount of any Indebtedness which is limited or is non-recourse to a Person or for which recourse is limited to an identified asset shall be valued at the lesser of (1) if applicable, the limited amount of such obligations, and (2) if applicable, the fair market value of such assets securing such obligation.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no obligation pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement shall constitute “Indebtedness.”
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(a).
“Indemnified Taxes” means (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (i), Other Taxes.
“Industrial Designs” means any and all industrial designs and industrial design applications, including the subject matter described and claimed therein together with the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof, all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, all damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof and rights to sue therefor, and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 12.22.
“Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment” means the issuance by the Borrower of preferred equity interests (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests) for aggregate cash consideration (together with aggregate cash consideration for the issuance of the Initial Warrants) equal to $75,000,000 to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on or about the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Initial Interest Cap Period” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1(l).
“Initial Term Commitment” means the commitment of each Lender to make Initial Term Loans, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, up to the maximum amount specified for such Lender on Annex A or in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance. The initial aggregate amount of the Initial Term Commitments on the Closing Date (prior to the incurrence of any Initial Term Loans on such date) is $175,000,000.
“Initial Term Lender” means a Lender holding an Initial Term Commitment or Initial Term Loan.
“Initial Term Loan” means a Loan made to the Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i).
“Initia l Warrants” means the common stock warrants delivered by the Borrower to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on or about the Amendment No.1 Effective Date, issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, each of which entitle the holder thereof to acquire fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of the Borrower upon the payment of the exercise price.
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“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person (other than any UK Loan Party in respect of clauses (ii), (iii) or (vi) below), the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) such Person shall be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, institutes or, in the case of a Canadian Guarantor, consents, to the institution of proceedings under any Debtor Relief Laws or shall generally fail to pay or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due,
(ii) such Person shall seek reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor custodian, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager, liquidator or similar officer for it or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business or to effect a plan or other arrangement with its creditors,
(iii) such Person shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager, liquidator or similar officer for a substantial portion of its property, assets or business,
(iv) such Person shall file a voluntary petition under, or shall seek the entry of an order for relief under any Debtor Relief Laws,
(v) such Person shall take any corporate, limited liability company, partnership or similar act, as applicable, in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or
(vi) such Person, or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business, shall become the subject of an involuntary proceeding or petition for
(A) its dissolution, the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, administration, or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement scheme or arrangement or otherwise) or
(B) the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian, liquidator, administrator for it or restructuring official (herstructureringsdeskundige) for all or any material part of its property and (I) such proceeding shall not be dismissed or stayed within sixty (60) days or (II) such receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian, liquidator, administrator or restructuring official (herstructureringsdeskundige) shall be appointed; provided that the Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans during the pendency of any sixty-(60) day period described in this definition, or
(C) any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to a Canadian Guarantor or any material part of its property is instituted and such proceeding shall not be dismissed or stayed within sixty (60) days; provided that the Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans during the pendency of any sixty-(60) day period described in this definition.
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and in respect of any UK Loan Parties, means any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: (1) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, official management, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of that UK Loan Party; (2) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with or for the benefit of any creditor of that UK Loan Party; (3) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of that UK Loan Party or a substantial portion of its assets; or (4) enforcement of any Liens over a substantial portion of the assets of that UK Loan Party, or any procedure or step with analogous effect is taken in any jurisdiction and/or any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution (or any process with analogous effect) affects a substantial portion of the assets of a UK Loan Party(the proceedings and procedures set out in clause (1) to (4) above being the “Insolvency Proceedings”; any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within fifteen (15) Business Days of commencement will not be deemed Insolvency Proceedings).
“Insolvency Regulation” means Council Regulations (EU) 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (in the case of the UK Loan Parties as the same may be retained added to or modified by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or any statutory instrument made under such Act.
“Intellectual Property” means (i) any and all Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, trade secrets, and intellectual property rights in know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), algorithms, software (including source code and object code), processes, product designs, blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, URLs and domain names, specifications, documentations, reports, catalogs, literature, and any other forms of technology or proprietary information of any kind, including all applications for registration or registrations thereof; (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, misappropriations or other violations thereof; (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements, misappropriation or other violations thereof; and (iv) all rights corresponding to the foregoing throughout the world.
“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit O evidencing Indebtedness owed among Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means each of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, as the context may require.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, all interest with respect to Indebtedness (including the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations) accrued or capitalized during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (i) any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date and the final maturity date of such Loan and (ii) any Loan that is a Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided that, in the case of each Interest Period of longer than three (3) months “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three (3) months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period” means, in connection with a Term Benchmark Loan, an interest period of one, three or six months (in each case, subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan), as selected by Borrower in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the Closing Date (or in the case of Delayed Draw Term Loans the Delayed Draw Funding Date) or applicable Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided that, (a) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (c) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; (c) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.12(e) shall be available for specification in such Conversion/Continuation Notice; and (d) no Interest Period with respect to any Class of Loans shall extend beyond the Maturity Date applicable to such Class of Loans.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Interests” has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
“Internal Revenue Service” or “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service and any successor agency.
“Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any fiscal year, cash of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries received in such fiscal year and not constituting (a) proceeds of an equity issuance, (b) proceeds of the incurrence of long-term Indebtedness, (c) proceeds of Asset Dispositions not in the ordinary course of business or Casualty Events, or (d) insurance proceeds in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or Real Property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or Real Property.
“Investment” in any Person means, as of the date of determination,
(i) any direct or indirect payment or contribution in or to such Person including property contributed to such Person for or in connection with its acquisition of any stock, bonds, notes, indebtedness, debentures, partnership or other ownership interest or any other security of such Person,
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(ii) any direct or indirect payment or contribution for all or substantially all of the assets of such Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person),
(iii) any loan, advance or other extension of credit or guaranty of or other surety obligation for any Indebtedness made to, or for the benefit of, such Person, or any accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that Person in the ordinary course of business,
(iv) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any Person (other than any Guarantor) of any Equity Interests of such Person and
(v) all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transactions, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise.
In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time,
(A) a guaranty (or other surety obligation) shall be valued at not less than the principal outstanding amount of the primary obligation;
(B) returns of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution) shall be deducted;
(C) earnings, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, shall not be deducted; and
(D) decreases in the market value shall not be deducted unless such decreases are computed in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, it being understood and agreed that no effect will be given to returns on Investments in the form of proceeds of Indebtedness or equity (including preferred stock) incurred in connection with such Investment.
“Junior Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 8.17.
“Lender” and “Lenders” have the respective meanings specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
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“Lender Group Expenses” means all
(i) costs or expenses (including Indemnified Taxes and insurance premiums) required to be paid by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Agent and the Lenders, or any of them
(ii) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with transactions under any of the Loan Documents or otherwise incurred by Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or modifications thereto,
(iii) Agent’s customary fees and charges imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or Sanctions searches related to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries performed in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents,
(iv) Agent’s customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of any Borrower (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith,
(v) customary charges imposed or incurred by the Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party,
(vi) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated,
(vii) fees and expenses of the Agent related to any field examination, appraisals, or valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) provided in Section 7.7(b),
(viii) Agent’s and the Lenders’ reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) relative to third party claims or any other lawsuit or adverse proceeding paid or incurred, whether in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral, or the relationship of Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, with any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether a lawsuit or other adverse proceeding is brought, or in taking any enforcement action or any exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral,
(ix) Agent’s and Lenders’ reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees for one primary counsel for the Agent and a separate primary counsel for the Lenders, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel and one regulatory counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and due diligence expenses) incurred in advising, drafting, reviewing, administering, or amending, waiving, or modifying the Loan Documents,
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(x) Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in connection with a “workout,” a “restructuring,” or an Insolvency Event concerning any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents,
(xi) all reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent or any of the Lenders of creating, perfecting, recording, maintaining and preserving Liens in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and of counsel providing any customary opinions that the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request in respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents, and
(xii) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent or any of the Lenders (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by the Agent and its counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral.
“Lien” means any lien, claim, charge, pledge, security interest, assignment, hypothecation, deed of trust, mortgage, lease, conditional sale, retention of title, attachment or other preferential arrangement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, whether voluntary or imposed by law.
“Liquidity” means as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the net daily average amount of Excess Availability over the immediately preceding thirty (30) calendar days, (ii) the net daily average amount of Unrestricted Cash over the immediately preceding thirty (30) calendar days and (iii) the amount of outstanding Second Lien Delayed Draw Commitments other than any Second Lien Delayed Draw Commitments that have been requested to be borrowed on such date.
“Loan” means an Initial Term Loan or Delayed Draw Term Loan, as the context may require.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Intercompany Note, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement, any other Intercreditor Agreement, the Closing Payments Letter, the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement, each Control Agreement, and any other documents and instruments entered into, now or in the future, by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with this Agreement, as each of the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Loan Party” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole or (ii) the material impairment of (A) the Loan Parties’ ability to perform their payment or other material obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are a party, (B) the ability of Agent or the Lenders to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral or (C) the ability of any Loan Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations or (iii) a material adverse effect upon the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens with respect to all or a material portion of the Collateral other than, in the case of this clause (iii), any material impairment caused by any action or inaction of Agent constituting failure to comply with any of its express obligations under the Loan Documents or as expressly directed by the Required Lenders.
“Material Contract” means any agreement or arrangement to which a Loan Party is party (other than the Loan Documents) (i) for which breach, nonperformance or termination (including by failure to renew) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) that relates to Material Indebtedness.
“Material Indebtedness” means (a) the ABL Obligations, (b) the Second Lien Obligations, (c) the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA and (d) any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans) or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of this definition, the “principal amount” of the obligations of any Loan Party in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Loan Party would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Material Intellectual Property”means any Intellectual Property owned by any Loan Party, or a Subsidiary thereof, that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the operation of the business of any Loan Party.
“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination
(i) the Borrower; and
(ii) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year for which Financial Statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11, (A) owns at least 2.5% of the consolidated total assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of such date, (B) generated at least 2.5% of the consolidated revenues of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, (C) is part of any group comprising Subsidiaries of the Borrower that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clauses (A) or (B) but that, taken together, had revenues or total assets in excess of 5.0% of, the consolidated revenues for any fiscal year or total assets as of such date, as applicable, of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or (D) in the aggregate comprise more than 20% of EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended; provided that the Borrower and the Required Lenders shall discuss the determination of Material Subsidiaries as provided in this clause (ii) in good faith and if it is mutually agreed to be administratively unreasonable or burdensome or the costs of adding any applicable Subsidiary as a Loan Party would otherwise outweigh the benefits to the Secured Parties, the Agent in its reasonable discretion (at the direction of the Required Lenders) may waive the requirement to comply with this clause (ii) and Section 7.20 with respect to applicable Subsidiary.
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“Maturity Date” means March 12, 2030; provided that if such day is not a Business Day the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such day.
“Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to the term “Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement” set forth in each of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Milwaukee Property” means the fee simple Real Property interest located at 5512 West State St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53208.
“Monthly Operating Report” means the monthly operating report in the form of Exhibit L, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Required Lenders.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means each mortgage, deed of trust or security deed between the applicable Loan Party and Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, relating to the Real Property encumbered thereby, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mortgage Support Documentation” means each of the following, all as requested by the Agent and Required Lenders and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:
(a) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent that the recording of counterparts of such Mortgage in the recording offices specified in such Mortgage has occurred;
(b) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies, in amounts reasonably acceptable to the Agent, issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders which shall (i) insure that the Lien granted pursuant to the Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first Lien on such parcel of Mortgaged Property free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, except for Liens permitted hereunder, (ii) name Agent as the insured thereunder, (iii) contain such endorsements as Agent deems reasonably necessary, and (iv) be otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (“Title Insurance Policy”); (c) American Land Title Association as-built surveys from surveyors reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders for each Mortgaged Property (such surveys to include all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon reasonably required by the Agent), certified to Borrower, the Agent and the title company, in form and substance sufficient and satisfactory to the title company so as to enable the title company to issue coverage over all general survey exceptions and to issue all customary endorsements available to and reasonably requested by the Agent;
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(d) flood hazard certificates, evidence of flood and/or earthquake insurance and other flood and/or earthquake-related information as reasonably requested by the Required Lenders;
(e) favorable opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties for each jurisdiction in which a Mortgaged Property is located as to the due authorization, recordability and enforceability of the applicable Mortgage in the relevant jurisdiction;
(f) evidence that all recording fees and stamp, documentary, intangible or mortgage recording taxes due, if any, in connection with the Mortgage have been paid;
(g) evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent that the recording of counterparts of the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement applicable to such Mortgage in the recording offices specified in such Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement has occurred; and
(h) such other certificates and documents (including, if applicable, SNDAs, estoppels and recognition agreements) as may be reasonably requested by the Agent and Required Lenders.
“Mortgaged Property” means any owned Real Property which is encumbered or required to be encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms hereof and shall include each other Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted, so long as such Real Property does not constitute Excluded Property. The properties listed on Schedule 7 shall be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of Section 7.21.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has contributed within the past six years or with respect to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, whether fixed or contingent, excluding any Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means
(i) with respect to any Asset Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of
(A) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Asset Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over
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(B) the sum of
(I) the principal amount of any Indebtedness (and related accrued interest, fees, premiums (including termination or prepayment premiums) and other amounts due thereunder) (x) that is secured by a Lien on the applicable asset which Lien is permitted hereby and senior to the Agent’s Lien on such asset and (y) that is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction or event or the amount of Indebtedness (and related accrued interest, fees, premiums (including prepayment premiums) and other amounts due thereunder) that is required to be repaid under the ABL Credit Agreement (or under any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) in connection with such transaction or event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents),
(II) in respect of an Asset Disposition, any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Disposition, including
(1) income or gains taxes payable (or estimated in good faith to be payable) by the seller or any direct or indirect parent of the seller as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Disposition,
(2) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans or Indebtedness that is secured by Liens on the Collateral on a junior basis or a pari passu basis) that, in the case of a Loan Party, is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Disposition,
(3) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Disposition undertaken by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition or for any other liabilities retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries associated with such Asset Disposition; provided that upon release of any such reserve the amount released shall be considered Net Cash Proceeds, and
(4) bona fide selling fees, costs, commissions and expenses (including reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions, legal, accounting and other professional and transactional fees, transfer and similar taxes);
(III) in respect of a Casualty Event,
(1) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the collection, adjustment or settlement of any claims of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and
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(2) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as a result of a taking or condemnation or otherwise, including income taxes paid or payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith and the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of assets for transfer upon a taking or condemnation, and
(ii) with respect to any Prohibited Debt Issuance, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary in connection with such issuance over (ii) reasonable underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection therewith.
“Net Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, and (B) (to the extent not included in clause (i) above) any extraordinary gains (or extraordinary losses) for that period, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any extraordinary items which have the effect of increasing Net Income shall solely be permitted to the extent such items would be permitted as addbacks under clause (i)(O ) of the definition of “EBITDA”.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 12.7 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).
“ Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to the Available Amount that is proposed to be applied to a particular Available Amount Transaction, that such amount has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than such particular use or Available Amount Transaction.
“Obligations” means and includes all loans (including the Loans), advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Loan Parties to Agent, the Lenders, or any of them, or any of their respective Affiliates, of any kind or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or other instrument, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents (including the guaranty contained in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) or any other agreement executed in connection herewith or therewith. The term “Obligations” includes all interest, charges, premium (including the Applicable Premium), Lender Group Expenses, commitment, facility, closing and collateral management fees, cash management fees and other fees, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, and any other sum chargeable to any of the Loan Parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including, in each case, any such amounts accruing on or after an Insolvency Event, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event).
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“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Original 1970 Group Subordination Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between (a) 1970 Group Inc., (b) the Second Lien Agent, (c) the Agent and (d) the ABL Agent.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing, sales, value added or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 2.11).
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(f).
“Patent Security Agreement” means a First Lien Patent Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Patents” means patents and patent applications, including (i) all continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, and renewals thereof and improvements thereon, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (iv) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Patriot Act” means 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)).
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“Payment in Full” or “Paid in Full” (or words of similar import) means with respect to any Obligations,
(i) the payment or repayment in full in cash of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) and
(ii) all Commitments related to such Obligations have expired or been terminated.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Pension Plan” means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or maintains, under which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, whether fixed or contingent, or to which it is making or is obligated to make contributions, or, in the case of a multiple employer plan (as described in Section 4063 or 4064(a) of ERISA), has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) plan years. For the avoidance of doubt, any Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan shall not be considered a Pension Plan for purposes of this Agreement.
“Pensions Regulator” means the body corporate called the Pensions Regulator established under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2004.
“Perfection Certificate” means the perfection certificate in the form of Exhibit E, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Required Lenders.
“Permits” means, in respect of any Person, all licenses, permits, franchises, consents, rights, privileges, certificates, authorizations, approvals, registrations and similar consents granted or issued by any Governmental Authority to which or by which such Person is bound.
“Permitted Affiliated Lender” means any Designated Equity Investor Affiliated Lender and any Stellex Affiliated Lender.
“Permitted Hedging Agreement” means a Hedging Agreement made by a Loan Party or its Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business in accordance with the reasonable requirements of its business, and not for speculative purposes, and in any such case, if the counterparty to such Permitted Hedging Agreement is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Permitted Hedging Agreement shall be unsecured (except for Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (xii) of the definition thereof).
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“Permitted Intercompany Advances” means loans or advances made by
(i) a Loan Party to another Loan Party, so long as the parties thereto are party to an Intercompany Note by the time otherwise required by this Agreement,
(ii) a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party,
(iii) a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party, so long as the parties thereto are party to an Intercompany Note by the time otherwise required by this Agreement, and
(iv) a Loan Party to a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party so long as the aggregate principal amount outstanding of all such advances (when combined with any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.10(k)(ii)) does not exceed (x) $10,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period and (y) $15,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period immediately after giving effect to any such loan or advance (in each case solely in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices).
“Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments” means any Investment consisting of intercompany current liabilities in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 at any time outstanding incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
Permitted Liens” means the following:
(i) Liens created hereunder and by the Security Documents;
(ii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(c); provided that (A) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such assets or within 90 days after the acquisition or the completion of the construction or improvements thereof, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any assets other than the assets financed by such Indebtedness, and (C) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such assets;
(iii) Liens on any property or asset of Borrower or its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.8 and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that any such replacement or substitute Lien (A) does not secure an aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness, if any, greater than that secured on the Closing Date and (B) does not encumber any property in any material manner other than the property that secured such original Indebtedness (or would have been required to secure such original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof);
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“Permitted Investments” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10. “ (iv) deposits of cash collateral in an amount not to exceed the face amount of the letters of credit listed on Schedule 8.1(r) and Liens thereon, to secure Indebtedness consisting of the letters of credit listed on Schedule 8.1(r) (as in effect on the Closing Date) and reimbursement obligations in respect of such letters of credit; provided that the amount of such cash collateral shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(v) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested by a Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(vi) Liens imposed by law, including landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(vii) deposits 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) incurred by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) (A) zoning restrictions, easements, encroachments, licenses, restrictions or covenants on the use of any Real Property which do not materially impair either the use of such Real Property in the operation of the business of the applicable Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the value of such Real Property or (B) any other permitted encumbrances described in the Mortgages;
(ix) rights of general application reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate any Real Property, or to use any Real Property in a manner which does not materially impair the use of such Real Property for the purposes for which it is held by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) (A) Liens on demand Deposit Account, Securities Account, commodity account or other Deposit Account of any Loan Party held as cash collateral to secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(j)(ii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000, and (B) rights of set-off, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions (including for the avoidance of doubt any general banking terms and conditions) in relation to the maintenance of administration of Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments and so long as such Liens do not secure borrowed money;
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(xii) Liens arising under the ABL Loan Documents, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement;
(xiii) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation;
(xiv) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing any financing of the premiums with respect thereto permitted under the terms of this Agreement;
(xv) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of applicable law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(xvi) Liens arising by reason of deposits with or giving of any form of security to any Governmental Authority as required by applicable law in the ordinary course of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a condition to the transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege or license;
(xvii) Liens arising from precautionary UCC or PPSA financing statements that do not secure Indebtedness;
(xviii) the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions, if any, expressed in any original grant from the Crown of any real property or any interest therein or in any comparable grant in jurisdictions other than Canada;
(xix) applicable municipal and other governmental restrictions, including municipal by-laws and regulations, affecting the use of land or the nature of any structures which may be erected thereon;
(xx) Liens arising under the Second Lien Loan Documents, subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement, and Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(l), subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement; (xxv) Liens on assets securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(p) to the extent that the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided that any such Liens are on Collateral and such Liens may only be secured by a Lien that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations; and
(xxi) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods permitted hereunder entered into by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) Liens arising from judgments, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1(g);
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(xxiii) Liens on the property that is subject to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction entered into pursuant to Section 8.5(m);
(xxiv) Liens solely on the assets of Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction, in each case, securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(o);
(xxvi) other Liens, provided that (A) the value (determined as the lesser of cost or market value) of the property covered thereby does not exceed, as to any single item of property or all items of property in the aggregate, $2,500,000 and (B) the Liens incurred pursuant to this clause (xxiv) do not secure debt for borrowed money.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, joint stock company, association, corporation, institution, entity, party or government (including any division, agency or department thereof) or any other legal entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity, and, as applicable, the successors, heirs and assigns of each.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan, other than a Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party with respect to which any of them may incur liability (whether fixed or contingent) even if such plan is not covered by ERISA pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) thereof.
“Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, DebtX or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
“Pledged Interests Addendum” means a Pledged Interests Addendum to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), or any other applicable Canadian federal or provincial statute pertaining to the granting, perfecting, priority or making of security interests, liens, hypothecs on personal property, and any successor statutes, together with any regulations thereunder, in each case, as in effect from time to time, including, the Civil Code of Quebec. References to sections of the PPSA shall be construed to also refer to any successor sections.
“Preliminary Business Plan” means a preliminary high-level business plan of the Loan Parties for the next fiscal year, consisting of consolidated projected balance sheets, related cash flow statements and related profit and loss statements.
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“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States (or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the 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 Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Agent)); each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Pro Forma Basis” or “Pro Forma Compliance” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio (including in connection with Subject Transactions) in accordance with Section 1.2(b).
“Pro Rata Share” of any amount means, with respect to any Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of the outstanding Loans of such Lender and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans of all of the Lenders. The initial Pro Rata Share of such Lender shall be as set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex A or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Prohibited Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1.
“Prohibited Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(v)(v).
“Protected CFC” means any “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code all of whose United States shareholders as defined in Section 951(b) of the Code are treated as domestic “C-corporations” for federal income tax purposes that are eligible for the deduction under Section 245A of the Code with respect to dividends from such controlled foreign corporation and with respect to all income inclusions under Sections 951(a)(1)(B) and 956 of the Code.
“Qualified Change of Control Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit N.
“Qualified Change of Control Sponsor” means any first tier or upper middle market private equity sponsor that maintains equity investments of the type of the Borrower and who manages a minimum of $2,750,000,000 of such type of assets based on market value of equity and each of its Affiliates.
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“Qualified Change of Control Transaction” means any transaction or series of related substantially contemporaneous transactions, directly or indirectly, by a Qualified Change of Control Sponsor, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise that would otherwise result in a Change of Control under clause (i), (iii), (iv) or (v) of such definition; provided that (a) either (i) Corre or any Corre Affiliate continue to hold beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 20% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower; or (ii) Corre and any Corre Affiliate shall have provided to the Agent a commitment letter or commitment letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent which shall provide for (x) a common equity investment in the Borrower by Corre or any Corre Affiliate (which equity investment may include “rollovers” of existing equity Investments in the Borrower) on or prior to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date and/or (y) the commitment by Corre or any Corre Affiliate to, on or prior to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date, fund additional loans and/or to “rollover” existing loans owed to Corre and any Corre Affiliates in an aggregate amount equal to, together with any equity (including “rollover”) referenced in clause (x) above, not less than $50,000,000; provided that in the case of clause (y), (I) the incurrence of such additional loans under the Second Lien Credit Agreement is permitted pursuant to Section 8.1(l) or 8.1(n) and (II) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio would not be greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period immediately after giving effect to any such Qualified Change of Control Transaction;
(b) contemporaneously with the initial closing of the Qualified Change of Control Transaction, the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor shall make a cash contribution to the Borrower (in exchange only for common Equity Interests of the Borrower of an equivalent value) (which cash contribution shall include, without duplication, any “rollover” of existing equity Investments in the Borrower by Corre and any Corre Affiliates) in an amount not less than 50% of the sum of: (x)(i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (at face value) (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, the principal amount (including accreted amounts) of Indebtedness then outstanding under the Second Lien Credit Agreement) over (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash; plus (y) the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Consideration; provided that a reasonably detailed calculation of both (x) and (y) shall be set forth on the Qualified Change of Control Certificate;
(c) immediately prior to, and giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(d) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all rules and regulations promulgated by any applicable Governmental Authority; (e) after giving effect to such Qualified Change of Control Transaction the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.1 for the Test Period most recently ended;
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(f) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent (A) at least eight (8) Business Days prior to the signing date of such proposed Qualified Change of Control Transaction (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Agent in its sole discretion), (I) a Compliance Certificate evidencing Pro Forma Compliance with Section 9.1 as required under clause (e) above, (II) all other relevant financial information reasonably requested by Agent with respect to such proposed Qualified Change of Control Transaction, including the aggregate consideration for such Qualified Change of Control Transaction and any other information reasonably required to demonstrate compliance with Section 9.1, (III) reasonable evidence that the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor meets the criteria set forth in the definition thereof, (IV) a copy of the purchase agreement related to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction (and any related material documents reasonably requested by the Agent), (B) promptly upon execution thereof, a copy of the executed purchase agreement related to the proposed Qualified Change of Control Transaction (and any related documents reasonably requested by the Agent), in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (C) prior to giving effect to a Qualified Change of Control Transaction, a Qualified Change of Control Certificate, which shall (I) include certifications and reasonably detailed backup calculations, as applicable of clauses (a) through (f) above and (II) attaching the executed purchase agreement related to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction; and
(g) there shall be no more than one Qualified Change of Control Transaction during the term of this Agreement.
“Qualified Change of Control Transaction Consideration” means the aggregate amount of purchase, merger, amalgamation or other consideration (as applicable) on account of the Borrower’s Equity Interests to be paid or delivered in connection with the Qualified Change of Control Transaction; provided that if such transaction contemplates the acquisition of less than 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, then for purposes hereof the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Consideration shall be proportionally increased as if the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor were acquiring all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, on a fully diluted basis.
“Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date” means the date on which a Qualified Change of Control Transaction is consummated.
“Real Property” means any real property owned or leased by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party.
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“Receivables” means all present and future accounts, including Accounts, book debts or similar obligations in the nature of Accounts and including, whether or not constituting “accounts”, any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or rendition of services.
“Recipient” means (i) Agent or (ii) any Lender, as applicable.
“Recovery Plan” means: (i) the most recent recovery plan relating to the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan agreed between Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited and the trustee of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan prior to the date of this Agreement (as amended or varied from time to time); and (ii) any recovery plan or schedule of contributions entered into between the trustee of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan and any employer (within the meaning set out in section 318 of the Pensions Act 2004 and regulations made thereunder) under that Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan, in accordance with sections 226 and 227 of the Pensions Act 2004 that is additional to, or replaces and supersedes, the recovery plan referred to in clause (i).
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (i) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two (2) Business Days preceding the date of such setting, or (ii) if such Benchmark is not the Term SOFR, the time determined by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as
(i) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon, the reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, any accrued and unpaid interest and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,
(ii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the final stated maturity or the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
(iii) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are not less favorable to the Lenders (including, if applicable, as to the Collateral) as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness in any material respect,
(iv) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended,
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(v) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended was unsecured, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be unsecured,
(vi) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was secured (A) such refinancing, renewal, or extension shall be secured by substantially the same or less collateral as secured such refinanced, renewed or extended Indebtedness on terms no less favorable to Agent or the Lenders, (B) the Liens securing such refinancing, renewal or extension shall not have a priority more senior than the Liens securing such Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended and (C) if secured by Liens on the Collateral, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be secured to the same extent, including with respect to any subordination provisions, and subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement (or, in the case of the ABL Facility, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or, as applicable, a replacement intercreditor agreement entered into as contemplated by Section 8.1(k)),
(vii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions shall be incurred by the Person who is the obligor or guarantor (or any successor thereto) on the Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or extended, and
(viii) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(d).
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching into the Environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing Hazardous Materials) and the migration through the Environment, including migration through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the CME Term SOFR Administrator, the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.
“Remedial Action” means all actions required to be taken under Environmental Law or by a Governmental Authority to (i) clean up, remove, remediate, treat, monitor, assess or evaluate Hazardous Materials in the Environment, (ii) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public or employee health or welfare or the Environment, (iii) restore or reclaim the Environment, (iv) perform any pre-remedial environmental-related studies, investigations, or post-remedial environmental-related operation and maintenance activities, or (v) conduct any other remedial actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder other than a reportable event for which the thirty-day notice requirement to the PBGC has been waived.
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“Required Delayed Draw Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of Delayed Draw Term Loans and the aggregate unused Delayed Draw Commitments.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding; provided that the aggregate amount of Loans or Commitments held by Lenders that are Permitted Affiliated Lenders shall be excluded for all purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Required Prepayment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(e).
“Requirement of Law” or “Requirements of Law” means (i) the Governing Documents, (ii) any law, treaty, rule, regulation, order or determination of an arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority, or (iii) any franchise, license, lease, permit, certificate, authorization, qualification, easement, right of way, or other right or approval binding on a Loan Party or any of its property.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to
(i) any Loan Party other than a Dutch Loan Party, the chairman, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, vice president, secretary, treasurer, director or any other individual designated in writing to Agent by an existing Responsible Officer of such Loan Party as an authorized signatory of any certificate or other document to be delivered hereunder; and
(ii) a Dutch Loan Party, any director of that Dutch Loan Party authorized to represent that Dutch Loan Party or any other Person with express irrevocable authority to act on behalf of that Dutch Loan Party designated as such by the board of directors of that Dutch Loan Party.
“Restricted Accounts” means (i) any Deposit Account the funds in which shall be used solely to fund payroll and tax obligations of the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any Deposit Account the funds in which shall be used solely to segregate 401(k) contributions or contributions to an employee stock purchase plan and other health and benefit plan, in each case in accordance with any applicable laws (collectively, “Segregated Benefit Plan Funds”), so long as all funds shall be deposited in such accounts in amounts not to exceed, in the reasonable and good faith determination of the Borrower, all payment obligations in respect of such Segregated Benefit Plan Funds, (iii) any Deposit Account the funds in which consist solely of funds held by the Loan Parties on behalf of or in trust for the benefit of any third party that is not an Affiliate of the Loan Parties, (iv) any Deposit Account that is a zero balance account (and sweeps no less frequently than on each Business Day into a Restricted Account of the type in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) or into a Deposit Account that is not a Restricted Account and is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Agent), (v) [reserved], (vi) any demand Deposit Account, Securities Account, commodity account or other Deposit Account of any Loan Party that is held as cash collateral to secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(d) or Section 8.1(j), and (vii) Deposit Accounts which hold less than $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time, which amounts are deposited in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
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“Restricted Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to any Real Property (and any related furniture, fixtures, and equipment) or personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party whereby any Loan Party or Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and any Loan Party or Subsidiary rents or leases such property from such Person.
“Sanctioned Person” means any Person, vessel or aircraft: (a) identified on any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons, including the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC; (b) directly or indirectly owned 50% or more by, controlled by or acting on behalf of any such Person or Person(s) described in clause (a); (c) that is resident in, or organized or incorporated under the laws of, a Designated Jurisdiction; or (d) otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions.
“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions imposed, administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the government of Japan, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union and any member state thereof, the UK government (and any of its governmental institutions, including His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom) or other applicable sanctions authorities that have jurisdiction over the Loan Parties.
“Second Lien Agent” means Cantor Fitzgerald Securities as agent for the lenders from time to time party to the Second Lien Credit Agreement and any successor and assigns appointed in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (which amends and restates the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Existing Term Credit Agreement”), dated as of June 16, 2023, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, Limited Waiver and Consent to Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of March 6, 2024 and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2024 and as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Borrower, Second Lien Agent, and certain Corre Affiliates.
“Second Lien Delayed Draw Loans” means the “Delayed Draw Term Loans” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date).
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“Second Lien Delayed Draw Commitments” means the “Delayed Draw Commitments” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date).
“Second Lien Incremental Loans” means the “Incremental Loans” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement as of the date hereof), which for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude any “Incremental Equivalent Debt” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).
“Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Agent and the Second Lien Agent, as amended by that certain Amendment No . 1 to ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Second Lien Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Secured Parties” mean Agent and the Lenders.
“Securities Account” has the meaning specified in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable.
“Securitization” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(e).
“Security Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, any Copyright Security Agreement, any Patent Security Agreement, any Trademark Security Agreement, each Intercreditor Agreement, each Mortgage (if any), any Control Agreement, any Canadian Security Document, any English Security Document, any Dutch Security Document, and any other agreement delivered in connection herewith which grants or purports to grant a Lien in favor of Agent or any other Secured Party to secure all or any of the Obligations.
“Security Jurisdiction”shall mean each of England and Wales, the Netherlands, Canada, any province or territory thereof, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and any other jurisdiction where a Material Subsidiary is organized or incorporated unless (x) the cost of obtaining a security interest in such jurisdiction would be excessive in light of the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby or (y) to the extent that the grant of the security interest in such jurisdiction would result in material adverse tax consequences under the Code or any applicable Requirement of Law to any Loan Party, in the case of each of clause (x) and (y), as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Agent.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
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“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“Solvent” means:
(i) when used with respect to any Person (other than a UK Loan Party), that as of the date as to which such Person’s solvency is to be measured:
(A) the fair saleable value of its assets is in excess of (A) the total amount of its liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, absolute, fixed, matured, unmatured, liquidated and unliquidated liabilities) and (B) the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured;
(B) it has sufficient capital to conduct its business; and
(C) it is able to meet its debts as they mature; and
(ii) in respect of any UK Loan Party, means:
(I) that Person: (A) is able or does not admit inability to pay its debts as they fall due; (B) is not deemed to, or is not declared to be unable to pay its debts under applicable law; (C) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has not suspended or threatened making payments on any of its debts; (D) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has not commenced negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Lenders in their capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness; or (E)(I) (except for Team Industrial Services Inspection Limited to the extent it continues to report negative net assets in its annual reports) has assets the value of which is not less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities); and/or (II) no moratorium has been declared in respect of any of that Person’s indebtedness (and the ending of a moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default so caused by that moratorium).
“Specified Litigation” means the litigation described in clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Schedule 9 to the Perfection Certificate duly executed on the date hereof.
“Stellex ” means Stellex Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its controlled Affiliates and related funds.
“Stellex Affiliated Lender” means Stellex and any Affiliate of Stellex (including any such Affiliate that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and with respect to which Stellex does not, directly or indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity).
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“ Stellex Change of Control Transaction” means any transaction pursuant to which Stellex shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower representing 50% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“Step-Up Interest Cap Period” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1(l).
“Subject Transaction” means any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, any Asset Disposition that results in a Subsidiary of the Borrower ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Asset Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes) or Restricted Payment that the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or subject to “Pro Forma Compliance”.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred by Loan Parties that by its terms is subordinated in right of payment to any of the Obligations pursuant to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt Subordinated Debt shall include the Second Lien Obligations and the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any Entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls more than 50% of the issued and outstanding economic or Voting Interests of such Entity. Unless otherwise stated herein, any reference herein to a “Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower.
“Swap Obligation” means with respect to any Loan Party, 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.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended from time to time.
“Tax Expense” shall mean, for any period, the tax expense on income (including federal, state, provincial, local, foreign and franchise taxes) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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“Term Benchmark Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Benchmark.
“Term Loan Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to the term “Term Loan Priority Collateral” in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Term Priority Collateral Proceeds Account” means a Deposit Account maintained with a depository institution reasonably acceptable to the Agent in respect of which any Loan Party shall have entered into a Control Agreement in which Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Disposition or a Casualty Event are deposited by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, or by the Agent as loss payee, to be held as cash collateral securing the Obligations pending release as contemplated by Section 2.5(b)(i).
“Term SOFR” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
“Term SOFR Determination Day” as defined in the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR; provided that if the Term SOFR Reference Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement. If by 5:00 pm (New York time) on the fifth U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Termination Event” means
(i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan, any failure to make a required contribution to any Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien, or the arising of a Lien with respect to a Pension Plan;
(ii) the withdrawal of a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
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(iii) the provision of notice by the administrator of any Pension Plan of intent to terminate a Pension Plan in a distress termination (as described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA), or the imposition of liability on a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of liability under Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA;
(iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA;
(v) the occurrence of any event or condition that (A) constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (B) could reasonably be expected to result in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA;
(vi) the partial or complete withdrawal, within the meaning of Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA, of a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan;
(vii) receipt by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of notice that a Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245(b), is in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA), is in “critical and declining” status (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA), or has become subject to the limitations of Section 436 of the Code; or
(viii) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for premiums due but not delinquent, upon a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Test Period” means, as of any date of determination, the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower ending on or most recently ended as of such date of determination for which Financial Statements (and the related Compliance Certificate) have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.11(a) and 7.11(b), as applicable.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount up to $30,000,000 to (ii) EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.
“Trademark Security Agreement” means a First Lien Trademark Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Trademarks” means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark applications, including (i) all renewals thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof, (iv) the goodwill symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and (v) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
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“Transaction Expenses” means any fees, expenses, costs and/or charges incurred or paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any prepayment premiums or similar fees).
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the funding of the Initial Term Loans, (b) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, (c) the consummation of Closing Date Refinancing, (d) the execution and delivery of the Second Lien Loan Documents, and the concurrent deemed borrowing under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (e) the amendment of the ABL Credit Agreement and certain other ABL Loan Documents on the Closing Date and (f) the payment of the Transaction Expenses.
“Type of Loan” means, with respect to any Loan, a Base Rate Loan or a Term Benchmark Loan.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any other jurisdiction, then the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such remedy.
“UK Financial Institution” means 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 Loan Party” means any Loan Party incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unrestricted Cash” means cash of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that (a) does not appear (and is not required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (b) is free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens in favor of the Agent, the ABL Agent or the Second Lien Agent, and any statutory Liens in favor of banks (including rights of set-off) and (c) is held in an account which is subject to a perfected Lien in favor of the Agent or the ABL Agent.
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“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Loan Party” means any Loan Party created, incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(B)(3).
“VCOC Information Letter” means a VCOC Information Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Voting Interests” means Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the Governing Body of such Person.
“Warrants ” means (i) the Initial Warrants and (ii) one or more subsequent common stock warrants, in form and substance substantially consistent with the Initial Warrants, Exhibit B to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent, delivered by the Borrower to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor and/or its successors and permitted assigns or transferees under the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement or the 2025 Preferred Documents, issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, each of which entitle the holder thereof to acquire fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of the Borrower upon the payment of the exercise price.
“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party or Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
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1.2 Accounting Terms and Determinations.
(a) Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms used in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the Financial Statements delivered to Agent on or before the Closing Date. All accounting determinations for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date and applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the audited Financial Statements delivered to Agent on or before the Closing Date. The Financial Statements required to be delivered hereunder from and after the Closing Date, and all financial records, shall be maintained in accordance with GAAP. In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) occurs and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then upon the written request of Borrower or Agent (acting upon the request of the Required Lenders), Borrower, Agent and the Lenders will enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Borrower’s financial condition will be the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not occurred; provided that (i) provisions of this Agreement in effect on the date of such Accounting Change will be calculated as if no such Accounting Change had occurred until the effective date of such amendment effected in accordance with this Agreement. and (ii) no change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any Financial Statement hereafter adopted by the Borrower shall be given effect for purposes of measuring compliance with financial covenants, unless the Borrower and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all Financial Statements provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Until the Borrower and the Required Lenders have agreed to any amendment referred to in the prior sentence, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Financial Statements prior to the applicable change in GAAP. 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, without giving effect to (i) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other 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 and (ii) 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. “Accounting Change” means (i) any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or (ii) any change in the application of GAAP by Borrower. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in the future) that is not (or would not be) required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall not be treated as Capital Lease solely as a result of changes in the application of GAAP, in each case, after December 31, 2018.
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(b) For purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio or First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of any date, EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (as certified by the Borrower to the Agent) assuming that all acquisitions made, and all dispositions completed, during the four consecutiveFiscal Quarters then most recently ended had been made on the first day of such period (but without any adjustment for projected cost savings or other synergies not described in clause (W) of the definition of “EBITDA” unless otherwise approved by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders)).
1.3 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
1.4 Other Terms; Headings. An Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” unless and until such Event of Default has been cured or waived in writing by Agent and the Required Lenders (or all Lenders, as applicable). Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or plural, depending on the reference. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The headings and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The term “or” has, except where otherwise specifically indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. Unless the context requires otherwise
(i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein or in any other Loan Document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document),
(ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
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(iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement,
(v) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights,
(vi) time of day means time of day New York, New York, except as otherwise expressly provided,
(vii) the “discretion” of Agent, the Required Lenders or the Lenders means the sole and absolute discretion of such Person(s); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, (a) any references to any discretionary act or document that is to be in form and/or substance satisfactory to the Agent shall be in form and/or substance satisfactory to Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders, or all Lenders if so required pursuant to the Credit Agreement), (b) any extension of time or other discretionary matter purported to be at the Agent’s discretion shall be at the Agent’s discretion (solely at the direction of the Required Lenders); and (c) any matter that otherwise requires the Agent’s approval or consent shall be at the Agent’s consent (solely at the direction of the Required Lenders). Under no circumstances shall Agent be obligated to take any action or exercise any discretion absent direction from the Required Lenders,
(viii) the word “from” when used in connection with a period of time means “from and including” and the word “until” means “to but not including”,
(ix) references to days, months, quarters and years refer to calendar days, months, quarters and years, respectively, and
(x) any reference in any of the Loan Documents to a Permitted Lien is not intended to subordinate or postpone, and shall not be interpreted as subordinating or postponing, or as any agreement to subordinate or postpone, any Lien created by any of the Loan Documents to any Permitted Lien.
Any reference to any law will include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation means unless otherwise specified, such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. All making of Loans and payments of Obligations shall be in Dollars and, unless the context otherwise requires, all determinations (including calculations of the Financial Covenants) made from time to time under the Loan Documents shall be made in light of the circumstances existing at such time. No provision of any Loan Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such party having, or being deemed to have, drafted the provision.
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Whenever the phrase “to the knowledge of” or words of similar import are used in any Loan Documents, it means actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the applicable Loan Party or knowledge that such Responsible Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter to which such phrase relates.
1.5 Dutch Terms. In this Agreement, a reference to:
(a) a “board of directors” means a managing board (bestuur) when a Dutch Loan Party;
(b) a “director” means a managing director (bestuurder) when a Dutch Loan Party is concerned;
(c) a “lien” includes any mortgage (hypotheek), pledge (pandrecht), retention of title arrangement (eigendomsvoorbehoud), privilege (voorrecht), right of retention (recht van retentie), right to reclaim goods (recht van reclame), and, in general, any right in rem (beperkt recht), created for the purpose of granting security (goederenrechtelijk zekerheidsrecht) when a Dutch Loan Party is concerned;
(d) any “evidence of authorization” where applicable, includes:
(i) any action required to comply with the Works Councils Act of the Netherlands (Wet op de ondernemingsraden); and
(ii) obtaining (I) a positive or neutral advice (advies) from the competent works council(s) if a positive advice is required pursuant to the Works Councils Act of the Netherlands (Wet op de ondernemingsraden) or (II) a confirmation from the competent works council(s) that the works council waives its advisory right;
(e) a “winding up”, “administration” or “dissolution” includes a bankruptcy (faillissement) or dissolution (ontbinding);
(f) a “moratorium” includes surseance van betaling and “a moratorium is declared” or “occurs” includes surseance verleend;
(g) any “action” taken in connection with insolvency proceedings includes a Dutch Loan Party having filed (i) a notice under section 36 of the Dutch Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990), or (ii) any notice under Section 60 of the Social Insurance Financing Act of the Netherlands (Wet Financiering Sociale Verzekeringen) in conjunction with Section 36 of the Dutch Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990);
(h) a “liquidator” or a “trustee” includes a curator or a beoogd curator;
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(i) an “administrator” includes a bewindvoerder, a beoogd bewindvoerder, a herstructureringsdeskundige and an observator;
(j) an “attachment” or any form thereof including “attached” includes a beslag;
(k) “gross negligence” means grove schuld;
(l) “willful misconduct” means opzet;
(m) “the Netherlands” means the European part of the Kingdom of The Netherlands and Dutch means in or of the Netherlands;
(n) “works council” includes a works council (ondernemingsraad), central works council (centrale ondernemingsraad), group works council (groepsondernemingsraad), SE works council (SE-ondernemingsraad) and staff meeting (personeelsvergadering);
(o) “insolvency” includes a bankruptcy (faillissement) and moratorium (surseance van betaling);
(p) a “Subsidiary” includes a dochtermaatschappij as defined in section 2:24a of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek);
(q) a “distribution” or “dividend” includes any distribution of profits (winstuitkering) or the distribution of reserves (uitkering uit reserves);
(r) a “receiver” or an “administrative receiver” does not include a curator or bewindvoerder;
(s) a “merger” includes a juridische fusie and a juridische splitsing; and
(t) “indemnify” means vrijwaren.
1.6 Quebec Matters. For purposes of any tangible assets located in the Province of Québec or charged by the Security Documents governed by the laws of the Province of Québec and for all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of a Loan Document may be subject to the laws of the Province of Québec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (a) “personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (b) “real property” shall be deemed to include “immovable property”, (c) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (d) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (e) “security interest” and “mortgage” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, (f) all references to filing, registering or recording shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Québec, (g) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” Liens shall be deemed to include a reference to the “opposability” of such Liens to third parties, (h) any “right of offset”, “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (i) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, (j) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary”, (k) “joint and several” shall be deemed to include “solidary”, (l) “gross negligence or willful misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault” and (m) “beneficial ownership” shall be deemed to include “ownership on behalf of another as mandatory”.
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1.7 Available Amount Transaction. If more than one action occurs on any given date, the permissibility of the taking of which is determined hereunder by reference to the amount of the Available Amount immediately prior to the taking of such action, the permissibility of the taking of each such action shall be determined independently and in no event may any two or more such actions be treated as occurring simultaneously (i.e., each transaction must be permitted under the Available Amount as so calculated).
1.8 Grower Baskets. For purposes of calculating EBITDA under any grower basket (i.e., a covenant exception subject to a limitation based on the greater of a Dollar amount and a percentage of EBITDA) contained in Article VIII (or otherwise set forth herein), for any subject transaction, EBITDA shall be determined as of the Test Period most recently ended. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no such baskets shall be determined to be exceeded hereunder (and no Default or Event of Default shall occur) solely on account of fluctuations to the amount of EBITDA after any such basket is utilized in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any decrease in the amount of EBITDA shall be deemed to decrease EBITDA for the purposes of any basket that has not been utilized and any refinancing (including any Refinancing Indebtedness) with respect to any basket that has been utilized.
ARTICLE II.
THE CREDIT FACILITIES
2.1 The Loans.
(a) Each Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
(i) to make a single term loan (the “Initial Term Loans”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s Initial Term Commitment; and
(ii) to make term loans (the “Delayed Draw Term Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Delayed Draw Term Loan Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s Delayed Draw Commitment; provided that (A) in no event shall such Lender be required to make a Delayed Draw Term Loan in excess of its unused Delayed Draw Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such Delayed Draw Term Loan, (B) no Lender with a Delayed Draw Commitment shall be obligated to fund a request for a Delayed Draw Term Loan unless, as of the end of the most recent Test Period and prior to the funding of and immediately on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Delayed Draw Term Loan the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is equal or less than 3.75 to 1.00, (C) each Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount (or less, if such lesser amount represents the remaining amount of all Delayed Draw Commitments) and (D) the Borrower shall not request to borrow any Delayed Draw Term Loans more than three times in any Fiscal Quarter.
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Unless previously terminated, the Delayed Draw Commitments shall automatically terminate (i) in the event a Delayed Draw Term Loan is funded, upon the making of such Delayed Draw Term Loan in a corresponding amount and (ii) in any event, on the Delayed Draw Termination Date.
(b) The Loans made by each Lender may, at the request of such Lender, be evidenced by a single promissory note payable to such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, an “Note” and, collectively, the “Notes”), executed by Borrower and delivered to such Lender in a stated maximum principal amount equal to such Lender’s Loan.
(c) Borrower hereby promises to pay all of the Loans and all other Obligations in respect thereof (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) in full on the applicable Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Loans and the Obligations become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Once prepaid or repaid, Loans may not be reborrowed.
2.2 [Reserved].
2.3 Procedure for Borrowing; Notices of Borrowing.
(a) Borrowing. Each borrowing of a Loan (each, a “Borrowing”) shall be made on notice, given not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) three (3) Business Days (or two (2) Business Days in the case of the Initial Term Loans) prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, by Borrower to Agent. Each such notice of a Borrowing shall be in writing (by electronic transmission or otherwise as permitted hereunder), substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Notice of Borrowing”), specifying therein the requested (i) the date of such Borrowing, (ii) the Borrower’s wire instructions (which may be in the form of a funds flow), (iii) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing and (iv) the use of proceeds of such Borrowing. Each borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $5,000,000; provided that such minimum borrowing shall not apply to the final borrowing if the remaining Delayed Draw Term Commitments are less than such minimum borrowing amount.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) [Reserved].
(d) [Reserved].
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(e) Effect of Notice. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower.
(f) Disbursements. Promptly after its receipt of a Notice of Borrowing under Section 2.3(a), Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the Commitment. Each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Agent in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Agent’s Payment Account not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing. Upon receipt of all requested funds and satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.1, the Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Agent by wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Agent by the Borrower.
2.4 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Initial Term Loans shall be used on the Closing Date to (i) consummate the Closing Date Refinancing and (ii) pay the Transaction Expenses. The proceeds of Delayed Draw Term Loans on the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date shall solely be used to repay the Second Lien Obligations.
2.5 Mandatory Prepayments; Optional Prepayments.
(a) Prepayment Certificate. Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.5(b), the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer reasonably demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, as the case may be. In the event that the Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceed the amount set forth in such certificate, the Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer demonstrating the deviation of such excess.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. The Borrower shall provide written notice to the Agent by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) three (3) Business Days prior to any mandatory prepayment hereunder, which shall state the amount to be prepaid and a reasonable detailed calculation thereof and the date of prepayment. In addition to any prepayment required in accordance with Section 10.2 as a result of an Event of Default hereunder, the Loans shall be subject to mandatory prepayment as follows:
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(i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary from all Asset Dispositions consummated pursuant to Section 8.5(k), (l) and (n) or Casualty Events within five (5) Business Days of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by such Person (the “Required Prepayment Date”); provided no proceeds of any prepayment under this Section 2.5(b)(i) shall be required unless the amount required to be prepaid for such fiscal year is in an aggregate amount greater than or equal to the greater of $9,000,000 and 15% of EBITDA (and only the amount in excess of such threshold), and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Required Prepayment Date, such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied at the election of the Borrower to the extent such Loan Party or such Subsidiary reinvests, within twelve (12) months of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets used in the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided, further, that if, prior to the expiration of such twelve (12) month period, the Borrower, directly or through its Subsidiaries, shall have entered into a binding agreement providing for such investment on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the expiration of such twelve (12) month period, such twelve (12) month period shall be extended to an eighteen (18) month period; provided, further, if such Net Cash Proceeds shall have not been so reinvested, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be immediately applied to prepay the Loans; provided, further, promptly following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by a Loan Party (and in any event no more than five (5) Business Days following the receipt thereof, or such longer period as the Agent may reasonably agree), such Loan Party shall deposit such Net Cash Proceeds into a Term Priority Collateral Proceeds Account and such Net Cash Proceeds shall remain in such Term Priority Collateral Proceeds Account until reinvested or applied to prepay the Loans, in each case in accordance with this Section 2.5(b)(i);
(ii) immediately upon the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prohibited Debt Issuance, in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(iii) on the date that is five (5) Business Days after the earlier of (x) the date that each annual Compliance Certificate is delivered under Section 7.11(d) in connection with the audited Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) or (y) the date such annual Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d), commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, in an amount equal to the difference (if a positive number) of (i) fifty percent (50%) of Excess Cash Flow for each such fiscal year (provided that such prepayment percentage shall be (x) twenty-five (25%) if, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d) calculating the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year) shall be less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 and greater than 3.50 to 1.00 and (y) zero (0%) if, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d) calculating the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year) shall be less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00), minus (ii) optional prepayments of Loans made with Internally Generated Cash; provided, further that no proceeds of any prepayment under this Section 2.5(b)(iii) shall be required unless the amount required to be prepaid for such fiscal year is in an aggregate amount greater than or equal to the greater of $9,000,000 and 15% of EBITDA (and only the amount in excess of such threshold).
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(iv) 100% of the Cure Amount upon receipt by the Borrower of any Cure Amount, provided that the Cure Amount shall not be required to be prepaid pursuant to this clause (iv) for any two Fiscal Quarters (as selected by the Borrower) that the cure right is exercised pursuant to Section 9.2.
(v) [reserved].
(vi) immediately upon a Change of Control (other than a Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction) all outstanding Loans and all outstanding Obligations.
(c) Voluntary Prepayments. Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, prepay any Class of the Loans, in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount (subject, in the case of the Payment in Full of all the Loans, to the additional requirements of Section 4.7), upon at least one (1) Business Day’s irrevocable notice by Borrower to Agent by 1:00 p.m. (New York time), specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the incurrence of other Indebtedness or any other event, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower (by written notice to the Agent on or prior to the specified date) if such condition is not satisfied. If such notice is given, Borrower shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein accompanied by the amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share in respect of the tranche of Loans being prepaid.
(d) Application of Prepayments. Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.5, to the extent constituting an Applicable Premium Trigger Event, shall be accompanied by the Applicable Premium, if any, payable in connection with such prepayment of the Loans. Each such prepayment shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the outstanding Loans and shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal due on the Loans in the inverse order of maturity. Any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans so repaid in cash.
(e) Waivable Mandatory Prepayment. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, so long as any Loans are outstanding, in the event the Borrower is required to make any mandatory prepayment other than a prepayment required under Section 2.5(b)(ii) (a “Waivable Mandatory Prepayment”) of the Loans, not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date (the “Required Prepayment Date”) on which the Borrower is required to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and the Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Loan of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount.
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Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving notice to the Borrower and the Agent of its election to do so on or before the third Business Day following the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify the Borrower and the Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the third Business Day following the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, which amount shall be held by the Agent for three (3) Business Days and thereafter (i) be applied in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Loans of such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.5(d)), and (ii) with respect to any remaining balance, be returned to the Borrower (in which event the Borrower may use the proceeds for any purpose not prohibited by the Loan Documents).
2.6 Amortization of Loans.
(a) Initial Term Loans. Subject to adjustments as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.5(b), (c) and (d), in each case, solely as a result to the extent of any such amounts that are applied to the prepayment of Initial Term Loans, on the first Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower, commencing with April 1, 2025, the Borrower shall repay the Initial Term Loans in an amount equal to (x) the original principal amount of all Initial Term Loans borrowed by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement multiplied by (y) 0.25%.
(b) Delayed Draw Term Loans. Subject to adjustments as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Section 2.5(b), (c) and (d), in each case, solely as a result to the extent of any such amounts that are applied to the prepayment of Delayed Draw Term Loans, on the first Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower, commencing with the first such date after any Delayed Draw Funding Date, the Borrower shall repay the Delayed Draw Term Loans in an amount equal to (x) the original principal amount of all Delayed Draw Term Loans that have been borrowed by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement multiplied by (y) 0.25%.
2.7 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Agent terminate the unused Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Mandatory. The Initial Term Commitment of each Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of such Lender’s Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(a) on the Closing Date. Upon funding of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender with a Delayed Draw Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced by the aggregate principal amount of such drawn Delayed Draw Term Loans. The aggregate Delayed Draw Commitment shall automatically terminate on the Delayed Draw Termination Date.
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2.8 Term. The term of this Agreement shall be for a period from the Closing Date through and including the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall have no right to terminate this Agreement at any time that any principal of or interest on any of the Loans is outstanding, except upon Payment in Full of all Obligations.
2.9 Payment Procedures.
(a) Payments. All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before application to principal. The Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate to the Agent, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by the Agent. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to charge the Borrower’s accounts with the Agent in order to cause timely payment to be made to the Agent of all principal, interest, fees and expenses due hereunder (subject to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for that purpose). The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and each applicable Lender if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 10.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the rate determined pursuant to Section 4.2 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is Paid in Full.
(b) Time of Payment. Each payment by Borrower on account of principal, interest, fees or Lender Group Expenses hereunder shall be made to Agent. All payments to be made by Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff, deduction or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the due date thereof to Agent, for the account of the Lenders according to their Pro Rata Shares (except as expressly otherwise provided), at Agent’s Payment Account in immediately available funds. All payments received by the Agent after 1:00 p.m. (New York time), may, in the Agent’s discretion, be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. Except for payments which are expressly provided to be made for the account of Agent only, Agent shall promptly distribute all payments to the Lenders following receipt in like funds as received. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if a Lender or any of its Affiliates exercises its right of setoff under Section 12.3 or otherwise, any amounts so recovered shall promptly be shared by such Lender with the other Lenders according to their respective Pro Rata Shares.
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(c) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest due hereunder.
(d) Application. Subject to Section 10.5, Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right, if an Event of Default exists, to apply or reverse and re-apply any payment and any and all proceeds of Collateral to any portion of the Obligations. To the extent that any Borrower makes a payment or Agent receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral for any Borrower’s benefit, which is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver, monitor, receiver and manager, and interim receiver, custodian or any other party under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then, to such extent, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by Agent.
2.10 Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or requires any Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11, then such Lender (at the request of Borrower) 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 judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
2.11 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 2.10, or if any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, then Borrower may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice by Borrower to such Lender and Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate (and such Lender agrees to assign and delegate), without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and the consents required by, Section 12.7), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that
(a) Borrower shall have paid to Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 12.7;
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of all Loans owed to it, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.3 and 4.10) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
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(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.11, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law; and
(e) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
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 Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
2.12 Alternate Rate of Interest.
(a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.12:
(A) if the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Loan, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term SOFR (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis) for such Interest Period; or
(B) the Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Loan, Term SOFR for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Loan for such Interest Period;
then the Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders in accordance with Section 12.1 as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any Conversion/Continuation Notice that requests the conversion of any Loans to or continuation of any Loans as, a Term Benchmark Loan shall be ineffective. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Agent referred to in this Section 2.12(a), then until (x) the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist and (y) the Borrower delivers a new Conversion/Continuation Notice in accordance with the terms of Section 2.13, any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Agent to, and shall constitute, a Base Rate Loan.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the fifth 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 Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the 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.
(d) The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.12, 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 2.12.
(e) 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), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
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(f) Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any Conversion/Continuation Notice of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for a Term Benchmark Loan into a request for a conversion to a Base Rate Loan. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of Base Rate. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.12, any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Agent to, and shall constitute a Base Rate Loan.
2.13 Conversion/Continuation.
(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, the Borrower shall have the option:
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided that a Term Benchmark Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan; or
(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Term Benchmark Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount as a Term Benchmark Loan.
(b) The Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to the Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Term Benchmark Loan). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Term Benchmark Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Notice of Borrowing or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to the Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
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2.14 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain at any time any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of Obligations payable to such Lender hereunder at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (a) the amount of such Obligations to (b) the aggregate amount of the Obligations payable to all Lenders hereunder at such time), such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Obligations payable to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each other Lender shall be rescinded and such other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such other Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the purchase price paid to such Lender to (ii) the aggregate purchase price paid to all Lenders) of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (A) the amount of such other Lender’s required repayment to (B) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
ARTICLE III.
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV.
INTEREST, FEES AND EXPENSES
4.1 Interest.
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:
(i) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or
(ii) if a Term Benchmark Loan, at Term SOFR plus the Applicable Margin; and
(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to the Loans, and the Interest Period with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, shall be selected by the Borrower and notified to each Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Notice of Borrowing or applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be.
(c) In connection with Term Benchmark Loans there shall be no more than three (3) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event the Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a Term Benchmark Loan in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a Term Benchmark Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of then-current Interest Period for such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In the event the Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for any Term Benchmark Loan in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one (1) month.
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As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, the Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Term Benchmark Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower and each Lender holding Loans.
(d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.1(a) and Section 4.2 shall be computed (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan, the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a Term Benchmark Loan, the date of conversion of such Term Benchmark Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a Term Benchmark Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such Term Benchmark Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided that if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one (1) day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans; provided that with respect to any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued interest shall instead be payable on the applicable Interest Payment Date.
(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, the Borrower shall have the option:
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided that a Term Benchmark Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan; or
(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Term Benchmark Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount as a Term Benchmark Loan.
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(iii) The Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to the Agents no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Term Benchmark Loan). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Term Benchmark Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Notice of Borrowing or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to the Agents in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
4.2 Interest After Event of Default. (a) Automatically upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 10.1(d), and (b) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 10.1(d)), at the direction of the Required Lenders, all Loans and all Obligations (and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter, after as well as before judgment (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws)), shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to two percent (2%) above the per annum rate otherwise applicable thereunder, which increase may be applied retroactively, until the earlier of the date upon which (i) all Obligations shall have been Paid in Full or (ii) such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived (such increase being the “Default Interest”); provided that upon the direction of the Required Lenders, any such Default Interest may be applied retroactively to the date that the Event of Default first occurred. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 4.2 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Agent or any Lender.
4.3 Applicable Premium.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, the Applicable Premium.
(b) Any Applicable Premium payable in accordance with this Section 4.3 shall be presumed to be equal to the liquidated damages sustained by the Lenders as the result of the occurrence of the Applicable Premium Trigger Event and the Loan Parties agree that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. If the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, as a result of an Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the amount of principal of and premium on the Loans that becomes due and payable shall equal 100% of the principal amount of the Loans then outstanding plus the Applicable Premium in effect on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date, as if such acceleration or other occurrence were a voluntary prepayment of the Loans accelerated or otherwise becoming due.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that if the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, in respect of any Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the Applicable Premium applicable with respect to a voluntary prepayment of the Loans will also be due and payable on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date as though the Loans were voluntarily prepaid as of such date and shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Lender’s loss as a result thereof. Any premium payable above shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Lender and the Borrower agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. THE LOAN PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING APPLICABLE PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACCELERATION.
(c) The Loan Parties expressly agree that:
(i) the Applicable Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel;
(ii) the Applicable Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made;
(iii) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Loan Parties giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Applicable Premium;
(iv) the Loan Parties shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph;
(v) their agreement to pay the Applicable Premium is a material inducement to Lenders to provide the Commitments and make the Loans,
(vi) the Applicable Premium represents a good faith, reasonable estimate and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Agents and the Lenders and that it would be impractical and extremely difficult to ascertain the actual amount of damages to the Agents and the Lenders or profits lost by the Agents and the Lenders as a result of such Applicable Premium Trigger Event;
(vii) the Applicable Premium shall also become due and payable under this Agreement in the event the Obligations (and/or this Agreement) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding, deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means) or the Obligations are reinstated pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws, including Section 1124 or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code; and
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(viii) in the event the Applicable Premium is determined not to be due and payable by the Loan Parties by order of any court of competent jurisdiction, including by operation of the Bankruptcy Code, the Applicable Premium shall nonetheless constitute Obligations under this Agreement for all other purposes hereunder.
4.4 [Reserved].
4.5 [Reserved].
4.6 [Reserved].
4.7 [Reserved].
4.8 Fees.
(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for its own account as and when due in accordance with the terms thereof all fees required to be paid to the Agent under the Closing Payments Letter.
(b) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders as and when due in accordance with the terms thereof all fees required to be paid to the Lenders under the Closing Payments Letter.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Delayed Draw Lender, a commitment fee (the “Delayed Draw Commitment Fee”) equal to 1.00% per annum on the actual daily unused outstanding Delayed Draw Commitment of such Delayed Draw Lender beginning on the Closing Date until and including the Delayed Draw Termination Date. The Delayed Draw Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the Delayed Draw Termination Date, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Section 5.4 or Section 5.5 are not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing March 31, 2025.
(d) Unless otherwise specified, all fees payable under this Section 4.8 shall be fully earned on the date paid and nonrefundable.
4.9 Calculations.
(a) Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.1(a) and Section 4.2 shall be computed (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. Each determination by Agent of an interest rate, fee or other payment hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that each fee payable under this Agreement is fully earned and non-refundable on the date such fee is due and payable and that each such fee constitutes Obligations and is in addition to any other fees payable by Borrower under the Loan Document.
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If any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document would require a Loan Party to make any payment of interest or any other payment that by a court of competent jurisdiction construes to be interest in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in the Agent’s receipt of interest at a criminal rate (as those terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then despite that provision, that amount or rate will be deemed to have been adjusted retroactively to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or would not result in a receipt by the Agent of interest at a criminal rate. The adjustment will be made, to the extent necessary, first, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid and thereafter by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums, and other amounts that would constitute interest for the purposes of section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
(b) In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan shall be excluded.
(c) For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada),
(i) whenever any interest or fee under this Agreement is calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be, the rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate, is equivalent to (x) the applicable rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be, (y) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the period for which such interest or fee is payable (or compounded) ends, and (z) divided by 360 or 365 (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be,
(ii) the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement, and
(iii) the rates of interest stipulated in this Agreement are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
(d) Notwithstanding the terms of any other Loan Document, Default Interest shall not be secured by a Lien on Canadian real property, and no proceeds of realization upon such lands shall be applied against Default Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, Default Interest shall otherwise be secured by the Liens granted under the Loan Documents (including Liens granted by a Canadian Loan Party) and be fully recoverable against the proceeds of realization upon Canadian real property upon which the Agent does not hold any Lien.
4.10 Increased Costs.
(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 or participated in by, any Lender;
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(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (ii) through (v) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 4.10 and delivered to Borrower will be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower will pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4.10 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 4.10 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
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4.11 Taxes.
(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 4.11, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
(b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Indemnification by Borrower. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.7(f) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this clause (e).
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(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 4.11, such Loan Party shall deliver to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(g) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will enable Borrower or Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable, or any successor forms) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable, or any successor forms) 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) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-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 (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable, or any successor form); or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-2 or Exhibit K-3, IRS Form W-9 (as applicable, or any successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership 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 K-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.
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Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii) The Agent (or any successor Agent) shall, on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement, provide to Borrower duly completed and executed copies of IRS forms certifying that it is either (A) a U.S. Person or (B) a “U.S. branch” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)(A) or “qualifying intermediary” that assumes primary withholding responsibility under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of the Code and primary Form 1099 reporting and backup withholding responsibility for payments it receives for the account of others, with the effect that any Loan Party will be entitled to make payments hereunder to the Agent (or any successor Agent) without withholding or deduction on account of U.S. federal Taxes.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.11 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.11), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 4.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
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ARTICLE V.
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
5.1 Conditions to Closing. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to make the Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date are subject to satisfaction, or waiver of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Loan Documents. The Agent shall have received the following, each dated as of the Closing Date or as of an earlier date acceptable to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders and their counsel:
(i) counterparts of this Agreement, duly executed by the parties hereto;
(ii) the Notes, each duly executed by Borrower, to the extent such Notes were requested three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(iii) the Copyright Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(iv) the Patent Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(v) the Trademark Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(vi) each Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto;
(vii) the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto;
(ix) drafts of financing statements duly authorized and in a form reasonably acceptable to Agent and the Required Lenders and ready to be filed under the UCC and PPSA, as applicable (naming Agent as secured party and the Loan Parties as debtors and containing a description of the applicable Collateral) with respect to each Loan Party in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is organized or incorporated as set forth on Schedule 6.1(a);
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(x) results of lien (including a search as to judgments, pending litigation, bankruptcy and Tax matters) and Intellectual Property searches, listing all effective financing statements filed in the Security Jurisdictions and in all other jurisdictions (except, in each case, the Province of Quebec) that Required Lenders reasonably deem necessary or desirable to confirm the priority of the Liens created hereunder and under the Security Documents, that name each of the Loan Parties as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements;
(xi) a completed Perfection Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower;
(xii) a financial condition certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower, in the form of Exhibit F;
(viii) the Security Documents (subject to Section 7.21), duly executed by each applicable Loan Party; (xiii) an opinion of counsel for each Loan Party, other than the Dutch Loan Parties, the UK Loan Parties and the Canadian Loan Parties, addressed to Agent covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require, which such counsel is hereby requested by Borrower on behalf of all the Loan Parties to provide, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(xiv) an opinion of counsel for Agent addressed to Agent covering such matters as to the Dutch Loan Parties and Dutch laws incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(xv) an opinion of counsel for Agent addressed to Agent covering such matters as to the UK Loan Parties and the laws of England and Wales incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require;
(xvi) an opinion of counsel for the Canadian Loan Parties addressed to Agent covering such matters as to the Canadian Loan Parties and the laws of Canada incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; (C) that attached thereto is a list of all Persons authorized to execute and deliver Notices of Borrowing and Conversion/Continuation Notices on behalf of Borrower, if applicable;
(xvii) [reserved];
(xviii) copies of the Governing Documents of each Loan Party and a copy of the resolutions of the Governing Body (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the shareholders of the UK Loan Parties) (or similar evidence of authorization) of each Loan Party and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, attached to a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer, as applicable, of such Loan Party certifying:
(A) that such copies of the Governing Documents and resolutions of the Governing Body (or similar evidence of authorization) relating to such Loan Party are true, complete and accurate copies thereof, have not been amended or modified since the date of such certificate and are in full force and effect,
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(B) the incumbency, names and true signatures of the officers (or, as applicable, directors) of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
(D) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, the Solvency of that UK Loan Party;
(E) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, that guaranteeing or securing (as appropriate) the Commitments would not cause any guarantee, security or other similar limit binding on the relevant UK Loan Party to be exceeded; and
(F) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, that each copy document relating to it specified in this Section 5.1(a)(xviii) is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at the date of such certificate;
(G) [Reserved];
(H) in respect of the Dutch Loan Parties, that attached thereto is a positive or neutral advice (or a withdrawal of their right to advise) from each relevant works council which, if conditional, contain conditions which can reasonably by complied with, including the request for advice or a confirmation of the board of directors of each Dutch Loan Party included in the board resolutions that no works council has jurisdiction in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents;
(xix) with respect to U.S. Loan Parties, a certified copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation, organization or formation (or the equivalent Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation) of each Loan Party, dated within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date, listing the certificate of incorporation, organization or formation of such Loan Party and each amendment thereto on file in such official’s office and certifying (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdictions) that:
(A) such amendments are the only amendments to such certificate of incorporation, organization or formation on file in that office,
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(B) such Loan Party has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and
(C) such Loan Party is in good standing in that jurisdiction (as applicable);
(xx) with respect to any Loan Party formed under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, a certificate of status (or equivalent) issued by the governmental authority in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is formed, dated within at least four (4) days of the Closing Date;
(xxi) evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 35.2 (Service of process) of the English Share Charge, has accepted its appointment;
(xxii) [reserved];
(xxiii) a closing certificate from a Responsible Officer of Borrower, in the form of Exhibit G;
(xxiv) [reserved];
(xxv) an amendment to the ABL Credit Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(xxvi) a copy of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other Second Lien Loan Documents, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(xxvii) a VCOC Information Letter from the Borrower in the form of Exhibit D;
(xxviii) the Closing Payments Letter duly executed by the Borrower;
(xxix) a duly executed Intercompany Note;
(xxx) the Preliminary Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025;
(xxxi) the Corre Payoff Letter; and
(xxxii) the ABL Payoff Letter.
(b) No Indebtedness. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no existing Indebtedness for borrowed money (including, for the avoidance of doubt, undrawn commitments) and the Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence of the termination of any existing Indebtedness (including any and all commitments relating thereto, but excluding any existing Indebtedness expressly permitted to be outstanding under this Agreement) and the release of all Liens in connection therewith, in each case on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; provided that the Loan Parties shall be permitted to have the following outstanding Indebtedness: (i) loans and commitments outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $130,000,000, (ii) loans and commitments outstanding under the Second Lien Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $107,413,198.18 and (iii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause 8.1(c) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000.
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(c) No Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding, hearing or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) “Know-Your-Customer”. To the extent requested at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including “know-your-customer” laws and the Patriot Act.
(e) [Reserved];
(f) Expense Reimbursement. The Agent shall have received evidence of payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and Lender Group Expenses required to be paid pursuant to Section 12.4 of this Agreement to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date (it being understood that all other such fees and Lender Group Expenses shall be paid after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement); and
(g) Payment of Fees. The Borrower shall have paid the fees referred to in this Agreement and the Closing Payments Letter that are required to be paid on the Closing Date.
5.2 [Reserved].
5.3 [Reserved].
5.4 Conditions to each Delayed Draw Term Loan. The obligation of the Lenders to make any Delayed Draw Term Loan hereunder is subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of the following condition prior to the making of such Delayed Draw Term Loan:
(a) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period and both before and after giving effect thereto, with a First Lien Net Leverage Ratio of 3.75 to 1.00; (b) the relevant portion of the “Subsequent Delayed Draw Closing Payment” specified in the Closing Payments Letter payable in connection with the Borrowing of such Delayed Draw Term Loan shall have been paid in accordance with the terms thereof;
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(c) Liquidity shall not be less than $40,000,000 as set forth on the applicable Delayed Draw Certificate; and
(d) the Agent shall have received a Delayed Draw Certificate from a Responsible Officer certifying (x) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio and attaching backup calculations reasonably requested by the Agent, (y) Liquidity and attaching backup calculations reasonably requested by the Agent and (z) the use of proceeds for such Borrowing.
5.5 Conditions to each Loan. The obligation of the Lenders to make any Loan hereunder is subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of the following conditions prior to the making of such Loan:
(a) Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date);
(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the requested Loan and no default or breach thereof exists under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of or on such date or immediately after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date; and
(c) Borrowing Notice. The Borrower shall have delivered a Notice of Borrowing, in the form of Exhibit B. Each Notice of Borrowing submitted by the Borrower in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loan shall contain the certifications set forth in this Section 5.5 and Section 5.4.
Each condition in Section 5 that is subject to the satisfaction or discretion of Agent or any Lender shall be deemed satisfied upon Agent’s or Lender’s, as applicable, making of any Loan.
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ARTICLE VI.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6.1 Representations and Warranties of Borrower. The Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to Agent and the Lenders, which shall be true, correct and complete in all respects as of the Closing Date, and after the Closing Date, shall be true, correct, and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of any Borrowing as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date), and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each Loan Party
(i) is an Entity duly organized (or incorporated, as the case may be), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the country, state, province or territory of its incorporation, organization or formation,
(ii) has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact the businesses in which it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged, except to the extent that the failure to own such properties and assets or transact business in such a way could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and
(iii) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictions) in each jurisdiction where it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged in business, except to the extent that the failure so to qualify or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Locations of Offices, Records and Collateral. The address of the principal place of business and chief executive office of each Loan Party is, and the books and records of each Loan Party and all of its chattel paper are maintained exclusively in the possession of such Loan Party at the address of such Loan Party specified in Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement). There is no location at which any Loan Party maintains any Collateral in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $500,000 other than the locations specified for it in Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement). Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions not prohibited under this Agreement) specifies all Real Property of each Loan Party, and indicates whether each location specified therein is leased or owned by such Loan Party.
(c) Authority. Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. All requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership action necessary for the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (including the consent of its owners, where required) has been taken.
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(d) Enforceability. The Loan Documents delivered by the Loan Parties, when executed and delivered, will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(e) No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party
(i) do not and will not contravene any of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party,
(ii) do not and will not contravene any Requirement of Law, except as such contravention could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(iii) do not and will not contravene any Material Contract,
(iv) do not and will not result in the imposition of any Liens upon any of its properties except for Permitted Liens.
(f) Consents and Filings. No consent, authorization or approval of, or filing with or other act by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except
(i) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts as have been made or obtained, as applicable, and are in full force and effect,
(ii) the filing of UCC and PPSA financing statements,
(iii) filing of the Patent Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, Copyright Security Agreement and Canadian Security Agreements (or notice thereof) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the European Patents Office, the relevant intellectual property register of the EU Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market and any other intellectual property register or authority or other national intellectual property registers as may be available for the purpose, solely to the extent required to be done pursuant to the Security Documents,
(iv) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 6.1(f),
(v) registration of the particulars of any Security Documents entered into by a UK Loan Party as a security provider at Companies House in England and Wales under section 859A of the Companies Act 2006 and payment of associated fees, and
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(vi) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts the failure of which to be obtained or made could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Ownership; Subsidiaries. Schedule 6.1(g) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement) sets forth the legal name (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the UCC), the Persons that own the Equity Interests of each such Loan Party (other than the Borrower), and the number of Equity Interests owned by each such Person. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 6.1(g), and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by a Loan Party in the amounts specified on Schedule 6.1(g) free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.8. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 6.1(g). All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(h) Solvency. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent and no procedure, act or filing described as an “Insolvency Event” has taken place with respect to any Loan Party. As of the Closing Date, each UK Loan Party is Solvent.
(i) Financial Data. Borrower has provided to Agent complete and accurate copies of the Historical Financials. The Historical Financials have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for each of the periods covered. Since December 31, 2023, there has been no change, occurrence, development or event, which has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financials or the notes thereto and which any such case is material to the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(j) Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All written factual data, reports and written factual information (other than any projections, estimates and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) concerning the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that has been furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, are correct in all material respects as of the date of certification of such data, reports and information, and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made at such time.
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(k) Legal and Trade Name. As of the Closing Date, during the past year, none of the Loan Parties has been known by or used any legal name or any trade name or fictitious name, except for its name as set forth in the introductory paragraph and on the signature page of this Agreement or the Guaranty and Security Agreement, as applicable, which is the exact correct legal name of such Loan Party.
(l) Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall not be used for any purpose prohibited in Section 8.6 and shall be used in accordance with Section 2.4.
(m) Investment Company. None of the Loan Parties is an “investment company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) Margin Stock. None of the Loan Parties is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying “margin stock” as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including Regulations T, U or X.
(o) Taxes and Tax Returns.
(i) Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has properly completed and timely filed all federal and other material income Tax returns it is required to file and such returns were complete and accurate in all material respects.
(ii) All federal and other material Taxes required to have been paid by the Loan Parties have been timely paid.
(iii) No material deficiencies for taxes have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any taxing or other Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries which remain unpaid except those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened audits, investigations or claims by a Governmental Authority for or relating to any material liability of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries for Taxes.
(iv) Each Dutch Loan Party is resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands only, and does not have a permanent establishment or permanent representative outside of the Netherlands.
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(v) Any fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch tax purposes in which a Loan Party is included, consists of Loan Parties only.
(p) No Judgments or Litigation. Except as specified in Schedule 6.1(p), (x) no judgments, orders, writs or decrees are outstanding against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there now pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party after due inquiry, any threatened litigation, contested claim, investigation, arbitration, or governmental proceeding by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that
(i) individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
(ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(q) Title to Property. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has (i) good and marketable title in fee simple or equivalent to, or easements or valid leasehold interests in all of its Real Property and (ii) good and marketable title to all of its other assets, in each case, except where such failure to have such title, interest or right could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens. To Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, there is no existing material event of default under any lease of its Real Property, except where the event of default would not reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Other Indebtedness. On the Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries have any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1.
(s) Investments; Contracts. None of the Loan Parties, nor any of their Subsidiaries,
(i) has committed to make any Investment;
(ii) is a party to any indenture, agreement, contract, instrument or lease, or subject to any restriction in the Governing Documents or similar restriction or any injunction, order, restriction or decree;
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(iii) is a party to any “take or pay” contract as to which it is the purchaser; or
(iv) has material contingent or long term liability, including any management contracts,
in each case, which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Compliance with Laws. On the Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is in violation of any Requirement of Law, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens. All of the Collateral of each Loan Party is owned or leased by it free and clear of any and all Liens in favor of third parties, other than Liens in favor of Agent, Liens incurred under the ABL Credit Agreement and other Permitted Liens. Upon the proper filing of the financing and termination statements specified in Section 5.1(a)(ix) and any Mortgage and release specified in Section 5.1(a)(viii), including the counterparts of the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement applicable to each Mortgage, the Liens granted by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents constitute valid, enforceable and perfected First Priority Liens on the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens, the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations or ABL Agent with respect to ABL Priority Collateral).
(v) ERISA.
(i) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate have fulfilled all contribution obligations for each Pension Plan (including obligations related to the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code), except for ordinary funding obligations which are not past due, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Sections 303 and 304 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Pension Plan.
(ii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Termination Event has occurred nor has any other event occurred that is likely to result in a Termination Event. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party, nor any fiduciary of any Plan, is subject to any material direct or indirect liability with respect to any Plan under any Requirement of Law or agreement.
(iii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither a Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate is required to or reasonably expects to be required to provide security to any Plan under Section 463(f) of the Code, and no Lien exists or could reasonably be expected to arise with respect to any Pension Plan.
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(iv) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to all Plans; (ii) there has been no non-exempt prohibited transaction as defined in Section 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to any Plan or any trust created thereunder that could reasonably be expected to subject any Loan Party to a material civil penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code (a “Prohibited Transaction”); (iii) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate have made when due any and all payments required to be made under any agreement or any Requirement of Law applicable to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; and (iv) with respect to each Pension Plan and Multiemployer Plan, neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC or had asserted against it any penalty for failure to fulfill the minimum funding requirements of ERISA or the Code other than for payments of premiums in the ordinary course of business.
(v) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan and each trust established thereunder which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) or 501(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or advisory opinion letter from the IRS, and no event has occurred since the date of such determination or advisory opinion letter which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of such Plan or trust.
(vi) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the aggregate actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Pension Plan, determined on a plan termination basis, as disclosed in, and as of the date of, the most recent actuarial report for such Pension Plan, does not exceed the aggregate fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan as of such date.
(vii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in any such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan.
(viii) The aggregate withdrawal liability that would be incurred in the event of a complete withdrawal as of the date of this Agreement by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from all Multiemployer Plans would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ix) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no actions, suits, claims or other proceedings, either pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer, threatened against any Loan Party, or otherwise involving a Plan (other than routine claims for benefits), which could reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan or any Loan Party.
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(w) Intellectual Property. Set forth on Schedule 6.1(w) is a complete and accurate list of all issued Patents and Patent applications, registered Trademarks and Trademark applications, registered Copyrights and Industrial Designs, and all exclusive licenses thereof, of the Loan Parties, showing as of the date hereof the record owner, jurisdiction in which registered, the registration number and the date of registration or the corresponding application information to the foregoing. Each Loan Party owns, licenses, or otherwise has rights to all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs and other Intellectual Property rights which are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business, except where the failure to own, license, or otherwise have rights therein could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party, to its knowledge, has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person where such infringement, misappropriation or other violation could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no claim, dispute or litigation that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect is pending or, to each Loan Party’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against any Loan Party relating to the infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person.
(x) Labor Matters. Schedule 6.1(x) accurately sets forth all labor contracts to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the Closing Date, and their dates of expiration. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as to matters that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and has obtained and maintains all Permits required pursuant to any Environmental Law required to conduct its business;
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(ii) there are and have been, no conditions, occurrences, violations of Environmental Law, or presence or Releases of Hazardous Materials which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Action against any Loan Party, any of its Subsidiaries or affect any real property used in the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) there are no pending Environmental Actions against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and no Loan Party or any Subsidiary has received any written notification of any alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Law or responsibility for the Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials; and
(iv) no Environmental Lien has attached to any Collateral and no conditions exist that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of such a Lien on any Collateral.
To the knowledge of each Loan Party, all of the real property used in the business of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (including its Equipment) is free of Hazardous Materials, and to the knowledge of each Loan Party has at all times been free of Hazardous Materials, underground storage tanks and underground waste disposal areas, in each case except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws or in a manner that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Licenses and Permits. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and maintained all Permits which are necessary or advisable for the operation of its business, except where the failure to possess any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. None of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries or any of the respective directors, officers, or, to the knowledge of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, employees, agents or other persons acting on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is:
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”);
(ii) a Person owned 50% or more by or Controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or
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(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or otherwise a Sanctioned Person.
(bb) Government Regulation. None of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act or any other Requirement of Law that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(cc) Material Contracts. Each Material Contract has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party. Each Material Contract of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against all parties thereto in accordance with its terms, and there exists no default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any Material Contract by any party thereto and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse or time or both, could constitute such a default.
(dd) Business and Properties. No business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and no Real Property is affected by any fire, explosion, accident, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty, condemnation or eminent domain proceeding (whether or not covered by insurance) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee) Information. All written disclosure provided to the Lenders regarding the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (other than projections, forward looking information or information of a general economic or general industry nature) is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading. Projections and forward looking information (including forecasts and other forward-looking information) were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made; it being recognized by the Agent and the Lenders that such projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, the projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material. There are no facts known (or which should upon the reasonable exercise of diligence be known) to the Borrower (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(ff) Insurance. The properties and businesses of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies of similar size engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary operates (it being acknowledged and agreed by the Agent and the Lenders that the Borrower’s insurance program existing on the Closing Date and any similar insurance program in effect after the Closing Date shall be deemed to be customary).
(gg) Sanctions; Anti-Money-Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws and has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. No Loan Party has received any communication (including any oral communication) from any Governmental Authority alleging that it is not in compliance with, or may be subject to liability under, any Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use any portion of the Loan proceeds, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any Loan proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws.
(hh) Business. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower is engaged directly or through Subsidiaries in the business of providing industrial services to customers in the petrochemical, refinery, power, pipeline, pulp and paper, steel, and other industries.
(ii) Common Enterprise. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged in the businesses set forth in Section 6.1(hh) as of the Closing Date. These operations require financing on a basis such that the credit supplied can be made available from time to time to the Borrower and various of its Subsidiaries, as required for the continued successful operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a whole. The Borrower has requested the Lenders to make credit available hereunder primarily for the purposes set forth in Section 6.1(hh) and generally for the purposes of financing the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries expects to derive benefit (and the board of directors (or other similar governing body) of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has determined that such Subsidiary may reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly or indirectly, from a portion of the credit extended by the Lenders hereunder, both in its separate capacity and as a member of the group of companies, since the successful operation and condition of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the group as a whole. The Borrower acknowledges that, but for the agreement by each of the Guarantors to execute and deliver its Guaranty, the Agent and the Lenders would not have made available the credit facilities established hereby on the terms set forth herein.
(jj) Covered Entities. No Loan Party is a Covered Entity.
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(kk) Designation as Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations constitute “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or any similar designation (with respect to indebtedness that having the maximum rights as “senior debt”) under and as defined in any agreement governing any Subordinated Debt and the subordination provisions set forth in each such agreement are legally valid and enforceable against the parties thereto.
(ll) EEA Financial Institution. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.
(mm) Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Closing Date, in the event a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered on the Closing Date and as of the date that any Beneficial Ownership Certification is delivered pursuant to Section 12.23, the information included in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.
(nn) Security Documents. The provisions of each of the Security Documents (whether executed and delivered prior to or on the Closing Date or thereafter) are and will be effective to create in favor of the Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in and Lien upon all right, title and interest of each Loan Party in and to the Collateral purported to be pledged, charged, mortgaged or assigned by it thereunder and described therein, and upon (i) the making of the Loans hereunder, (ii) the filing of appropriately completed UCC or PPSA financing statements and continuations thereof in the jurisdictions specified therein, (iii) with respect to United States Copyright registrations, the recordation of an appropriately completed Copyright Security Agreement in the United States Copyright Office, and (iv) with respect to Deposit Accounts, when the Agent has “control” within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the applicable UCC, such security interest and Lien shall constitute a fully perfected and First Priority security interest in and Lien (subject only to Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (v), (vi), and (xvi) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” which are statutory, non-consensual Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreements) upon such right, title and interest of such Loan Party, in and to such Collateral, to the extent that such security interest and Lien can be perfected by such actions.
(oo) Regulation H. No Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted is a Flood Hazard Property unless: (a) the applicable Loan Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Agent (i) as to the fact that such Real Property is a Flood Hazard Property, (ii) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (iii) such other flood hazard determination forms, notices and confirmations thereof as requested by the Agent and (b) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the applicable Loan Party evidencing flood insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders and naming the Agent as loss payee on behalf of the Lenders. All flood hazard insurance policies required hereunder have been obtained and remain in full force and effect, and the premiums thereon have been paid in full.
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(pp) Canadian Pension Plans. No Loan Party maintains, sponsors, contributes to, is a party to, or otherwise has any liability (including any contingent liability) or contribution obligations under or in respect of any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or a Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Canadian Pension Plan is duly registered under the Tax Act and such other applicable law, each Canadian Pension Plan is and has been administered in accordance with the terms of such Canadian Pension Plan, the Tax Act (Canada) and such other applicable law, and no event has occurred which could cause the loss of the registered status of any such Canadian Pension Plans, (ii) all obligations of any Loan Party under each Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan have been performed to the extent required by the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation, and (iii) all contributions including, for greater certainty, employee contributions made by authorized payroll deductions or other withholdings, required to be made or remitted by a Loan Party to each such Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan have been made or remitted to each such Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan in accordance with the terms of such Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan, and the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation applicable laws.
(qq) Pensions – UK Loan Parties. Other than in relation to Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan, no UK Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (the “Group”):
(i) is, or has at any time in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement been, an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pensions Schemes Act 1993) and is not a scheme within section 38(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004;
(ii) no member of the Group is or has at any time been in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 save that for the purposes of this clause, a member of the Group shall not be connected with another company solely by reason of one or more of its directors or employees being a director of that other company) such an employer; and
(iii) no member of the Group has at any time in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement been party to an act or omission involving a scheme or employer (both as referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above) which could reasonably be expected to give rise to the issue (to it or any of its Subsidiaries) of a financial support direction or contribution notice pursuant to section 38 or 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 or fine by the Pensions Regulator.
(rr) Shares. The shares of any Loan Party which are subject to the Dutch Share Pledges or the English Security Documents are fully paid and not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights. The constitutional documents of the companies whose shares are subject to the Dutch Share Pledges and the English Security Documents do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of the Dutch Share Pledges or the English Security Documents.
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(ss) Centre of Main Interests and Establishments. (i) In respect of the UK Loan Parties, for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation, its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is situated in England and Wales and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction and (ii) in respect of the Dutch Loan Parties, for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation, its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is situated in the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.
(tt) Assets located in Quebec. As of the Closing Date, the fair market value of all tangible assets located in Quebec does not exceed the amount of CAD $750,000.
(uu) Classification as Priority Lien Obligations. The Obligations constitute First Priority secured obligations of the Loan Parties (subject only to Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (v), (vi), and (xvi) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” which are statutory, non-consensual Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreements) and, together with the ABL Obligations, are the only such obligations of the Loan Parties.
(vv) DAC6. No transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents nor any transaction to be carried out in connection with any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents meets a hallmark set out in Annex IV of the Council Directive of 25 May 2018 (2018822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU (“DAC6”).
ARTICLE VII.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, until Payment in Full of all Obligations:
7.1 Existence. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to,
(a) maintain their Entity existence, except in connection with a transaction expressly permitted under Section 8.3 or in the case of any Entity other than a Borrower, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(b) maintain in full force and effect all material licenses, bonds, franchises, leases, Trademarks, qualifications and authorizations to do business, and all material Patents, contracts and other rights necessary or advisable to the profitable conduct of its businesses, except
(i) as expressly permitted by this Agreement,
(ii) such as may expire, be abandoned or lapse in the ordinary course of business or
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(iii) as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and
(c) continue in the same or reasonably related lines of business as presently conducted by it.
7.2 Maintenance of Property. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, keep all assets and interests in Real Property used or useful and necessary to its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation excepted) in accordance with its past operating practices and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof.
7.3 [Reserved].
7.4 Taxes. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, pay, before the same becomes delinquent or in default,
(a) all federal and other material Taxes imposed against it or any of its property, and
(b) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property; provided that such payment and discharge will not be required with respect to any Tax or claim if
(i) the validity thereof, or to the extent the amount thereof, is being contested in good faith, by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and
(ii) an adequate reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been established therefor as required in accordance with GAAP.
7.5 Requirements of Law; Material Contracts. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, comply (i) with all Requirements of Law applicable to it, including any state licensing laws and Environmental Laws and (ii) obligations under Material Contracts, in each case except, in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.6 Insurance. Each of the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to maintain, with insurance companies reasonably believed to be financially sound and reputable, insurance 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 (except in respect of the UK Loan Parties) cause Agent to be listed as a lender loss payee on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a standard non-contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause. Borrower will furnish to Agent, upon request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. Furthermore, without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties shall:
(a) obtain certificates and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders with respect to property and casualty insurance;
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(b) (except in respect of the UK Loan Parties) cause each insurance policy referred to in this Section 7.6 to provide that it shall not be cancelled, modified or not renewed (x) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to Agent (giving Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (y) for any other reason except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to Agent;
(c) deliver to Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or non-renewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent of payment of the premium therefor;
(d) maintain or cause to be maintained flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property in each case in compliance with applicable law; and
(e) maintain reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect to each of the Specified Litigation.
If any Loan Party fails to obtain and maintain insurance as provided in this Section, or to keep the same in force, Agent, if Agent so elects (without obligation), may obtain such insurance and pay the premium therefor for Borrower’s account and such expenses so paid shall be part of the Obligations. Without limitation of the foregoing, if as of the Closing Date or at any time thereafter, all or a portion of the improvements situated on any fee owned Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted are located within an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) as being in a “special flood hazard area” or as having specific flood hazards, Borrower shall also furnish Agent with flood insurance policies which conform to the requirements of said Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as either may be amended from time to time.
7.7 Books and Records; Inspections.
(a) The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, maintain books and records (including computer records and programs) of account pertaining to the assets, liabilities and financial transactions of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in such detail, form and scope as is consistent with good business practice, which shall be in conformity with GAAP in all material respects.
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(b) The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, provide Agent and its agents and one representative of each of the Lenders access to the Real Property and premises of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries at any time and from time to time, during normal business hours and with reasonable notice under the circumstances, and at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, for the purposes of (i) inspecting, appraising and verifying the Collateral, (ii) inspecting records or documents of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, (iii) copying and taking extracts from its financial and accounting records and (iv) discussing the affairs, finances and business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with any officer, employee or director thereof or with the Auditors (subject to such Auditor’s policies and procedures, and the right of the Loan Parties to be present at the discussions with the Auditors).
Borrower shall reimburse Agent for the reasonable and documented travel and related expenses of Agent’s employees or, at Agent’s option, of such outside accountants or examiners as may be retained by Agent to verify or inspect records or documents of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided that (x) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the number verifications and inspections for which Borrower shall be liable for reimbursement to Agent hereunder shall be limited to one verification and inspection in each calendar year and (y) the foregoing shall not operate to limit the number of verifications or inspections that Agent may elect to undertake. If Agent’s own employees are used, Borrower shall also pay such reasonable per diem allowance as Agent may from time to time establish, or, if outside examiners or accountants are used, Borrower shall also pay Agent such sum as Agent may be obligated to pay as fees for such services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.7, none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (a) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (b) in respect of which disclosure is prohibited by law or any binding agreement or (c) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided that in the event the Borrower does not provide information in reliance on clauses (b) and (c) of this sentence, the Borrower shall provide notice to the Agent (to the extent permitted to do so) that such information is being withheld and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent to provide such information or otherwise to communicate, to the extent both feasible and permitted under applicable law, rule, regulation or confidentiality obligation or without waiving such privilege, as applicable, the applicable information.
7.8 Notification Requirements. The Loan Parties shall timely give Agent and each Lender the following notices and other documents:
(a) Notice of Defaults. Promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days (or, in the case of any Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(d), an “Event of Default” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) within one (1) Business Day) after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge (i) of the occurrence of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, under any Loan Document, or (ii) that any Person has given notice to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition in Section 10.1(e), or the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto and Borrower’s proposed response thereto, each in reasonable detail.
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(b) Proceedings or Changes.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any Responsible Officer of Borrower obtains actual knowledge of any (i) material change, development or event in connection with a Specified Litigation (including monetary settlement) or (ii) any actual change, development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a written statement describing such proceeding, change, development or event and any action being taken by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(ii) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or date of any Loan Party submits, as applicable, any non-confidential pleadings, other court records, communications in connection with each of the Specified Litigation, or any final settlement agreements that may be shared with Agent under an applicable confidentiality provisions in connection with each of the Specified Litigation.
(iii) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days upon receipt by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries copies of each written notice or other written correspondence received from any Governmental Authority in connection with any material investigation or proceeding regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Changes.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a change in the location of any Collateral from the locations specified in Schedule 6.1(b), and
(ii) thirty (30) days (or such lesser time as Agent may agree in its sole discretion) prior written to a change to the Entity structure, legal name of any Loan Party, or jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party, in each case, together with a written statement describing such change,
together with, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), copies of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party, certified by the Secretary of State (or equivalent) in each relevant jurisdiction, evidencing such change. If any notice is delivered with respect to Schedule 6.1(b) pursuant to this Section 7.8, such notice shall be deemed to be an addition to such Schedule.
(d) ERISA Notices.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Termination Event has occurred, a written statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower describing such Termination Event and any action that is being taken with respect thereto by any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, an ERISA Affiliate, and any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC;
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(ii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service, a copy of each funding waiver request filed with respect to any Pension Plan subject to the funding requirements of Section 412 of the Code and all communications received by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with respect to such request;
(iii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intention to terminate a Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer a Pension Plan, a copy of each such notice;
(iv) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, notice (including the nature of the event and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service or the PBGC with respect thereto) of:
(A) any Prohibited Transaction with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(B) any cessation of operations (by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate) at a facility in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(C) a failure by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate to make a payment to a Pension Plan required to avoid imposition of a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA or Section 412(n) of the Code, or the imposition of such a Lien,
(D) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Pension Plan pursuant to Section 436(f) of the Code that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
(E) any change in the actuarial assumptions or funding methods used for any Plan where the effect of such change is to increase materially the unfunded benefit liability or obligation to make periodic contributions that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) promptly upon the request of Agent, each annual report (IRS Form 5500 series) and all accompanying schedules, the most recent actuarial reports, the most recent financial information concerning the financial status of each Pension Plan administered or maintained by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate, and schedules showing the amounts contributed to each Pension Plan by or on behalf of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate in which any of its personnel participate or from which such personnel may derive a benefit, and each Schedule SB (Actuarial Information) to the annual report filed by such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each such Plan;
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(vi) promptly after the filing thereof, copies of any Form 5310, or any successor or equivalent form to Form 5310, filed with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the termination of any Plan, and copies of any standard termination notice or distress termination notice filed with the PBGC in connection with the termination of any Pension Plan;
(vii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate, notice and demand for payment of withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan;
(viii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice by the Department of Labor of any penalty, audit, investigation or purported violation of ERISA with respect to a Plan;
(ix) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department of any income tax deficiency or delinquency, excise tax penalty, audit or investigation with respect to a Plan; and
(x) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice of any administrative or judicial complaint, or the entry of a judgment, award or settlement agreement, in either case with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Material Contracts. Concurrently with the delivery of any Compliance Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d), notice of any Material Contract that has been terminated or amended in any material respect, together with a copy of any such amendment and delivery of a copy of any new Material Contract that has been entered into, in each case since the later of the Closing Date or delivery of the prior Compliance Certificate; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to separately deliver copies of any Material Contracts (or amendments thereto) that are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC.
(f) Environmental Matters.
(i) Promptly provide notice of any Release of Hazardous Materials in any reportable quantity from or onto real property owned or operated by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(ii) Promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide written notice of any of the following: (i) an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of a Loan Party of one of its Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) written notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative order from a Governmental Authority, in each case which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(g) Insurance. Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by a Loan Party of notice or knowledge thereof, of the actual or intended cancellation of, or any material and adverse change in coverage or other terms of, any insurance required to be maintained by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(h) Potential Transactions. Promptly, and in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days before consummation thereof, notice of any transaction outside the ordinary course of business, including settlement of any claim, acquisitions or divestitures outside the ordinary course of business.
7.9 Annual Collateral Verification. Concurrently with the delivery of the Financial Statements under Section 7.11(a) for each fiscal year, a certificate of its Responsible Officer either confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Closing Date or on the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 7.9 and/or identifying such changes.
7.10 Qualify to Transact Business. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, qualify to transact business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction where the nature or extent of its business or the ownership of its property requires it to be so qualified or authorized and where failure to qualify or be authorized could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.11 Financial Reporting. Borrower shall deliver to Agent the following:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the annual audited and certified consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an Auditor, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit (except for any such qualification pertaining to impending debt maturities of the Loans occurring within 12 months of such audit or any breach of any financial covenant thereunder).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2025,
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(i) the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and for the fiscal year to date, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such comparison shall not be required for any period occurring prior to the Closing Date), all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and
(ii) a narrative discussion of the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and results of operations and the liquidity and capital resources for the Fiscal Quarter then ended, prepared by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.
(c) Monthly Financial Statements. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month, commencing with the fiscal month ended May 31, 2023,
(i) the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and for the fiscal year to date, and
(ii) a certification by a Responsible Officer of Borrower that such Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and are fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with the delivery of each of the Financial Statements referred to in Section 7.11(a) and Section 7.11(b), a compliance certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit H (a “Compliance Certificate”), signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, with an attached schedule of computations (1) calculating (A) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and (B) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and (2) setting forth the Applicable Margin for the applicable upcoming Fiscal Quarter, based on the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth therein for the prior relevant Fiscal Quarter end.
(e) Lender Calls. Within five (5) Business Days after the quarterly Financial Statements are to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (or, at the reasonable request of the Agent, within five (5) Business Days after the monthly Financial Statements are delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(c)), participate in conference calls or meetings with the Agent and the Lenders, such calls or meetings to be held at such time as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent, to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for the most recently-ended period for which Financial Statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a), Section 7.11(b) or Section 7.11(c), as applicable.
(f) ABL Facility and Second Lien Facility Reporting. The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent (x) copies of all Financial Statements, the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), budgets, reports, notices, analyses and other deliverables that are delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the ABL Loan Documents, in each case contemporaneously with delivery to the ABL Agent (or any other person as may be required under the terms of the ABL Loan Documents) and (y) copies of all financial statements, budgets, reports, notices, analyses and other deliverables that are delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Loan Documents, in each case, promptly after delivery to the Second Lien Agent or Second Lien Lenders (or any other person as may be required under the terms of the Second Lien Loan Documents).
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(g) Statements of Reconciliation after Changes in Accounting Principles. If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in preparation of the audited Historical Financials delivered on or prior to the Closing Date, or, following the first delivery of Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a), the Financial Statements most recently delivered pursuant thereto, the consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) and 7.11(b) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated Financial Statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such Financial Statements after such change, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a statement of reconciliation for the immediately prior Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(h) [Reserved].
(i) Preliminary Business Plan. Beginning with December 31, 2025, not later than December 31 of each year, the Preliminary Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
(j) Business Plan. Not later than the earlier of (x) ten (10) Business Days after certification by the board of directors of Borrower and (y) February 28 of each year, the Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
(k) SEC Reports. As soon as available, but not later than five (5) Business Days after the same are sent or filed, as the case may be, copies of all Financial Statements and reports that any Loan Party sends to any of the owners of its Equity Interests or files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Governmental Authority and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Agent hereto.
(l) Monthly Operating Report. As soon as practically available, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, (beginning with the calendar month ending January 31, 2025), the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent for distribution to the Lenders a Monthly Operating Report in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (it being understood and agreed that the form provided to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date is reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).
(m) Other Information. (A) Promptly after the request by Agent, such additional Financial Statements and other related data and information as to the business, operations, results of operations, assets, collateral, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as Agent may from time to time reasonably request, (B) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Borrower to its security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to its equity holders, bondholders or holders of any other of its securities acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to its security holders other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower and all press releases and other statements made generally available by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (C) promptly and in each case contemporaneously with delivery therewith copies of all reports or other information delivered or required to be delivered to any lender or agent of any Material Indebtedness.
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As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.11(k), the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clauses under Section 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c) and 7.11(m) (except for 7.11(m)(C)) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in Sections 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c) and 7.11(m) (except for 7.11(m)(C)) at the times specified therein.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c), 7.11(m) (except for 7.11(m)(C)) or 7.11(k) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically 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: https://www.teaminc.com; 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 Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent);
provided that the Borrower shall notify (by fax or e-mail transmission) the Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Agent by e-mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The 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. The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use reasonable efforts to satisfy all due diligence requests submitted by the Agent or advisors to the Agent as soon as reasonably practicable. Delivery of the foregoing information shall not be deemed to be actual or constructive notice of any Loan Party’s compliance with its obligations under the Loan Documents.
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7.12 Payment of Liabilities. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge, in the ordinary course of business, all obligations and liabilities (including tax liabilities and other governmental charges), except where
(i) the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves with respect thereto have been established in accordance with GAAP or
(ii) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.13 ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates to,
(a) maintain each Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code so as to satisfy the qualification requirements thereof,
(b) contribute, or require that contributions be made, in a timely manner
(i) to each Pension Plan in amounts sufficient (x) to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, if applicable, (y) to satisfy any other Requirements of Law and (z) to satisfy the terms and conditions of each such Pension Plan, and
(ii) to each Foreign Plan in amounts sufficient to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of any applicable law or regulation, without any application for a waiver from any such funding requirements,
(c) cause each Plan or Foreign Plan to comply in all material respects with applicable law (including all applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations) and
(d) pay in a timely manner, in all material respects, all required premiums to the PBGC.
As used in this Section 7.13, “Foreign Plan” means any Plan or Pension Plan that is subject to any Requirement of Law other than ERISA or the Code and that is maintained, or otherwise contributed to, by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of employees outside the United States and Canada.
7.14 Environmental Matters. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, conduct its business so as to comply in all material respects with and address all liabilities under all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and renew all Permits required pursuant to any Environmental Law, except, in each case, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.15 Intellectual Property. Except as otherwise permitted by the Security Documents, the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, do and cause to be done all things necessary in their reasonable business judgment to preserve and keep in full force and effect all of their Material Intellectual Property, including issuances and registrations of Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs and Copyrights.
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7.16 Solvency. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, shall be and remain Solvent at all times.
7.17 Access to Employees, Etc.
(a) At the request of the Agent from time to time, the Borrower shall cause senior employees that are the head of any business line or division and senior members of the internal finance teams of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet with representatives of the Agent and Lenders (which meeting shall be in person or virtual at the reasonable request of the Agent); and
(b) At the request of the Agent from time to time, the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof shall use reasonable best efforts to facilitate a dialogue between the Agent and any investment bankers, consultants or other professionals (other than accountants) or other senior personnel of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as soon as reasonably practicable after such request.
7.18 [Reserved].
7.19 Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each of the Loan Parties shall comply in all respects with all applicable Sanctions and in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws and shall maintain all of the necessary Permits required pursuant to any applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws in order for such Loan Party to continue the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and will maintain policies, procedures, and internal controls designed to promote and achieve compliance with such applicable laws and with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
7.20 Additional Subsidiaries; Further Assurances.
(a) Each Loan Party will, in the event that any Loan Party forms or acquires any direct or indirect Material Subsidiary organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction or in the event any Subsidiary organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction becomes a Material Subsidiary in accordance with clause (ii) of the definition of “Material Subsidiary”, in each case after the Closing Date (including in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws), within thirty (30) days of such event (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its reasonable discretion (at the direction of the Required Lenders)) (a) cause such new Material Subsidiary to provide to Agent a joinder or similar document to the applicable Security Documents, (b) deliver to Agent financing statements with respect to such Material Subsidiary, a Pledged Interests Addendum with respect to the Equity Interests of such Material Subsidiary (to the extent the shareholder of such Material Subsidiary is also a Loan Party), and such other security agreements (including Mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of such new Material Subsidiary), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, necessary to create the Liens intended to be created under the Security Documents; provided (x) that the joinder to this Agreement or the Security Documents, shall not be required to be provided to Agent with respect to any Subsidiary that is not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction; and (y) subject to Section 7.21, Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited shall not be required to become a Loan Party unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and Agent after Borrower obtains the consent of The Trustees of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan to permit Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited to grant first-priority security over its assets in favor of the Agent, (c) provide, or cause the applicable Loan Party to provide, to Agent a Pledged Interests Addendum and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Material Subsidiary (to the extent the shareholder of such Material Subsidiary is also a Loan Party), to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such interests would not result in material adverse tax consequences under the Code or any applicable Requirement of Law to any Loan Party as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Agent, and (d) provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, which, in their reasonable discretion, is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance, flood certification documentation or other documentation with respect to all Real Property owned in fee and subject to a Mortgage).
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Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required by law or which the Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of the Loan Parties; provided that no such action shall be required with respect to assets located in Quebec unless the aggregate fair market value of all tangible assets located in Quebec exceeds CAD $750,000.
(b) Each Loan Party will, at the time that any Loan Party acquires any Real Property (other than Real Property constituting Excluded Property) after the Closing Date, within sixty (60) days of such acquisition (or such later date as permitted by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion), deliver to the Agent a duly executed Mortgage and the applicable Mortgage Support Documentation in favor of the Agent with respect to such Real Property, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
(c) At any time from time to time upon the request of the Agent, each Loan Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as any Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Loan Documents. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Loan Party shall take such actions as any Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Excluded Property) of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties and all of the outstanding Equity Interests owned by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties (subject to limitations contained in the Loan Documents with respect to CFCs), in each case, as otherwise required under and in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, no Loan Party shall be required to (i) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Security Jurisdictions with respect to the creation and/or perfection of any security interest in any asset, including, without limitation, the execution of any agreement, document or other instrument governed by the law of any jurisdiction other than the Security Jurisdictions or (ii) make any filings or take any other actions to record or perfect the Agent’s Lien on and security interest in any Intellectual Property outside of the United States, Canada, the Security Jurisdictions or any other jurisdiction where the ABL Agent or Second Lien Agent have taken actions or are permitted to take actions to perfect a security interest in Intellectual Property (but only to the extent of such actions taken or being taken and only with respect to such Intellectual Property for which such actions were taken, are being taken or are expected to be taken) or (iii) reimburse the Agent for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with making any such filings or taking any such other action referenced in the forgoing clause (i) and clause (ii).
7.21 Post-Closing Covenants. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the applicable time period set forth on Schedule 7.21 (or such longer time as Agent may agree (and subject to any wavier that Agent may provide), in each case in Agent’s sole discretion (at the direction of the Required Lenders)), each Loan Party will deliver all documents and take all actions set forth on Schedule 7.21.
7.22 [Reserved].
7.23 Residency for Dutch Tax Purposes. Each Dutch Loan Party will remain resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands only and not create a permanent establishment or permanent representative outside of the Netherlands, unless with the prior written consent of the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders).
7.24 Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes. Any fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax purposes in which a Loan Party is included, will consist of Loan Parties only, unless with the prior written consent of the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders).
7.25 Allocation of Tax Losses upon Termination of Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes. If, at any time, a Loan Party is member of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax purposes (vennootschapsbelasting) and such fiscal unity is, in respect of that Loan Party, terminated (verbroken) or disrupted (beëindigd) as a result of or in connection with the Agent or a Lender enforcing its rights under any Loan Document, such Loan Party shall, at the request of the Agent, together with the parent company (moedermaatschappij) or deemed parent company (aangewezen moedermaatschappij) of that fiscal unity, for no consideration and as soon as reasonably practicable, lodge a request with the relevant Governmental Authority to allocate and surrender (i) any tax losses (within the meaning of Article 20 of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)) (ii) any interest carry forward (within the meaning of Article 15b of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)), (iii) any tax credit carry forward (within the meaning of Article 25a of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)), and/or (iv) any other tax attribute (within the meaning of and in accordance with the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969) to the Loan Party leaving the fiscal
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unity, to the extent such tax losses, interest carry forward, tax credit carry forward or other tax attribute, respectively, is or are attributable (toerekenbaar) to that Loan Party (within the meaning of Article 15af, 15ahb, 15al or other relevant provision, respectively, of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)).
ARTICLE VIII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, until Payment in Full of all Obligations:
8.1 Indebtedness. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or issue any Disqualified Equity Interests other than:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness in connection with the 1970 Group SIRFA, provided that such Indebtedness (i) shall not permit or require any cash interest payments (provided that this limitation shall not prohibit the payment of the “Effective Date Fee” or the “Extension Fee” (each as defined in the 1970 Group SIRFA) or any similar fee thereunder); (ii) shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement; and (iii) shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(b), and not any other clause of this Section 8.1;
(c) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness) to finance all or any part of the purchase, lease, construction, installment, repair or improvement of property, plant or equipment or other fixed or capital assets in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred within ninety (90) days after the purchase, lease, construction, installation, repair or improvement of the property that is the subject of such Indebtedness; (ii) up to $3,000,000 in the aggregate of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees or letter of credit facilities, in each case, in the ordinary course of business,
(d) Bank Product Obligations (other than arising under Hedging Agreements) and Indebtedness under Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(e) Indebtedness comprised of Permitted Intercompany Advances;
(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;
(g) Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided that (x) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such guarantee shall be subordinated to the guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness and (y) no Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall guaranty the Indebtedness of any Loan Party;
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(h) issuances of Equity Interests permitted pursuant to Section 8.5;
(i) endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of
(i) overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, purchasing card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services and similar arrangements, and in connection with securities and commodities arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Permitted Investments and not any obligation in connection with margin financing,
(iii) the endorsement of instruments for deposit or the financing of insurance premiums,
(iv) deferred compensation or similar arrangements to the employees of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries,
(v) obligations to pay insurance premiums or take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements and
(vi) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, business interruption or liability insurance to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such Indebtedness shall not be in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of the annual premium for such insurance; or
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(k) the ABL Obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time $150,000,000; provided that (a) the obligors under the ABL Credit Agreement shall not at any time include any Person that is not a Loan Party and the assets or property securing the ABL Obligations shall at all times constitute Collateral hereunder, (b) the ABL Facility shall provide that the availability of the credit extensions thereunder is subject to borrowing bases with respect to one or more categories of ABL Priority Collateral and which borrowing bases shall, on any applicable date of determination, be customary for financings of this type and (c) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness incurred under this clause (k) shall not permit or require any interest payments at a non-default rate of interest (inclusive of margin, benchmark and any floors) in excess of Term SOFR plus 7.25% per annum, provided that (I) in the case of any refinancing of the ABL Credit Agreement or the commitments made thereunder (an “ABL Refinancing Commitment”), to the extent that the proposed terms of such Refinancing Indebtedness provide for interest payments at a non-default rate (inclusive of margin, benchmark and any floors) in excess of Term SOFR plus 5.50% per annum and/or an All-In Yield (as defined below) of 10.00% or more, then (i) the Borrower shall seek ABL Refinancing Commitments from then existing Lenders hereunder on substantially consistent economic terms and on the basis of reasonably progressed term sheet(s) with respect to the other terms thereof, (ii) any Lender approached to provide ABL Refinancing Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such ABL Refinancing Commitment on such terms; provided that to the extent a Lender has not elected or declined to provide such ABL Refinancing Commitment within ten (10) Business Days of request such Lender shall be deemed to have declined such request, (iii) if the existing Lenders hereunder do not elect to provide the full amount of ABL Refinancing Commitments on such terms, the Borrower may then seek ABL Refinancing Commitments on economic terms substantially consistent with (and otherwise on market terms, as reasonably determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) those offered to the then existing Lenders and (II) the administrative agent for such ABL Refinancing Commitment shall have entered into an intercreditor agreement with the Agent with respect to the relative priority of Liens in respect of the ABL Refinancing Commitment and the Obligations that is in form and substance acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion (it being agreed that an intercreditor agreement that is at least as favorable to the Agent and the Lenders as the existing ABL intercreditor agreement shall be deemed acceptable), which intercreditor agreement shall, upon the effectiveness thereof, be deemed to be the “ABL Intercreditor Agreement” hereunder; provided, further, that, for purposes of this clause (k), “All-In Yield” means, as of any date of determination, the all-in-yield taking into account (i) interest margins, applicable rate and benchmark, minimum benchmark rate, minimum base rate, recurring periodic fees, (ii) any multiple on invested capital (or similar) and any other pricing or economics, including those payable-in-kind, (iii) the amount of any discount or upfront funding fee, or any arrangement, commitment, structuring, syndication, underwriting, amendment or consent fees, including any such fees payable in connection with the refinancing, renewal or extension of the ABL Credit Agreement, or any premium, make-whole, prepayment or exit fee which, in the case of this clause (iii), shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year average life to maturity (or, if less, the stated life to maturity at the time of its incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness);
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(l) Indebtedness incurred under the Second Lien Credit Agreement (and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, subject to clause (G) of this Section 8.1(l) below) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of (i) $97,413,198.18, plus (ii) up to $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Delayed Draw Loans borrowed thereunder pursuant thereto, plus (iii) the amount of all PIK Interest (as defined under the Second Lien Credit Agreement) accreted thereunder, plus (iv) up to $15,000,000 of Second Lien Incremental Loans, solely to the extent that the use of proceeds of any Second Lien Incremental Loans are for working capital; provided that (A) in respect of such Indebtedness, (I) cash interest shall not be payable during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended exceeds 3.50 to 1.00, (II) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 but exceeds 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrower may pay up to 50% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash and (III) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrower may pay up to 100% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash, in each case of subclause (I) through (III), as determined by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered or required to be delivered together with Financial Statements pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (and without regard to any difference in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio reported for the same period in any Compliance Certificate delivered together with Financial Statements pursuant to Section 7.11(a)), (B) such Indebtedness shall not permit or require any cash interest payments at a rate in excess of (i) during the period beginning on the Closing Date and extending until the earlier of (x) the date of the borrowing of the full amount of the Second Lien Delayed Draw Loans and (y) September 30, 2026 (the “Initial Interest Cap Period” and thereafter, the “Step-up Interest Cap Period”), 13.50% per annum, which shall accrue monthly and be paid each Fiscal Quarter during the Initial Interest Cap Period, and (ii) during the Step-up Interest Cap Period, 14.50% per annum (in each case subject to the limitations in subclause (A) above), (C) such Indebtedness shall be expressly subordinated in right of priority and payment (including with respect to interest, principal and any other fees and expenses) to the Obligations pursuant to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (D) such Indebtedness shall not mature prior to 91 days after the Maturity Date, (E) the amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(l) shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by the amount of unsecured Indebtedness incurred under Section 8.1(n) in excess of $15,000,000, (F) such Indebtedness shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (l) and not any other clause of this Section 8.1,(G) (i) commitment, extension, consent, amendment and other similar fees in respect of such Indebtedness may be payable in cash up to an amount equal to 5% of the total principal amount of relevant loans or commitments in respect thereof and shall be permitted to be paid in kind, in equity or in the form of original issue discount without any limitation, (ii) amortization in respect of such Indebtedness shall not exceed 1.00% per annum and (iii) interest paid in kind may be increased to a rate equal to 2% above the then-current rate of interest paid in kind in respect of such Indebtedness, subject to a maximum rate of 16.5% (excluding increases resulting from (x) increases in the underlying reference rate not caused by an amendment, supplement, modification or refinancing of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (y) application of the pricing set forth in Section 4.1(a) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, or (z) the accrual of interest at the default rate set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) and (H) any Refinancing Indebtedness of the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall be permitted solely to the extent that such Refinancing Indebtedness is in compliance with each of clauses (A) through (G) hereof;
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(m) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary, or of the Borrower to any Subsidiary; provided that (i) all such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, and, if owed to a Loan Party, shall be subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the Payment in Full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Note, (iii) any payment by any such Guarantor Subsidiary under any guaranty of the Obligations shall result in a pro tanto reduction of the amount of any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any of its Subsidiaries for whose benefit such payment is made and (iv) such Indebtedness is permitted as an Investment under Section 8.10(k); (n) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed at any time the greater of $15,000,000 and 28% of EBITDA, plus an amount equal to the amount of any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness originally incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(l) solely to the extent that such Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 8.1(l) is reduced on a dollar for dollar basis in accordance with clause (E) of the proviso at the end of Section 8.1(l); provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of priority and payment (including with respect to interest, principal and any other fees and expenses) to the Obligations under terms satisfactory to the Agent (in its sole discretion); (ii) such Indebtedness shall not mature prior to 91 days after the Maturity Date; (iii) such Indebtedness shall not be permitted to be optionally or mandatorily repaid or prepaid in cash prior to the Maturity Date hereof; (iv) (A) cash interest shall not be payable during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended exceeds 3.50 to 1.00, (B) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 but exceeds 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrower may pay up to 50% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash and (C) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrower may pay up to 100% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash; (v) (A) commitment, extension, consent, amendment and other similar fees in respect of such Indebtedness may be payable in cash up to an amount equal to 5% of the total principal amount of relevant loans or commitments in respect thereof and shall be permitted to be paid in kind or in the form of original issue discount without any limitation, (B) amortization in respect of such Indebtedness shall not exceed 1.00% per annum and (C) interest paid in kind may be increased to a rate equal to 2% above the then-current rate of interest paid in kind in respect of such Indebtedness (excluding increases resulting from (x) increases in the underlying reference rate not caused by an amendment, supplement, modification or refinancing of the documentation governing such Indebtedness, (y) application of the pricing grid set forth in the documentation governing such Indebtedness at the time of execution of such documentation, to the extent not providing for a higher paid in kind rate than the Second Lien Credit Agreement in effect on the date hereof, or (z) the accrual of interest at the default rate set forth in the documentation governing such Indebtedness at the time of execution of such documentation); (vi) the use of proceeds for such Indebtedness shall be limited solely to working capital; (vii) such Indebtedness shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(n), and not any other clause of this Section 8.1; and (viii) any Refinancing Indebtedness of the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(n) shall be permitted solely to the extent that such Refinancing Indebtedness is in compliance with each of clauses (i) through (vii) hereof;
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(o) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; (p) Indebtedness not otherwise permitted in this Section 8.1 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $7,500,000 and 14% of EBITDA at any time outstanding; provided that to the extent Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (p) would exceed the greater of $3,000,000 and 5% of EBITDA at the time of incurrence of any additional Indebtedness to be incurred in reliance on this clause (p), then such additional Indebtedness shall be permitted only if, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(q) Indebtedness resulting from Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted pursuant to Section 8.5(m) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time outstanding; and
(r) Indebtedness consisting of the letters of credit as in effect on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.1(r) and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Loan Party shall guarantee or provide credit support for any obligation of the Borrower under the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement.
8.2 Permitted Activities of the Borrower. The Borrower shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any material business or operations, enter into any commercial contracts in its own name, or own, hold or maintain any material assets or Investments (including direct Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or joint ventures) other than those existing as of the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.2; provided that the following shall be permitted in any event: (i) Borrower’s ownership of the Equity Interests of the direct Subsidiaries it owns on the Closing Date and activities incidental thereto; (ii) the incurrence of, and performance of any obligations under any documentation related to, any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.1; (iii) the consummation of (A) the Transactions and (B) any of the Amendment No. 1 Transactions; (iv) the payment of dividends and distributions, and the making of contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries, in each case, not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement; (v) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance and performance of activities relating to its officers, directors, managers and employees and those of its Subsidiaries); (vi) (A) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, the issuance of the Warrants and the other transactions contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and 2025 Preferred Documents and (B) any public offering of its stock or any other issuance or registration of its Equity Interests for sale or resale not prohibited by this Agreement, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto; (vii) the participation in tax, accounting and other administrative matters, including compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting matters related thereto and activities relating to its officers, directors, managers and employees; (viii) the holding of any cash and Cash Equivalents (but not operating any property); (ix) providing
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indemnification to officers and members of the board of directors of the Borrower; (x) incurring fees, costs and expenses in the ordinary course of business, including relating to overhead, insurance and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes; (xi) taking actions in furtherance of and consummating a Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction; and (xii) any action incidental to the foregoing.
8.3 Entity Changes, Etc. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, divide, merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any Person, liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) any such Subsidiary may merge with or liquidate or dissolve into
(i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or
(ii) any one or more Subsidiaries, provided that when a subsidiary which is not a Loan Party merges with a Loan Party, the Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person and when a Loan Party liquidates or dissolves, it shall liquidate and dissolve into another Loan Party;
(b) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to the Borrower or to a Guarantor (or if such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor to another Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor);
(c) any Subsidiary may change its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, provided
(i) such Person provides the Agent with at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of change,
(ii) no Default exists at such time; and
(iii) if such Person is organized or incorporated in the U.S., Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands:
(A) such new jurisdiction is in the U.S., Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands; and
(B) if such Person is a Loan Party, such Person shall deliver such Security Documents and any other documentation (including opinions) as may be requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) to ensure the Agent maintains a valid, enforceable and perfected First Priority Lien on the Collateral of such Person (subject only to Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (v), (vi), and (xvi) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” which are statutory, non-consensual Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreements);
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(d) after providing any applicable prior written notice to the Agent pursuant to Section 7.8(c), any Subsidiary may change in legal form if such change is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
8.4 Change in Nature of Business. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time make any material change in the nature of their business as carried on at the date hereof or enter into any new line of business that is not similar, corollary, related, ancillary, incidental or complementary, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto the business as carried on as of the date hereof.
8.5 Sales, Etc. of Assets. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets (including by an allocation of assets among newly divided limited liability companies pursuant to a “plan of division”) or otherwise consummate any Asset Disposition except:
(a) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the sale or other disposition of obsolete or worn out property, or other property no longer used or useful in the conduct of business, in each case, disposed of in the ordinary course of business (and not part of an accounts receivable financing, factoring or similar transaction (other than by a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party if done in ordinary course));
(c) the sale, transfer or other disposition of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(d) sales, transfers or other dispositions of property that are a settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of or relating to any property or asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
(e) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;
(f) the abandonment of Intellectual Property (or lapse of any registration or application in respect of Intellectual Property) that is, in the reasonable good faith judgment of Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; and
(g) operating leases or sub leases on arm’s-length terms entered into in the ordinary course of business with respect to excess real property space, as determined by the Borrower in good faith;
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(h) dispositions permitted under Section 8.3;
(i) dispositions of property to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party, the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or such disposition shall constitute a Permitted Investment; provided, further, that Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments shall be permitted at all times;
(j) dispositions constituting Permitted Investments;
(k) sales or dispositions of other assets (including intangible property related to such fixed assets) so long as (i) made at fair market value, (ii) the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in the aggregate (including the proposed disposition) pursuant to this clause (k) would not exceed the greater of $12,000,000 and 20% of EBITDA in the aggregate per fiscal year, (iii) such sale or disposition is not part of an accounts receivable financing, factoring or similar transaction (other than by a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party if done in the ordinary course of business) and (iv) subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, unless the Required Lenders have expressly consented in writing to any other application of payments, 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such disposition shall be used to pay the Obligations hereunder (inclusive, for the avoidance of doubt, of any Applicable Premium) in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5;
(l) sales, transfers or other disposals (in each case, whether direct or indirect, and including Sale and Leaseback Transactions) of any assets outside the ordinary course of business, solely to the extent that (i) such disposition shall have been approved bya majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower, (ii)the consideration received from such disposition shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the asset that is subject to such disposition, (iii) at least 75% of the consideration received from such disposition shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and (iv) subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, unless the Required Lenders have expressly consented in writing to any other application of payments, 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such disposition shall be used to pay the Obligations hereunder (inclusive, for the avoidance of doubt, of any Applicable Premium) in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5;
(m) Sale and Leaseback Transactions, solely to the extent that (i) any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is on arm’s length terms or terms that are at least as favorable to the Loan Party or Subsidiary engaging in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the consideration received by such Loan Party or Subsidiary shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the property that is subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(n) other asset divestitures by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries solely to the extent that (i) the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in the aggregate pursuant to this clause (n) would not exceed the greater of $18,000,000 and 30% of EBITDA and (ii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, 100% of Net Cash Proceeds with respect to any sale or disposition of the type described in this Section 8.5(n) shall be used to pay the Obligations hereunder (inclusive, for the avoidance of doubt, of any Applicable Premium) in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5;
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(o) any transaction, or series of related transactions, to effectuate a Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction on the date thereof; and
(p) (i) the issuance of common Equity Interests by any Subsidiary, solely as director qualifying shares and as required by applicable law, or to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times all assets material to the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be held by Loan Parties.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) at no time shall any Loan Party transfer (including by way of direct or indirect sales, transfers, dispositions, Sale and Leaseback Transactions, Restricted Payments, Investments or otherwise) or exclusively license (in-whole or in-part) any Material Intellectual Property to any non-Loan Party Affiliate or Subsidiary and (ii) no non-Loan Party Affiliate or Subsidiary shall acquire, own, exclusively license or otherwise exclusively hold, in whole or in part, any Material Intellectual Property.
8.6 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will not (a) use any portion of the proceeds of any Loan in violation of Section 2.4 or for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) in any manner which violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board or for any other purpose in violation of any applicable statute or regulation, or of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or (b) take, or permit any Person acting on its behalf to take, any action which could reasonably be expected to cause this Agreement or any other Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve Board.
The Borrower shall not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use any portion of the Loan proceeds, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any Loan proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any payment or provision of any money or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, representative of a state-owned enterprise, any other Person acting in an official capacity, or any other Person, in order to obtain, retain or direct business improperly or obtain any improper business advantage, in each case in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws; (ii) in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; (iii) to fund, finance or facilitate any activities of or business with any Sanctioned Person or in or involving any Designated Jurisdiction in violation of applicable Sanctions; or (iv) in any other manner that would constitute or give rise to a violation of Sanctions by any party hereto (including any Secured Party).
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The Borrower shall not fund all or part of, any repayment under this Agreement: (x) out of proceeds derived, directly or knowingly indirectly, from any dealings with, or property of, a Sanctioned Person in violation of Sanctions or otherwise in violation of applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or Anti-Corruption Laws; or (y) in any other manner that would constitute or give rise to a violation of Sanctions by any party hereto (including any Secured Party).
The Borrower shall not use any proceeds from the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment funded after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date for any purpose other than to (i) finance permitted acquisitions and finance certain growth initiatives (including the costs of expansion into new markets) pursuant to a Business Plan (as defined in the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement) approved or certified by the board of directors of the Borrower, (ii) repay a portion of the Loans outstanding and (iii) finance, in an amount of up to 20% of the aggregate net proceeds of any Delayed Draw Closing (as defined in the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement) and each other consummated Delayed Draw Closing (as defined in the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement) in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment funded after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Borrower’s mutually agreed transformation plan in accordance with Section 1.05(b) of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
8.72025 Preferred Equity Investment
. Other than in connection with (A) a Qualified Change of Control Transaction, (B) a Stellex Change of Control Transaction or (C) any redemption, retirement, payment or prepayment made using available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9(f) and Section 8.9(g) of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not redeem, retire or otherwise pay or prepay the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, nor permit the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment to be redeemed, retired or otherwise paid or prepaid, in each case, at any time prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Section 8.7 shall be interpreted as prohibiting the Borrower from (i) paying cash dividends in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation using available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9(f) and Section 8.9(g) of this Agreement, (ii) accruing any dividends, fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents as compounded increases to the stated value of the applicable preferred equity interests in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation (and dividends, fees or other amounts paid in kind under or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation) or (iii) issuing any Equity Interests upon exercise of the Warrants or paying cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of such Equity Interests or any fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the Warrants.
8.8 Liens. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any assets other than Permitted Liens.
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8.9 Dividends, Redemptions, Distributions, Etc. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay any dividends or make any distributions on or in respect of its Equity Interests, or purchase, redeem or retire any of its Equity Interests or any warrants, options or rights to purchase any such Equity Interests, whether now or hereafter outstanding (“Interests”), or make any payment on account of or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of such Interests, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, or management or similar fees payable to the Designated Equity Investor or Stellex or any of its Affiliates, and including any of the foregoing in respect of the interests issued pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or Warrants (all of the foregoing, the “Restricted Payments”), except that:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (A) if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Borrower or a Subsidiary and (B) (x) no Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (a) may be made by a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments shall be permitted at all times;
(b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividends payable solely in the stock or other Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of such Person so long as, in the case of a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary remains wholly-owned by the Borrower; provided that if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Borrower or a Subsidiary;
(c) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may make Equity Interest repurchases with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock;
(d) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in cash to purchase or redeem or in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of the Equity Interests of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $500,000 and 1.00% of EBITDA;
(e) the Borrower may make payments (or distributions to facilitate such payments, as applicable), (w) from and after or Stellex Change of Control Transaction, of management, transaction or similar fees payable to the Designated Equity Investor or Stellex, as applicable, or any ofeac h of their Affiliates in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year,(x) of indemnity expenses pursuant to indemnity provisions set forth in the 2025 Preferred Documents, (y) of reimbursement for reasonable and documented expenses (including reimbursement of travel expenses for board members) incurred by the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on behalf of (or in connection with its equity investment in) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (z) as otherwise as approved by the Agent in its sole discretion; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such payment, (ii) Excess Availability (A) at all times during the thirty (30) consecutive days immediately preceding the date of such payment, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such payment was made on the first day of such period, and (B) immediately after giving effect to such payment, in each case, is not less than $25,000,000 (or Agent shall have otherwise consented thereto), (iii) the amount in respect of such management, transaction or similar fees payable in any period but not allowed to be paid in cash shall be deferred and shall not be paid until and to the extent that any Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived and (iv) any amounts permitted to be paid pursuant to this clause (e) and not paid in any applicable fiscal year shall not then be permitted to be paid during any subsequent fiscal year period;
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(f) the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments so long as (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and (y) the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the payment of such Restricted Payment;
(g) the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the Available Amount at the time of such Restricted Payment and with respect to which the Available Amount Conditions have been satisfied; and
(h) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may (i) “pay in kind” or accrue as compounded increases to the stated value of the applicable preferred equity interests in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation (x) non-cash dividends or (y) fees or other amounts payable in kind and not in cash in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents, (ii) issue shares of common stock of the Borrower upon exercise of the Warrants and (iii) make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of common stock of the Borrower issued upon exercise of the Warrants (and any fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the Warrants may be paid) in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, (i) no Restricted Payment shall be permitted hereunder to the extent it would result in the disposition or other transfer of any Material Intellectual Property or other assets or property material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person (other than a Loan Party). and (ii) no Restricted Payment in respect of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, or in respect of any interests or Warrants issued in connection therewith, shall be permitted under this Agreement other than (x) to the extent of any available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9(f) and Section 8.9(g), (y) payment of indemnity and expense reimbursement in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment as permitted under Section 8.9(e) and/or (z) under Section 8.9(h) of this Agreement.
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8.10 Investments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time make or hold any Investment in any Person (whether in cash, securities or other property of any kind) except the following (collectively, the “Permitted Investments”):
(a) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.10;
(b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guarantees by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1;
(d) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses; provided that the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(f)other Investments in an aggregate amount that do not exceed the Available Amount at the time of such Investments;
(g) Permitted Intercompany Advances;
(h) Investments by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a Loan Party;
(i) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods or services in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(j) deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of (i) operating leases and (ii) other contractual obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness;
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(k) (i) Investments by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and (ii) Investments by Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate amount (when combined with all other Investments made pursuant to clause (g) (to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties)) not to exceed (x) $10,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period immediately after giving effect to any such Investment and (y) $15,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to any such Investment (in each case solely in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices); and (l) any acquisition, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of any of the assets of, or more than 50% of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person, so long as (A) the target (and to the extent any of its Subsidiaries are Material Subsidiaries, such Subsidiaries) becomes or will become a Loan Party within the time period set forth in Section 7.20(a) (or the assets so acquired are to be acquired by a Loan Party or an entity that will become a Loan Party within thirty (30) days after the consummation of such acquisition (or such longer time as the Agent may agree)), (B) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to such acquisition, (C) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (D) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authority and (E) in the case of any acquisition involving a total consideration in excess of $10,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent at least eight (8) Business Days prior to such proposed acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Agent) a business and legal due diligence package, which package shall include the following with regard to such acquisition: (x) to the extent available, a third party quality of earnings report from a nationally recognized accounting firm; provided that, if such acquisition involves a total consideration in excess of $50,000,000, such report shall be required, (y) historical financing statements of the applicable target or asset (to the extent available) for the two Fiscal Years prior to such acquisition (or, if such target or asset has not been in existence for two years, for each year such target or asset has existed) and (z) a copy of the then current draft purchase agreement (and any subsequent materially different drafts thereof) related to the proposed acquisition (and any related material documents in connection therewith that are reasonably requested by the Agent).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Investment shall include the disposition or transfer of any Material Intellectual Property or any other assets or property which are material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (other than a Loan Party).
8.11 [Reserved].
8.12 Fiscal Year. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, change their fiscal year from a year ending December 31.
8.13 Accounting Changes. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time make or permit any change in accounting policies, except as required by GAAP.
8.14 [Reserved].
8.15 ERISA Compliance. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(i) engage in any Prohibited Transaction for which a statutory or class exemption is not applicable so as to exempt such Prohibited Transaction or a private exemption has not been previously obtained from the Department of Labor;
(ii) permit to exist with respect to any Pension Plan any failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived;
(iii) terminate any Pension Plan where such event would result in any liability of any Loan Party or Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA;
(iv) fail to make any required contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan;
(v) fail to pay any required installment or any other payment required under Section 412 or 430 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment;
(vi) amend a Pension Plan resulting in an increase in current liability for the plan year such that any Loan Party or Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate is required to provide security to such Plan under Section 463(f) of the Code;
(vii) withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan where such withdrawal is reasonably likely to result in any liability of any such entity under Title IV of ERISA; or
(viii) allow a Termination Event to occur or allow the imposition of an excise tax under Section 4978 or Section 4979A of the Code.
8.16 UK Pensions.
(a) Each Loan Party shall ensure that:
(i) no member of the Group is or becomes an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993) and is not a scheme within section 38(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004 or “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 save that for the purposes of this clause, a member of the Group shall not be connected with another company solely by reason of one or more of its directors or employees being a director of that other company) such an employer;
(ii) any contributions that a UK Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries are required to pay to Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan are so paid before or when they fall due and payable in accordance with the schemes’ governing documentation and any overriding legislation; and
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(iii) no action or omission is taken by any member of the Group in relation to a pension scheme which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect including, the commencement of winding-up proceedings but excluding for these purposes any action or omission that is taken by any member of the Group in relation to the continuation or termination of employment of any employee of the Group (on grounds of ill-health or otherwise).
(b) Each Loan Party shall promptly:
(i) notify the Agent of any material change in the rate of contributions to the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan paid or recommended to be paid (whether by the scheme actuary or otherwise) or required (by law or otherwise);
(ii) provide to the Agent a copy of the Recovery Plan (and any amendments and/or variations thereto from time to time); and
(iii) (subject to any confidentiality obligations) provide copies of all notifications made to the Pensions Regulator under section 69 of the Pensions Act 2004 (as amended from time to time).
(c) Each Loan Party shall immediately notify the Agent:
(i) if it receives a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice from the Pensions Regulator;
(ii) (subject to any confidentiality obligations) of any investigation or proposed investigation by the Pensions Regulator of which it is aware which has resulted or may result in the Pensions Regulator taking any regulatory action against any member of the Group; and
(iii) any event of which it is aware which has triggered or may trigger a debt on any member of the Group under sections 75 or 75A of the Pensions Act 2004.
8.17 Prepayments; Amendments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to,
(a) at any time, directly or indirectly, make any prepayment in cash in respect of principal of or interest in any Subordinated Debt, any unsecured Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness secured by a Lien that is junior to the Lien securing the Obligations (collectively, “Junior Indebtedness”), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Indebtedness more than one year prior to the scheduled maturity date thereof; provided that (x) for the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Obligations shall not constitute Junior Indebtedness, (y) for the avoidance of doubt, the Second Lien Obligations, and the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA shall each constitute Junior Indebtedness and (z) the foregoing shall not apply to:
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(i) (A) the payment in cash of regularly scheduled interest in respect of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or other Junior Indebtedness; provided that such payments of interest in cash shall solely be permitted to be made in respect of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or other Junior Indebtedness to the extent set forth in subclauses (A) and (B) of the proviso of Section 8.1(l) or subclause (iv) of Section 8.1(n), as applicable; provided that such payment of cash interest may only be paid if such interest is accrued and unpaid and due and payable in connection with the principal payment, (B) the payment or prepayment in cash of the Second Lien Obligations or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof with the proceeds of Delayed Draw Term Loans substantially concurrently with the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date and (C) the payment or prepayment in cash of the Second Lien Obligations or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof with the proceeds of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower issued in connection with a Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction,
(ii) conversion of any Junior Indebtedness to Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),
(iii) the payment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition or payment on the account of any Junior Indebtedness with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(iv) the payment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition or payment on account of any intercompany indebtedness (A) owing to a Loan Party to another Loan Party, (B) owing by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (C) owing by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party and as to any Subordinated Debt, except as expressly permitted in the Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement applicable thereto,
(v) the payment of regularly scheduled interest (including any penalty interest, if applicable) and payment of fees, expenses and indemnification obligations as and when due (other than payments with respect to Junior Indebtedness that are prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof),
(vi) the payment or prepayment in cash of the Second Lien Obligations or any other Junior Indebtedness with the proceeds of funds retained by the Borrower as Waivable Mandatory Prepayments pursuant to Section 2.5(e) ,
(vii) any payment of Junior Indebtedness may be made so long as at the time of any such payment, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such payment and (y) the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the payment of such Junior Indebtedness, (viii) the payment of any amount not to exceed the Available Amount at such time and with respect to which the Available Amount Conditions have been satisfied, or
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(ix) the Amendment No. 1 Second Lien Prepayment on or substantially concurrent with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date; or
(b) directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of:
(i) (A) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Material Indebtedness (including the Second Lien Obligations, but excluding the ABL Obligations) in a manner that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; provided that any (x) amendment to the Second Lien Credit Agreement that does not comply with the requirements set forth in Section 8.1(l), (y) any amendment to the documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(n) that does not comply with requirements set forth in Section 8.1(n) shall, in each case, be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and (z) any changes to the Second Lien Credit Agreement that correspond to changes made to this Agreement shall not be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or (B) any ABL Loan Document in a manner that is prohibited by the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or that does not comply with the requirements set forth in Section 8.1(k);
(ii) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the 2025 Preferred Documents or any documentation in respect of any Junior Indebtedness, in each case, if the effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; provided this Section 8.17(b)(ii) shall not prohibit (x) the refinancing, renewal or extension of Junior Indebtedness to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 8.1 or (y) the amendment, modification or change of any of the terms or provisions of the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation relating to the “paid in kind” payment amounts or related mechanics thereunder; or
(iii) the ABL Credit Agreement or other ABL Loan Documents to (A) add (or have the effect of adding) a financial covenant or event of default provisions of the ABL Credit Agreement (including the addition of covenants, defaults, events of default not contained in the ABL Credit Agreement or other ABL Loan Documents) or (B) modify (or have the effect of a modification of) a covenant or other provisions of the ABL Credit Agreement (including the addition of covenants not contained in the ABL Credit Agreement or other ABL Loan Documents as in effect on the date hereof) in a manner that is materially more restrictive to the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, unless, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), the Agent is given the opportunity to make corresponding modifications to the provisions of this Agreement or other Loan Documents in order to match the applicable addition or modification made to the ABL Credit Agreement on substantially the same terms as agreed among the Loan Parties and the ABL Agent (it being agreed that no separate consent of the Agent or any Lender to such addition or modification shall be required in such instance, nor shall the consummation of such matching modifications to any Loan Document delay the effectiveness of the corresponding amendment to the ABL Loan Documents).
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8.18 Lease Obligations. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur or assume any obligations as lessee for the rental or hire of real or personal property in connection with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction other than (i) operating lease transactions for equipment paid for by such operating leases and (ii) any Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 8.5(m).
8.19 [Reserved].
8.20 Milwaukee Property. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or suffer to exist any agreement (other than in favor of Agent) prohibiting or conditioning the creation or assumption of any Lien in favor of the Obligations upon the Milwaukee Property.
8.21 Securities and Deposit Accounts. The Loan Parties will not establish or maintain any Securities Account or Deposit Account (other than Restricted Accounts) unless Agent shall have received a Control Agreement, duly executed by the applicable Loan Party and the securities intermediary or depository bank parties thereto, in respect of such Securities Account or Deposit Account, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 7.21.
8.22 Negative Pledge. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or suffer to exist any agreement (other than in favor of Agent) prohibiting or conditioning the creation or assumption of any Lien in favor of the Obligations upon any of its assets; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(i) restrictions or conditions imposed by Requirements of Law or by this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(ii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale,
(iii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured or purchase money Indebtedness or capital leases permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness,
(iv) customary provisions in lease and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof,
(v) customary anti-assignment clauses in licenses under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are the licensees,
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(vi) any agreement in effect at a time a Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary,
(vii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendments or refinancings,
(viii) customary restrictions on Liens imposed by agreements relating to Deposit Accounts and cash deposits and in the ordinary course of business,
(ix) [Reserved], and
(x) restrictions or conditions set forth in the ABL Loan Documents.
8.23 Affiliate Transactions. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or be party to any transaction with an Affiliate, except
(i) transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents;
(ii) transactions with Affiliates that are in effect as of the Closing Date as shown on Schedule 8.23;
(iii) transactions with Affiliates upon fair and reasonable terms and no less favorable than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate; and
(iv) the Second Lien Credit Agreement;
provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to
(v) employment and severance arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) any transaction solely between or among the Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;
(viii) any transaction solely between or among Loan Parties;
(ix) guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm; (x) any transaction where the Borrower delivers to the Agent a resolution adopted by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors approving such transaction and set forth in a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer of the Borrower, as applicable, certifying such transaction complies with clause (iii) above; or
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(xi) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the issuance of the Warrants pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (and the issuance of common stock of the Borrower upon exercise of the Warrants).
8.24 Canadian Pension Plans. No Loan Party shall maintain, sponsor, contribute to, be a party to, or otherwise have any liability (including any contingent liability) or contribution obligation under or in respect of any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan without the Agent’s consent.
8.25 Assets Located in Quebec. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to own tangible assets in Quebec having a fair market value in excess of CAD $750,000, unless the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) has confirmed in writing that it is satisfied that the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries owning such tangible assets in Quebec have taken all action that the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) has reasonably requested in order to perfect and protect the Agent’s security interest in such tangible assets under the laws of Quebec.
ARTICLE IX.
FINANCIAL COVENANT
9.1 Maximum First Lien Net Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not permit the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter to exceed (i) 6.00 to 1.00 for any Fiscal Quarter through and including the Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2026, and (ii) 5.50 to 1.00 for any Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter.
9.2 Cure Right.
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(a) For the purpose of determining whether an Event of Default under Section 9.1 has occurred, the Borrower may on one or more occasions designate any portion of the net cash proceeds from a sale or issuance of stock (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower, or a cash contribution to the stock (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower (the “Cure Amount”), in each case as an increase to EBITDA on a dollar-for-dollar basis equal to such Cure Amount solely for the applicable Fiscal Quarter (a “Cure Quarter”) (and any Test Period that includes such Cure Quarter) and solely for the purpose of complying with the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 9.1 for such Cure Quarter (and any Test Period that includes such Cure Quarter); provided that (i) such amounts to be designated are actually received by the Borrower on or after the last day of such applicable Cure Quarter on or prior to the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date on which the Financial Statements are required to be delivered with respect to such applicable Cure Quarter (the “Cure Expiration Date”), (ii) such amounts do not exceed the minimum amount to cure any Event of Default in respect of Section 9.1 as of the end of such Cure Quarter and (iii) notwithstanding any prepayments pursuant to clause (e) below, there shall be no reduction in Consolidated Funded Indebtedness for the purposes of calculating compliance with Section 9.1 for any Cure Quarter in which the Cure Amount is included in the calculation of EBITDA (it being understood that Loans repaid with the Cure Amount shall be deemed repaid for purposes of determining compliance with Section 9.1 for subsequent periods) and (iv) the Borrower shall have provided notice to the Agent on the date such amounts are designated as a “Cure Amount”.
(b) The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that this Section 9.2 may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than for determining actual compliance with Section 9.1 (and not Pro Forma Compliance with Section 9.1 that is required by any other provision of this Agreement) and shall not at any time result in any adjustment (on a Pro Forma Basis or otherwise) to any amounts (including the amount of Indebtedness) or increase in cash, in each case, for purposes of determining pricing, mandatory prepayments and the availability or amount permitted pursuant to any term, provision or covenant hereunder.
(c) In furtherance of clause (a) above, (i) upon actual receipt and designation of the Cure Amount by the Borrower, Section 9.1 shall be deemed complied with as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Quarter with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply with Section 9.1 and any Event of Default in respect of Section 9.1 shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of the Loan Documents, (ii) upon delivery to the Agent prior to the Cure Expiration Date of a notice from the Borrower stating its good faith intention to exercise its right set forth in this Section 9.2, neither the Agent nor any Lender may exercise any rights or remedies under Article X (or under any other Loan Document) solely on the basis of any actual or purported Event of Default in respect of Section 9.1 until and unless the Cure Expiration Date has occurred without the Cure Amount having been received and designated.
(d) (i) the cure right set forth in this Section 9.2 shall not be exercised in consecutive Fiscal Quarters and (ii) during the term of this Agreement, the Borrower may not exercise the cure right set forth in this Section 9.2 more than four (4) times in the aggregate.
(e) 100% of the proceeds of the Cure Amount shall be used to prepay the Loans in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5(b)(iv); provided that the foregoing prepayment requirement shall not apply in the case of any two Fiscal Quarters (as elected by the Borrower) for which the cure right is exercised pursuant to this Section 9.2.
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ARTICLE X.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
10.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) any Loan Party shall fail to pay any (i) principal of any Loan when due and payable, whether at the due date therefor, stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise; or (ii) interest, fees, premium (including the Applicable Premium), Lender Group Expenses or other Obligations (other than an amount referred to in the foregoing clause (i)) when due and payable, whether at the due date therefor, stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, and such default continues unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; or
(b) there shall occur a default in the performance or observance of any covenant contained in
(i) Section 7.1(a) (solely with respect to the existence of the Borrower), Article VIII or Article IX (subject to Section 9.2); or
(ii) Section 7.7(b) and such default continues for ten (10) Business Days after written notice thereof from the Agent to the Borrower; or
(iii) Sections 7.8 (other than Section 7.8(a)) and 7.11 and such default continues for a period of five (5) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which such default first becomes known to any Responsible Officer of Borrower or (y) the receipt of written notice thereof from Agent to Borrower; or
(iv) this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those referred to in Section 10.1(a), Section 10.1(b)(i), Section 10.1(b)(ii) and Section 10.1(b)(iii)) and such default continues for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which such default first becomes known to any Responsible Officer of Borrower or (y) the receipt of written notice thereof from Agent to Borrower; or
(c) the Pensions Regulator issues a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice to any Loan Party; or
(d) any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall become the subject of an Insolvency Event; or
(e) (i) any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest or otherwise and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness when due (whether at scheduled maturity or by required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), or
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(ii) any breach or default by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Material Indebtedness or any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such Material Indebtedness, in each case, beyond the grace period, if any provided therefor, that results in any such Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits the holder or holders (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to declare such Material Indebtedness to be due and payable, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, or maturity thereof, or
(f) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any Loan Document, or in any Financial Statement, report, document or certificate delivered in connection therewith, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) when made or deemed made; or
(g) any judgment or order for the payment of money which, when taken together with all other judgments and orders rendered against the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries exceeds $10,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent not covered by insurance) and either
(i) there is a period of thirty consecutive days at any time after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (A) the same is not discharged, satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (B) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in effect, or
(ii) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award; or
(h) a Change of Control shall occur; or
(i) at any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) this Agreement or any other Security Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent of Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or subject to any Intercreditor Agreement, First Priority Lien on any material portion of the Collateral covered thereby, (ii) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (iii) this Agreement or any other Security Document ceases to be in full force (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or (iv) any Loan Party shall contest the validity, including with respect to future Advances by Lenders, under any Loan Document to which it is party or shall contest the validity or perfection of any Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by any Security Document; (j) (A) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the ABL Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, or the ABL Agent denies or contests the validity or enforceability of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or Memorandum of Intercreditor (in each case, to the extent any ABL Obligations remain outstanding), (B) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Second Lien Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, or the Second Lien Agent denies or contests the validity or enforceability of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement (in each case, to the extent any Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding) or (C) any other Intercreditor Agreement relating to Material Indebtedness shall be invalided or otherwise case to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the applicable holders of such Material Indebtedness (or the debt representative for such holders), enforceable in accordance with its terms, or any of the holders of such Material Indebtedness (or the debt representative for such holders) denies or contents the validity or enforceability of such Intercreditor Agreement (in each case, to the extent that such Material Indebtedness remains outstanding); or
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(k) (i) any covenant, agreement or obligation of a Loan Party contained in or evidenced by any of the Loan Documents shall cease to be enforceable, or shall be determined to be unenforceable, in accordance with its terms;
(ii) any Loan Party shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under any of the Loan Documents or any Liens granted in connection therewith or shall otherwise challenge any of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents; or
(iii) any Liens granted on any of the Collateral in favor of the Agent shall be determined to be void, voidable or invalid, are subordinated or are not given the priority contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(l) any Loan Party shall fail to provide the notices and other documents required under Section 7.8(a);
(m) [Reserved]; or
(n) any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Loan Party decreeing the dissolution or winding up of such Loan Party and such shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days; or
(o) any Subordinated Debt permitted hereunder or the guarantees thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder, as provided in the documents governing such Subordinated Debt, or any Loan Party, any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall take any action in violation of or contest in any manner the validity or enforceability of the applicable subordination provisions with respect to such Subordinated Debt.
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10.2 Acceleration and Termination. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders (subject to Article XI), shall take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice to the rights of Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against Borrower:
(a) Acceleration. To declare all Obligations with respect to the Loans which are the subject of such Event of Default immediately due and payable (except with respect to any Event of Default with respect to a Loan Party specified in Section 10.1(d), in which case all such Obligations (including with any Applicable Premium) shall automatically become immediately due and payable) without presentment, demand, protest or any other action or obligation of Agent or any Lender, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
(b) Termination of Commitments. To declare the Commitments immediately terminated (except with respect to any Event of Default with respect to a Loan Party set forth in Section 10.1(d), in which case the Commitments shall automatically terminate) and, at all times thereafter, any Loan made by the Lenders shall be in their discretion. Notwithstanding any such termination, until all Obligations shall have been Paid in Full, Agent and each Lender shall retain all rights under guaranties and all security in existing and future Receivables, inventory, general intangibles, investment property, real property and equipment of the Loan Parties and all other Collateral held by it hereunder and under the Security Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained by, the Agent in accordance with this Article X for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
10.3 Other Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have all rights and remedies with respect to the Obligations and the Collateral under applicable law (including the UCC and the PPSA) and the Loan Documents.
(b) The Loan Parties and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) consent to the sale of, credit bid, or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, or any equivalent Debtor Relief Laws, including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the Insolvency Act 1986, (ii) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale or other disposition thereof conducted under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, or other applicable law, or (iii) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any other sale or foreclosure conducted or consented to by the Agent in accordance with applicable law in any judicial action or proceeding or by the exercise of any legal or equitable remedy, in each case, free from any right of redemption, which right is expressly waived by the Borrowers. If notice of intended disposition of any Collateral is required by law, it is agreed that ten (10) days’ notice shall constitute reasonable notification.
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The Borrowers will assemble the Collateral in their possession and make it available at such locations in the United States, Canada or any other jurisdiction as the Agent may specify, whether at the premises of a Loan Party or elsewhere, and will make reasonably available to the Agent the premises and facilities of each Loan Party for the purpose of the Agent’s taking possession of or removing the Collateral or putting the Collateral in saleable form. The Agent may sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Loan Party hereby grants the Agent a license to enter and occupy (in each case, so long as no Event of Default then exists, at reasonable times and subject to reasonable procedures) any of Loan Parties’ leased or owned premises and facilities, without charge, to exercise any of the Agent’s rights or remedies. The proceeds received from any sale of Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 10.5.
10.4 License for Use of Intellectual Property; Real Property and Other Property. The Borrower hereby grants to the Agent a non-exclusive license or other non-exclusive right to use, without charge, all Intellectual Property, advertising materials, Real Property and other rights, assets and materials owned by the Borrower or used by the Borrower in connection with their businesses or in connection with the Collateral, in each case, solely upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default with respect to any exercise of remedies under the Loan Documents. Nothing in this Section 10.4 shall require the Borrower to grant any license, sublicense, or other right that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation, unreasonably prejudices the value of any Intellectual Property, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing, giving rise to or theretofore granted; provided, further, that any such license, sublicense, or other right and any such license, sublicense, or other right granted by the Agent to a third party shall include reasonable and customary terms and conditions necessary to preserve the existence, validity and value of the affected Intellectual Property, including provisions requiring the continuing confidential handling of trade secrets, requiring the use of appropriate notices and prohibiting the use of false notices, quality control and inurement provisions with regard to Trademarks, patent designation provisions with regard to Patents, copyright notices and restrictions on decompilation, reverse engineering of copyrighted software and Industrial Designs (it being understood and agreed that, without limiting any other rights and remedies of the Agent under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or applicable Law, nothing in the foregoing grant shall be construed as granting the Agent rights in and to such Intellectual Property above and beyond (i) the rights to such Intellectual Property that the Borrower has reserved for itself and (ii) in the case of Intellectual Property that is licensed to the Borrower by a third party, the extent to which the Borrower has the right to grant a sublicense to such Intellectual Property hereunder).
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10.5 Post-Default Allocation of Payments.
(a) Allocation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during an Event of Default, if so directed by the Required Lenders or at Agent’s discretion, monies to be applied to the Obligations, whether arising from payments by the Loan Parties, realization on Collateral, setoff, or otherwise, shall be allocated as follows:
(i) first, to all Lender Group Expenses owing to Agent (including attorneys’ fees) in its capacity as Agent;
(ii) second, to all Lender Group Expenses owing to the Lenders;
(iii) third, to all Obligations constituting fees (other than any Applicable Premium); and
(iv) fourth, to all Obligations constituting interest; and
(v) fifth, to all Obligations constituting principal and, thereafter, to all Obligations constituting Applicable Premium;
(vi) sixth, to all other Obligations;
(vii) finally, to the Loan Parties or whoever else may be lawfully entitled thereto.
Amounts shall be applied to each of the foregoing categories of Obligations in the order presented above before being applied to the following category. Where applicable, all amounts to be applied to a given category will be applied on a pro rata basis among those entitled to payment in such category. The allocations set forth in this section are solely to determine the rights and priorities of the Secured Parties among themselves and may be changed by agreement among them without the consent of any Loan Party. No Loan Party is entitled to any benefit under this Section or has any standing to enforce this section.
10.6 No Marshaling; Deficiencies; Remedies Cumulative. Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any Collateral or to seek recourse against or satisfaction of any of the Obligations from one source before seeking recourse against or satisfaction from another source. The net cash proceeds resulting from Agent’s exercise of any of the foregoing rights to liquidate all or substantially all of the Collateral, shall be applied by Agent to such of the Obligations and in such order as Agent shall elect in its discretion, whether due or to become due. Borrower shall remain liable to Agent and the Lenders for any deficiencies, and Agent and the Lenders in turn agree to remit to the applicable Loan Party or its successor or assign any surplus resulting therefrom. All of Agent’s and the Lenders’ remedies under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative, may be exercised simultaneously against any Collateral and any Loan Party or in such order and with respect to such Collateral or such Loan Party as Agent or the Lenders may deem desirable, and are not intended to be exhaustive.
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10.7 Waivers. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein or in any other Loan Document, Borrower hereby waive any right to a judicial or other hearing with respect to any action or prejudgment remedy or proceeding by Agent to take possession, exercise control over, or dispose of any item of Collateral in any instance (regardless of where the same may be located) where such action is permitted under the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or by applicable law or of the time, place or terms of sale in connection with the exercise of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights hereunder and also waives any bonds, security or sureties required by any statute, rule or other law as an incident to any taking of possession by Agent of any Collateral. Borrower also waive any damages (direct, consequential or otherwise) occasioned by the enforcement of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document including the taking of possession of any Collateral of Borrower or the giving of notice to any account debtor or the collection of any Receivable of a Loan Party. Borrower also consent that Agent and the Lenders may enter upon any premises owned by or leased to it without obligations to pay rent or for use and occupancy, through self-help, without judicial process and without having first obtained an order of any court (in each case in connection with the remedies hereunder). These waivers and all other waivers provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been negotiated by the parties, and Borrower acknowledges that it has been represented by counsel of its own choice, has consulted such counsel with respect to its rights hereunder and has freely and voluntarily entered into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
10.8 Further Rights of Agent and the Lenders. If Borrower shall fail to purchase or maintain insurance (where applicable), or to pay any tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy, except as the same may be otherwise permitted hereunder or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, or if any Lien prohibited hereby shall not be Paid in Full and discharged or if a Borrower shall fail to perform or comply with any other covenant, promise or obligation to Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, in each case of the foregoing to the extent an Event of Default arises and continues, the Agent may (but shall not be required to) perform, pay, satisfy, discharge or bond the same for the account of Borrower, and all amounts so paid by Agent shall be treated as a Loan hereunder and shall constitute part of the Obligations.
10.9 Interest After Event of Default. Borrower agrees and acknowledges that the additional interest and fees that may be charged under Section 4.2 are
(a) an inducement to the Lenders to make Advances hereunder and that the Lenders and Agent would not consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the inclusion of such provisions,
(b) fair and reasonable estimates of the Lenders’ and Agent’s costs of administering the credit facility upon an Event of Default, and
(c) intended to estimate the Lenders’ and Agent’s increased risks upon an Event of Default.
10.10 Receiver. In addition to any other remedy available to it, Agent shall also have the right, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during its continuation, to seek and obtain the appointment of a receiver, monitor, receiver and manager and interim receiver to take possession of and operate and/or dispose of the business and assets of Borrower.
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10.11 Rights and Remedies not Exclusive. The enumeration of the foregoing rights and remedies is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy provided for herein or in any other Loan Document or otherwise provided by law from and after the occurrence of any Event of Default and during its continuation, all of which shall be cumulative and not alternative.
ARTICLE XI.
THE AGENT
11.1 Appointment of Agent.
(a) Each Lender hereby designates HPS Investment Partners, LLC as its Agent and irrevocably authorizes it to execute and deliver the Loan Documents, binding the Lenders to the terms thereof, take action on such Lender’s behalf under the Loan Documents and to exercise the powers and to perform the duties described therein and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any of the foregoing hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee, as applicable, and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents, and all such rights and remedies in respect of such Collateral shall be implemented by the Agent.
(b) Each Lender further irrevocably authorizes the Agent to accept, for and on behalf of the Lenders, any parallel debt obligations with the Loan Parties pursuant to which the Agent shall have its own, independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by each Loan Party in connection with the Obligations.
(c) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, no Loan Party shall have any rights as third party beneficiary with respect to any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and assume no obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, (i) prior to granting any material consent, waiver or approval hereunder, the Agent shall first consult with and receive the consent or direction from the Required Lenders, (ii) the Agent shall not elect to not take any material action hereunder without first consulting with and receiving the direction or consent from the Required Lenders, (iii) the Required Lenders have the power to direct the Agent in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under the Loan Documents and the Agent agrees to act in accordance with such directions of the Required Lenders; provided that in no event shall the Agent be required to comply with any such directions to the extent that the Agent reasonably believes that its compliance with such directions would be unlawful, could cause the Agent reputational harm, or for which the Agent does not reasonably believe it is adequately indemnified.
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In all circumstances, the consent or direction of the Required Lenders may be proved by the written instruction of the Required Lenders, or, in the Agent’s discretion, by e-mail from the Required Lenders or their counsel.
(e) The rights, privileges and immunities of the Agent in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically be incorporated by reference into each Loan Document, whether or not expressly stated therein.
11.2 Nature of Duties of Agent. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Neither Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it or them as such hereunder or in connection herewith, unless caused by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. Agent does not have a fiduciary relationship with or any implied duties to any Lender or any participant of any Lender (regardless of whether a Default of Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing). The Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees.
11.3 Lack of Reliance on Agent.
(a) Independent Investigation. Independently and without reliance upon Agent, each Lender, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make
(i) its own independent investigation of the financial or other condition and affairs of Borrower and the other Loan Parties in connection with taking or not taking any action related hereto and
(ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Initial Term Loans or at any time or times thereafter.
(b) No Obligation of Agent. Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability, priority or sufficiency of this Agreement or the financial or other condition of Borrower and the other Loan Parties. The Agent shall have no obligation to ensure the Liens on the Collateral are perfected or remain perfected. The Agent may conclusively rely on the applicable Assignment and Acceptance in determining whether any Person is a Disqualified Institution. Agent shall not be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the financial condition of Borrower and the other Loan Parties, or the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default, and shall not be deemed 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 such Agent by a Loan Party or a Lender.
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For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Article V, the Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement and expressly confirmed release of such signature page from escrow or funded such Borrowing 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 such Person unless the Agent shall have given, on behalf of itself or any Lender, notice prior to the date of the applicable Borrowing specifying any such Person’s objection thereto.
11.4 Certain Rights of Agent. Agent may request instructions from the Required Lenders at any time. If Agent requests instructions from the Required Lenders with respect to any action or inaction, it shall be entitled to await instructions from the Required Lenders, accompanied by indemnity satisfactory to Agent. No Lender shall have any right of action based upon Agent’s action or inaction in response to instructions from the Required Lenders. In no event shall the Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Agent shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
11.5 Reliance by Agent. Agent may rely upon any written, electronic or telephonic communication it believes to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person. Agent may obtain the advice of legal counsel (including counsel for Borrower with respect to matters concerning Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall have no liability for any action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith based upon such advice.
11.6 Indemnification of Agent. To the extent Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by Borrower, each Lender will reimburse and indemnify Agent to the extent of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that such indemnity payment is sought) for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Agent in performing its duties hereunder or otherwise relating to the Loan Documents unless resulting from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements contained in this Section shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Payment in Full of the Obligations or the earlier resignation or removal of Agent.
11.7 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. In its individual capacity, Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender or participation interest and may exercise the same as though it was not performing the duties specified herein. The terms “Lenders,” “Required Lenders,” “holders of Notes” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include HPS Investment Partners, LLC in its individual capacity.
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Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, acquire equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrower for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.
11.8 Holders of Notes. Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with Agent. Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note, shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee or assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.
11.9 Successor Agent.
(a) Resignation. Agent may, at any time upon one (1) Business Days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower, resign by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and Borrower.
(b) Replacement of Agent after Resignation. Upon receipt of notice of resignation by Agent, the Required Lenders may appoint a successor agent. If a successor agent has not accepted its appointment within fifteen (15) Business Days, then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor agent.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Discharge. Upon its acceptance of the agency hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. The retiring Agent shall continue to have the benefit of the provisions of this Article for any action or inaction while it was Agent.
(e) Dutch Security Documents. For purposes of the Dutch Security Documents, any resignation by the Agent is not effective with respect to its rights under any parallel debt obligations until all rights and obligations with respect to such parallel debt obligations have been assigned to and assumed by the successor Agent. The Agent will cooperate in assigning its right under the parallel debt obligations to any such successor agent and will cooperate in transferring all rights under any Dutch Security Document to such successor agent.
11.10 Collateral Matters.
(a) Exercise Binding. Except as otherwise set forth herein, any action or exercise of powers by Agent provided under the Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be deemed authorized by and binding upon all of the Lenders. At any time and without notice to or consent from any Lender, Agent may take any action necessary or advisable to perfect and maintain the perfection of the Liens upon the Collateral.
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(b) Releases. Agent is authorized to release any Lien granted to or held by it upon any Collateral
(i) upon Payment in Full of all of the Obligations,
(ii) upon any sale or transfer of Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms by this Agreement or
(iii) if the release can be and is approved by the Required Lenders.
Agent may request, and the Lenders will provide, confirmation of Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, monitor, receiver and manager, interim 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.
(c) Sale of Collateral. Upon any sale or transfer of Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written request (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree to in its sole discretion) by Borrower, Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to Agent herein or under any of the other Loan Documents or pursuant hereto or thereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred, provided that
(i) Agent shall not be required to execute any document on terms which would reasonably expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens and
(ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by Borrower, including, the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
In the event of any sale or transfer of Collateral in the exercise of remedies, or any foreclosure with respect to any of the Collateral, Agent shall be authorized to deduct all of the expenses reasonably incurred by Agent from the proceeds of any such sale, transfer or foreclosure.
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(d) No Obligation for Agent. Agent shall not have any obligation to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Borrower, that the Collateral is cared for, protected or insured, or that the Liens on the Collateral have been created or perfected or have any particular priority. Agent shall have no obligation to file UCC and PPSA financing statements, continuation statements or amendments, or make any other filings in connection with the Collateral.
(e) Owner/Operator. In the event that Agent is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in Agent’s sole discretion may cause the Agent to be considered an “owner or operator” under any Environmental Laws or otherwise cause the Agent to incur, or be exposed to, any Environmental Liability or any liability under any other federal, state, provincial, territorial or local law, Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Agent or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver, monitor, receiver and manager and interim receiver. The Agent will not be liable to any person for any Environmental Liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state, provincial, territorial or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder and relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment.
11.11 Actions with Respect to Defaults. In addition to Agent’s right to take actions on its own accord as permitted under this Agreement, Agent shall take such action with respect to an Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders. Until Agent shall have received such directions, Agent may act or not act as it deems advisable and in the best interests of the Lenders.
11.12 Delivery of Information. Agent shall not be required to deliver to any Lender originals or copies of any documents, instruments, notices, communications or other information received by Agent from Borrower, the Required Lenders, any Lender or any other Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document except (i) as specifically provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (ii) as specifically requested from time to time in writing by any Lender with respect to a specific document, instrument, notice or other written communication received by and in the possession of Agent at the time of receipt of such request and then only in accordance with such specific request.
11.13 Erroneous Payments.
(a) If Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error) that Agent or any of its Affiliates has erroneously, mistakenly or inadvertently transmitted any funds to any Lender or any Person who has received funds by or on behalf of a Lender (together with their respective successors and assigns, a “Payment Recipient”) (whether or not such transmittal was known by any such Payment Recipient) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment, or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distributions, or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and Agent subsequently demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof), then such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after such demand, return to Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such demand was made by Agent, in same day funds (in the currency received by the Payment Recipient), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to Agent in same day funds at the Federal Funds Rate.
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(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of each Lender agrees not to assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) (including, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine).
(c) This Section 11.13(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
11.14 English Law Governed Transaction Security.
(a) This Section 11.14 shall be governed by English law and applies in relation to the English Security Documents, with the security interest created or expressed to be created pursuant to the English Security Documents being the “English Transaction Security”. For the purposes of this Section 11.14 only:
(i) “Finance Parties” means each Lender and the Agent;
(ii) “Secured Parties” means each Finance Party from time to time party to this Agreement, any Receiver or Delegate and each other agent, arranger and lender from time to time party to this Agreement;
(iii) “Receiver” means a receiver or receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the Collateral; and
(iv) “Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Agent.
(b) The Agent declares that it holds the benefit of the English Transaction Security on trust for each Finance Party on the terms contained in this Agreement.
(c) Each of the Finance Parties:
(i) authorizes the Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the English Security Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions; and
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(ii) agrees that no Finance Party shall have any independent power to enforce, or have recourse to, any of the Liens or Collateral created or evidenced, or expressed to be created or evidenced, under the English Security Documents or to exercise any right, power, authority or discretion arising under the English Security Documents except through the Agent.
(d) The Agent shall have the benefit of (without limitation) Sections 11.2 (Nature of Duties of Agent), 11.3 (Lack of Reliance on Agent), 11.4 (Certain Rights of Agent), 11.5 (Reliance by Agent), 11.6 (Indemnification of Agent), 11.10 (Collateral Matters), 11.11 (Actions with Respect to Defaults), 11.12 (Delivery of Information), 12.4 (Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection), 12.6 (Nonliability of Agent and Lenders), 12.13 (Limitation of Liability), and 12.22 (Confidentiality), as if:
(i) references in such clauses were governed by English law; and
(ii) references in such clauses to the Agent were to the Agent acting in its capacity as “Security Agent” in respect of the English Transaction Security, mutatis mutandis.
(e) The rights, powers, authorities and discretions given to the Agent under or in connection with the Loan Documents shall be supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000 and in addition to any which may be vested in the Agent by law or regulation or otherwise.
(f) Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Agent in relation to the trusts constituted by this Agreement, and where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Act 1925 or the Trustee Act 2000 and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by law and regulation, prevail and, in the case of any inconsistency with the Trustee Act 2000, the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of that Act. Sections 22 and 23 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the English Security Documents.
(g) If the Agent determines, in accordance with Section 11.10(b) (Collateral Matters: Releases) that:
(i) all of the obligations secured by the English Security Document have been fully and finally discharged; and
(ii) no Finance Party is under any commitment, obligation or liability (actual or contingent) to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents,
the Agent shall release, without recourse or warranty, all of the Liens and Collateral created or evidenced, or expressed to be created or evidenced, under each English Security Document and the rights of the Agent under each of the English Security Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of that English Security Document and the terms of this Agreement and the trusts set out in this Agreement shall thereafter be wound up.
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(h) Without prejudice to Section 11.9(a) (Successor Agent: Resignation):
(i) The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower.
(ii) If the Agent does not appoint an Affiliate as successor in the relevant resignation notice, the Required Lenders may appoint a successor Agent with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless an Event of Default then exists in which case no consent of the Borrower shall be required. If the Required Lenders have not appointed a successor within thirty (30) days after notice of resignation was given, the Agent may appoint a successor after consultation with the Borrower and the Required Lenders.
(iii) The retiring Agent shall make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as “Security Agent” under the English Security Documents, and the Borrower shall, on demand, reimburse the retiring Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) properly incurred by it in making available such documents and records and providing such assistance.
(iv) The resignation notice of the Agent shall only take effect upon:
(A) the appointment of a successor; and
(B) the transfer of the English Transaction Security and any other amounts or property, whether rights, entitlements, choses in action or otherwise, actual or contingent, which the Agent is required by the terms of the English Security Documents to hold as trustee on trust for the Secured Parties to that successor.
(v) Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the English Security Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (h)(iii) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Sections 11.6 (Indemnification of Agent) and 12.4 (Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection) (each as amended by paragraph (d) above) and this Section 11.14 (and any fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date). Any successor and each of the other parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original party.
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(i) The Agent shall not be obliged:
(i) to insure any of the assets subject to the English Transaction Security;
(ii) to require any other person to maintain any insurance; or
(iii) to verify any obligation to arrange or maintain insurance contained in any Loan Document,
and the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of the lack of, or inadequacy of, any such insurance.
(j) If the Agent is named on any insurance policy as an insured party, it shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of its failure to notify the insurers of any material fact relating to the risk assumed by such insurers or any other information of any kind, unless the Required Lenders request it to do so in writing and the Agent fails to do so within fourteen (14) days after receipt of that request.
(k) The Agent may appoint and pay any person to act as a custodian or nominee on any terms in relation to any asset of the trust as the Agent may determine, including for the purpose of depositing with a custodian this Agreement or any document relating to the trust created under this Agreement and the Agent shall not be responsible for any loss, liability, expense, demand, cost, claim or proceedings incurred by reason of the misconduct, omission or default on the part of any person appointed by it under this Agreement or be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any person. The Agent may retain or invest in securities payable to bearer without appointing a person to act as a custodian.
(l) Each Finance Party and Secured Party confirmsthat the Agent has authority to accept on its behalf (and ratifies the acceptance on its behalf of any letters or reports already accepted by the Agent) the terms of any reliance letter or engagement letters relating to any reports or letters provided by accountants, auditors or providers of due diligence reports in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents and to bind it in respect of those reports or letters and to sign such letters on its behalf and further confirms that it accepts the terms and qualifications set out in such letters.
11.15 Delegation of Duties. The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any sub-agent may perform any and all duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Article XI shall apply to the Affiliates of the Agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Article XI shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by the Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders and (ii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Agent and not to any Loan Party, Lender or any other Person and no Loan Party, Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-agent.
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11.16 Agent Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, the Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans, the Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its individual capacity. The Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with the Borrower or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
11.17 Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the Loans hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and the Agent shall not have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, an Assignment and Acceptance and funding its Loans, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date.
11.18 Security Documents and Guaranty.
(a) Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Agent on behalf of and for the benefit of Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of Secured Parties with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Security Documents; provided that the Agent shall not owe any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or any other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Obligations with respect to any Hedging Agreement.
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Subject to Section 12.5, without further consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) in connection with a sale or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement, release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other disposition of assets or to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 12.5) have otherwise consented or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 12.5) have otherwise consented.
(b) Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Agent and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under any of the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure or similar enforcement action by the Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition (including pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Laws), the Agent (or any Lender, except with respect to a “credit bid” pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Laws), may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or the Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities) shall be entitled, upon instructions from Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale or disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Agent at such sale or other disposition.
11.19 Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proof of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relative to any Loan Party, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file a verified statement pursuant to rule 2019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that, in its sole opinion, complies with such rule’s disclosure requirements for entities representing more than one creditor;
(b) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due to the Agent under Sections 2.5 and 12.4 allowed in such judicial proceeding); and
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(c) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator, monitor, receiver and manager, interim receiver or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Agent and, in the event that the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agent under Sections 4.8 and 12.4. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Agent under Sections 4.8 and 12.4 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Lenders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law.
In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase).
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In connection with any such bid (i) the Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) the Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (a) through (j) of the first proviso to Section 12.5) (iii) the Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.
ARTICLE XII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.1 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by overnight delivery service, with all charges prepaid, by hand delivery, or by telecopier or other form of electronic transmission, including email, as follows:
| To Agent: | HPS Investment Partners, LLC |
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Piero Russo
Email: piero.russo@hpspartners.com
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Milbank LLP
55 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
Attention: Maya Grant
Email: mgrant@milbank.com
| To Borrower: | Borrower |
c/o Team, Inc.
13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600,
Sugar Land, Texas, 77478
Attn: Nelson Haight, EVP and CFO Assignment and Acceptance under which it
Email: nelson.haight@teaminc.com
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| To Any Lender: | to its address specified in Annex A or in the |
became a party hereto
Any party hereto may change its address, email address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and correspondence shall be deemed given (a) if sent by certified or registered mail, five (5) Business Days after being postmarked, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service or by hand delivery, when received at the above stated addresses or when delivery is refused and (c) if sent by facsimile or other form of electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging), when such transmission is confirmed. All notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be (i) deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement) and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
12.2 Delays; Partial Exercise of Remedies. No delay or omission of Agent to exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall impair any such right or operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise by Agent of any right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or preclude any other right or remedy.
12.3 Right of Setoff. In addition to and not in limitation of all rights of offset that any Lender or any of its Affiliates may have under applicable law, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing and whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand or the Obligations of Borrower have matured, each Lender and its Affiliates shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Agent, without notice to any Loan Party or any other Person (other than the Agent) to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, time or demand, provisional or final, or any other type) at any time held and any other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or any of its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or any of their Affiliates against any and all of the Obligations. In the event that any Lender or any of its Affiliate’s exercises any of its rights under this Section 12.3, such Lender shall provide notice to Agent and Borrower of such exercise, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the exercise of such rights.
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12.4 Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection.
(a) Borrower hereby agrees that, whether or not any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents are consummated, Borrower will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Agent, each Lender, each other Secured Party and their respective successors, assigns, directors, partners, members, trustees, controlling persons, officers, agents, sub-agents, employees, advisors, shareholders, attorneys and Affiliates (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all losses, claims (including intraparty claims), damages, liabilities, deficiencies, obligations, fines, penalties, actions (whether threatened or existing), judgments, suits (whether threatened or existing) or expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, experts, consultants and other professionals) incurred by any of them (collectively, “Claims”) (except, in the case of each Indemnified Party, to the extent that any Claim is determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have directly resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) arising out of or by reason of
(i) any litigation, investigation, claim or administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not such Indemnified Party shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in enforcing this indemnity, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnified Party, in any manner relating to or arising out of (A) this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any enforcement of any of the Loan Documents (including any sale of, collection from or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)), (B) any actual or proposed use by a Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans, (C) [Reserved] or (D) any Indemnified Party’s entering into this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreements and documents relating hereto (other than consequential damages and loss of anticipated profits or earnings), including amounts paid in settlement, court costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding, in all cases, regardless of whether such Indemnified Party is a party thereto, and whether or not any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by or against the Borrower, its equity holders, its Affiliates, its creditors or any other Person, (e) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against each Lender, the Agent and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
(ii) the presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or any Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or any other action taken or required to be taken by a Borrower in connection with compliance by or liability of such Borrower, its business, or any of its owned or occupied properties, pursuant to any Environmental Laws, and
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(iii) any pending, threatened or actual action, claim, proceeding or suit by any owner of a Loan Party against such Loan Party or any actual or purported violation of any Loan Party’s Governing Documents or any other agreement or instrument to which a Loan Party is a party or by which any of its properties is bound.
(b) In addition, Borrower shall, upon demand, pay to each of Agent and the Lenders all Lender Group Expenses incurred by each of them.
(c) If and to the extent that the obligations of any Borrower hereunder are unenforceable for any reason, Borrower hereby agree to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations that is permissible under applicable law.
(d) Borrower’s obligations under Sections 4.10 and 4.11 and this Section 12.4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Payment in Full of the Obligations, and are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any of the other Obligations or the earlier resignation or removal of the Agent.
(f) Each Loan Party also agrees that no Lender or the Agent nor their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents will have any liability to any Loan Party or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any Loan Party or any other person in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, in each case, except in the case of any Loan Party to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by such Loan Party or its affiliates, shareholders, partners or other equity holders have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender, Agent or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents in performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein; provided that in no event will such Lender, Agent, or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents have any liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of such Lender’s, Agent’s, or their respective Affiliates’, directors’, employees’, attorneys’, agents’ or sub-agents’ activities related to this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein.
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(g) This Section 12.4 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
12.5 Amendments, Waivers and Consents. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Borrower and the Required Lenders (or by Agent at their instruction on their behalf) (with a copy of all amendments provided to the Agent), and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Borrower and all the Lenders, do any of the following at any time:
(a) change the number or percentage of Lenders that shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder;
(b) amend the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”;
(c) amend this Section 12.5;
(d) reduce the amount of principal of, or interest on, or the interest rate applicable to, the Loans or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder;
(e) postpone any date on which any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder is required to be made;
(f) amend Section 2.14;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the guaranties made pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents);
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents);
(i) contractually subordinate any of Agent’s Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents);
(j) amend any of the provisions of Section 10.5;
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provided that (x) any amendment or waiver that by its terms affects the rights and duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) will require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders and (y) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
(i) a Lender, increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of any Commitment of such Lender,
(ii) each applicable Lender, change the definition of “Required Delayed Draw Lender”,
(iii) the Required Delayed Draw Lenders, waive, amend or otherwise modify any condition precedent set forth in Section 5.4 with respect to Delayed Draw Term Loans, and
(iv) Agent, in addition to the Lenders required above, take any action that affects the rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party shall cease to entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 12.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by the Borrower, on the Loan Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 12.5, the Agent and the Borrower may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to (A) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties, extend an existing Lien over additional assets or property for the benefit of the Secured Parties or join additional Persons as Loan Parties and (B) if the Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents then the Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
12.6 Nonliability of Agent and Lenders. The relationship between and among Borrower, Agent and the Lenders shall be solely that of borrower, agent and lender and, respectively. Neither the Lenders nor Agent shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to Borrower. Neither the Lenders nor Agent undertake any responsibility to Borrower to review or inform Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of Borrower’s business or operations.
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12.7 Assignments and Participations.
(a) Borrower Assignment. No Borrower shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent and the Lenders, and any assignment in contravention of the foregoing shall be absolutely null and void. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agent and the Lenders and other Indemnified Party) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Lender Assignments. Each Lender may, with the consent of Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (not required in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate thereof); provided that prior written notice shall be provided to the Borrower of such assignment), assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents (provided that pro rata assignments shall not be required and each assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any applicable Loan and any related Commitments) upon execution and delivery to Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, of an Assignment and Acceptance and a processing and recordation fee payable to Agent for its account of $3,500 (except that no such registration and processing fee shall be payable in the case of an assignee which is already a Lender or is an Affiliate of a Lender or a Person under common management with a Lender), if the assignee is not a Lender the assignee shall provide the Agent with all “know your customer” documents requested by the Agent pursuant to Anti-Money Laundering Laws; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment of any Commitments or Loans unless it shall have objected thereto by notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the Borrower has received written notice thereof. Upon the execution and delivery to Agent of an Assignment and Acceptance and the payment of the recordation fee to Agent, from and after such assignment is recorded in the Register (the “Acceptance Date”),
(i) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto, and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been reflected in the Register, such assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and
(ii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it under such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other than any rights it may have under Sections 4.10, 4.11 and 12.4, which shall survive such assignment) and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Loan Documents, such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder and specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder;
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(iii) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect any Commitment of such assignee; and
(iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to the Agent for cancellation, and thereupon the Borrower shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.
(c) Agreements of Assignee. By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder confirms and agrees as follows:
(i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Documents,
(ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Loan Party or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(iii) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee and has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the Financial Statements referred to in Section 6.1(i), the Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11, if any, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance,
(iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement,
(v) such assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto,
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(vi) such assignee agrees, if it is not already a Lender, that it shall deliver to the Agent and Borrower any Tax forms to the extent required by Section 4.11(g),
(vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender,
(viii) such assignee has the expertise and experience in the making of or investing in commitments or loans as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as the case may be,
(ix) such assignee will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own account in the ordinary course and without a view to distribution of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Section 12.7, the disposition of such Commitments or Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control),
(x) such assignee (other than an assignee that is the Designated Equity Investor or any Affiliate of the Designated Equity Investor) will not provide any information obtained by it in its capacity as a Lender to the Designated Equity Investor or any Affiliate of the Designated Equity Investor , and
(xi) such assignee (other than an assignee that is Stellex or any Affiliate of Stellex) will not provide any information obtained by it in its capacity as a Lender to Stellex or any Affiliate of Stellex.
(d) Agent’s Register. Agent, as non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of the Lenders, their Commitments and the principal amount (and stated interest) of their Loans (the “Register”). The Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat the Persons listed in the Register as holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until recorded in the Register. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and Borrower, Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register and copies of each Assignment and Acceptance shall be available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. The parties intend that all extensions of credit to the Borrower and, if applicable, its Affiliates hereunder shall at all times be treated as being in registered form within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code (and any successor provisions) and the regulations thereunder and shall interpret the provisions herein regarding the Register and the Participant Register (as defined in paragraph (f) below) consistent with such intent. Upon its receipt of each Assignment and Acceptance, Agent will give prompt notice thereof to Borrower. Within five (5) Business Days after its receipt of such notice, Borrower shall execute and deliver to assignee Lender a new Note to the assignee in the amount of the applicable Commitment or Loans assumed by it and to the assignor in the amount of the applicable Commitment or Loans retained by it, if any.
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Such new Note or Notes shall re-evidence the indebtedness outstanding under the surrendered Note or Notes, shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Note or Notes and shall be dated as of the Acceptance Date. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the Register exclusively for purposes of identifying the Lenders hereunder.
(e) Securitization. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that the Lenders and their Affiliates may securitize their Loans (a “Securitization”) through the pledge of the Loans as collateral security for loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or through the sale of the Loans or the issuance of direct or indirect interests in the Loans to their controlled Affiliates, which loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or direct or indirect interests will be rated by Moody’s, S&P or one or more other rating agencies. The Loan Parties shall, to the extent commercially reasonable, cooperate with the Lenders and their Affiliates to effect any and all Securitizations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Securitization shall release any Lender party thereto from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any pledgee, secured party or any other party to such Securitization for such Lender as a party hereto and no change in ownership of the Loans may be effected except pursuant to subsection (b) above.
(f) Lender Participations. Each Lender may sell participations to one or more Persons (other than the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates) (each, a “Participant”) in or to all or a portion of Commitments, Loans or any other Obligation under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding a Lender’s sale of a participation interest, such Lender’s obligations hereunder shall remain unchanged. Borrower, Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender. No Lender shall grant any Participant the right to approve any amendment or waiver of this Agreement except to the extent such amendment or waiver would (i) increase the Commitment of the Lender from which the Participant purchased its participation interest; (ii) reduce the principal of, or rate or amount of interest on, the Loans subject to such participation interest; or (iii) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans subject to such participation interest. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Participant shall also be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.10, 4.11 and 12.4 as if it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the last sentence of Section 2.9(b) as if it were a Lender, provided, further that such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.10, 4.11 or 12.4, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation 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 stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) or Proposed Section 1.163-5(b) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations (or, in each case, any amended or successor version). 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
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(g) Securities Laws. Each Lender agrees that it will not make any assignment hereunder in any manner or under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of, or filings in respect of, any Loan, Note or other Obligation under the securities laws of the United States or of any other jurisdiction.
(h) Information. In connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 12.21, disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
(i) Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest, provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(j) Affiliated Lenders. In case of an assignment to a Permitted Affiliated Lender, (1) after giving effect to such assignment, to all other assignments or participations with all Permitted Affiliated Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of all Loans, Commitments and participations thereof then held by all Permitted Affiliated Lenders in the aggregate shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans then outstanding (determined as of the time of such purchase), (2) in the event that any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, or any other Debtor Relief Laws, shall be instituted by or against any Loan Party, each Permitted Affiliated Lender acknowledges and agrees that they are each “insiders” under Section 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code and, as such, the claims associated with the Loans and Commitments owned by it shall not be included in determining whether the applicable class of creditors holding such claims has voted to accept a proposed plan for purposes of Section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code, or, alternatively, to the extent that the foregoing designation is deemed unenforceable for any reason, eachPermitted Affiliated Lender shall vote in such proceedings in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by those Lenders who are not Permitted Affiliated Lenders, except to the extent that any plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by such Permitted Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable in any material respect to such Permitted Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Permitted Affiliated Lenders, (3) such Permitted Affiliated Lender will not receive information provided solely to Lenders and will not be permitted to attend or participate in (or receive any notice of) Lender meetings or conference calls and will not be entitled to challenge the Agent’s and the Lenders’ attorney-client privilege as a result of their status as Permitted Affiliated Lenders, (4) any purchases by Permitted Affiliated Lenders shall require that such Permitted Affiliated Lender clearly identify itself as a Permitted Affiliated Lender in any Assignment and Acceptance executed in connection with such purchases or sales and each such Assignment and Acceptance shall contain customary “big boy” representations but no requirement to make representations as to the absence of any material nonpublic information, (5) eachPermitted Affiliated Lender waives any rights to bring any action in connection with such purchased Loans or Commitments against the Agent in its capacity as such and (6) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may not purchase any Loans.
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Each Permitted Affiliated Lender agrees to notify the Agent promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) if it acquires any Person who is also a Lender, and each Lender agrees to notify the Agent promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) if it becomes a Permitted Affiliated Lender. Such notice shall contain the type of information required pursuant to clause (4) above.
12.8 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement and any waiver or amendment hereto may be executed in counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging) all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully executed and delivered original manual counterpart.
12.9 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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12.10 Maximum Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, the parties hereto hereby agree that all agreements between them under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever shall the amount paid, or agreed to be paid, to Agent or any Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the money loaned to Borrower and evidenced hereby or thereby or for the performance or payment of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement or therein, exceed the maximum non-usurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Obligations, under the laws of the State of New York (or the laws of any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), or under applicable federal laws which may presently or hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than under the laws of the State of New York (or such other jurisdiction), in any case after taking into account, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all relevant payments or charges under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith, and any available exemptions, exceptions and exclusions (the “Highest Lawful Rate”). If due to any circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents at the time performance of such provision shall be due shall exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, then, automatically, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be modified or reduced to the extent necessary to limit such interest to the Highest Lawful Rate, and if from any such circumstance Agent or any Lender should ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law which would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, such excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount then outstanding hereunder or on account of any other then outstanding Obligations and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the principal unpaid balance then outstanding hereunder and such other then outstanding Obligations, such excess shall be refunded to Borrower. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to Agent or any Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the Obligations and other Indebtedness of Borrower to Agent and the Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Indebtedness, until Payment in Full thereof, so that the actual rate of interest on account of all such Indebtedness does not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate throughout the entire term of such Indebtedness. The terms and provisions of this Section shall control every other provision of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other agreements among the parties hereto.
12.11 [Reserved].
12.12 Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Interpretation. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties, supersede any prior written and verbal agreements among them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and shall bind and benefit the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been jointly drafted, and no provision of it shall be interpreted or construed for or against a party because such party purportedly prepared or requested such provision, any other provision, or this Agreement as a whole.
12.13 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NEITHER THE AGENT, ANY LENDER NOR ANY OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE LOAN PARTIES (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE) FOR LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE LOAN PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, UNLESS IT IS DETERMINED BY A FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT OR COURT ORDER BINDING ON THE AGENT, SUCH LENDER OR SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY (AS THE CASE MAY BE) THAT THE LOSSES WERE THE RESULT OF ACTS OR OMISSIONS CONSTITUTING GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE AGENT, SUCH LENDER, OR SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY (AS THE CASE MAY BE). THE LOAN PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ALL FUTURE CLAIMS AGAINST THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND EACH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND EACH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY HEREBY WAIVE ALL FUTURE CLAIMS AGAINST THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, PROVIDED THAT THIS LIMITATION SHALL NOT LIMIT THE OBLIGATION OF THE LOAN PARTIES TO INDEMNIFY AND REIMBURSE THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY LIABILITIES, CLAIMS OR LOSSES FOR WHICH THEY ARE DIRECTLY LIABLE.
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12.14 GOVERNING LAW. OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO THE CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS, THE DUTCH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND THE ENGLISH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 11.14 (ENGLISH LAW GOVERNED TRANSACTION SECURITY), THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND ACCEPTS THAT, IF A PARTY IS REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIGNING AND/OR EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, DEED OR DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT OR MADE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE POWER OF ATTORNEY IS GOVERNED BY DUTCH LAW, THAT THE EXISTENCE AND EXTENT OF THE ATTORNEY’S AUTHORITY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE ATTORNEY’S EXERCISE OR PURPORTED EXERCISE OF ITS AUTHORITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY DUTCH LAW.
12.15 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN ANY OF THE LOAN PARTIES AND THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO (A) THIS AGREEMENT; (B) ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN THE CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS, THE DUTCH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND THE ENGLISH SECURITY DOCUMENTS); OR (C) ANY CONDUCT, ACT OR OMISSION OF THE LOAN PARTIES OR THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED ONLY BY STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND THE COURTS TO WHICH AN APPEAL THEREFROM MAY BE TAKEN; PROVIDED THAT THE AGENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TO PROCEED AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTY IN (A) ANY COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND VENUE AND (B) ANY
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LOCATION SELECTED BY THE AGENT TO ENABLE THE AGENT TO REALIZE ON SUCH PROPERTY, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF THE AGENT. EACH LOAN PARTY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT IN WHICH THE AGENT HAS COMMENCED A PROCEEDING, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS.
Each Loan Party that is organized or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States of America hereby appoints the Borrower, with an office at 13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600, Sugar Land, Texas, 77478, as its agent for service of process in any matter related to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than a Loan Document governed by English law) and shall provide written evidence of acceptance of such appointment by such agent on or before the Closing Date.
12.16 Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
12.17 JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO (A) THIS AGREEMENT; (B) ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER PRESENT OR FUTURE INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN OR AMONG THE LOAN PARTIES, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, OR ANY OF THEM; OR (C) ANY CONDUCT, ACT OR OMISSION OF THE LOAN PARTIES, THE AGENT OR THE LENDERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.
12.18 Attorney. Each party acknowledges and accepts that, if a party is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of this Agreement or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in this Agreement or made pursuant to this Agreement and the power of attorney is governed by Dutch law, that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of its authority shall be governed by Dutch law.
12.19 Agent Titles. Each Lender that is designated (on the cover page of this Agreement or otherwise) as an “Agent” or “Arranger” of any type shall not have any right, power, responsibility or duty under any Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders, and shall in no event be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any other Lender.
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12.20 Publicity. Agent may
(a) publish in any trade or other publication or otherwise publicize to any third party (including its Affiliates) a tombstone, article, press release or similar material relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the use of company logos upon execution of trademark use agreements reasonably satisfactory to Borrower) and
(b) provide to industry trade organizations related information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.
12.21 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document is intended or shall be construed to confer any rights or benefits upon any Person other than the parties hereto and thereto.
12.22 Confidentiality. Each of Agent and the Lenders shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed by any of them
(a) to its Affiliates, and to its and their partners, directors, officers, partners, members, legal counsel, independent auditors, leverage facility providers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (provided such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Information and instructed to keep it confidential and are bound by confidentiality restrictions customary for such arrangements)(and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or the Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 12.22);
(b) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates;
(c) to the extent required by applicable law or by any subpoena or other legal process;
(d) to any other party hereto;
(e) in connection with any action or proceeding, or other exercise of rights or remedies, relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations;
(f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as this Section, to any assignee or any actual or prospective assignee, participant or pledgee (or any of their respective advisors) in connection with any actual or prospective assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement;
(g) with the consent of Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); or
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(h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) is available to Agent or the Lenders or any of its or their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties.
(i) to the extent such Information is reasonably required by any potential or prospective assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of any Loans or Commitments or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations (provided that such assignees, transferees, participants, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of this Section 12.22 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 12.22);
(j) to any rating agency when required by it, provided that prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to Loan Parties received by it from any Agent or any Lender;
(k) on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Loans; and
(l) disclosures made upon the request or demand of any regulatory or quasi-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or any of its Affiliates (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent may publish or disseminate general information describing this credit facility, including the names and addresses of Borrower and a general description of Borrower’s businesses, and may use Borrower’s logos, Trademarks or product photographs in advertising materials, as provided in Section 12.20 (including upon execution of trademark use agreements reasonably satisfactory to Borrower) as well as the amount, type and the Closing Date. In addition, the Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. As used herein, “Information” means all information received from a Loan Party relating to it or its business that a reasonable Person would consider confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to have complied if it exercises the same degree of care that it accords its own confidential information. Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that (i) Information may include material non-public information concerning a Loan Party; (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable law, including federal, state, provincial and territorial securities laws.
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12.23 Patriot Act Notice, Etc. Agent hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Agent is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, including its legal name, address, tax ID number and other information that will allow the Lender to identify it in accordance with the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, or other applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Agent will also require information regarding each personal guarantor, if any, and may require information regarding the Loan Parties’ management and owners, such as legal name, address, social security number and date of birth.
12.24 Advice of Counsel. The Borrower acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel in connection with the execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and is not relying upon oral representations or statements inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
12.25 Captions. The captions at various places in this Agreement and any other Loan Document are intended for convenience only and do not constitute and shall not be interpreted as part of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
12.26 Platform.
(a) The Borrower agrees that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on the Platform.
(b) The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees, advisors, shareholders, attorneys or Affiliates (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform, unless it is determined by a final and nonappealable judgment or court order that the damages were the result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent Party. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to the Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.
12.27 Survival or Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of the Loans. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the terms of Article XI and the agreements of each Loan Party set forth in Sections 4.10, 4.11, 8.7, 12.3 and 12.4 and the agreements of the Lenders set forth in Section 2.14 shall survive the payment of the Loans and the termination hereof.
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12.28 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected 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 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:
(c) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(d) 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
(e) 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.
12.29 Time. Time is of the essence in this Agreement and each other Loan Document. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein and in any other Loan Documents to time shall mean and refer to New York time.
12.30 [Reserved].
12.31 Sovereign Immunity. Each Loan Party, in respect of itself, its process agents, and its properties and revenues, hereby irrevocably agrees that, to the extent that such Person or any of its properties has or may hereafter acquire any right of immunity, whether characterized as sovereign immunity or otherwise, from any legal proceedings, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere, to enforce or collect upon the Loans or any Loan Document or any other liability or obligation of such Person related to or arising from the transactions contemplated by any of the Loan Documents, including, immunity from suit, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction or judgment of any court or tribunal, immunity from execution of a judgment, and immunity of any of its property from attachment prior to any entry of judgment, or from attachment in aid of execution upon a judgment, such Person hereby expressly waives, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Requirements of Law, any such immunity, and agrees not to assert any such right or claim in any such proceeding, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party further agrees that the waivers set forth in this Section 12.31 shall be effective to the fullest extent permitted under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the U.S. and are intended to be irrevocable for purposes of such Act.
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12.32 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of the Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to the Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Hedging Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
12.33 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Agent or the Lenders (or to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders), or the Agent or Lender enforces any security interests or exercises any right of set-off, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or set-off or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, monitor, receiver and manager and interim receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state, provincial, territorial or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or set-off had not occurred.
12.34 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
12.35 Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state, provincial or territorial laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
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12.36 No Fiduciary Duty. The Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Loan Parties, their stockholders and/or their Affiliates. Each Loan Party agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates, on the other. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Loan Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Loan Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Loan Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Loan Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
12.37 Currency Indemnity. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court in any jurisdiction with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it becomes necessary to convert into a particular currency (the “Judgment Currency”) any amount due under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document in any currency other than the Judgment Currency (the “Currency Due”), then conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which judgment is given. For this purpose “rate of exchange” means the rate at which the Agent is able, on the relevant date, to purchase the Currency Due with the Judgment Currency in accordance with its normal practice at its head office. In the event that there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given and the date of receipt by the Agent of the amount due, the Borrower will, on the date of receipt by the Agent, pay such additional amounts, if any, or be entitled to receive reimbursement of such amount, if any, as may be necessary to ensure that the amount received by the Agent on such date is the amount in the Judgment Currency which when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt by the Agent is the amount then due under this Agreement or such other Loan Document in the Currency Due. If the amount of the Currency Due which the Agent is so able to purchase is less than the amount of the Currency Due originally due to it, the Borrower shall indemnify and save the Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against all loss or damage arising as a result of such deficiency.
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This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Agent from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or under any judgment or order.
12.38 Intercreditor Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document: (a) the Liens granted to the Agent in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents and the exercise of any right related to any Collateral shall be subject, in each case, to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, (b) in the event of any conflict between the express terms and provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, on one hand and any Intercreditor Agreement, on the other hand, the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement, as the case may be shall control and (c) each Lender (and, by its acceptance of the benefits of any Security Document, each other Secured Party) hereby authorizes and instructs the Agent to execute and perform its obligations under the Intercreditor Agreements (and any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto approved in accordance with the terms thereof) on behalf of such Lender and such Lender agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.
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Exhibit 10.6
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECOND LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 11, 2025, is made by and among TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, and CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES, acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (in such capacities, together with its successors and assigns, if any, in such capacities, herein called the “Agent”) under the Credit Agreement referred to below.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and the Agent are party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or otherwise supplemented and in effect from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain modifications to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein, and the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto constituting all Lenders and the Agent each desire to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein.
WHEREAS, each Lender authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this Agreement, terms defined in the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Agreement, are used herein as defined therein. The interpretative provisions of Article I of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis. This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete bold, stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: ) and to add the bold, double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that, as of the date of this Agreement, immediately after giving effect to the terms of this Agreement:
(a) the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Credit Agreement, and in each of the other Loan Documents, are true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date);
(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof;
(c) each Loan Party (i) is an Entity duly organized (or incorporated, as the case may be), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the country, state, province or territory of its incorporation, organization or formation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact the businesses in which it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged, except to the extent that the failure to own such properties or assets or transact business in such a way could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictions) in each jurisdiction where it presently is, or proposed to be, engaged in business, except to the extent that the failure so to qualify or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement (i) do not and will not contravene any of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party, (ii) do not and will not contravene any Requirement of Law, except as such contravention could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) do not and will not contravene any Material Contract and (iv) do not and will not result in the imposition of any Liens upon any of its properties except for Permitted Liens; and
(e) no consent, authorization or approval of, or filing with or other act by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except (i) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts as have been made or obtained, as applicable, and are in full force and effect and (ii) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts the failure of which to be obtained or made could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4. Conditions Precedent. The amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions (the date of satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions, the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) Execution. The Agent shall have received from the Borrower, each Guarantor party hereto and each Lender party to the Credit Agreement a counterpart of this Agreement, duly executed by such party; (d) Preferred Equity Investment.
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(b) Payment of Fees and Expenses. The Agent shall have received evidence of payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and Lender Group Expenses required to be paid pursuant to Section 12.4(b) of the Credit Agreement to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Amendment Effective Date (it being understood that all other such fees and Lender Group Expenses shall be paid after the Amendment Effective Date in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement);
(c) Authorizations. The Agent shall have received (i) copies of the Governing Documents of each Loan Party and a copy of the resolutions of the Governing Body (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the shareholders of the UK Loan Parties) (or similar evidence of authorization) of each Loan Party and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, attached to a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer, as applicable, of such Loan Party certifying (A) that such copies of the Governing Documents and resolutions of the Governing Body (or similar evidence of authorization) relating to such Loan Party are true, complete and accurate copies thereof, have not been amended or modified since the date of such certificate and are in full force and effect and (B) the incumbency, names and true signatures of the officers (or, as applicable, directors) of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (ii) with respect to U.S. Loan Parties only, a certified copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation, organization or formation (or the equivalent Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation) of each U.S. Loan Party, dated within twenty (20) days of the Amendment Effective Date, listing the certificate of incorporation, organization or formation of such Loan Party and each amendment thereto on file in such official’s office and certifying (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdictions) that (A) such amendments (if any) are the only amendments to such certificate of incorporation, organization or formation on file in that office, (B) such Loan Party has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and (C) such Loan Party is in good standing in that jurisdiction (as applicable);
(i) The funding of the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment shall have been, or substantially concurrently with the Amendment Effective Date shall be, consummated in accordance with the terms of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the Initial Warrants, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, and any related material documents executed in connection therewith that are reasonably requested by the Required Lenders;
(e) Amendments to ABL Credit Agreement and First Lien Credit Agreement. The Agent shall have received (i)that certain Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement (the “ABL Amendment”), dated as of the date hereof, among Team, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, each of the lenders party thereto and Eclipse Business Capital LLC, acting not individually but as agent on behalf of the lenders and all other secured parties, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, (ii) that certain Amendment No.
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1 to Credit Agreement (the “First Lien Amendment”), dated as of the date hereof, among Team, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and HPS Investment Partners, LLC, acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of the lenders and all other secured parties, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and (iii) to the extent reasonably requested by the Required Lenders, copies of any other material documents that are to be executed in connection with the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) or otherwise consummated in accordance with the terms of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment on the Amendment Effective Date;
(f) Partial Prepayment of Obligations. Substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Borrower shall apply (or shall cause to be applied) the Amendment No. 1 Prepayment (as defined in the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement) to the repayment of outstanding Obligations;
(g) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Credit Agreement, Section 3 of this Agreement, and in each of the other Loan Documents, shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date), and as if each reference in said Section 3 to this Agreement included reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that it shall be deemed to be an Event of Default under Section 10.1(f) of the Credit Agreement if any of the foregoing representations and warranties shall prove to have been false in any material respect when made);
(h) No Default. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from this Agreement;
(i) 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement. The Agent shall have received the 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto and dated as of the date hereof, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B; and
(j) Intercreditor Amendment. The Agent shall have received an amendment to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “Intercreditor Amendment” and together with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement, the “Amendment No. 1 Loan Documents”), duly executed by the parties thereto and dated as of the date hereof, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C.
Section 5. Condition Subsequent. On or prior to September 22, 2025, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a file-stamped copy of the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and any amendments relating to or affecting the formation documents of the Borrower in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents.
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Section 6. Certification. Each of the signatories of this Agreement on behalf of the Borrower, as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, does hereby certify (solely in their capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and not in any individual capacity) as to the matters specified in Section 3 hereof.
Section 7. No Novation or Mutual Departure. The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that there has not been, and this Agreement does not constitute or establish, a novation with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or a mutual departure from the strict terms, provisions, and conditions thereof, other than as specified herein. Except as otherwise expressed herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not (i) operate as a waiver, release or limitation, of any right, power, privilege or remedy of Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (iii) constitute a consent to any other amendment to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the ABL Credit Agreement and the First Lien Credit Agreement) or (iv) constitute a waiver of any Default, Event of Default or any other breach by the Loan Parties of, or non-compliance by the Loan Parties with, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising. Except as set forth herein, the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby ratifies and confirms its obligations thereunder as of the date hereof. This Agreement shall not constitute a course of dealing between the Loan Parties, on the one hand, and the Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, at variance with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document such as to require further notice by the Agent and the Lenders to any Loan Party to require strict compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the future, except as expressly set forth herein.
Section 8. Confirmation. Each Loan Party (a) confirms its obligations under the Credit Agreement (as modified by this Agreement) and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party as of the date hereof, (b) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the pledges set forth in the Loan Documents, (c) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Obligations”, (d) agrees that the Credit Agreement as modified hereby is the Credit Agreement under and for all purposes of the Loan Documents, (e) irrevocably and unconditionally ratifies its grant of security interest and pledge under the applicable Security Documents and (f) confirms the Liens, security interests and pledges granted thereunder continue to secure the Obligations, including any additional Obligations resulting from or incurred pursuant to this Agreement. Each party, by its execution of this Agreement, hereby confirms that the Obligations shall remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof, and such Obligations shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of the grant set forth in the Security Documents. Each Guarantor (a) confirms its guarantee obligations including all guarantees, pledges, grants and other undertakings under the applicable Security Documents as of the date hereof, (b) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby are entitled to the benefits of the guarantee set forth in the applicable Security Documents, (c) confirms that its obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute “Obligations”, (d) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (e) to the extent such Guarantor granted Liens on or security interests in any of its property pursuant to any such Loan Document as security for or otherwise guaranteed the Obligations under or with respect to the Loan Documents, ratifies and reaffirms such guarantee and grant of security interest and Liens.
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Each Loan Party, by its execution of this Agreement hereby confirms that the Guarantied Obligations and the Secured Obligations (each as defined in the applicable Security Documents) shall remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof, supersede any prior written and verbal agreements among them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and shall bind and benefit the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging) all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully executed and delivered original manual counterpart.
(b) THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(c) Each of the undersigned Lenders, by its execution hereof, authorizes and directs the Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Amendment No. 1 Loan Documents to which the Agent is a party, upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above (which shall be conclusively evidenced by such Lender’s execution hereof). The rights, privileges and immunities of the Agent set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be automatically incorporated by reference herein.
Section 10. Consent and Acknowledgements. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, including the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, and in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, each of the undersigned Lenders (constituting all Lenders) hereby (a) acknowledges and agrees that, from and following the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date,(i) any issuance of preferred equity interests and Warrants in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or issuance of common stock upon exercise of the Warrants and related transactions are permitted under the Credit Agreement, so long as the Warrants and the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement, (ii) the definition of “ABL Intercreditor Agreement” referenced in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to be the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as amended on the date hereof by the Intercreditor Amendment and (iii) the definition of “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” referenced in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to be the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” as amended on the date hereof by the Intercreditor Amendment and (b) consents to Borrower’s and Guarantors’ execution and delivery of the ABL Amendment and First Lien Amendment.
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Section 11. Limited Waiver. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, including the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, and in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement, the Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto constituting Required Lenders hereby waive any Change of Control that may occur as a result of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or the exercise of the Warrants so long as the Warrants and 2025 Preferred Equity Investment comply with the requirements set forth in the Credit Agreement, solely with respect to the 2025 Preferred Documents as agreed and permitted hereunder. The waiver set forth in this Section 11 shall be limited precisely as written and shall not relate to any other changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the date hereof and shall not relate to any Defaults or Events of Default now existing or occurring after the date hereof, and shall not in any manner restrict the Agent or any Lender from exercising any rights or remedies they may have in respect of any Default or Event of Default (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Default or Event of Default existing as of the date hereof) at any time in respect of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a consent to any other departure from or a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or prejudice any right or remedy that the Agent or any Lender may have or may in the future have.
Section 12. Notice of Partial Prepayment. The Agent and Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that the delivery to the Agent of the counterparts to this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower and the Guarantors shall satisfy all notice requirements under Section 2.5(c)(i) of the Credit Agreement with respect to the repayment of outstanding Loans required by Section 4(f) above.
Section 13. Release. By its execution hereof and in consideration of the terms herein and other accommodations granted to the Loan Parties hereunder, each Loan Party, on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries, and its or their successors, assigns and agents, hereby expressly forever waives, releases and discharges any and all losses, claims (including intraparty claims), damages, liabilities, deficiencies, obligations, fines, penalties, actions (whether threatened or existing), judgments or suits (whether threatened or existing) (collectively, the “Claims”) any of them may, as a result of actions or inactions occurring on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, have or allege to have as of the date of this Agreement or at any time thereafter (and all defenses that may arise out of any of the foregoing) of any nature, description, or kind whatsoever, based in whole or in part on facts, whether actual, contingent or otherwise, now known, unknown, or subsequently discovered, whether arising in law, at equity or otherwise, against the Agent or any Lender, their respective successors, assigns, directors, partners, members, trustees, controlling persons, officers, agents, sub-agents, employees, advisors, shareholders, attorneys and Affiliates (collectively, the “Released Parties”) arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any or all of the actions and transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any actual or alleged performance or non-performance of any of the Released Parties hereunder or under the Loan Documents (the “Released Matters”).
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In entering into this Agreement, each Loan Party expressly disclaims any reliance on any representations, acts, or omissions by any of the Released Parties and hereby agrees and acknowledges that the validity and effectiveness of the releases set forth above does not depend in any way on any such representation, acts and/or omissions or the accuracy, completeness, or validity thereof. The provisions of this Section 13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the payment in full in cash of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents and all other amounts owing thereunder.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
| TEAM, INC., as the Borrower | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial | ||
| Officer and Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES, as the Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Ryan Yeh |
|
| Name: Ryan Yeh | ||
| Title: Vice President and Assistant General | ||
| Counsel | ||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| LENDERS: | ||
| CORRE OPPORTUNITIES QUALIFIED | ||
| MASTER FUND, LP, as Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barnett |
|
| Name: John Barnett | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CORRE HORIZON FUND, LP (SERIES A), as | ||
| Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barnett |
|
| Name: John Barnett | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CORRE HORIZON FUND, LP (SERIES B), as | ||
| Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barnett |
|
| Name: John Barnett | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
| CORRE HORIZON II FUND, LP, as Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ John Barnett |
|
| Name: John Barnett | ||
| Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| GUARANTORS: | ||
| AGGRESSIVE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, | ||
| LLC | ||
| DK VALVE & SUPPLY, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE AMERICA, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE WORLDWIDE, LLC | ||
| QUALSPEC LLC | ||
| ROCKET ACQUISITION, LLC | ||
| TANK CONSULTANTS, LLC | ||
| TANK CONSULTANTS MECHANICAL | ||
| SERVICES, LLC | ||
| TCI SERVICES, LLC | ||
| TCI SERVICES HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES | ||
| INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
| TEAM QUALSPEC, LLC | ||
| TEAM TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LLC | ||
| GLOBAL ASCENT, LLC | ||
| KANEB FINANCIAL, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE LOUISIANA, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial | ||
| Officer and Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| FURMANITE B.V. | ||
| FURMANITE HOLDING B.V. | ||
| QUALITY INSPECTION SERVICES B.V. | ||
| TEAMINC EUROPE B.V. | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES EUROPE | ||
| B.V. | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES | ||
| NETHERLANDS B.V. | ||
| TEAM VALVE REPAIR SERVICES B.V. | ||
| THRESHOLD INSPECTION & | ||
| APPLICATION TRAINING EUROPE B.V. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||
| Title: General Director | ||
| TISI CANADA INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: Nelson M. Haight | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial | ||
| Officer and Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
| EXECUTED by FURMANITE | ||||
| INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |||
| LIMITED, a private limited company | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |||
| incorporated under the laws of | Title: Director | |||
| England and Wales, by one director | ||||
| EXECUTED by TEAM | ||||
| INDUSTRIAL SERVICES | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |||
| INSPECTION LIMITED, a private | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |||
| limited company incorporated under | Title: Director | |||
| the laws of England and Wales, byone director | ||||
| EXECUTED by TEAM | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |||
| INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (UK) | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |||
| HOLDING LIMITED, a private | Title: Director | |||
| limited company incorporated underthe laws of England and Wales, byone director | ||||
| EXECUTED by TEAM VALVE | ||||
| AND ROTATING SERVICES | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |||
| LIMITED, a private limited | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |||
| company incorporated under the laws | Title: Director | |||
| of England and Wales, byone director | ||||
| EXECUTED by TIS UK LIMITED | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |||
| LIMITED, a private limited company | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |||
| incorporated under the laws of | Title: Director | |||
| England and Wales, by one director | ||||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1]
EXHIBIT A to Amendment
Conformed Credit Agreement
[SEE ATTACHED]
Execution Version
Exhibit A to Amendment No. 1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECOND LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
TEAM, INC.,
as the Borrower,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
and
CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES,
as the Agent
Dated as of March 12, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS |
1 | |||||
| 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
| 1.2 |
Accounting Terms and Determinations | 66 | ||||
| 1.3 |
Divisions | 67 | ||||
| 1.4 |
Other Terms; Headings | 67 | ||||
| 1.5 |
Dutch Terms | 69 | ||||
| 1.6 |
Quebec Matters | 70 | ||||
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1.7 |
Available Amount Transaction | 71 | ||||
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1.8 |
Grower Baskets | 71 | ||||
| ARTICLE II. THE CREDIT FACILITIES |
71 | |||||
| 2.1 |
The Loans | 71 | ||||
| 2.2 |
[Reserved] | 72 | ||||
| 2.3 |
Procedure for Borrowing; Notices of Borrowing | 72 | ||||
| 2.4 |
Use of Proceeds | 73 | ||||
| 2.5 |
Mandatory Prepayments; Optional Prepayments | 73 | ||||
| 2.6 |
Amortization of Loans | 77 | ||||
| 2.7 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 78 | ||||
| 2.8 |
Term | 78 | ||||
| 2.9 |
Payment Procedures | 78 | ||||
| 2.10 |
Designation of a Different Lending Office | 79 | ||||
| 2.11 |
Replacement of Lenders | 80 | ||||
| 2.12 |
Incremental Facilities. | 80 | ||||
| 2.13 |
U.S. Income Tax Treatment | 81 | ||||
| 2.14 |
Sharing of Payments, Etc. | 82 | ||||
| ARTICLE III. [RESERVED] |
82 | |||||
| ARTICLE IV. INTEREST, FEES AND EXPENSES |
82 | |||||
| 4.1 |
Interest | 82 | ||||
| 4.2 |
Interest After Event of Default | 84 | ||||
| 4.3 |
Applicable Premium | 85 | ||||
| 4.4 |
[Reserved] | 86 | ||||
| 4.5 |
[Reserved] | 86 | ||||
| 4.6 |
[Reserved] | 86 | ||||
| 4.7 |
[Reserved] | 86 | ||||
| 4.8 |
Fees | 86 | ||||
| 4.9 |
Calculations | 87 | ||||
| 4.10 |
Increased Costs | 88 | ||||
| 4.11 |
Taxes | 89 | ||||
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| ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS OF LENDING |
93 | |||||
| 5.1 |
Conditions to Closing | 93 | ||||
| 5.2 |
[Reserved] | 97 | ||||
| 5.3 |
[Reserved] | 97 | ||||
| 5.4 |
Conditions to each Delayed Draw Term Loan | 98 | ||||
| 5.5 |
Conditions to each Loan | 98 | ||||
| ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
99 | |||||
| 6.1 |
Representations and Warranties of Borrower | 99 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER |
112 | |||||
| 7.1 |
Existence | 112 | ||||
| 7.2 |
Maintenance of Property | 113 | ||||
| 7.3 |
[Reserved] | 113 | ||||
| 7.4 |
Taxes | 113 | ||||
| 7.5 |
Requirements of Law; Material Contracts | 113 | ||||
| 7.6 |
Insurance | 113 | ||||
| 7.7 |
Books and Records; Inspections | 114 | ||||
| 7.8 |
Notification Requirements | 115 | ||||
| 7.9 |
Annual Collateral Verification | 119 | ||||
| 7.10 |
Qualify to Transact Business | 119 | ||||
| 7.11 |
Financial Reporting | 119 | ||||
| 7.12 |
Payment of Liabilities | 123 | ||||
| 7.13 |
ERISA | 123 | ||||
| 7.14 |
Environmental Matters | 123 | ||||
| 7.15 |
Intellectual Property | 124 | ||||
| 7.16 |
Solvency | 124 | ||||
| 7.17 |
Access to Employees, Etc. | 124 | ||||
| 7.18 |
[Reserved] | 124 | ||||
| 7.19 |
Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws | 124 | ||||
| 7.20 |
Additional Subsidiaries; Further Assurances | 124 | ||||
| 7.22 |
First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loans | 126 | ||||
| 7.23 |
Residency for Dutch Tax Purposes | 126 | ||||
| 7.24 |
Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes | 126 | ||||
| 7.25 |
Allocation of Tax Losses upon Termination of Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes | 127 | ||||
| ARTICLE VIII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
127 | |||||
| 8.1 |
Indebtedness | 127 | ||||
| 8.2 |
Permitted Activities of the Borrower | 130 | ||||
| 8.3 |
Entity Changes, Etc. | 131 | ||||
| 8.4 |
Change in Nature of Business | 132 | ||||
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| 8.5 |
Sales, Etc. of Assets | 132 | ||||
| 8.6 |
Use of Proceeds | 134 | ||||
| 8.7 |
2025 Preferred Equity Investment | 135 | ||||
| 8.8 |
Liens | 135 | ||||
| 8.9 |
Dividends, Redemptions, Distributions, Etc. | 135 | ||||
| 8.10 |
Investments | 137 | ||||
| 8.11 |
[Reserved] | 139 | ||||
| 8.12 |
Fiscal Year | 139 | ||||
| 8.13 |
Accounting Changes | 139 | ||||
| 8.14 |
[Reserved] | 139 | ||||
| 8.15 |
ERISA Compliance | 139 | ||||
| 8.16 |
UK Pensions | 140 | ||||
| 8.17 |
Prepayments; Amendments | 141 | ||||
| 8.18 |
Lease Obligations | 142 | ||||
| 8.19 |
[Reserved] | 142 | ||||
| 8.20 |
Milwaukee Property | 143 | ||||
| 8.21 |
Securities and Deposit Accounts | 143 | ||||
| 8.22 |
Negative Pledge | 143 | ||||
| 8.23 |
Affiliate Transactions | 144 | ||||
| 8.24 |
Canadian Pension Plans | 145 | ||||
| 8.25 |
Assets Located in Quebec | 145 | ||||
| ARTICLE IX. FINANCIAL COVENANT |
145 | |||||
| 9.1 |
Maximum First Lien Net Leverage Ratio | 145 | ||||
| 9.2 |
Cure Right | 145 | ||||
| ARTICLE X. EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
146 | |||||
| 10.1 |
Events of Default | 146 | ||||
| 10.2 |
Acceleration and Termination | 149 | ||||
| 10.3 |
Other Remedies | 150 | ||||
| 10.4 |
License for Use of Intellectual Property; Real Property and Other Property | 150 | ||||
| 10.5 |
Post-Default Allocation of Payments | 151 | ||||
| 10.6 |
No Marshaling; Deficiencies; Remedies Cumulative | 152 | ||||
| 10.7 |
Waivers | 152 | ||||
| 10.8 |
Further Rights of Agent and the Lenders | 153 | ||||
| 10.9 |
Interest After Event of Default | 153 | ||||
| 10.10 |
Receiver | 153 | ||||
| 10.11 |
Rights and Remedies not Exclusive | 153 | ||||
| ARTICLE XI. THE AGENT |
153 | |||||
| 11.1 |
Appointment of Agent | 153 | ||||
| 11.2 |
Nature of Duties of Agent | 154 | ||||
| 11.3 |
Lack of Reliance on Agent | 155 | ||||
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| 11.4 |
Certain Rights of Agent | 155 | ||||
| 11.5 |
Reliance by Agent | 156 | ||||
| 11.6 |
Indemnification of Agent | 156 | ||||
| 11.7 |
Agent in Its Individual Capacity | 156 | ||||
| 11.8 |
Holders of Notes | 156 | ||||
| 11.9 |
Successor Agent | 156 | ||||
| 11.10 |
Collateral Matters | 157 | ||||
| 11.11 |
Actions with Respect to Defaults | 159 | ||||
| 11.12 |
Delivery of Information | 159 | ||||
| 11.13 |
Erroneous Payments | 159 | ||||
| 11.14 |
English Law Governed Transaction Security | 160 | ||||
| 11.15 |
Delegation of Duties | 163 | ||||
| 11.16 |
[Reserved] | 163 | ||||
| 11.17 |
Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment | 163 | ||||
| 11.18 |
Security Documents and Guaranty | 164 | ||||
| 11.19 |
Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proof of Claim | 165 | ||||
| ARTICLE XII. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
166 | |||||
| 12.1 |
Notices | 166 | ||||
| 12.2 |
Delays; Partial Exercise of Remedies | 168 | ||||
| 12.3 |
Right of Setoff | 168 | ||||
| 12.4 |
Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection | 168 | ||||
| 12.5 |
Amendments, Waivers and Consents | 170 | ||||
| 12.6 |
Nonliability of Agent and Lenders | 172 | ||||
| 12.7 |
Assignments and Participations | 172 | ||||
| 12.8 |
Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures | 176 | ||||
| 12.9 |
Severability | 177 | ||||
| 12.10 |
Maximum Rate | 177 | ||||
| 12.11 |
[Reserved] | 177 | ||||
| 12.12 |
Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Interpretation | 178 | ||||
| 12.13 |
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY | 178 | ||||
| 12.14 |
GOVERNING LAW | 178 | ||||
| 12.15 |
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION | 179 | ||||
| 12.16 |
Independence of Covenants | 179 | ||||
| 12.17 |
JURY TRIAL | 179 | ||||
| 12.18 |
Attorney | 180 | ||||
| 12.19 |
Agent Titles | 180 | ||||
| 12.20 |
Publicity | 180 | ||||
| 12.21 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries | 180 | ||||
| 12.22 |
Confidentiality | 180 | ||||
| 12.23 |
Patriot Act Notice, Etc. | 182 | ||||
| 12.24 |
Advice of Counsel | 182 | ||||
| 12.25 |
Captions | 182 | ||||
| 12.26 |
Platform | 182 | ||||
| 12.27 |
Survival or Representations, Warranties and Agreements | 183 | ||||
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| 12.28 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 183 | ||||
| 12.29 |
Time | 183 | ||||
| 12.30 |
[Reserved] | 184 | ||||
| 12.31 |
Sovereign Immunity | 184 | ||||
| 12.32 |
No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative | 184 | ||||
| 12.33 |
Marshalling; Payments Set Aside | 184 | ||||
| 12.34 |
Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights | 185 | ||||
| 12.35 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments | 185 | ||||
| 12.36 |
No Fiduciary Duty | 185 | ||||
| 12.37 |
Currency Indemnity | 186 | ||||
| 12.38 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 186 |
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| Schedules | ||
| Schedule 6.1(a) | Jurisdiction of Loan Parties | |
| Schedule 6.1(b) | Locations of Officers, Records & Collateral | |
| Schedule 6.1(f) | Filings | |
| Schedule 6.1(g) | Ownership; Subsidiaries | |
| Schedule 6.1(p) | Judgments; Litigation | |
| Schedule 6.1(w) | Intellectual Property | |
| Schedule 6.1(x) | Labor Contracts | |
| Schedule 7 | Mortgaged Property | |
| Schedule 7.21 | Post-Closing Covenants | |
| Schedule 8.1(r) | Existing Letters of Credit | |
| Schedule 8.8 | Existing Liens | |
| Schedule 8.10 | Existing Investments | |
| Schedule 8.23 | Existing Transactions with Affiliates | |
| Annexes | ||
| Annex A | Lenders and Commitments | |
| Exhibits | ||
| Exhibit A | Form of Note | |
| Exhibit B | Form of Notice of Borrowing | |
| Exhibit C | [Reserved] | |
| Exhibit D | [Reserved] | |
| Exhibit E | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
| Exhibit F | Form of Financial Condition Certificate | |
| Exhibit G | Form of Closing Certificate | |
| Exhibit H | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
| Exhibit I | [Reserved] | |
| Exhibit J | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
| Exhibits K-1 to K-4 | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates | |
| Exhibit L | Form of Monthly Operating Report | |
| Exhibit M | Delayed Draw Certificate | |
| Exhibit N | [Reserved] | |
| Exhibit O | Form of Intercompany Note | |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECOND LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, is entered into as of March 12, 2025, among (i) TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), (ii) each of the lenders identified as a “Lender” on Annex A attached hereto (together with each of its respective successors and assigns, if any, each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and (iii) CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES, acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, in such capacities, herein called the “Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that, upon the satisfaction in full of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article V below, the applicable Lenders extend credit to the Borrower on the Closing Date in the form of (i) 2025 Term Commitments and 2025 Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $97,413,198.18 and (ii) Delayed Draw Term Commitments in an aggregate commitment amount of $10,000,000, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the 2025 Term Loans, together with the proceeds of the loans under the First Lien Credit Agreement, will be used on the Closing Date to repay in full all Existing Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date, and the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loans will be available after the Closing Date and will be used for working capital and general liquidity purposes;
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to extend credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in respect of the foregoing premises and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby mutually acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders, and the Agent, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. Any terms (whether capitalized or lower case) used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC or the PPSA (including Account, Account Debtor, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Account, Drafts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Inventory, Investment Property, Instruments, Promissory Notes, Proceeds, Securities Account and Supporting Obligations) shall be construed and defined as set forth in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable, unless otherwise defined herein. In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
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“1970 Group SIRFA” means, collectively, (i) that certain Substitute Insurance Collateral Facility Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2025, between Olympus LC Applicant, LLC and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement, (ii) that certain Substitute Insurance Collateral Facility Program Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2025, between 1970 Group Originator, Inc. and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement and (iii) that certain Amended and Restated Substitute Insurance Reimbursement Facility Agreement dated as of September 16, 2024 between 1970 Group Inc. and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement.
“1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, among (a) Olympus LC Applicant, LLC (as the immediate successor in interest to 1970 Group Originator, Inc.), (b) the First Lien Agent, (c) the Agent , (d) the ABL Agent, (e) the Borrower and the other Loan Parties party thereto and (f) as acknowledged by 1970 Group Originator Inc.
“1970 Group Subordination Agreement” means, collectively, (i) the Original 1970 Group Subordination Agreement and (ii) the 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement.
“2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock of the Borrower, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on or about the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, relating to the preferred equity interests issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by Section 8.17(b)(ii)).
“2025 Preferred Documents” means, collectively, the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the Warrants.
“2025 Preferred Equity Investment” means, collectively, the issuances of preferred equity interests (including the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and any subsequent delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests) (as contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and the 2025 Preferred Documents) pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and all other transactions related to the foregoing.
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“2025 Preferred Equity Investor” means Stellex and/or any of its Affiliates.
“ 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, InspectionTech Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and the other parties from time to time party thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by Section 8.17(b)(ii)).
“2025 Term Commitment” means the commitment of each Lender to make 2025 Term Loans, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, up to the maximum amount specified for such Lender on Annex A or in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance. The aggregate amount of the 2025 Term Commitments on the Closing Date (prior to the incurrence of any 2025 Term Loans on such date) is $97,413,198.18.
“2025 Term Lender” means a Lender holding a 2025 Term Commitment or 2025 Term Loan.
“2025 Term Loan” means a Loan made to the Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii).
“ABL Agent” means Eclipse Business Capital LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent and/or collateral agent for the lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement, or the administrative agent and/or collateral agent (or similar agent) under any other ABL Facility, and any successor thereto in any such capacity.
“ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2022, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time and ABL Agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (including increasing the amount loaned thereunder) or extended or refinanced from time to time in accordance with Section 8.1(k) and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Facility” means Indebtedness under (a) the ABL Credit Agreement and (b) any credit facility that refunds, replaces (whether upon termination or otherwise) or refinances in whole or in part any Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement from time to time; provided that any ABL Facility must comply with the requirements of Section 8.1(k).
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Agent, the First Lien Agent and the ABL Agent (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date).
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“ABL Loan Documents” means (a) the ABL Credit Agreement and (b) each of the other agreements, instruments and other documents with respect to the ABL Obligations, all as in effect on the date hereof or as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABL Obligations” means all “ABL Debt” (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement).
“ABL Payoff Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the ABL Agent and the Borrower.
“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to the term “ABL Priority Collateral” in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement on customary terms, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, entered into by and among the Loan Parties, the Agent and certain lenders with respect to the applicable tranche of Indebtedness (or such lenders’ agent or debt representative) pursuant to which such Indebtedness is made subordinate in right of payment to Payment in Full of all Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(b).
“Advance” means amounts advanced by the Lenders (or any of them, as applicable) to or for the benefit of Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof on the occasion of any borrowing and “Advances” shall mean more than one Advance.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly Controls, is under common Control with, is Controlled by or is a director, officer, manager or general partner of such Person, provided that, (a) in any event, any Person who owns directly or indirectly 15% or more of the economic interests or Voting Interests of a Person, shall be deemed to control such Person and (b) for the avoidance of doubt, Stellex shall constitute an Affiliate of the Loan Parties under this Agreement for so long as it would satisfy this definition. Without limitation of the foregoing, the following Persons shall at all times constitute Affiliates of the Borrower: (i) the Borrower, (ii) each Guarantor and (iii) all Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Corre and each Corre Affiliate shall be deemed not to be an Affiliate of the Borrower for any purpose under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
“Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Agent Fee Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower and the Agent.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 12.26(b).
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“Agent’s Payment Account” means an account designated on the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter by Agent to the Lenders and Borrower as the “Agent’s Payment Account”.
“Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(c)(ii).
“AHYDO Catch-Up Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(c)(ii).
“Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Agent.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 4 of Amendment No. 1 were satisfied, which date was September 11, 2025.
“Amendment No. 1 Prepayment” means the prepayment in an aggregate amount equal to $41,803,211.43 of principal of Obligations (plus accrued and unpaid cash interest thereon) substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date made solely from proceeds of the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the Initial Warrants.
“Amendment No. 1 Transaction Expenses” means any fees, expenses, costs and/or charges, without duplication, incurred or paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Amendment No. 1 Transactions (including any prepayment premiums or similar fees, including in respect of Indebtedness repaid or prepaid with proceeds of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the Warrants and any reimbursement of fees, expenses, costs and/or charges of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor).
“Amendment No. 1 Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution and delivery of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, any preferred stock issued pursuant to or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and the Warrants, the filing and adoption of the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the consummation of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, the issuance of the Warrants and any other transactions contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, (b) the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 1, (c) the Amendment No. 1 Prepayment, (d) the repayment of loans outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to $25,000,000 (without a concurrent reduction of Commitments (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)), (e) the execution and delivery of any amendment to the ABL Credit Agreement on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (f) the execution and delivery of any amendment to the First Lien Credit Agreement on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (g) the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 1 to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (which amends the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (h) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing.
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“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), each as amended, and all other laws and regulations or ordinances concerning or relating to bribery or corruption in any jurisdiction.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the statutes, laws, regulations, or rules in any jurisdiction that relate to terrorism financing, money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, “know-your customer” laws or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. § 5311 et seq.), the Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
“Applicable Premium” means, in connection with the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event, with respect to any Loans in connection with the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event:
(a) during the period from and after the Closing Date up to and including the first anniversary of the Closing Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the first anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date), an amount equal to 0.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid or repaid on such date;
(b) during the period from the day after the first anniversary of the Closing Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the first anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date) up to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the second anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date), an amount equal to 4.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid or repaid on such date; and
(c) at any time after the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the second anniversary of the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date), an amount equal to 8.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being paid on such date.
“Applicable Premium Trigger Event” means:
(i) any payment by any Loan Party of all, or any part, of the principal balance of any Loan for any reason (including any optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment other than any prepayment made pursuant to a Casualty Event, a Change of Control, pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) unless and until the amount of all such mandatory prepayments exceeds $10,000,000 in the aggregate (and only the amount in excess of such threshold) or Section 2.5(b)(iii)) whether before or after (A) the occurrence of an Event of Default, (B) the commencement of any Insolvency Event, and notwithstanding any acceleration (for any reason) of the Obligations or (C) pursuant to Section 2.11; (ii) the occurrence of any Change of Control;
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(iii) the acceleration of the Obligations following an Event of Default, including acceleration in accordance with Section 10.2, including as a result of the commencement of an Insolvency Event;
(iv) the satisfaction, release, payment, restructuring, reorganization, replacement, reinstatement, defeasance or compromise of any of the Obligations in any Insolvency Event, foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding or otherwise) or deed in lieu of foreclosure or the making of a distribution of any kind in any Insolvency Event to Agent, for the account of the Lenders in full or partial satisfaction of the Obligations; or
(v) the termination of this Agreement for any reason (other than in connection with a Change of Control transaction).
If any Applicable Premium Trigger Event described in the foregoing clauses (ii) through (v) occurs, then, solely for purposes of calculating the Applicable Premium due and payable in connection therewith, the entire amount of the Loans shall be deemed to have been prepaid on the date on which such Applicable Premium Trigger Event occurs.
“Asset Disposition” means any direct or indirect sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), issuance or other disposition, or any exchange or property with or a series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions that are part of a common plan, of shares of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares), property or other assets of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any disposition by means of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or similar transaction (other than, in each case of the foregoing, dispositions in an amount less than or equal to the greater of $6,000,000 and 10% of EBITDA per transaction or series of related transactions).
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by a Lender and its assignee, and accepted by Agent, to be substantially in the form of Exhibit J, or such other form as acceptable to Agent.
“Auditors” means any of the “big 4” national firms, Grant Thornton or BDO Global or another nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
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“ Availabl e Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination (the “Available Amount Reference Date”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero), determined on a cumulative basis, equal to, without duplication (and, in each case, to the extent Not Otherwise Applied):
(a) the sum of (without duplication):
(i) the Available Starter Amount; plus
(ii) 100% of the cumulative portion of Excess Cash Flow in respect of the Available Amount Reference Period relating to such Available Amount Reference Date, which has not been and is not required to be used to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(iii), which shall not be less than $0 for any fiscal year; plus
(iii) an amount determined on a cumulative basis equal to the net cash proceeds from an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or a capital contribution in the Borrower) or its direct or indirect parent company, and which are contributed to the Borrower as cash equity, in each case, after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (other than net cash proceeds arising from (A) Disqualified Equity Interests or (B) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment); plus
(iv) the Net Cash Proceeds of sales of Investments actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of Investments made using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 8.10(f) (but not exceeding the amount of the original Investment); plus
(v) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts actually received in respect of Investments made using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 8.10(f) (but not exceeding the amount of the original Investment); minus
(b) the sum of (in each case, without duplication):
(i) the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.9(g) after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and prior to such Available Amount Reference Date; plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 8.10(f) after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and prior to such Available Amount Reference Date; plus
(iii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness permanently paid or prepaid pursuant to Section 8.17(a)(viii) after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and prior to such Available Amount Reference Date.
“Available Amount Conditions” means, except with respect to the use of the Available Starter Amount, (a) immediately before and after giving effect to the applicable Available Amount Transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing or would result therefrom and (b) the Total Leverage Ratio (on a Pro Forma Basis) as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended shall be less than 3.75 to 1.00.
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“Available Amount Reference Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Available Amount”.
“Available Amount Reference Period” means, with respect to any Available Amount Reference Date, the period commencing immediately after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and ending on the applicable Available Amount Reference Date.
“Available Amount Transaction” means, as applicable, an Investment made pursuant to Section 8.10(f), a Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 8.9(g) or Indebtedness paid pursuant to Section 8.17(a)(viii).
“Available Incremental Amount” means, as of any date, an amount equal to (a) $15,000,000 less (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Commitments extended prior to such date in reliance on the Available Incremental Amount and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred prior to such date in reliance on the Available Incremental Amount and solely to the extent permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“Available Starter Amount”means an amount equal to $6,000,000.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 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).
“Bank Product” means any of the following products, services or facilities extended to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries:
(i) Cash Management Services; and
(ii) products under Hedging Agreements for non-speculative purposes.
“Bank Product Obligations” means Indebtedness and other obligations of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries arising from Bank Products.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as that title may be amended from time to time, or any successor statute.
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“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or permitted by law to close.
“Business Plan” means a business plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, consisting of consolidated projected balance sheets, related cash flow statements and related profit and loss statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of the underlying assumptions, which covers a one-year period and which is prepared on a monthly basis for the first year and a quarterly basis thereafter.
“Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan” means a pension plan registered under the Tax Act, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other applicable provincial, territorial, or federal pension benefits standards legislation as amended from time to time and any successor statute which contains a “defined benefit provision”, as such term is defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Tax Act.
“Canadian Guarantor” means any Guarantor organized under the laws of Canada or a province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Loan Party” means any Loan Party incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or a province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan” means (i) a “multi-employer pension plan” as that term is defined in subsection 1(1) of the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or an equivalent plan under pension standards legislation of another applicable provincial, territorial, or federal jurisdiction or (ii) a “multi-employer plan” as that term is defined in subsection 8500(1) of the Income Tax Regulations (Canada).
“Canadian Registered Pension Plan” means a pension plan subject to (i) the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other applicable provincial, territorial, or federal pension benefits standards legislation as amended from time to time and any successor statute or (ii) a “registered pension plan” as that term is defined in subsection 248(1) of the Tax Act, but excludes a Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan.
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“Canadian Security Agreement” means an amended and restated second lien guaranty and security agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, executed and delivered by each of the Canadian Loan Parties to Agent, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Canadian Security Documents” means the Canadian Security Agreement, any share pledge agreement governed by Canadian law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, and each other agreement, document or instrument executed by any Loan Party governed by Canadian law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, consolidated expenditures during such period that are or are required to be included in or are reflected by the consolidated property, plant, or equipment accounts of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any similar fixed asset, or improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto or therefor which have a useful life of more than one year, or are or are required to be otherwise included as capitalized costs, and shall include all payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and leasehold improvements, in each case on the balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP in effect on the date hereof, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease which, under GAAP, is or will be required to be capitalized on the books of the lessee, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as Indebtedness (net of Interest Expense) in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” means
(i) securities issued, guaranteed or insured by the United States or any of its agencies with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired;
(ii) certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired, issued by (a) a Lender or its Affiliates; (b) any U.S. federal, Canadian federal, state, provincial or territorial chartered commercial bank of recognized standing which has capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $500,000,000; or (c) any bank or its holding company that has a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A 1 or the equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or at least P 1 or the equivalent by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;
(iii) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements with terms of not more than thirty (30) days from the date acquired, for securities of the type described in clause (i) above and entered into only with commercial banks having the qualifications described in clause (ii) above or such other financial institutions with a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A 1 or the equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or at least P 1 or the equivalent by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;
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(iv) commercial paper, other than commercial paper issued by Borrower or any of its Affiliates, issued by any Person incorporated under the laws of the United States, Canada or any state, province or territory thereof and rated at least A 1 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or at least P 1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; and
(v) investments in money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which have net assets of at least $500,000,000 and at least eighty-five percent (85%) of whose assets consist of securities and other obligations of the type described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
“Cash Management Services” means any one or more of the following types of services or facilities:
(i) credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services,
(ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) and
(iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services.
“Casualty Events” means any event (not constituting an Asset Disposition) occurring after the Closing Date that gives rise to the receipt by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any casualty insurance proceeds (including business interruption insurance proceeds) or condemnation awards or other compensation in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property or as a result of the taking of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by a Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking thereof.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code in which any Loan Party or direct or indirect owner of a Loan Party is a “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code; provided that notwithstanding anything under any Loan Documents, none of the entities organized or incorporated in England and Wales, Canada or the Netherlands (or successors thereto) shall be considered a CFC or a Foreign Subsidiary, be subject to any Section 956 Limitations, or be or become owned by any entity other than Loan Parties. For purposes of the foregoing, “Section 956 Limitation” means any exclusion or limitation on an entity providing guarantees, pledging its assets, engaging in any repayment or repatriation transaction or on the pledge of Equity Interests issued by any entity, in each case, as a result of such entity being considered a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code or any adverse tax, cost or impact under Section 956 of the Code or any similar provision.
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“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following:
(i) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty;
(ii) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or
(iii) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority;
provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
(A) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, and
(B) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means that:
(i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert, other than the Designated Equity Investor, shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 50% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower,
(ii) Borrower fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party except where such failure is as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents,
(iii) a change in control or similar event with respect to any Loan Party, as defined or described under any documentation in respect of Material Indebtedness to which any Loan Party is a party, shall have occurred,
(iv) sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or
(v) any “change of control” or similar event under documentation evidencing Material Indebtedness shall occur.
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“Claims” has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(a).
“Class” (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are 2025 Term Lenders, Delayed Draw Term Lenders or Incremental Lenders (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are 2025 Term Commitments, Delayed Draw Term Commitments or Incremental Commitments and (c) when used with respect to Loans, refers to whether such Loans are 2025 Term Loans, Delayed Draw Term Loans or Incremental Loans.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 5.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.5).
“Closing Date Refinancing” means (i) the redemption and/or repayment (or otherwise defeasance) of the Existing Indebtedness in its entirety, (ii) the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement in the form of this Agreement and the extension of the 2025 Term Loans and the Delayed Draw Commitments, (iii) the execution of the First Lien Credit Agreement and the extension of credit thereunder and (iv) the refinancing of an aggregate amount of $97,413,198.18 of Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), inclusive of premium and accrued and unpaid PIK interest, with respect to the credit facility provided pursuant to this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time, and all regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents as security for all or any of the Obligations (regardless of whether such Lien is actually perfected).
“Combine d Cap” means the aggregate amount of adjustments made for any applicable Test Period pursuant to clauses (O), (V), (W) and (X) of the definition of “EBITDA” shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such Test Period (before giving effect to such addbacks).
“Commitments” means, the 2025 Term Commitments, the Delayed Draw Commitments, and the Incremental Commitments.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and all regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“Communications” has the meaning specified in Section 12.26(b).
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(d).
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“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness” means Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on any assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Liens that are expressly junior in priority to the Liens securing the Obligations or junior in priority to the Liens securing other Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness) and including, for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Funded Indebtedness constituting ABL Obligations, but excluding any such Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of:
(i) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, other than amounts owed pursuant to insurance premium financings,
(ii) all purchase money Indebtedness,
(iii) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, other than amounts in respect of the 1970 Group SIRFA solely to the extent that each such letter of credit is not drawn and not reimbursed or otherwise cash collateralized,
(iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligation, purchase price adjustments and profit-sharing arrangements arising from purchase and sale agreements, in each case to the extent such amount is accounted for as debt in accordance with GAAP,
(v) Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(vi) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment prior to the Maturity Date in respect of any Equity Interests of such Person (other than pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents) or any other Person or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends (including any Disqualified Equity Interests) (in each case, other than pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents);
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(vii) without duplication, all guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (i) through (vi) above of Persons other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and
(viii) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no obligation pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement shall constitute “Consolidated Funded Indebtedness”.
“Contribution Notice” means a contribution notice issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 38 or section 47 of the Pensions Act 2004.
“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 the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Lenders (it being agreed that any agreement requiring Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, in its individual capacity (as opposed to its capacity as Agent for the Secured Parties), to indemnify a banking institution shall not be satisfactory to the Agent), which provides for the Agent to have “control” (as defined in Section 9-104 of the UCC of the State of New York or Section 8-106 of the UCC of the State of New York, as applicable) of Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts.
“Copyright Security Agreement” means a Second Lien Copyright Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Copyrights” means
(i) any and all copyright rights (including derivative rights) in any works subject to the copyright laws of the United States, Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise,
(ii) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule 6.1(w);
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(iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof;
(iv) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Corre” means Corre Partners Management, LLC.
“Corre Affiliate” means Corre or any of its Affiliates.
“Corre Payoff Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as agent under the Existing Credit Agreement, the lenders party thereto and the Borrower.
“Covered Entity” means 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).
“Cure Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
“Cure Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding up and Restructuring Act (Canada), the debt and/or securities reorganization provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act or the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), the Insolvency Act 1986 and all other liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States, Canada, England and Wales or other any other comparable and applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1, which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, or the satisfaction of any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2.
“Delayed Draw Availability Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on April 15, 2026; provided that, the Delayed Draw Availability Period (and any Delayed Draw Commitments that have previously terminated) may be extended or reinstated from time to time upon the written request of the Borrower and with the written consent of each applicable Lender holding Delayed Draw Commitments that agrees to reinstate all or any portion of such Lender’s Delayed Draw Commitments in such Lender’s sole discretion, with written notice delivered to the Agent as evidence of such extension or reinstatement.
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“Delayed Draw Certificate” means a delayed draw certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M.
“Delayed Draw Commitment” means the commitment of each Lender to make Delayed Draw Term Loans, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, up to the maximum amount specified for such Lender on Annex A or in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance. The initial aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Commitments on the Closing Date is $10,000,000.00. For the avoidance of doubt, Delayed Draw Commitments shall not include the Existing Delayed Draw Commitments, and each Existing Delayed Draw Commitment is, or concurrently with the Closing Date, shall be, terminated in accordance with the Corre Payoff Letter.
“Delayed Draw Funding Date” means the date of any borrowing of a Delayed Draw Term Loan in accordance with Section 2.3(a).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(iii).
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Designated Equity Investor” means Corre and Corre Affiliates. “Designated Equity Investor”does not include Stellex or any Affiliate thereof.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with, in or involving such country or territory (as of the date hereof, the Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition
(i) mature automatically or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by Borrower (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (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 Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments),
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(ii) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by Borrower (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part,
(iii) provide for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash that are payable without further action or decision of Borrower, or
(iv) are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 120 days after the Maturity Date.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Equity Interests issued in connection with the Warrants or the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment shall not constitute “Disqualified Equity Interests.”
“Disqualified Institutions” means:
(i) (A) any Person that is a competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and identified by the Borrower in writing to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date;
(B) any Person that is a competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and identified by the Borrower in writing to the Agent from time to time after the Closing Date; and
(C) together with any Affiliates of such competitors described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) that are reasonably identifiable as such on the basis of such Affiliate’s name or otherwise identified in writing by the Borrower to the Agent from time to time (other than any such Affiliate that is a bank, financial institution or fund (other than a Person described in clause (ii) below) that regularly invests in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and for which no personnel involved with the relevant competitor (1) make investment decisions or (2) have access to non-public information relating to the Borrower or any Person that forms part of the Borrower’s business (including its Subsidiaries)); or
(ii) certain banks, financial institutions, other institutional lenders and investors and other entities that are identified by the Borrower in writing to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, together with any Affiliates of such identified entities that are reasonably identifiable as such on the basis of such Affiliate’s name or otherwise identified in writing by the Borrower to the Agent from time to time.
provided that (x) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no written notice shall apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in any Loans or entered into a trade for either of the foregoing and (y) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the Agent shall not 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 Institutions and (b) the Borrower (on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties) and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution and that the Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Institution.
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“Dollars” and the sign “$” means freely transferable lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Loan Party that is organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Dutch Guarantor” means any Guarantor organized under Dutch law.
“Dutch Loan Party” means any Loan Party organized under Dutch law.
“Dutch Security Agreements” means the following Dutch law governed security agreements:
(i) the senior ranking security agreement among the Agent as pledgee and the Loan Parties party thereto as pledgors in relation to the Term Loan Priority Collateral; and
(ii) the junior ranking security agreement among the Agent as pledgee and the Loan Parties party thereto as pledgors in relation to the ABL Priority Collateral.
“Dutch Security Documents” means the Dutch Security Agreements, the Dutch Share Pledges, and each other agreement, document or instrument executed by any Loan Party governed by Dutch law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Dutch Share Pledges” means the following Dutch law governed notarial deeds of pledge of shares:
(i) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Team Industrial Services Netherlands B.V. as company;
(ii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Threshold Inspection & Application Training Europe B.V. as company;
(iii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Quality Inspection Services B.V. as company;
(iv) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Team Valve Repair Services B.V. as company;
(v) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Netherlands B.V. as pledgor and Teaminc Europe B.V. as company;
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(vi) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Furmanite B.V. as company;
(vii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services International, Inc. as pledgor and Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as company; and
(viii) the deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Furmanite Holding B.V. as company.
“EBITDA” means, for any period, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, Net Income for such period,
(i) plus in each case, to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period without duplication:
(A) the amount of depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets during such period, plus
(B) all Interest Expense and all fees for the use of money or the availability of money, including commitment, facility and like fees, premium (including any prepayment premium or Applicable Premium solely to the extent (x) reducing Net Income and (y) such prepayment premium or Applicable Premium is required to be paid upon a prepayment as set forth in the applicable document governing such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date) and charges upon Indebtedness (including Indebtedness to Agent or Lenders) paid or payable during such period, without duplication, plus
(C) net Tax Expense paid or accrued during such period, without duplication, plus
(D) the amount of all non-cash share-based compensation during such period, plus
(E) [reserved], plus
(F) Transaction Expenses to the extent paid or to the extent invoices are received by the Borrower or its Affiliates on or within one hundred eighty (180) days of the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate, provided, that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (F) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such measurement period, plus
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(G) financing fees, financial and other advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees (and similar advisory and consulting fees), and related costs and expenses incurred during such period by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with asset sales permitted by Section 8.5, any transaction with the Designated Equity Investor which would otherwise constitute a Change of Control but for the exclusion of the Designated Equity Investor, as applicable, from clause (i) thereof, the refinancing of Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 8.1(a), (k), (l), or (n) , the making of any Incremental Facility Amendment or the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt (including any fees and expenses related to any amendments, supplements, modifications and maturity date extensions thereof) or otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders (whether or not consummated), in each case, to the extent not prohibited under this Agreement, to the extent paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP on or within one hundred eighty (180) days of the closing date of such transaction in an amount not to exceed (x) $5,000,000 in the aggregate for any refinancings of Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 8.1(a), (k), (l), or (n), the making of any Incremental Facility Amendment or the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt (including any fees and expenses related to any amendments, supplements, modifications and maturity date extensions thereof), and (y) $750,000 per annum in the aggregate for any asset sales permitted by Section 8.5, provided that no maximum aggregate amount shall apply to any fees, costs and expenses incurred in relation to any transaction with the Designated Equity Investor which would otherwise constitute a Change of Control, but for the exclusion of the Designated Equity Investor, from clause (i) thereof, provided, further, that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (G) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such measurement period, plus
(H) any loss in connection with any disposition of assets during such period, plus
(I) non-cash losses incurred during such period for currency exchanges in accordance with GAAP, plus
(J) non-cash losses from foreign exchange conversions and mark-to-market adjustments due to foreign currency remeasurement and/or hedge agreements (or other derivatives) during such period, plus
(K) the aggregate amount of all non-cash charges, expenses, fees or losses during such period, plus
(L) [reserved], plus
(M) legal fees and other expenses incurred related to litigation and reserves established for non-routine matters, plus
(N) all (A) Amendment No. 1 Transaction Expenses and (B) non-operating professional fees, costs and expenses, in each case, during such period to the extent paid or to the extent invoices are received by the Borrower or its Affiliates on or prior to the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (or such later date as the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) may agree in its sole discretion), in an aggregate amount for the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), collectively, not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, provided, that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (N) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such measurement period, plus
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(O) non-recurring business optimization expenses and other non-recurring restructuring charges or reserves, in each case, consisting of severance, lease term charges, and other similar non-recurring expenses paid or accrued during such period , provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (O) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap, plus
(P) items reducing Net Income of such Person for such period to the extent (i) covered by a binding indemnification or refunding obligation or insurance, (ii) paid or payable (directly or indirectly) by a third party (except to the extent such payment gives rise to reimbursement obligations) or with the proceeds of a contribution to equity capital of such Person or (iii) such Person is directly or indirectly, reimbursed for such item by a third party, so long as such Person has submitted in good faith, and reasonably expects to receive payment in connection with, a claim for reimbursement of such amounts under its relevant insurance policy (in the case of any add-backs pursuant to this clause (P), with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next Fiscal Quarter), plus
(Q) the amount of indemnities and expenses paid in such period by such Person or otherwise to any member of the board of directors of such Person, the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor, a Designated Equity Investor or any Affiliate of a 2025 Preferred Equity Investor or a Designated Equity Investor and the amount of any fees and other compensation paid to the members of the board of directors (or the equivalent thereof) of such Person or any of its parent entities, solely to the extent any such amount is permitted to be paid under Section 8.9, plus
(R) the non-cash portion of “straight line” rent expense less the cash portion of “straight line” rent expense which exceeds the cash amount paid in respect thereof, provided that to the extent such Person elects to add back such non-cash charge or expense, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, plus
(S) (A) minority interest expense of such Person for such period, including expense or deduction attributable to minority Equity Interests of third parties in any Subsidiary and (B) charges, costs and expenses consisting of income attributable to minority interests and non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof, and the amount of any reductions in arriving at Net Income resulting from the application of ASC Topic No. 810, Consolidation, plus
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(T) payments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period with respect to deferred purchase price in respect of assets, securities, services or business including earn-outs and contingent consideration obligations, bonuses and other compensation, payments in respect of dissenting shares, and purchase price adjustments, made by such Person during such period, solely to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder, plus
(U) the amount of any losses from abandoned, closed or discontinued operations, solely to the extent such operations are reasonably anticipated to be so abandoned, closed or discontinued within ninety (90) days of the last day of such period, provided that the amount permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (U) for any period shall not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate, plus
(V) losses or discounts on a sale of receivables and any related assets in connection with any receivables sale, factoring or similar financing transaction or series of transactions permitted hereunder, provided that the amount permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (V) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap, plus
(W) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies resulting from, or related to (1) mergers and other business combinations, acquisitions, Investments, dispositions or other sales of assets, discontinuance of activities or operations and other specified transactions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives, operational changes, and operating cost initiatives and improvements, that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions taken, committed to be taken or expected to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken, no later than twelve (12) months after the end of such period (which amounts will be determined by the Borrower in good faith and calculated on a pro forma basis as though amounts had been realized on the first day of the period for which EBITDA is being determined), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that, (i) in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, such cost savings are reasonably identifiable, reasonably anticipated to be realized, and factually supportable (it being agreed that such determination need not be made in compliance with Regulation S-X or other applicable securities law) and (ii) the Agent shall have received a duly executed certificate of an officer of the Borrower (which may be included in the applicable Compliance Certificate), certifying the requirements under this clause (W)(1) and accompanied by a reasonably detailed statement or schedule of such add backs, and other supporting information that may be reasonably requested by the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to theAgent, delivered on or prior to the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d); provided, further, that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause ( W)(1) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap or (2) changes in insurance programs that occurred on, prior to, or after the Amendment No.
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1 Effective Date, provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (W)(2) shall not exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate, plus (X) adjustments, exclusions and addbacks evidenced by or contained in any quality of earnings report prepared by a nationally recognized accounting firm (or other advisor reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders) and furnished to the Agent in connection with any permitted acquisition, other similar investment or any other transaction consummated after the Closing Date to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (X) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap,
(ii) less in each case, to the extent included in determining Net Income for such period, without duplication:
(A) the amount of all non-recurring gains during such period, less
(B) any gain in connection with any disposition of assets, less
(C) non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase EBITDA in such prior period, less
(D)non-cash gains incurred during such period for currency exchanges in accordance with GAAP, less
(E) non-cash gains from foreign exchange conversions and mark-to-market adjustments due to foreign currency remeasurement and/or hedge agreements (or other derivatives), less
(G) gains due to adjustments in legal reserves and other legal costs related to non-routine matters;
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(F) the aggregate amount of non-cash gains during such period increasing Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have been added back to Net Income in calculating EBITDA in accordance with this definition), less and provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, EBITDA shall be deemed to be $13,097,000, $15,962,000, $5,232,000 and $26,535,000, respectively, for the Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024, March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, it being agreed that the amounts deemed for any of the foregoing Fiscal Quarters shall not be subject to any add-back or adjustment, including in respect of any pro forma or “run-rate” adjustments (other than pro forma adjustments with respect to the permitted acquisitions or similar Investments permitted pursuant to Section 8.10(l) which occur after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, as expressly permitted by Section 1.2(b)) and, for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the foregoing Fiscal Quarters, no add-backs or adjustments shall be duplicative of amounts already addressed and included in the foregoing deemed EBITDA amounts.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (i) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (ii) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (i) of this definition, or (iii) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means 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.
“Eligible Assignee” means any
(i) a Lender or any Affiliate thereof;
(ii) Stellex, any Stellex Affiliated Lender, Corre or any Corre Affiliate; or
(iii) any other Person;
provided that
(A) none of any owner of Equity Interests of a Loan Party, any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates (other than Corre and Corre Affiliates and Stellex and Stellex Affiliated Lenders) shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee,
(B) a natural person shall not qualify as an Eligible Assignee,
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(D) nothing herein shall restrict or require the consent of any Person to the pledge by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights and interests under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 C. F. R. § 203.14, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge in any manner permitted by applicable law, and
(E) a Disqualified Institution shall not qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
(C) each Eligible Assignee underclause (iii) hereof shall be reasonably acceptable to and subject to the consent of Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), “English Security Documents” means: (i) the English law governed debenture to be made between the UK Loan Parties as chargors and the Agent (the “English Debenture”); (ii) the English law governed share charge and subordinated debt assignment to be made between each Loan Party which is the holder of the shares in the UK Loan Parties (other than UK Loan Parties which are already party to the English Debenture as chargors) in favor of the Agent (the “English Share Charge”) and (iii) each other agreement, deed, instrument or document executed by any Loan Party governed by English law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Entity” for each Loan Party (other than an individual), means its status, as applicable, as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership.
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water (including potable waters, navigable waters and wetlands), groundwater, surface and subsurface strata, natural resources, wildlife, plant life, biota, and the workplace or as otherwise defined in Environmental Laws.
“Environmental Action” means any summons, citation, notice of investigation or judicial or administrative proceeding, action, suit, abatement order or other order, judgment, decree or directive (conditional or otherwise) from any Governmental Authority, or any written notice of violation, complaint, claim, or other demand from any Person arising (i) pursuant to Environmental Laws, (ii) in connection with any actual or alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Laws, including any Permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws, (iii) in connection with any Hazardous Materials, including the presence or Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials and any Remedial Action related to Hazardous Materials, or (iv) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety or the Environment.
“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, provincial, territorial and local statutes, laws (including common laws), rulings, regulations, ordinances, codes, legally binding and enforceable policies or guidelines or governmental, administrative or judicial directives, judgments, orders or interpretations of any of the foregoing now or hereafter in effect relating to pollution or protection of human health (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the Environment including laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of or exposure to any Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
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“Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation, feasibility study, removal, remediation or post remediation monitoring or other Remedial Action), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any Environmental Action or with respect to any violation of, or liability pursuant to, any Environmental Law or any Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.
“Equity Interests” means (i) in the case of a corporation, its capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its membership interests, and (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general and limited partnership interests, including in each case, all of the following rights relating to such Equity Interests, whether arising under the Governing Documents of the Entity issuing such Equity Interests or under any applicable law of such Entity’s jurisdiction of organization or formation: (x) all economic rights (including all rights to receive dividends and distributions) relating to such Equity Interests; (y) all voting rights and rights to consent to any particular actions by the applicable issuer; and (z) all management rights with respect to such issuer, but, in each case, excluding any debt security convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1000 et seq., amendments thereto, successor statutes, and regulations or guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity that, together with a Loan Party is required to be treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, or under Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA. Any former ERISA Affiliate of any Loan Party shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of such Loan Party for purposes of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Loan Party and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which such Loan Party would be liable under the Code or ERISA.
“ERP Conversion” means the Borrower’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system conversion to Microsoft D365 as disclosed in writing to the Agent prior to the Closing Date.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 10.1.
“Excess Availability” means “Excess Availability” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement on the Closing Date).
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“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, without duplication, for any four Fiscal Quarter period: (a) without duplication, the sum of (i) Net Income, (ii) to the extent reducing Net Income, decreases or minus increases (as the case may be) in working capital, (iii) to the extent reducing Net Income, the non-cash portion of unusual or infrequent or nonrecurring losses and less the non-cash portion of unusual or infrequent or nonrecurring gains, (iv) to the extent reducing Net Income, non-cash depreciation, non-cash amortization and other non-cash charges; minus (b) without duplication, the sum of: (i) [reserved], (ii) the aggregate amount of scheduled repayments and other permanent principal payments of Indebtedness during such period, (iii) to the extent not taken into account in the calculation of Net Income, the principal amortization paid in cash during such period with respect to Capital Leases, as calculated by the Borrower in good faith , (iv) costs paid in cash related to the ERP Conversion and are projected (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower) to be paid within 360 days and to the extent such costs are not paid, will be paid in the subsequent mandatory prepayment to be paid pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(iii), (v) solely to the extent financed with proceeds of Internally Generated Cash: (A) premiums and penalties paid in cash in connection with any permitted prepayment of Indebtedness (including the Loans) permitted to be made pursuant to Section 8.17 (or, in the case of the Loans, or ABL Loans not limited thereby), (B) cash amounts paid in respect of Capital Expenditures, capitalized software expenditures, acquisitions and Investments (including cash paid in respect of earnouts, purchase price holdbacks or deferred consideration with respect to any acquisition or Investment), (C) cash required to be paid in respect of planned Capital Expenditures and binding commitments for acquisitions and Investments without duplication of the amounts deducted pursuant to clause (B); provided that such amounts may only include payments that are projected or committed to be made within 180 days of the end of the applicable fiscal year (the “Deduction Deadline”); provided, further, that any such amounts deducted pursuant to this clause (C) for a particular fiscal year and not actually paid on or prior to the Deduction Deadline for such fiscal year shall be added back for the purpose of calculating Excess Cash Flow for the following fiscal year and (D) the amount of Restricted Payments paid in cash to a Person other than the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period pursuant to Section 8.9(d) and/or (e), (vi) taxes paid in cash or for which reserves have been set aside to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in arriving at such Net Income for such period and (vii) the Amendment No. 1 Transaction Expenses paid in cash in such period and fees, expenses or charges paid in cash in such period in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, refinancing transaction, issuance of Equity Interests or amendment or modification of any debt or equity instrument.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Agreement” means that certain Exchange Agreement dated October 4, 2022, by and among the Borrower, Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP, and Corre Horizon II Fund, LP.
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“Excluded Asset Disposition” means, any Asset Disposition pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c), (d) (unless constituting a Casualty Event), (e), (f), (h) or (i) of Section 8.5.
“Excluded Property” means:
(i) 35% of the issued and outstanding Voting Interests of any first-tier CFC (other than any Protected CFC) held by any Loan Party, except to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such Voting Interests would not result in material adverse tax consequences under Section 956 of the Code or any similar provision to any Loan Party as reasonably determined by the Borrower;
(ii) Equity Interests in any Person other than wholly owned Subsidiaries that cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than to the extent such prohibition is deemed ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition);
(iii) any
(x) rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement covering real or personal property (including Intellectual Property) of any Loan Party (including any governmental licenses or approvals and state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, approval, franchises, charters, or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby) and
(y) equipment owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a purchase money lien or a capital lease obligation if (but only to the extent that and only for so long as such purchase money Indebtedness or capital lease restricts the granting of a Lien therein to the Agent)
solely to the extent the grant of a security interest therein would constitute a violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a third party if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or lien therein is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement and such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement has not been obtained (provided that
(A) the foregoing exclusions of this clause (iii) shall in no way be construed
(1) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is ineffective under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or other applicable law, or
(2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Agent’s security interest or lien to attach notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement and
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(B) the foregoing exclusions of clauses (x) and (y) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of the Agent’s or any Lender’s continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Loan Party in or to
(1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization, license agreement, or Equity Interests (including any Receivables or Equity Interests), or
(2) any proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization, license agreement, or Equity Interests;
(iv) any United States intent-to-use Trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use Trademark applications or any registrations issuing therefrom under applicable federal law; provided that upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a statement of use or an amendment to allege use, such intent-to-use Trademark application shall no longer be Excluded Property and shall be Collateral;
(v) all leasehold Real Property interests (other than in the United Kingdom if security is granted by means of a floating charge);
(vi) the Milwaukee Property, solely for so long as the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) does not exceed $1,000,000;
(vii) fee simple Real Property interests (other than in the United Kingdom if security is granted by means of a floating charge) having a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) less than $1,000,000 on a per-property basis for any property or group of related parcels;
(viii) to the extent subject to certificates of title (or the local law equivalent), motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title or any rolling stock, other than those, in each case, with a value exceeding $1,000,000;
(ix) Restricted Accounts (other than Restricted Accounts of the type described in clauses (iv) and (vii) of such term);
(x) any asset in circumstances where the cost of obtaining a security interest therein, including the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance (if necessary) would be excessive in light of the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby as determined by the Required Lenders; and provided that Excluded Property shall not include (a) any proceeds of Excluded Property unless such proceeds otherwise constitute Excluded Property and (b) any Collateral (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement or First Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable).
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(xi) the last day of the term of any lease, sublease or agreement to sublease now held or subsequently acquired by any of the Loan Parties which is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory therein (it being understood and agreed that the Loan Parties shall stand possessed of such last day in trust for the assignment and disposal of it as the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) may direct).
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient,
| (i) | Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, capital Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (A) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized or incorporated under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes, |
| (ii) | any Canadian federal withholding Taxes imposed by reason of the Recipient |
(A) not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Tax Act) with the relevant Loan Party;
(B) being a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act) of a Loan Party or not dealing at arm’s length with a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act) of a Loan Party; or
(C) being a “specified entity” (as defined in subsection 18.4(1) of the Tax Act) in respect of a Loan Party;
except in the case where the non-arm’s length relationship, the Recipient being a “specified shareholder” or not dealing at arm’s length with a “specified shareholder” of a Loan Party, or the Recipient being a “specified entity” in respect of a Loan Party, arises solely from the Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, or enforced any Loan Document,
| (iii) | in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (A) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Borrower under Section 2.11) or (B) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.11, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, |
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(iv) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.11(g), and
(v) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Existing Delayed Draw Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(ii).
“Existing Delayed Draw Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(ii).
“Existing Indebtedness” means, collectively (i) M&E Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (ii) Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (iii) the RE-I Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (iv) the RE-II Term Loans (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to the Closing Date), (v) the Existing Loans and (vi) the Existing Delayed Draw Term Loans.
“Existing Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(i).
“FATCA” mean Sections 1471 and 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version to the extent that it is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it, as determined in good faith by Agent.
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“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Fee Letter”means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Lenders and the Borrower.
“Financial Covenant” means the covenant set forth in Article IX.
“Financial Statements” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period specified, prepared in accordance with GAAP and consistent with prior practices and, except in the case of annual audited Financial Statements, a comparison in reasonable detail to (i) the projected balance sheets, profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow set forth in the Business Plan for the same year-to-date and month periods and (ii) the balance sheets, profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow for the same year-to-date and month periods of the immediately preceding year.
“Financial Support Directions” means a financial support direction issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 43 of the Pensions Act 2004.
“First Lien Agent” means HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as agent for the lenders from time to time party to the First Lien Credit Agreement and any successor and assigns appointed in accordance with the terms thereof.
“First Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, First Lien Agent, and certain lenders party thereto from time to time.
“First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loans” means the “Delayed Draw Term Loans” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“First Lien Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount up to $30,000,000 to (ii) EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.
“First Lien Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
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“Fiscal Quarter” means each calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted that is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mudslide hazards.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Foreign Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 7.13.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means, subject to the proviso included in the definition of the term “CFC,” any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Loan Party that is organized or incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“Governing Body” means (i) in the case of a corporation (or a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales or the Netherlands), its board of directors and/or shareholders (as the case may be), (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its managers or members, and (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general partner(s), or in each case, another comparable governing body of the applicable Entity.
“Governing Documents” means
(i) in the case of a corporation, its articles (or certificate) of incorporation (or equivalent) and bylaws (if applicable),
(ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles (or certificate) of organization (or formation) and its operating agreement,
(iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its articles (or certificate) of limited partnership and its limited partnership agreement, or in each case, another comparable governing document of the applicable Entity,
(iv) in the case of a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, its articles of association and memorandum of association (if applicable) and its certificate of incorporation and any certificate of incorporation on a change of name (if applicable), and
(v) in relation to any Dutch Loan Party in each case including its deed of incorporation (oprichtingsakte), articles of association (statuten) and an extract (uittreksel) from the commercial register (handelsregister) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel).
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“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government, any court, any securities exchange or any self-regulatory organization, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, province or territory of Canada, Canada, or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Group” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(qq).
“Guarantors” means the Borrower and each other Person that guarantees, in whole or in part, the Obligations on the Closing Date or at any time thereafter.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty by each Loan Party set forth in the Guaranty and Security Agreement or other applicable Security Document.
“Guaranty and Security Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to Agent, as such may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Hazardous Materials” means any and all pollutants, contaminants and toxic, caustic, radioactive or hazardous materials, substances and wastes including petroleum or petroleum distillates, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, whether or not friable, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other materials, substances or wastes of any nature, that are regulated under any Environmental Laws due to their dangerous or hazardous properties or characteristics.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreement. The term “Hedging Agreement,” as used herein, shall extend to and include any Swap Obligation.
“Highest Lawful Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 12.10.
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“Historical Financials” means the Financial Statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.11(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and pursuant to Section 7.11(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement for the Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2024.
“Incremental Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender, established pursuant to an Incremental Facility Amendment and Section 2.12, to make Incremental Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Incremental Loans to be made by such Lender.
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(s).
“Incremental Facility Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Lenders party thereto, among the Company, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Lenders, establishing Incremental Commitments and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.12.
“Incremental Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Loan.
“Incremental Loan” means a Loan made by an Incremental Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.12.
“Incremental Maturity Date” means, with respect to the Incremental Loans, the scheduled date on which such Incremental Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as specified in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment; provided that, in any event no Incremental Maturity Date shall be prior to the date that is 91 days after the “Maturity Date” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, as of the date of determination thereof (without duplication of the same obligation under any other clause hereof),
(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money of any kind or nature, including funded and unfunded debt,
(ii) all monetary obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under Hedging Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedging Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), in each case, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise,
(iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligations, purchase price adjustments and profit-sharing arrangements arising from purchase and sale agreements,
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(iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(v) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right to be secured) a Lien on any asset of such Person whether or not the Indebtedness is assumed by such Person,
(vi) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreements in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),
(vii) any Disqualified Equity Interests,
(viii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products,
(ix) notes payable and drafts representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money,
(x) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings,
(xi) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another,
(xii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the sale or factoring of receivables,
(xiii) any liability or agreement of such Person to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness or Equity Interests from any other Person, including any “repo” or other similar arrangement, and
(xiv) any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (i) through (xiii) above.
For purposes of this definition, (A) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), and (B) the amount of any Indebtedness which is limited or is non-recourse to a Person or for which recourse is limited to an identified asset shall be valued at the lesser of (1) if applicable, the limited amount of such obligations, and (2) if applicable, the fair market value of such assets securing such obligation.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no obligation pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement shall constitute “Indebtedness.”
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(a).
“Indemnified Taxes” means (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (i), Other Taxes.
“Industrial Designs” means any and all industrial designs and industrial design applications, including the subject matter described and claimed therein together with the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof, all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, all damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof and rights to sue therefor, and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 12.22.
“Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment” means the issuance by the Borrower of preferred equity interests (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests) for aggregate cash consideration (together with aggregate cash consideration for the issuance of the Initial Warrants) equal to $75,000,000 to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on or about the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Initial Warrants” means the common stock warrants delivered by the Borrower to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on or about the Amendment No.1 Effective Date, issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, each of which entitle the holder thereof to acquire fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of the Borrower upon the payment of the exercise price.
“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person (other than any UK Loan Party in respect of clauses (ii), (iii) or (vi) below), the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) such Person shall be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, institutes or, in the case of a Canadian Guarantor, consents, to the institution of proceedings under any Debtor Relief Laws or shall generally fail to pay or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due,
(ii) such Person shall seek reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor custodian, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager, liquidator or similar officer for it or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business or to effect a plan or other arrangement with its creditors,
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(iii) such Person shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager, liquidator or similar officer for a substantial portion of its property, assets or business,
(iv) such Person shall file a voluntary petition under, or shall seek the entry of an order for relief under any Debtor Relief Laws,
(v) such Person shall take any corporate, limited liability company, partnership or similar act, as applicable, in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or
(vi) such Person, or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business, shall become the subject of an involuntary proceeding or petition for
(A) its dissolution, the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, administration, or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement scheme or arrangement or otherwise) or
(B) the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian, liquidator, administrator for it or restructuring official (herstructureringsdeskundige) for all or any material part of its property and (I) such proceeding shall not be dismissed or stayed within sixty (60) days or (II) such receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian, liquidator, administrator or restructuring official (herstructureringsdeskundige) shall be appointed; provided that the Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans during the pendency of any sixty-(60) day period described in this definition, or
(C) any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to a Canadian Guarantor or any material part of its property is instituted and such proceeding shall not be dismissed or stayed within sixty (60) days; provided that the Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans during the pendency of any sixty-(60) day period described in this definition.
and in respect of any UK Loan Parties, means any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: (1) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, official management, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of that UK Loan Party; (2) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with or for the benefit of any creditor of that UK Loan Party; (3) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of that UK Loan Party or a substantial portion of its assets; or (4) enforcement of any Liens over a substantial portion of the assets of that UK Loan Party, or any procedure or step with analogous effect is taken in any jurisdiction and/or any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution (or any process with analogous effect) affects a substantial portion of the assets of a UK Loan Party(the proceedings and procedures set out in clause (1) to (4) above being the “Insolvency Proceedings”; any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within fifteen (15) Business Days of commencement will not be deemed Insolvency Proceedings).
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“Insolvency Regulation” means Council Regulations (EU) 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (in the case of the UK Loan Parties as the same may be retained added to or modified by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or any statutory instrument made under such Act.
“Intellectual Property” means (i) any and all Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, trade secrets, and intellectual property rights in know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), algorithms, software (including source code and object code), processes, product designs, blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, URLs and domain names, specifications, documentations, reports, catalogs, literature, and any other forms of technology or proprietary information of any kind, including all applications for registration or registrations thereof; (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, misappropriations or other violations thereof; (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements, misappropriation or other violations thereof; and (iv) all rights corresponding to the foregoing throughout the world.
“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit O evidencing Indebtedness owed among Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means each of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, as the context may require.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, all interest with respect to Indebtedness (including the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations) accrued or capitalized during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Payment Date” means the last Business Day of any Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower, commencing with June 30, 2025.
“Interest Step-Up Date” means the last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2026.
“Interests” has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
“Internal Revenue Service” or “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service and any successor agency.
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“Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any fiscal year, cash of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries received in such fiscal year and not constituting (a) proceeds of an equity issuance, (b) proceeds of the incurrence of long-term Indebtedness, (c) proceeds of Asset Dispositions not in the ordinary course of business or Casualty Events, or (d) insurance proceeds in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or Real Property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or Real Property.
“Investment” in any Person means, as of the date of determination,
(i) any direct or indirect payment or contribution in or to such Person including property contributed to such Person for or in connection with its acquisition of any stock, bonds, notes, indebtedness, debentures, partnership or other ownership interest or any other security of such Person,
(ii) any direct or indirect payment or contribution for all or substantially all of the assets of such Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person),
(iii) any loan, advance or other extension of credit or guaranty of or other surety obligation for any Indebtedness made to, or for the benefit of, such Person, or any accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that Person in the ordinary course of business,
(iv) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any Person (other than any Guarantor) of any Equity Interests of such Person and
(v) all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transactions, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise.
In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time,
(A) a guaranty (or other surety obligation) shall be valued at not less than the principal outstanding amount of the primary obligation;
(B) returns of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution) shall be deducted;(C) earnings, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, shall not be deducted; and (i) costs or expenses (including Indemnified Taxes and insurance premiums) required to be paid by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Agent and the Lenders;
(D) decreases in the market value shall not be deducted unless such decreases are computed in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, it being understood and agreed that no effect will be given to returns on Investments in the form of proceeds of Indebtedness or equity (including preferred stock) incurred in connection with such Investment.
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“Junior Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 8.17.
“Lender” and “Lenders” have the respective meanings specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Lender Group Expenses” means all
(ii) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with transactions under any of the Loan Documents or otherwise incurred by Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or modifications thereto,
(iii) Agent’s customary fees and charges imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or Sanctions searches related to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries performed in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents,
(iv) Agent’s customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of any Borrower (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith,
(v) customary charges imposed or incurred by the Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party,
(vi) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated,
(vii) fees and expenses of the Agent related to any field examination, appraisals, or valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) provided in Section 7.7(b),
(viii) Agent’s and the Lenders’ reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) relative to third party claims or any other lawsuit or adverse proceeding paid or incurred, whether in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral, or the relationship of Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, with any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether a lawsuit or other adverse proceeding is brought, or in taking any enforcement action or any exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral,
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(ix) Agent’s and Lenders’ reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees for one primary counsel for the Agent and a separate primary counsel for the Lenders, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel and one regulatory counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and due diligence expenses) incurred in advising, drafting, reviewing, administering, or amending, waiving, or modifying the Loan Documents,
(x) Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in connection with a “workout,” a “restructuring,” or an Insolvency Event concerning any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents,
(xi) all reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent or any of the Lenders of creating, perfecting, recording, maintaining and preserving Liens in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and of counsel providing any customary opinions that the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request in respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents, and
(xii) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent or any of the Lenders (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by the Agent and its counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral.
“Lien” means any lien, claim, charge, pledge, security interest, assignment, hypothecation, deed of trust, mortgage, lease, conditional sale, retention of title, attachment or other preferential arrangement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, whether voluntary or imposed by law.
“Liquidity” means, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) U.S. and Canadian Unrestricted Cash, (b) U.S. and Canadian Cash Equivalents which are free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens in favor of the Agent, the ABL Agent or the First Lien Agent, and any statutory Liens in favor of banks (including rights of set-off), (c) Excess Availability and, (d) without duplication with clause (a), after giving pro forma effect to the receipt of the proceeds of any Delayed Draw Term Loan or Incremental Loans being borrowed at such time.
“Loan” means a 2025 Term Loan, a Delayed Draw Term Loan or an Incremental Loan, as the context may require.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Intercompany Note, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement, the Fee Letter, the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement, the Agent Fee Letter, each Control Agreement and any other documents and instruments entered into, now or in the future, by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with this Agreement, as each of the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Loan Party” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole or (ii) the material impairment of (A) the Loan Parties’ ability to perform their payment or other material obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are a party, (B) the ability of Agent or the Lenders to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral or (C) the ability of any Loan Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations or (iii) a material adverse effect upon the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens with respect to all or a material portion of the Collateral other than, in the case of this clause (iii), any material impairment caused by any action or inaction of Agent constituting failure to comply with any of its express obligations under the Loan Documents or as expressly directed by the Required Lenders.
“Material Contract” means any agreement or arrangement to which a Loan Party is party (other than the Loan Documents) (i) for which breach, nonperformance or termination (including by failure to renew) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) that relates to Material Indebtedness.
“Material Indebtedness” means (a) the ABL Obligations, (b) the First Lien Obligations, (c) the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA and (d) any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans) or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $12,000,000. For purposes of this definition, the “principal amount” of the obligations of any Loan Party in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Loan Party would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Material Intellectual Property”means any Intellectual Property owned by any Loan Party, or a Subsidiary thereof, that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the operation of the business of any Loan Party.
“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination,
(i) the Borrower; and
(ii) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year for which Financial Statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11, (A) owns at least 2.5% of the consolidated total assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of such date, (B) generated at least 2.5% of the consolidated revenues of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, (C) is part of any group comprising Subsidiaries of the Borrower that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clauses (A) or (B) but that, taken together, had revenues or total assets in excess of 5.0% of, the consolidated revenues for any fiscal year or total assets as of such date, as applicable, of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or (D) in the aggregate comprise more than 20% of EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended; provided that the Borrower and the Required Lenders shall discuss the determination of Material Subsidiaries as provided in this clause (ii) in good faith and if it is mutually agreed to be administratively unreasonable or burdensome or the costs of adding any applicable Subsidiary as a Loan Party would otherwise outweigh the benefits to the Secured Parties, the Agent in its reasonable discretion (at the direction of the Required Lenders) may waive the requirement to comply with this clause (ii) and Section 7.20 with respect to applicable Subsidiary.
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“Maturity Date” means (x) with respect to the 2025 Term Loans and the Delayed Draw Term Loans, June 10, 2030; provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such day, or (y) with respect to any Incremental Loans, the Incremental Maturity Date with respect to such Incremental Loans.
“Maximum Accrual” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(c)(ii).
“Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to the term “Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement” set forth in each of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Milwaukee Property” means the fee simple Real Property interest located at 5512 West State St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53208.
“Monthly Operating Report” means the monthly operating report in the form of Exhibit L, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.
“Mortgage” means each mortgage, deed of trust or security deed between the applicable Loan Party and Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, relating to the Real Property encumbered thereby, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mortgage Support Documentation” means each of the following, all as requested by the Agent and Required Lenders and in form and substance substantially consistent with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement or otherwise as reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders:
(a) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent that the recording of counterparts of such Mortgage in the recording offices specified in such Mortgage has occurred;
(b) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies, in amounts substantially consistent with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement or otherwise as reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders which shall (i) insure that the Lien granted pursuant to the Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first Lien on such parcel of Mortgaged Property free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, except for Liens permitted hereunder, (ii) name Agent as the insured thereunder, (iii) contain such endorsements as the Required Lenders deem reasonably necessary, and (iv) be otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders (“Title Insurance Policy”); (c) American Land Title Association as-built surveys from surveyors reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders for each Mortgaged Property (such surveys to include all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon that are substantially consistent with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement or otherwise as reasonably required by the Required Lenders), certified to Borrower, the Agent and the title company, in form and substance sufficient and satisfactory to the title company so as to enable the title company to issue coverage over all general survey exceptions and to issue all customary endorsements available to and that are substantially consistent with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement or otherwise as reasonably requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders);
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(d) flood hazard certificates, evidence of flood and/or earthquake insurance and other flood and/or earthquake-related information as reasonably requested by the Required Lenders;
(e) favorable opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties for each jurisdiction in which a Mortgaged Property is located as to the due authorization, recordability and enforceability of the applicable Mortgage in the relevant jurisdiction;
(f) evidence that all recording fees and stamp, documentary, intangible or mortgage recording taxes due, if any, in connection with the Mortgage have been paid;
(g) evidence in form and substance substantially consistent with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement or otherwise as reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders that the recording of counterparts of the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement applicable to such Mortgage in the recording offices specified in such Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement has occurred; and
(h) such other certificates and documents (including, if applicable, SNDAs, estoppels and recognition agreements) as may be reasonably requested by the Agent and Required Lenders.
“Mortgaged Property” means any owned Real Property which is encumbered or required to be encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms hereof and shall include each other Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted, so long as such Real Property does not constitute Excluded Property. The properties listed on Schedule 7 shall be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of Section 7.21.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has contributed within the past six years or with respect to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, whether fixed or contingent, excluding any Canadian Registered Pension Plan.
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“Net Cash Proceeds” means
(i) with respect to any Asset Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of
(A) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Asset Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over
(B) the sum of
(I) the principal amount of any Indebtedness (and related accrued interest, fees, premiums (including prepayment premiums) and other amounts due thereunder) that is secured by the applicable asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction or event or the amount of Indebtedness (and related accrued interest, fees, premiums (including prepayment premiums) and other amounts due thereunder) that is required to be repaid under the ABL Credit Agreement (or under any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) in connection with such transaction or event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents),
(II) in respect of an Asset Disposition, any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Disposition, including
(1) income or gains taxes payable (or estimated in good faith to be payable) by the seller or any direct or indirect parent of the seller as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Disposition,
(2) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans or Indebtedness that is secured by Liens on the Collateral on a junior basis or a pari passu basis) that, in the case of a Loan Party, is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Disposition,
(3) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Disposition undertaken by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition or for any other liabilities retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries associated with such Asset Disposition; provided that upon release of any such reserve the amount released shall be considered Net Cash Proceeds, and
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(4) bona fide selling fees, costs, commissions and expenses (including reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions, legal, accounting and other professional and transactional fees, transfer and similar taxes);
(III) in respect of a Casualty Event,
(1) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the collection, adjustment or settlement of any claims of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and
(2) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as a result of a taking or condemnation or otherwise, including income taxes paid or payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith and the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of assets for transfer upon a taking or condemnation, and
(ii) with respect to any Prohibited Debt Issuance, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary in connection with such issuance over (ii) reasonable underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection therewith.
“Net Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, and (B) (to the extent not included in clause (i) above) any extraordinary gains (or extraordinary losses) for that period, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any extraordinary items which have the effect of increasing Net Income shall solely be permitted to the extent such items would be permitted as addbacks under clause (i)(O) of the definition of “EBITDA”.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 12.7 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to the Available Amount that is proposed to be applied to a particular Available Amount Transaction, that such amount has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than such particular use or Available Amount Transaction.
“Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(b).
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“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).
“Obligations” means and includes all loans (including the Loans), advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Loan Parties to Agent, the Lenders, or any of them, or any of their respective Affiliates, of any kind or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or other instrument, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents (including the guaranty contained in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) or any other agreement executed in connection herewith or therewith. The term “Obligations” includes all interest, charges, premium (including the Applicable Premium), Lender Group Expenses, commitment, facility, closing and collateral management fees, cash management fees and other fees, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, and any other sum chargeable to any of the Loan Parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including, in each case, any such amounts accruing on or after an Insolvency Event, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event).
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Original 1970 Group Subordination Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among (a) 1970 Group, Inc., (b) the First Lien Agent, (c) the Agent, (d) the ABL Agent and (e) the Borrower and other Loan Parties party thereto.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing, sales, value added or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 2.11).
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(f).
“Patent Security Agreement” means a Second Lien Patent Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Patents” means patents and patent applications, including (i) all continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, and renewals thereof and improvements thereon, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (iv) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Patriot Act” means 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)).
“Payment in Full” or “Paid in Full” (or words of similar import) means with respect to any Obligations,
| (i) | the payment or repayment in full in cash of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) and |
| (ii) | all Commitments related to such Obligations have expired or been terminated. |
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Pension Plan” means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or maintains, under which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, whether fixed or contingent, or to which it is making or is obligated to make contributions, or, in the case of a multiple employer plan (as described in Section 4063 or 4064(a) of ERISA), has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) plan years. For the avoidance of doubt, any Canadian Registered Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan shall not be considered a Pension Plan for purposes of this Agreement.
“Pensions Regulator” means the body corporate called the Pensions Regulator established under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2004.
“Perfection Certificate” means the perfection certificate in the form of Exhibit E, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Required Lenders.
“Permits” means, in respect of any Person, all licenses, permits, franchises, consents, rights, privileges, certificates, authorizations, approvals, registrations and similar consents granted or issued by any Governmental Authority to which or by which such Person is bound.
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“Permitted Hedging Agreement” means a Hedging Agreement made by a Loan Party or its Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business in accordance with the reasonable requirements of its business, and not for speculative purposes, and in any such case, if the counterparty to such Permitted Hedging Agreement is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Permitted Hedging Agreement shall be unsecured (except for Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (xii) of the definition thereof).
“Permitted Intercompany Advances” means loans or advances made by
(i) a Loan Party to another Loan Party, so long as the parties thereto are party to an Intercompany Note by the time otherwise required by this Agreement,
(ii) a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party,
(iii) a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party, so long as the parties thereto are party to an Intercompany Note by the time otherwise required by this Agreement, and
(iv) a Loan Party to a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party so long as the aggregate principal amount outstanding of all such advances (when combined with any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.10(k)(ii)) does not exceed (x) $12,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period and (y) $18,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period immediately after giving effect to any such loan or advance (in each case solely in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices).
“Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments” means any Investment consisting of intercompany current liabilities in an amount not to exceed $7,200,000 at any time outstanding incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Permitted Investments” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
“Permitted Liens” means the following:
(i) Liens created hereunder and by the Security Documents;
(ii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(c); provided that (A) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such assets or within 90 days after the acquisition or the completion of the construction or improvements thereof, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any assets other than the assets financed by such Indebtedness, and (C) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such assets;
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(iii) Liens on any property or asset of Borrower or its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.8 and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that any such replacement or substitute Lien (A) does not secure an aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness, if any, greater than that secured on the Closing Date and (B) does not encumber any property in any material manner other than the property that secured such original Indebtedness (or would have been required to secure such original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof);
(iv) deposits of cash collateral in an amount not to exceed the face amount of the letters of credit listed on Schedule 8.1(r) and Liens thereon, to secure Indebtedness consisting of the letters of credit listed on Schedule 8.1(r) (as in effect on the Closing Date) and reimbursement obligations in respect of such letters of credit; provided that the amount of such cash collateral shall not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(v) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested by a Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(vi) Liens imposed by law, including landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(vii) deposits 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) incurred by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) (A) zoning restrictions, easements, encroachments, licenses, restrictions or covenants on the use of any Real Property which do not materially impair either the use of such Real Property in the operation of the business of the applicable Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the value of such Real Property or (B) any other permitted encumbrances described in the Mortgages;
(ix) rights of general application reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate any Real Property, or to use any Real Property in a manner which does not materially impair the use of such Real Property for the purposes for which it is held by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(xi) (A) Liens on demand Deposit Account, Securities Account, commodity account or other Deposit Account of any Loan Party held as cash collateral to secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(j)(ii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000, and (B) rights of set-off, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions (including for the avoidance of doubt any general banking terms and conditions) in relation to the maintenance of administration of Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments and so long as such Liens do not secure borrowed money;
(xii) Liens arising under the ABL Loan Documents, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement;
(xiii) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation;
(xiv) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing any financing of the premiums with respect thereto permitted under the terms of this Agreement;
(xv) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of applicable law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(xvi) Liens arising by reason of deposits with or giving of any form of security to any Governmental Authority as required by applicable law in the ordinary course of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a condition to the transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege or license;
(xvii) Liens arising from precautionary UCC or PPSA financing statements that do not secure Indebtedness;
(xviii) the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions, if any, expressed in any original grant from the Crown of any real property or any interest therein or in any comparable grant in jurisdictions other than Canada;
(xix) applicable municipal and other governmental restrictions, including municipal by-laws and regulations, affecting the use of land or the nature of any structures which may be erected thereon;
(xx) Liens arising under the First Lien Loan Documents, subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement, and Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(l), subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement; (xxv) Liens on assets securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(p) to the extent that the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided that any such Liens are on Collateral and such Liens may only be secured on a junior basis;
(xxi) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods permitted hereunder entered into by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxii) Liens arising from judgments, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1(g);
(xxiii) Liens on the property that is subject to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction entered into pursuant to Section 8.5(m);
(xxiv) Liens solely on the assets of Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction, in each case, securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(o);
(xxvi) Liens on assets securing Incremental Equivalent Debt that are pari passu with or junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and are subject to the terms of the intercreditor agreement required by Section 8.1(s), solely to the extent permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement; and
(xxvii) other Liens, provided that (A) the value (determined as the lesser of cost or market value) of the property covered thereby does not exceed, as to any single item of property or all items of property in the aggregate, $3,000,000 and (B) the Liens incurred pursuant to this clause (xxiv) do not secure debt for borrowed money.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, joint stock company, association, corporation, institution, entity, party or government (including any division, agency or department thereof) or any other legal entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity, and, as applicable, the successors, heirs and assigns of each.
“PIK Interest” means interest on the Loans automatically paid-in-kind by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as of any date on which interest on the Loans is due and payable as set forth in Section 4.1(b) of this Agreement by increasing the outstanding principal amount of the Loans by the amount of such interest payment, as such amount is calculated by Agent.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan, other than a Canadian Registered Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party with respect to which any of them may incur liability (whether fixed or contingent) even if such plan is not covered by ERISA pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) thereof.
“Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, DebtX or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
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“Pledged Interests Addendum” means a Pledged Interests Addendum to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), or any other applicable Canadian federal or provincial statute pertaining to the granting, perfecting, priority or making of security interests, liens, hypothecs on personal property, and any successor statutes, together with any regulations thereunder, in each case, as in effect from time to time, including, the Civil Code of Quebec. References to sections of the PPSA shall be construed to also refer to any successor sections.
“Preliminary Business Plan” means a preliminary high-level business plan of the Loan Parties for the next fiscal year, consisting of consolidated projected balance sheets, related cash flow statements and related profit and loss statements.
“Pro Forma Basis” or “Pro Forma Compliance” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio (including in connection with Subject Transactions) in accordance with Section 1.2(b).
“Pro Rata Share” of any amount means, with respect to any Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of the outstanding Loans of such Lender and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans of all of the Lenders. The initial Pro Rata Share of such Lender shall be as set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex A or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Prohibited Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1.
“Prohibited Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(v)(v).
“Protected CFC” means any “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code all of whose United States shareholders as defined in Section 951(b) of the Code are treated as domestic “C-corporations” for federal income tax purposes that are eligible for the deduction under Section 245A of the Code with respect to dividends from such controlled foreign corporation and with respect to all income inclusions under Sections 951(a)(1)(B) and 956 of the Code.
“Real Property” means any real property owned or leased by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party.
“Receivables” means all present and future accounts, including Accounts, book debts or similar obligations in the nature of Accounts and including, whether or not constituting “accounts”, any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or rendition of services.
“Recipient” means (i) Agent or (ii) any Lender, as applicable.
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“Recovery Plan” means: (i) the most recent recovery plan relating to the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan agreed between Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited and the trustee of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan prior to the date of this Agreement (as amended or varied from time to time); and (ii) any recovery plan or schedule of contributions entered into between the trustee of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan and any employer (within the meaning set out in section 318 of the Pensions Act 2004 and regulations made thereunder) under that Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan, in accordance with sections 226 and 227 of the Pensions Act 2004 that is additional to, or replaces and supersedes, the recovery plan referred to in clause (i).
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as
(i) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon, the reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, any accrued and unpaid interest and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,
(ii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the final stated maturity or the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
(iii) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are not less favorable to the Lenders (including, if applicable, as to the Collateral) as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness in any material respect,
(iv) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended,
(v) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended was unsecured, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be unsecured,
(vi) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was secured (A) such refinancing, renewal, or extension shall be secured by substantially the same or less collateral as secured such refinanced, renewed or extended Indebtedness on terms no less favorable to Agent or the Lenders, (B) the Liens securing such refinancing, renewal or extension shall not have a priority more senior than the Liens securing such Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended and (C) if secured by Liens on the Collateral, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be (x) with respect to any Indebtedness which is secured by Liens that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, subordinated to the same extent, including with respect to any subordination provisions, and subject to a customary intercreditor agreement (and an accompanying memorandum of intercreditor agreement), the material terms of which are reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and (y) with respect to any Indebtedness which is secured by Liens that are senior to the Liens securing the Obligations, secured by Liens that are senior to the Liens that secured the Obligations on terms that are, taken as a whole, not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the provisions applicable to the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended (or, in case of the ABL Facility, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or, as applicable, a replacement intercreditor agreement entered into as contemplated by Section 8.1(k)),
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(vii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions shall be incurred by the Person who is the obligor or guarantor (or any successor thereto) on the Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or extended, and
(viii) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(d).
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching into the Environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing Hazardous Materials) and the migration through the Environment, including migration through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Remedial Action” means all actions required to be taken under Environmental Law or by a Governmental Authority to (i) clean up, remove, remediate, treat, monitor, assess or evaluate Hazardous Materials in the Environment, (ii) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public or employee health or welfare or the Environment, (iii) restore or reclaim the Environment, (iv) perform any pre-remedial environmental-related studies, investigations, or post-remedial environmental-related operation and maintenance activities, or (v) conduct any other remedial actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder other than a reportable event for which the thirty-day notice requirement to the PBGC has been waived.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (x) all Loans outstanding and (y) the aggregate unused Delayed Draw Commitments and Incremental Commitments (if any); provided that, so long as Corre and Corre Affiliates hold at least 25% of the outstanding Loans and Delayed Draw Commitments, the Required Lenders must include Corre and the Corre Affiliates.
“Required Prepayment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(e).
“Requirement of Law” or “Requirements of Law” means (i) the Governing Documents, (ii) any law, treaty, rule, regulation, order or determination of an arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority, or (iii) any franchise, license, lease, permit, certificate, authorization, qualification, easement, right of way, or other right or approval binding on a Loan Party or any of its property.
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“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to
(i) any Loan Party other than a Dutch Loan Party, the chairman, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, vice president, secretary, treasurer, director or any other individual designated in writing to Agent by an existing Responsible Officer of such Loan Party as an authorized signatory of any certificate or other document to be delivered hereunder; and
(ii) a Dutch Loan Party, any director of that Dutch Loan Party authorized to represent that Dutch Loan Party or any other Person with express irrevocable authority to act on behalf of that Dutch Loan Party designated as such by the board of directors of that Dutch Loan Party.
“Restricted Accounts” means (i) any Deposit Account the funds in which shall be used solely to fund payroll and tax obligations of the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any Deposit Account the funds in which shall be used solely to segregate 401(k) contributions or contributions to an employee stock purchase plan and other health and benefit plan, in each case in accordance with any applicable laws (collectively, “Segregated Benefit Plan Funds”), so long as all funds shall be deposited in such accounts in amounts not to exceed, in the reasonable and good faith determination of the Borrower, all payment obligations in respect of such Segregated Benefit Plan Funds, (iii) any Deposit Account the funds in which consist solely of funds held by the Loan Parties on behalf of or in trust for the benefit of any third party that is not an Affiliate of the Loan Parties, (iv) any Deposit Account that is a zero balance account (and sweeps no less frequently than on each Business Day into a Restricted Account of the type in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) or into a Deposit Account that is not a Restricted Account and is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Agent), (v) [reserved], (vi) any demand Deposit Account, Securities Account, commodity account or other Deposit Account of any Loan Party that is held as cash collateral to secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(d) or Section 8.1(j), and (vii) Deposit Accounts which hold less than $3,600,000 in the aggregate at any one time, which amounts are deposited in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Restricted Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to any Real Property (and any related furniture, fixtures, and equipment) or personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party whereby any Loan Party or Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and any Loan Party or Subsidiary rents or leases such property from such Person.
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“Sanctioned Person” means any Person, vessel or aircraft: (a) identified on any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons, including the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC; (b) directly or indirectly owned 50% or more by, controlled by or acting on behalf of any such Person or Person(s) described in clause (a); (c) that is resident in, or organized or incorporated under the laws of, a Designated Jurisdiction; or (d) otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions.
“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions imposed, administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the Government of Canada, the government of Japan, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union and any member state thereof, the UK government (and any of its governmental institutions, including His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom) or other applicable sanctions authorities that have jurisdiction over the Loan Parties.
“Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Agent and the First Lien Agent (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date).
“Second Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is senior in priority to any other Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than (x) Liens permitted hereunder applicable to such Collateral which as a matter of law have priority over the respective Liens on such Collateral created pursuant to the relevant Security Document, (y) Liens securing the obligations under the First Lien Credit Agreement (subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) and (z) Liens securing the obligations under the ABL Credit Agreement (subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement).
“Secured Parties” mean Agent and the Lenders.
“Securities Account” has the meaning specified in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable.
“Securitization” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(e).
“Security Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, any Copyright Security Agreement, any Patent Security Agreement, any Trademark Security Agreement, each Intercreditor Agreement, each Mortgage (if any), any Control Agreement, any Canadian Security Document, any English Security Document, any Dutch Security Document, and any other agreement delivered in connection herewith which grants or purports to grant a Lien in favor of Agent or any other Secured Party to secure all or any of the Obligations.
“Security Jurisdiction” shall mean each of England and Wales, the Netherlands, Canada, any province or territory thereof, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and any other jurisdiction where a Material Subsidiary is organized or incorporated unless (x) the cost of obtaining a security interest in such jurisdiction would be excessive in light of the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby or (y) to the extent that the grant of the security interest in such jurisdiction would result in material adverse tax consequences under the Code or any applicable Requirement of Law to any Loan Party, in the case of each of clause (x) and (y), as reasonably determined by the Borrower.
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“Solvent” means:
(i) when used with respect to any Person (other than a UK Loan Party), that as of the date as to which such Person’s solvency is to be measured:
(A) the fair saleable value of its assets is in excess of (A) the total amount of its liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, absolute, fixed, matured, unmatured, liquidated and unliquidated liabilities) and (B) the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured;
(B) it has sufficient capital to conduct its business; and
(C) it is able to meet its debts as they mature; and
(ii) in respect of any UK Loan Party, means:
(I) that Person: (A) is able or does not admit inability to pay its debts as they fall due; (B) is not deemed to, or is not declared to be unable to pay its debts under applicable law; (C) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has not suspended or threatened making payments on any of its debts; (D) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has not commenced negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Lenders in their capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness; or (E)(I) (except for Team Industrial Services Inspection Limited to the extent it continues to report negative net assets in its annual reports) has assets the value of which is not less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities); and/or (II) no moratorium has been declared in respect of any of that Person’s indebtedness (and the ending of a moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default so caused by that moratorium).
“Specified Litigation” means the litigation described in clauses (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Schedule 9 to the Perfection Certificate duly executed on the date hereof.
“Stellex ” means Stellex Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its controlled Affiliates and related funds.
“Stellex Affiliated Lender” means Stellex and any Affiliate of Stellex (including any such Affiliate that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and with respect to which Stellex does not, directly or indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity).
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“Subject Transaction” means any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, any Asset Disposition that results in a Subsidiary of the Borrower ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Asset Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes) or Restricted Payment that the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or subject to “Pro Forma Compliance”.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred by Loan Parties that by its terms is subordinated in right of payment to any of the Obligations pursuant to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any Entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls more than 50% of the issued and outstanding economic or Voting Interests of such Entity. Unless otherwise stated herein, any reference herein to a “Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower.
“Swap Obligation” means with respect to any Loan Party, 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.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended from time to time.
“Tax Expense” shall mean, for any period, the tax expense on income (including federal, state, provincial, local, foreign and franchise taxes) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Term Loan Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to the term “Term Loan Priority Collateral” in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Term Priority Collateral Proceeds Account” means a Deposit Account maintained with a depository institution reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders in respect of which any Loan Party shall have entered into a Control Agreement in which Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Disposition or a Casualty Event are deposited by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, or by the Agent as loss payee, to be held as cash collateral securing the Obligations pending release as contemplated by Section 2.5(b)(i).
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“Termination Event” means
(i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan, any failure to make a required contribution to any Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien, or the arising of a Lien with respect to a Pension Plan;
(ii) the withdrawal of a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(iii) the provision of notice by the administrator of any Pension Plan of intent to terminate a Pension Plan in a distress termination (as described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA), or the imposition of liability on a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of liability under Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA;
(iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA;
(v) the occurrence of any event or condition that (A) constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (B) could reasonably be expected to result in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA;
(vi) the partial or complete withdrawal, within the meaning of Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA, of a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan;
(vii) receipt by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of notice that a Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245(b), is in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA), is in “critical and declining” status (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA), or has become subject to the limitations of Section 436 of the Code; or
(viii) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for premiums due but not delinquent, upon a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Test Period” means, as of any date of determination, the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower ending on or most recently ended as of such date of determination for which Financial Statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.11(a) and 7.11(b), as applicable.
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“Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount up to $30,000,000 to (ii) EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.
“Trademark Security Agreement” means a Second Lien Trademark Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Trademarks” means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark applications, including (i) all renewals thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof, (iv) the goodwill symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and (v) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Transaction Expenses” means any fees, expenses, costs and/or charges incurred or paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any prepayment premiums or similar fees).
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, (b) the consummation of Closing Date Refinancing, (c) the execution and delivery of the First Lien Loan Documents, and the concurrent funding of the Initial Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), (d) the amendment of the ABL Credit Agreement on the Closing Date and (e) the payment of the Transaction Expenses.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any other jurisdiction, then the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such remedy.
“UK Financial Institution” means 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 Loan Party” means any Loan Party incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
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“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unrestricted Cash” means cash of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that (a) does not appear (and is not required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or such Subsidiary , (b) is free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens in favor of the Agent, the ABL Agent or the First Lien Agent, and any statutory Liens in favor of banks (including rights of set-off) and (c) is held in an account which is subject to a perfected Lien in favor of the Agent or the ABL Agent.
“U.S. Loan Party” means any Loan Party created, incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(B)(3).
“Voting Interests” means Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the Governing Body of such Person.
“Warrants ” means (i) the Initial Warrants and (ii) one or more subsequent common stock warrants, in form and substance substantially consistent with the Initial Warrants, Exhibit B to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent, delivered by the Borrower to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor and/or its successors and permitted assigns or transferees under the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement or the 2025 Preferred Documents, issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, each of which entitle the holder thereof to acquire fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of the Borrower upon the payment of the exercise price.
“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party or Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
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1.2 Accounting Terms and Determinations.
(a) Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms used in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the Financial Statements delivered to Agent on or before the Closing Date. All accounting determinations for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date and applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the audited Financial Statements delivered to Agent on or before the Closing Date. The Financial Statements required to be delivered hereunder from and after the Closing Date, and all financial records, shall be maintained in accordance with GAAP. In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) occurs and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then upon the written request of Borrower or Agent (acting upon the request of the Required Lenders), Borrower, Agent and the Lenders will enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Borrower’s financial condition will be the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not occurred; provided that (i) provisions of this Agreement in effect on the date of such Accounting Change will be calculated as if no such Accounting Change had occurred until the effective date of such amendment effected in accordance with this Agreement. and (ii) no change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any Financial Statement hereafter adopted by the Borrower shall be given effect for purposes of measuring compliance with financial covenants, unless the Borrower and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all Financial Statements provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Until the Borrower and the Required Lenders have agreed to any amendment referred to in the prior sentence, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Financial Statements prior to the applicable change in GAAP. 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, without giving effect to (i) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other 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 and (ii) 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. “Accounting Change” means (i) any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or (ii) any change in the application of GAAP by Borrower. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in the future) that is not (or would not be) required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall not be treated as Capital Lease solely as a result of changes in the application of GAAP, in each case, after December 31, 2018.
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(b) For purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio or First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of any date, EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (as certified by the Borrower to the Agent) assuming that all acquisitions made, and all dispositions completed, during the four consecutiveFiscal Quarters then most recently ended had been made on the first day of such period (but without any adjustment for projected cost savings or other synergies not described in clause (W) of the definition of “EBITDA” unless otherwise approved by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders)).
1.3 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
1.4 Other Terms; Headings. An Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” unless and until such Event of Default has been cured or waived in writing by Agent and the Required Lenders (or all Lenders, as applicable). Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or plural, depending on the reference. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The headings and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The term “or” has, except where otherwise specifically indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. Unless the context requires otherwise:
(i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein or in any other Loan Document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document),
(ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
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(iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement,
(v) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights,
(vi) time of day means time of day New York, New York, except as otherwise expressly provided,
(vii) the “discretion” of Agent, the Required Lenders or the Lenders means the sole and absolute discretion of such Person(s); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, (a) any references to any discretionary act or document that is to be in form and/or substance satisfactory to the Agent shall be in form and/or substance satisfactory to Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders, or all Lenders if so required pursuant to the Credit Agreement), (b) any extension of time or other discretionary matter purported to be at the Agent’s discretion shall be at the Agent’s discretion (solely at the direction of the Required Lenders); and (c) any matter that otherwise requires the Agent’s approval or consent shall be at the Agent’s consent (solely at the direction of the Required Lenders). Under no circumstances shall Agent be obligated to take any action or exercise any discretion absent direction from the Required Lenders,
(viii) the word “from” when used in connection with a period of time means “from and including” and the word “until” means “to but not including”,
(ix) references to days, months, quarters and years refer to calendar days, months, quarters and years, respectively, and
(x) any reference in any of the Loan Documents to a Permitted Lien is not intended to subordinate or postpone, and shall not be interpreted as subordinating or postponing, or as any agreement to subordinate or postpone, any Lien created by any of the Loan Documents to any Permitted Lien.
Any reference to any law will include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation means unless otherwise specified, such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. All making of Loans and payments of Obligations shall be in Dollars and, unless the context otherwise requires, all determinations (including calculations of the Financial Covenants) made from time to time under the Loan Documents shall be made in light of the circumstances existing at such time. No provision of any Loan Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such party having, or being deemed to have, drafted the provision.
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Whenever the phrase “to the knowledge of” or words of similar import are used in any Loan Documents, it means actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the applicable Loan Party or knowledge that such Responsible Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter to which such phrase relates.
1.5 Dutch Terms. In this Agreement, a reference to:
(a) a “board of directors” means a managing board (bestuur) when a Dutch Loan Party;
(b) a “director” means a managing director (bestuurder) when a Dutch Loan Party is concerned;
(c) a “lien” includes any mortgage (hypotheek), pledge (pandrecht), retention of title arrangement (eigendomsvoorbehoud), privilege (voorrecht), right of retention (recht van retentie), right to reclaim goods (recht van reclame), and, in general, any right in rem (beperkt recht), created for the purpose of granting security (goederenrechtelijk zekerheidsrecht) when a Dutch Loan Party is concerned;
(d) any “evidence of authorization” where applicable, includes:
(i) any action required to comply with the Works Councils Act of the Netherlands (Wet op de ondernemingsraden); and
(ii) obtaining (I) a positive or neutral advice (advies) from the competent works council(s) if a positive advice is required pursuant to the Works Councils Act of the Netherlands (Wet op de ondernemingsraden) or (II) a confirmation from the competent works council(s) that the works council waives its advisory right;
(e) a “winding up”, “administration” or “dissolution” includes a bankruptcy (faillissement) or dissolution (ontbinding);
(f) a “moratorium” includes surseance van betaling and “a moratorium is declared” or “occurs” includes surseance verleend;
(g) any “action” taken in connection with insolvency proceedings includes a Dutch Loan Party having filed (i) a notice under section 36 of the Dutch Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990), or (ii) any notice under Section 60 of the Social Insurance Financing Act of the Netherlands (Wet Financiering Sociale Verzekeringen) in conjunction with Section 36 of the Dutch Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990);
(h) a “liquidator” or a “trustee” includes a curator or a beoogd curator;
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(i) an “administrator” includes a bewindvoerder, a beoogd bewindvoerder, a herstructureringsdeskundige and an observator;
(j) an “attachment” or any form thereof including “attached” includes a beslag;
(k) “gross negligence” means grove schuld;
(l) “willful misconduct” means opzet;
(m) “the Netherlands” means the European part of the Kingdom of The Netherlands and Dutch means in or of the Netherlands;
(n) “works council” includes a works council (ondernemingsraad), central works council (centrale ondernemingsraad), group works council (groepsondernemingsraad), SE works council (SE-ondernemingsraad) and staff meeting (personeelsvergadering);
(o) “insolvency” includes a bankruptcy (faillissement) and moratorium (surseance van betaling);
(p) a “Subsidiary” includes a dochtermaatschappij as defined in section 2:24a of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek);
(q) a “distribution” or “dividend” includes any distribution of profits (winstuitkering) or the distribution of reserves (uitkering uit reserves);
(r) a “receiver” or an “administrative receiver” does not include a curator or bewindvoerder;
(s) a “merger” includes a juridische fusie and a juridische splitsing; and
(t) “indemnify” means vrijwaren.
1.6 Quebec Matters. For purposes of any tangible assets located in the Province of Québec or charged by the Security Documents governed by the laws of the Province of Québec and for all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of a Loan Document may be subject to the laws of the Province of Québec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (a) “personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (b) “real property” shall be deemed to include “immovable property”, (c) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (d) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (e) “security interest” and “mortgage” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, (f) all references to filing, registering or recording shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Québec, (g) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” Liens shall be deemed to include a reference to the “opposability” of such Liens to third parties, (h) any “right of offset”, “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (i) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, (j) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary”, (k) “joint and several” shall be deemed to include “solidary”, (l) “gross negligence or willful misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault” and (m) “beneficial ownership” shall be deemed to include “ownership on behalf of another as mandatory”.
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1.7 Available Amount Transaction. If more than one action occurs on any given date, the permissibility of the taking of which is determined hereunder by reference to the amount of the Available Amount immediately prior to the taking of such action, the permissibility of the taking of each such action shall be determined independently and in no event may any two or more such actions be treated as occurring simultaneously (i.e., each transaction must be permitted under the Available Amount as so calculated).
1.8 Grower Baskets. For purposes of calculating EBITDA under any grower basket(i.e., a covenant exception subject to a limitation based on the greater of a Dollar amount and a percentage of EBITDA) contained in Article VIII (or otherwise set forth herein), for any subject transaction, EBITDA shall be determined as of the Test Period most recently ended. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no such baskets shall be determined to be exceeded hereunder (and no Default or Event of Default shall occur) solely on account of fluctuations to the amount of EBITDA after any such basket is utilized in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any decrease in the amount of EBITDA shall be deemed to decrease EBITDA for the purposes of any basket that has not been utilized and any refinancing (including any Refinancing Indebtedness) with respect to any basket that has been utilized).
ARTICLE II.
THE CREDIT FACILITIES
2.1 The Loans.
(a) (i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Lenders made certain commitments to make term loans (the “Existing Loan Commitments”) and delayed draw term loans (the “Existing Delayed Draw Commitments”) and made certain term loans (the “Existing Loans”) and delayed draw term loans (the “Existing Delayed Draw Term Loans”) to the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement. The aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Existing Loans and Existing Delayed Draw Term Loans immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Closing Date Refinancing is $194,169,799.98 (not including any accrued and unpaid interest that would be eligible to be PIK Interest). As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Closing Date Refinancing, all unfunded Existing Loan Commitments and Existing Delayed Draw Commitments have been terminated and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Existing Loans and Existing Delayed Draw Term Loans has been repaid in full.
(ii) Each Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make a single term loan (the “2025 Term Loans”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s 2025 Term Commitment. On the Closing Date, the 2025 Term Loans shall be deemed advanced by the Lenders to the Borrower in partial repayment of the Existing Loans (and accrued fees, interest and Agreed Applicable Premium (as defined in the Fee Letter) thereon).
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(iii) Each Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make term loans (the “Delayed Draw Term Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Delayed Draw Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s Delayed Draw Commitment. The Delayed Draw Commitments shall be reduced upon the making of such Delayed Draw Term Loan in a corresponding amount and, unless previously terminated, the Delayed Draw Commitments shall automatically terminate on the last day of the Delayed Draw Availability Period , provided that, the Borrower and each Lender holding Delayed Draw Commitments in its sole discretion may agree in writing to reinstate all or any portion of such Delayed Draw Commitments after the last day of the Delayed Draw Availability Period (it being understood and agreed that the Delayed Draw Commitment of any Lender that does not elect to reinstate such commitment may be reallocated to the Lenders electing to reinstate their Delayed Draw Commitments).
(b) The 2025 Term Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loans made by each Lender may, at the request of such Lender, each be evidenced by a single promissory note payable to such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Note” and, collectively, the “Notes”), executed by Borrower and delivered to such Lender in a stated maximum principal amount equal to such Lender’s Loan.
(c) Borrower hereby promises to pay all of the Loans and all other Obligations in respect thereof (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) in full on the applicable Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Loans and the Obligations become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Once prepaid or repaid, Loans will not be reborrowed.
2.2 [Reserved].
2.3 Procedure for Borrowing; Notices of Borrowing.
(a) Borrowing. Each borrowing of a Loan (each, a “Borrowing”) shall be made on notice, given not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) three (3) Business Days (or two (2) Business Days in the case of the Initial Term Loans) prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, by Borrower to Agent. Each such notice of a Borrowing shall be in writing (by electronic transmission or otherwise as permitted hereunder), substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Notice of Borrowing”), specifying therein the requested (i) the date of such Borrowing, (ii) the Borrower’s wire instructions (which may be in the form of a funds flow), (iii) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing and (iv) the use of proceeds of such Borrowing. Each borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $2,250,000; provided that such minimum borrowing shall not apply to the final borrowing if the remaining Delayed Draw Commitments are less than such minimum borrowing amount. In connection with each borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans, the Borrower shall deliver to Agent, together with the applicable Notice of Borrowing, a Delayed Draw Certificate certifying that, immediately after giving effect to the Borrowing of such Loan, Liquidity as of the date of such Borrowing would not be greater than $20,000,000.
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The Borrower shall be permitted to borrow Delayed Draw Term Loans on no more than four (4) separate occasions.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) [Reserved].
(d) [Reserved].
(e) Effect of Notice. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower.
(f) Disbursements. Promptly after its receipt of a Notice of Borrowing under Section 2.3(a), Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the Commitment. Each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Agent in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Agent’s Payment Account not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing. Upon receipt of all requested funds and satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.1, the Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Agent by wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Agent by the Borrower.
2.4 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the 2025 Term Loans shall be used to repay the Existing Loans. The proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loans and any Incremental Loans shall be used by the Borrower for general working capital and liquidity purposes.
2.5 Mandatory Prepayments; Optional Prepayments.
(a) Prepayment Certificate. Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.5(b), the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer reasonably demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, as the case may be. In the event that the Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceed the amount set forth in such certificate, the Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer demonstrating the deviation of such excess.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. The Borrower shall provide written notice to the Agent by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) three (3) Business Days prior to any mandatory prepayment hereunder, which shall state the amount to be prepaid and a reasonable detailed calculation thereof and the date of prepayment. In addition to any prepayment required in accordance with Section 10.2 as a result of an Event of Default hereunder, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Loans shall be subject to mandatory prepayment as follows:
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(i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary from all Asset Dispositionsconsummated pursuant to Section 8.5(k), (l) and (n) or Casualty Events within five (5) Business Days of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by such Person (the “Required Prepayment Date”); provided no proceeds of any prepayment under this Section 2.5(b)(i) shall be required unless the amount required to be prepaid for such fiscal year is in an aggregate amount greater than or equal to the greater of $9,000,000 and 15% of EBITDA (and only the amount in excess of such threshold), and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuingon the Required Prepayment Date, such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied at the election of the Borrower to the extent such Loan Party or such Subsidiary reinvests, within twelve (12) months of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets used in the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided, further, that if, prior to the expiration of such twelve (12) month period, the Borrower, directly or through its Subsidiaries, shall have entered into a binding agreement providing for such investment on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the expiration of such twelve (12) month period, such twelve (12) month period shall be extended to an eighteen (18) month period; provided, further, if such Net Cash Proceeds shall have not been so reinvested, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be immediately applied to prepay the Loans; provided, further, that, subject to the final proviso of this Section 2.5(b)(i), promptly following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by a Loan Party (and in any event no more than five (5) Business Days following the receipt thereof, or such longer period as the Agent may reasonably agree (at the direction of the Required Lenders)), such Loan Party shall deposit such Net Cash Proceeds into a Term Loan Priority Collateral Proceeds Account, and such Net Cash Proceeds shall remain in such Term Priority Collateral Proceeds Account until reinvested or applied to prepay the Loans, in each case in accordance with this Section 2.5(b)(i); provided further, that there shall be no requirement for the establishment of any such Term Loan Priority Collateral Proceeds Account, or any requirement for the deposit of any such Net Cash Proceeds so long as any First Lien Obligations remain outstanding;
(ii) immediately upon the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prohibited Debt Issuance, in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds;
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(iii) on the date that is five (5) Business Days after the earlier of (x) the date that each annual Compliance Certificate is delivered under Section 7.11(d) in connection with the audited Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) or (y) the date such annual Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d), commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, in an amount equal to the difference (if a positive number) of (i) fifty percent (50%) of Excess Cash Flow for each such fiscal year (provided that such prepayment percentage shall be (x) twenty-five (25%) if, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d) calculating the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year) shall beless than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 and greater than 3.50 to 1.00 and (y) zero (0%) if, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (determined for any such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d) calculating the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year) shall be less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00), minus (ii) optional prepayments of Loans made with Internally Generated Cash; provided, further that no proceeds of any prepayment under this Section 2.5(b)(iii) shall be required unless the amount required to be prepaid for such fiscal year is in an aggregate amount greater than or equal to the greater of $9,000,000 and 15% of EBITDA (and only the amount in excess of such threshold);
(iv) 100% of the Cure Amount upon receipt by the Borrower of any Cure Amount, provided that the Cure Amount shall not be required to be prepaid pursuant to this clause (iv) for any two Fiscal Quarters (as selected by the Borrower) that the cure right is exercised pursuant to Section 9.2;
(v)[reserved];
(vi) immediately upon a Change of Control, all outstanding Loans and all outstanding Obligations; and
(vii) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of any First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loans under the First Lien Credit Agreement drawn by the Borrower (without deduction for any fees, costs or expenses payable by the Borrower in connection therewith) within two (2) Business Days of the receipt of the proceeds thereof.
(c) Voluntary Prepayments.
(i) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, prepay any Class of the Loans, in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount (subject, in the case of the Payment in Full of all the Loans, to the additional requirements of Section 4.7), upon at least one (1) Business Day’s irrevocable notice by Borrower to Agent by 1:00 p.m. (New York time), specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the incurrence of other Indebtedness or any other event, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower (by written notice to the Agent on or prior to the specified date) if such condition is not satisfied. If such notice is given, Borrower shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein accompanied by the amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share in respect of the tranche of Loans being prepaid.
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(ii) If the Borrower determines that any Loan is an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, then, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if at the end of any “accrual period” (as defined in Section 1272(a)(5) of the Code) ending after the fifth (5th) anniversary of the issue date of such Loan, the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest and “original issue discount” (as defined in Section 1273(a)(1) of the Code) would, but for this Section 2.5(c)(ii), exceed an amount equal to the Loan’s “issue price” (as defined in Section 1273(b) and 1274(a) of the Code) multiplied by the Loan’s “yield to maturity” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(i)) (such product, the “Maximum Accrual”), the Borrower shall redeem at each such applicable date (an “AHYDO Catch-Up Payment Date”), the amount of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of principal to be redeemed, to, but excluding, the applicable AHYDO Catch-Up Payment Date, equal to all accrued and unpaid interest and original issue discount on such Loan as of the end of such accrual period in excess of an amount equal to the Maximum Accrual (the “AHYDO Catch-Up Payment”), and such AHYDO Catch-Up Payment shall be treated for purposes of Section 163(i) of the Code as interest paid under the Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no prepayments under this Section 2.5(c)(ii) on or prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement.
(d) Application of Prepayments. Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.5, to the extent constituting an Applicable Premium Trigger Event, shall be accompanied by the Applicable Premium, if any, payable in connection with such prepayment of the Loans. Each such prepayment shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the outstanding Loans and shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate amount of any PIK Interest that has been added to the principal amount of the Loans pursuant to this Agreement) due on the Loans in the inverse order of maturity. Any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans so repaid in cash.
(e) Waivable Mandatory Prepayment. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, so long as any Loans are outstanding, in the event the Borrower is required to make any mandatory prepayment other than a prepayment required under Section 2.5(b)(ii) (a “Waivable Mandatory Prepayment”) of the Loans, not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date (the “Required Prepayment Date”) on which the Borrower is required to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and the Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Loan of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving notice to the Borrower and the Agent of its election to do so on or before the third Business Day following the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify the Borrower and the Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the third Business Day following the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option).
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On the Required Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, which amount shall be held by the Agent for three (3) Business Days and thereafter (i) be applied in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Loans of such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.5(d)), and (ii) with respect to any remaining balance, be returned to the Borrower (in which event the Borrower may use the proceeds for any purpose not prohibited by the Loan Documents).
(f) Application to First Lien Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, until the Discharge of First Lien Priority Obligations (as defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) has occurred, in no event shall the Borrower or any Subsidiary be required to make any mandatory prepayment pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 2.5(b) other than payments made using funds retained by the Borrower as a Waivable Mandatory Prepayment (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) pursuant to Section 2.5(e) of the First Lien Credit Agreement, which shall be applied as a mandatory prepayment of the Loans within five (5) Business Days of the applicable deadline for the holders of Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Agreement to decline or waive such payment thereunder.
2.6 Amortization of Loans.
(a) 2025 Term Loans. Subject to adjustments as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.5(b), (c) and (d), in each case, solely to the extent of any such amounts that are applied to the prepayment of 2025 Term Loans, on the last Business Day of eachFiscal Quarter of the Borrower, commencing with June 30, 2025, the Borrower shall repay the 2025 Term Loans in an amount equal to (x) the original principal amount of all 2025 Term Loans borrowed by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement multiplied by (y) (i) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, 0.25%, (ii) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is less than 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than 3.00 to 1.00, 0.125% and (iii) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00, 0%, in each case of subclause (i) through (iii), as determined by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (and without regard to any difference in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio reported for the same period in any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a)).
(b) Delayed Draw Term Loans. Subject to adjustments as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Section 2.5(b), (c) and (d), in each case, solely to the extent of any such amounts that are applied to the prepayment of Delayed Draw Term Loans, on the last Business Day of eachFiscal Quarter of the Borrower, commencing with the first such date after the first Delayed Draw Funding Date, the Borrower shall repay the Delayed Draw Term Loans in an amount equal to (x) the original principal amount of all Delayed Draw Term Loans that have been borrowed by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement multiplied by (y) (i) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, 0.25%, (ii) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is less than 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than 3.00 to 1.00, 0.125% and (iii) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00, 0%, in each case of subclause (i) through (iii), as determined by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (and without regard to any difference in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio reported for the same period in any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a)).
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2.7 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Agent terminate the unused Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Mandatory. The 2025 Term Commitment of each Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of such Lender’s 2025 Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) on the Closing Date. Upon funding of any Delayed Draw Term Loans, the Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender with a Delayed Draw Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced by the aggregate principal amount of such drawn Delayed Draw Term Loans. The aggregate Delayed Draw Commitment shall automatically terminate on the last day of the Delayed Draw Availability Period.
2.8 Term. The term of this Agreement shall be for a period from the Closing Date through and including the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall have no right to terminate this Agreement at any time that any principal of or interest on any of the Loans is outstanding, except upon Payment in Full of all Obligations.
2.9 Payment Procedures.
(a) Payments. All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before application to principal. The Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate to the Agent, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by the Agent. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to charge the Borrower’s accounts with the Agent in order to cause timely payment to be made to the Agent of all principal, interest, fees and expenses due hereunder (subject to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for that purpose). The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and each applicable Lender if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 10.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the rate determined pursuant to Section 4.2 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is Paid in Full.
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(b) Time of Payment. Each payment by Borrower on account of principal, interest, fees or Lender Group Expenses hereunder shall be made to Agent. All payments to be made by Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff, deduction or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the due date thereof to Agent, for the account of the Lenders according to their Pro Rata Shares (except as expressly otherwise provided), at Agent’s Payment Account in immediately available funds. All payments received by the Agent after 1:00 p.m. (New York time), may, in the Agent’s discretion, be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. Except for payments which are expressly provided to be made for the account of Agent only, Agent shall promptly distribute all payments to the Lenders following receipt in like funds as received. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if a Lender or any of its Affiliates exercises its right of setoff under Section 12.3 or otherwise, any amounts so recovered shall promptly be shared by such Lender with the other Lenders according to their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(c) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest due hereunder.
(d) Application. Subject to Section 10.5, Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right, if an Event of Default exists, to apply or reverse and re-apply any payment and any and all proceeds of Collateral to any portion of the Obligations. To the extent that any Borrower makes a payment or Agent receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral for any Borrower’s benefit, which is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver, monitor, receiver and manager, and interim receiver, custodian or any other party under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then, to such extent, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by Agent.
2.10 Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or requires any Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11, then such Lender (at the request of Borrower) 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 judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. 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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2.11 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 2.10, or if any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, then Borrower may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice by Borrower to such Lender and Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate (and such Lender agrees to assign and delegate), without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and the consents required by, Section 12.7), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that
(a) Borrower shall have paid to Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 12.7;
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of all Loans owed to it, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.3 and 4.10) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.11, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law; and
(e) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
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 Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
2.12 Incremental Facilities.
(a) The Borrower may on one or more occasions after the Closing Date, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request the establishment of Incremental Commitments to be provided solely by Corre, Corre Affiliates or any other Eligible Assignee approved by Corre in its sole discretion; provided that the aggregate amount of the Incremental Commitments incurred under this Section 2.12 on any date shall not exceed the Available Incremental Amount.
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Each such notice shall specify (A) the date on which the Company proposes that the Incremental Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Incremental Lenders)) after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (B) the amount of the Incremental Commitments being requested (it being agreed that Corre, the Corre Affiliates or any such Eligible Assignee may elect or decline, in their sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Commitments).
(b) The terms and conditions of any Incremental Loans to be made thereunder shall be, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, substantially consistent to those of the 2025 Term Commitments and the 2025 Term Loans.
(c) The Incremental Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Incremental Facility Amendments executed and delivered by the Borrower, each Incremental Lender providing such Incremental Commitments and the Administrative Agent; provided that no Incremental Commitments shall become effective unless no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of effectiveness thereof, both immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments (and assuming that the full amount of such Incremental Commitments shall have been funded as Loans on such date).
(d) Upon the effectiveness of an Incremental Commitment of any Incremental Lender, such Incremental Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” (and a Lender in respect of Commitments and Loans of the applicable Class) hereunder, and henceforth shall be entitled to all the rights of, and benefits accruing to, Lenders (or Lenders in respect of Commitments and Loans of the applicable Class) hereunder and shall be bound by all agreements, acknowledgements and other obligations of Lenders (or Lenders in respect of Commitments and Loans of the applicable Class) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
(e) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, each Lender holding an Incremental Commitment shall make an Incremental Loan to the Borrower in an amount equal to such Incremental Commitment on the date specified in such Incremental Facility Amendment.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of any notice from the Company referred to in Section 2.11(a) and of the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitments in each case advising the Lenders of the details thereof.
2.13 U.S. Income Tax Treatment. For U.S. federal (and all applicable state and local) income tax reporting purposes, Borrower and the Lenders agree to treat the receipt of interest of such Lenders in the 2025 Term Loans as part of a tax-free exchange of their interests in a portion of the Existing Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement and a “recapitalization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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2.14 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain at any time any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of Obligations payable to such Lender hereunder at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (a) the amount of such Obligations to (b) the aggregate amount of the Obligations payable to all Lenders hereunder at such time), such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Obligations payable to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each other Lender shall be rescinded and such other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such other Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the purchase price paid to such Lender to (ii) the aggregate purchase price paid to all Lenders) of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (A) the amount of such other Lender’s required repayment to (B) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
ARTICLE III.
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV.
INTEREST, FEES AND EXPENSES
4.1 Interest.
(a) Rate of Interest. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof at a rate of 13.5% per annum plus, if applicable, any interest accruing pursuant to Section 4.2. If, on any Interest Step-Up Date, the outstanding principal balance of the 2025 Term Loans hereunder exceeds $47,967,943.11, the per annum interest rate applicable to the Loans shall increase by 0.25% from and including the last Business Day of theFiscal Quarter in which each such Interest Step-Up Date occurs through the earlier of (A) the date on which the interest rate hereunder is equal to 14.5% per annum and (B) the date of repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof, provided, that the interest rate hereunder (excluding any interest accruing pursuant to Section 4.2) shall not exceed 14.5% per annum. For avoidance of doubt, the per annum interest rate applicable to the Loans may increase more than once, but shall not decrease, pursuant to the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, after giving effect to any funding of Delayed Draw Term Loans, the Delayed Draw Commitments have been reduced to $0 in accordance with Section 2.7(b), all Loans shall immediately bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from and including such date through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof at a rate of 14.5% per annum plus, if applicable, any interest accruing pursuant to Section 4.2.
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(b) If (i) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00, then any interest payable pursuant to Section 4.1(a) shall automatically be PIK Interest, (ii) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is less than 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than 3.00 to 1.00, then fifty percent (50%) of the interest payable pursuant to Section 4.1(a) shall be paid in cash and the other half shall be PIK Interest and (iii) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, all interest payable pursuant to Section 4.1(a) shall be paid in cash, in each case of subclause (i) through (iii), as determined by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (and without regard to any difference in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio reported for the same period in any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a)).
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.1(a) and Section 4.2 shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan shall be included, and the date of payment of such shall be excluded; provided that if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one (1) day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans.
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(f) For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever any interest or fee under this Agreement is calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be, the rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate, is equivalent to (x) the applicable rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be, (y) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the period for which such interest or fee is payable (or compounded) ends, and (z) divided by 360 or 365 (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be.
(g) If (i) any provision of any of the Loan Documents would obligate a Canadian Loan Party to make a payment or payments to a Loan Party in an amount or calculated at a rate which would result in the receipt by such Loan Party of interest at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)) and (ii) section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada) would apply to such payment or payments and would have the result of rendering the receipt by such Loan Party of such payment or payments criminal, then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate, as the case may be, as would not so result in the receipt by such Credit Party of interest at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows: firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to such Loan Party under the applicable Loan Document, and thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to such Credit Party which would constitute “interest” for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
4.2 Interest After Event of Default. (a) Automatically upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 10.1(d), and (b) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 10.1(d)), at the direction of the Required Lenders, all Loans and all Obligations (and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter, after as well as before judgment (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws)), shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to two percent (2%) above the per annum rate otherwise applicable thereunder, which increase may be applied retroactively, until the earlier of the date upon which (i) all Obligations shall have been Paid in Full or (ii) such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived (such increase being the “Default Interest”); provided that upon the direction of the Required Lenders, any such Default Interest may be applied retroactively to the date that the Event of Default first occurred. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 4.2 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Agent or any Lender.
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4.3 Applicable Premium.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Applicable Premium Trigger Event, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, the Applicable Premium.
(b) Any Applicable Premium payable in accordance with this Section 4.3 shall be presumed to be equal to the liquidated damages sustained by the Lenders as the result of the occurrence of the Applicable Premium Trigger Event and the Loan Parties agree that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. If the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, as a result of an Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the amount of principal of and premium on the Loans that becomes due and payable shall equal 100% of the principal amount of the Loans then outstanding plus the Applicable Premium in effect on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date, as if such acceleration or other occurrence were a voluntary prepayment of the Loans accelerated or otherwise becoming due. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that if the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their maturity date, in each case, in respect of any Event of Default (including upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law)), the Applicable Premium applicable with respect to a voluntary prepayment of the Loans will also be due and payable on the date of such acceleration or such other prior due date as though the Loans were voluntarily prepaid as of such date and shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Lender’s loss as a result thereof. Any premium payable above shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Lender and the Borrower agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. THE LOAN PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING APPLICABLE PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACCELERATION.
(c) The Loan Parties expressly agree that:
(i) the Applicable Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel;
(ii) the Applicable Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made;
(iii) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Loan Parties giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Applicable Premium;
(iv) the Loan Parties shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph;
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(v) their agreement to pay the Applicable Premium is a material inducement to Lenders to provide the Commitments and make the Loans,
(vi) the Applicable Premium represents a good faith, reasonable estimate and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Agents and the Lenders and that it would be impractical and extremely difficult to ascertain the actual amount of damages to the Agents and the Lenders or profits lost by the Agents and the Lenders as a result of such Applicable Premium Trigger Event;
(vii) the Applicable Premium shall also become due and payable under this Agreement in the event the Obligations (and/or this Agreement) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding, deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means) or the Obligations are reinstated pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws, including Section 1124 or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code; and
(viii) in the event the Applicable Premium is determined not to be due and payable by the Loan Parties by order of any court of competent jurisdiction, including by operation of the Bankruptcy Code, the Applicable Premium shall nonetheless constitute Obligations under this Agreement for all other purposes hereunder.
4.4 [Reserved].
4.5 [Reserved].
4.6 [Reserved].
4.7 [Reserved].
4.8 Fees.
(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for its own account as and when due in accordance with the terms thereof all fees required to be paid to the Agent under the Fee Letter.
(b) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders as and when due in accordance with the terms thereof all fees required to be paid to the Lenders under the Fee Letter.
(c) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent as and when due in accordance with the terms thereof all fees required to be paid to the Agent under the Agent Fee Letter.
(d) Unless otherwise specified, all fees payable under this Section 4.8 shall be fully earned on the date paid and nonrefundable.
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4.9 Calculations.
(a) Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day or three hundred and sixty-six (366) day year, as the case may be, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. Each determination by Agent of an interest rate, fee or other payment hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that each fee payable under this Agreement is fully earned and non-refundable on the date such fee is due and payable and that each such fee constitutes Obligations and is in addition to any other fees payable by Borrower under the Loan Document. If any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document would require a Loan Party to make any payment of interest or any other payment that by a court of competent jurisdiction construes to be interest in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in the Agent’s receipt of interest at a criminal rate (as those terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then despite that provision, that amount or rate will be deemed to have been adjusted retroactively to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or would not result in a receipt by the Agent of interest at a criminal rate. The adjustment will be made, to the extent necessary, first, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid and thereafter by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums, and other amounts that would constitute interest for the purposes of section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
(b) In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan shall be excluded.
(c) For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada),
(i) whenever any interest or fee under this Agreement is calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be, the rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate, is equivalent to (x) the applicable rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be, (y) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the period for which such interest or fee is payable (or compounded) ends, and (z) divided by 360 or 365 (or such other period that is less than a calendar year), as the case may be,
(ii) the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement, and
(iii) the rates of interest stipulated in this Agreement are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
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4.10 Increased Costs.
(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 or participated in by, any Lender;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (ii) through (v) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 4.10 and delivered to Borrower will be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower will pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4.10 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 4.10 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
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4.11 Taxes.
(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 4.11, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
(b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Indemnification by Borrower. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.7(f) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this clause (e).
(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 4.11, such Loan Party shall deliver to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(g) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will enable Borrower or Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
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(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable, or any successor forms) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable, or any successor forms) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-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 (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable, or any successor form); or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-2 or Exhibit K-3, IRS Form W-9 (as applicable, or any successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership 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 K-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
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(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii) The Agent (or any successor Agent) shall, on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement, provide to Borrower duly completed and executed copies of IRS forms certifying that it is either (A) a U.S. Person or (B) a “U.S. branch” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)(A) or “qualifying intermediary” that assumes primary withholding responsibility under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of the Code and primary Form 1099 reporting and backup withholding responsibility for payments it receives for the account of others, with the effect that any Loan Party will be entitled to make payments hereunder to the Agent (or any successor Agent) without withholding or deduction on account of U.S. federal Taxes.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.11 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.11), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
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(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 4.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
ARTICLE V.
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
5.1 Conditions to Closing. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to extend the 2025 Term Loans on the Closing Date are subject to satisfaction, or waiver of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Loan Documents. The Agent shall have received the following, each dated as of the Closing Date or as of an earlier date acceptable to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders and their counsel:
(i) counterparts of this Agreement, duly executed by the parties hereto;
(ii) the Notes, each duly executed by Borrower, to the extent such Notes were requested three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(iii) the Copyright Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(iv) the Patent Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(v) the Trademark Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(vi) each Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto;
(vii) the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto;
(ix) drafts of financing statements duly authorized and in a form reasonably acceptable to Agent and the Required Lenders and ready to be filed under the UCC and PPSA, as applicable (naming Agent as secured party and the Loan Parties as debtors and containing a description of the applicable Collateral) with respect to each Loan Party in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is organized or incorporated as set forth on Schedule 6.1(a);
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(x) results of lien (including a search as to judgments, pending litigation, bankruptcy and Tax matters) and Intellectual Property searches, listing all effective financing statements filed in the Security Jurisdictions and in all other jurisdictions (except, in each case, the Province of Quebec) that Required Lenders reasonably deem necessary or desirable to confirm the priority of the Liens created hereunder and under the Security Documents, that name each of the Loan Parties as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements;
(xi) a completed Perfection Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower;
(xii) a financial condition certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower, in the form of Exhibit F;
(viii) the other Security Documents (subject to Section 7.21), duly executed by each applicable Loan Party; (xiii) an opinion of counsel for each Loan Party, other than the Dutch Loan Parties, the UK Loan Parties and the Canadian Loan Parties, addressed to Agent covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require, which such counsel is hereby requested by Borrower on behalf of all the Loan Parties to provide, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(xiv) an opinion of counsel for Agent addressed to Agent covering such matters as to the Dutch Loan Parties and Dutch laws incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(xv) an opinion of counsel for the Lenders addressed to Agent covering such matters as to the UK Loan Parties and the laws of England and Wales incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require;
(xvi) an opinion of counsel for each Canadian Loan Party addressed to Agent covering such matters as to the Canadian Loan Parties and the laws of Canada incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require;
(xvii) certified copies of all certificates evidencing the insurance required by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, inclusive of those described in Section 7.6 hereof; (C) that attached thereto is a list of all Persons authorized to execute and deliver Notices of Borrowing on behalf of Borrower, if applicable;
(xviii) copies of the Governing Documents of each Loan Party and a copy of the resolutions of the Governing Body (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the shareholders of the UK Loan Parties) (or similar evidence of authorization) of each Loan Party and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, attached to a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer, as applicable, of such Loan Party certifying:
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(A) that such copies of the Governing Documents and resolutions of the Governing Body (or similar evidence of authorization) relating to such Loan Party are true, complete and accurate copies thereof, have not been amended or modified since the date of such certificate and are in full force and effect,
(B) the incumbency, names and true signatures of the officers (or, as applicable, directors) of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
(D) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, the Solvency of that UK Loan Party;
(E) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, that guaranteeing or securing (as appropriate) the Commitments would not cause any guarantee, security or other similar limit binding on the relevant UK Loan Party to be exceeded; and
(F) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, that each copy document relating to it specified in this Section 5.1(a)(xviii) is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at the date of such certificate;
(G) [Reserved];
(H) in respect of the Dutch Loan Parties, that attached thereto is a positive or neutral advice (or a withdrawal of their right to advise) from each relevant works council which, if conditional, contain conditions which can reasonably by complied with, including the request for advice or a confirmation of the board of directors of each Dutch Loan Party included in the board resolutions that no works council has jurisdiction in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents;
(xvix) with respect to U.S. Loan Parties, a certified copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation, organization or formation (or the equivalent Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation) of each Loan Party, dated within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date, listing the certificate of incorporation, organization or formation of such Loan Party and each amendment thereto on file in such official’s office and certifying (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdictions) that:
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(A) such amendments are the only amendments to such certificate of incorporation, organization or formation on file in that office,
(B) such Loan Party has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and
(C) such Loan Party is in good standing in that jurisdiction (as applicable);
(xx) with respect to any Loan Party formed under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, a certificate of status (or equivalent) issued by the governmental authority in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is formed, dated within at least four (4) days of the Closing Date;
(xxi) evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 35.2 (Service of process) of the English Share Charge, has accepted its appointment;
(xxii) [Reserved];
(xxiii) a closing certificate from a Responsible Officer of Borrower, in the form of Exhibit G;
(xxiv) [Reserved];
(xxv) an amendment to the ABL Credit Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(xxvi) a copy of the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other First Lien Loan Documents, duly executed by the parties thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(xxvii) the Fee Letter duly executed by the Borrower;
(xxviii) a duly executed Intercompany Note;
(xxix) an opinion of counsel for the Canadian Loan Parties addressed to Agent covering such matters as to the Canadian Loan Parties and Canadian laws incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Required Lenders may reasonably require, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(xxx) the Preliminary Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; (b) No Indebtedness.
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(xxxi) the Corre Payoff Letter; and
(xxxii) the ABL Payoff Letter.
On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Closing Date Refinancing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no existing Indebtedness for borrowed money (including, for the avoidance of doubt, undrawn commitments) and the Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence of the termination of any existing Indebtedness (including any and all commitments relating thereto, but excluding any existing Indebtedness expressly permitted to be outstanding under this Agreement) and the release of all Liens in connection therewith, in each case on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders; provided that the Loan Parties shall be permitted to have the following outstanding Indebtedness: (i) loans and commitments outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $130,000,000, (ii) loans and commitments outstanding under this Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $107,413,198.18 and (iii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause 8.1(c) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $18,000,000.
(c) No Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding, hearing or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) “Know-Your-Customer”. To the extent requested at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including “know-your-customer” laws and the Patriot Act.
(e) [Reserved];
(f) Expense Reimbursement. The Agent shall have received evidence of payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and Lender Group Expenses required to be paid pursuant to Section 12.4 of this Agreement to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date (it being understood that all other such fees and Lender Group Expenses shall be paid after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement); and
(g) Payment of Fees. The Borrower shall have paid the fees referred to in this Agreement, the Agent Fee Letter and the Fee Letter that are required to be paid on the Closing Date.
5.2 [Reserved].
5.3 [Reserved].
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5.4 Conditions to each Delayed Draw Term Loan. The obligation of the Lenders to make any Delayed Draw Term Loan hereunder is subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of the following conditions prior to the making of such Delayed Draw Term Loan:
(a) Liquidity shall not be greater than $20,000,000 on a pro forma basis, immediately after giving effect to such Delayed Draw Term Loan, as set forth on the applicable Delayed Draw Certificate;
(b) the Agent shall have received a Delayed Draw Certificate from a Responsible Officer certifying (x) Liquidity (calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Delayed Draw Term Loan) and attaching backup calculations reasonably requested by the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) and (y) the use of proceeds for such Borrowing; and
(c) the Delayed Draw Availability Period shall not have expired.
5.5 Conditions to each Loan. The obligation of the Lenders to make any Loan hereunder is subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of the following conditions (subject to Section 2.12 in the case of Incremental Loans) prior to the making of such Loan:
(a) Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date);
(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the requested Loan and no default or breach thereof exists under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of or on such date or immediately after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date; and
(c) Borrowing Notice. The Borrower shall have delivered a Notice of Borrowing, in the form of Exhibit B. Each Notice of Borrowing submitted by the Borrower in the case of any Delayed Draw Term Loan shall contain the certifications set forth in this Section 5.5 and Section 5.4.
Each condition in Section 5 that is subject to the satisfaction or discretion of Agent or any Lender shall be deemed satisfied upon Agent’s or Lender’s, as applicable, making of any Loan.
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ARTICLE VI.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6.1 Representations and Warranties of Borrower. The Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to Agent and the Lenders, which shall be true, correct and complete in all respects as of the Closing Date, and after the Closing Date, shall be true, correct, and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of any Borrowing as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date), and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each Loan Party
(i) is an Entity duly organized (or incorporated, as the case may be), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the country, state, province or territory of its incorporation, organization or formation,
(ii) has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact the businesses in which it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged, except to the extent that the failure to own such properties and assets or transact business in such a way could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and
(iii) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictions) in each jurisdiction where it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged in business, except to the extent that the failure so to qualify or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Locations of Offices, Records and Collateral. The address of the principal place of business and chief executive office of each Loan Party is, and the books and records of each Loan Party and all of its chattel paper are maintained exclusively in the possession of such Loan Party at the address of such Loan Party specified in Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement). There is no location at which any Loan Party maintains any Collateral in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $500,000 other than the locations specified for it in Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement). Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions not prohibited under this Agreement) specifies all Real Property of each Loan Party, and indicates whether each location specified therein is leased or owned by such Loan Party.
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(c) Authority. Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. All requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership action necessary for the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (including the consent of its owners, where required) has been taken.
(d) Enforceability. The Loan Documents delivered by the Loan Parties, when executed and delivered, will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(e) No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party
(i) do not and will not contravene any of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party,
(ii) do not and will not contravene any Requirement of Law, except as such contravention could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(iii) do not and will not contravene any Material Contract,
(iv) do not and will not result in the imposition of any Liens upon any of its properties except for Permitted Liens.
(f) Consents and Filings. No consent, authorization or approval of, or filing with or other act by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except
(i) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts as have been made or obtained, as applicable, and are in full force and effect,
(ii) the filing of UCC and PPSA financing statements,
(iii) filing of the Patent Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, Copyright Security Agreement and Canadian Security Agreements (or notice thereof) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the European Patents Office, the relevant intellectual property register of the EU Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market and any other intellectual property register or authority or other national intellectual property registers as may be available for the purpose solely to the extent required to be done pursuant to the Security Documents,
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(iv) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 6.1(f),
(v) registration of the particulars of any Security Documents entered into by a UK Loan Party as a security provider at Companies House in England and Wales under section 859A of the Companies Act 2006 and payment of associated fees, and
(vi) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts the failure of which to be obtained or made could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Ownership; Subsidiaries. Schedule 6.1(g) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement) sets forth the legal name (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the UCC), the Persons that own the Equity Interests of each such Loan Party (other than the Borrower), and the number of Equity Interests owned by each such Person. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 6.1(g), and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by a Loan Party in the amounts specified on Schedule 6.1(g) free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.8. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 6.1(g). All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(h) Solvency. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent and no procedure, act or filing described as an “Insolvency Event” has taken place with respect to any Loan Party. As of the Closing Date, each UK Loan Party is Solvent.
(i) Financial Data. Borrower has provided to Agent complete and accurate copies of the Historical Financials. The Historical Financials have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for each of the periods covered. Since December 31, 2023, there has been no change, occurrence, development or event, which has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financials or the notes thereto and which any such case is material to the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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(j) Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All written factual data, reports and written factual information (other than any projections, estimates and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) concerning the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that has been furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, are correct in all material respects as of the date of certification of such data, reports and information, and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made at such time.
(k) Legal and Trade Name. As of the Closing Date, during the past year, none of the Loan Parties has been known by or used any legal name or any trade name or fictitious name, except for its name as set forth in the introductory paragraph and on the signature page of this Agreement or the Guaranty and Security Agreement, as applicable, which is the exact correct legal name of such Loan Party.
(l) Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall not be used for any purpose prohibited in Section 8.6 and shall be used in accordance with Section 2.4.
(m) Investment Company. None of the Loan Parties is an “investment company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) Margin Stock. None of the Loan Parties is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying “margin stock” as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including Regulations T, U or X.
(o) Taxes and Tax Returns.
(i) Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has properly completed and timely filed all federal and other material income Tax returns it is required to file and such returns were complete and accurate in all material respects.
(ii) All federal and other material Taxes required to have been paid by the Loan Parties have been timely paid.
(iii) No material deficiencies for taxes have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any taxing or other Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries which remain unpaid except those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened audits, investigations or claims by a Governmental Authority for or relating to any material liability of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries for Taxes.
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(iv) Each Dutch Loan Party is resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands only, and does not have a permanent establishment or permanent representative outside of the Netherlands.
(v) Any fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch tax purposes in which a Loan Party is included, consists of Loan Parties only.
(p) No Judgments or Litigation. Except as specified in Schedule 6.1(p), (x) no judgments, orders, writs or decrees are outstanding against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there now pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party after due inquiry, any threatened litigation, contested claim, investigation, arbitration, or governmental proceeding by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that
(i) individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
(ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(q) Title to Property. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has (i) good and marketable title in fee simple or equivalent to, or easements or valid leasehold interests in all of its Real Property and (ii) good and marketable title to all of its other assets, in each case, except where such failure to have such title, interest or right could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens. To Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, there is no existing material event of default under any lease of its Real Property, except where the event of default would not reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Other Indebtedness. On the Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries have any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1.
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(s) Investments; Contracts. None of the Loan Parties, nor any of their Subsidiaries,
(i) has committed to make any Investment;
(ii) is a party to any indenture, agreement, contract, instrument or lease, or subject to any restriction in the Governing Documents or similar restriction or any injunction, order, restriction or decree;
(iii) is a party to any “take or pay” contract as to which it is the purchaser; or
(iv) has material contingent or long term liability, including any management contracts,
in each case, which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Compliance with Laws. On the Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is in violation of any Requirement of Law, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens. All of the Collateral of each Loan Party is owned or leased by it free and clear of any and all Liens in favor of third parties, other than Liens in favor of Agent, Liens incurred under the ABL Credit Agreement and other Permitted Liens. Upon the proper filing of the financing and termination statements specified in Section 5.1(a)(ix) and any Mortgage and release specified in Section 5.1(a)(viii), including the counterparts of the Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement applicable to each Mortgage, the Liens granted by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents constitute valid, enforceable and perfected Second Priority Liens on the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens, the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations or ABL Agent with respect to ABL Priority Collateral).
(v) ERISA.
(i) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate have fulfilled all contribution obligations for each Pension Plan (including obligations related to the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code), except for ordinary funding obligations which are not past due, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Sections 303 and 304 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Pension Plan.
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(ii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Termination Event has occurred nor has any other event occurred that is likely to result in a Termination Event. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party, nor any fiduciary of any Plan, is subject to any material direct or indirect liability with respect to any Plan under any Requirement of Law or agreement.
(iii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither a Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate is required to or reasonably expects to be required to provide security to any Plan under Section 463(f) of the Code, and no Lien exists or could reasonably be expected to arise with respect to any Pension Plan.
(iv) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to all Plans; (ii) there has been no non-exempt prohibited transaction as defined in Section 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to any Plan or any trust created thereunder that could reasonably be expected to subject any Loan Party to a material civil penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code (a “Prohibited Transaction”); (iii) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate have made when due any and all payments required to be made under any agreement or any Requirement of Law applicable to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; and (iv) with respect to each Pension Plan and Multiemployer Plan, neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC or had asserted against it any penalty for failure to fulfill the minimum funding requirements of ERISA or the Code other than for payments of premiums in the ordinary course of business.
(v) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan and each trust established thereunder which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) or 501(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or advisory opinion letter from the IRS, and no event has occurred since the date of such determination or advisory opinion letter which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of such Plan or trust.
(vi) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the aggregate actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Pension Plan, determined on a plan termination basis, as disclosed in, and as of the date of, the most recent actuarial report for such Pension Plan, does not exceed the aggregate fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan as of such date.
(vii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in any such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan.
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(viii) The aggregate withdrawal liability that would be incurred in the event of a complete withdrawal as of the date of this Agreement by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from all Multiemployer Plans would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ix) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no actions, suits, claims or other proceedings, either pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer, threatened against any Loan Party, or otherwise involving a Plan (other than routine claims for benefits), which could reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan or any Loan Party.
(w) Intellectual Property. Set forth on Schedule 6.1(w) is a complete and accurate list of all issued Patents and Patent applications, registered Trademarks and Trademark applications, registered Copyrights and Industrial Designs, and all exclusive licenses thereof, of the Loan Parties, showing as of the date hereof the record owner, jurisdiction in which registered, the registration number and the date of registration or the corresponding application information to the foregoing. Each Loan Party owns, licenses, or otherwise has rights to all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs and other Intellectual Property rights which are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business, except where the failure to own, license, or otherwise have rights therein could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party, to its knowledge, has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person where such infringement, misappropriation or other violation could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no claim, dispute or litigation that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect is pending or, to each Loan Party’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against any Loan Party relating to the infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person.
(x) Labor Matters. Schedule 6.1(x) accurately sets forth all labor contracts to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the Closing Date, and their dates of expiration. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(y) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as to matters that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and has obtained and maintains all Permits required pursuant to any Environmental Law required to conduct its business;
(ii) there are and have been, no conditions, occurrences, violations of Environmental Law, or presence or Releases of Hazardous Materials which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Action against any Loan Party, any of its Subsidiaries or affect any real property used in the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) there are no pending Environmental Actions against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and no Loan Party or any Subsidiary has received any written notification of any alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Law or responsibility for the Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials; and
(iv) no Environmental Lien has attached to any Collateral and no conditions exist that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of such a Lien on any Collateral.
To the knowledge of each Loan Party, all of the real property used in the business of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (including its Equipment) is free of Hazardous Materials, and to the knowledge of each Loan Party has at all times been free of Hazardous Materials, underground storage tanks and underground waste disposal areas, in each case except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws or in a manner that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Licenses and Permits. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and maintained all Permits which are necessary or advisable for the operation of its business, except where the failure to possess any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. None of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries or any of the respective directors, officers, or, to the knowledge of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, employees, agents or other persons acting on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is:
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”);
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(ii) a Person owned 50% or more by or Controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or
(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or otherwise a Sanctioned Person.
(bb) Government Regulation. None of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act or any other Requirement of Law that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(cc) Material Contracts. Each Material Contract has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party. Each Material Contract of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against all parties thereto in accordance with its terms, and there exists no default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any Material Contract by any party thereto and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse or time or both, could constitute such a default.
(dd) Business and Properties. No business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and no Real Property is affected by any fire, explosion, accident, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty, condemnation or eminent domain proceeding (whether or not covered by insurance) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee) Information. All written disclosure provided to the Lenders regarding the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (other than projections, forward looking information or information of a general economic or general industry nature) is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading. Projections and forward looking information (including forecasts and other forward-looking information) were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made; it being recognized by the Agent and the Lenders that such projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, the projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
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There are no facts known (or which should upon the reasonable exercise of diligence be known) to the Borrower (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(ff) Insurance. The properties and businesses of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies of similar size engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary operates (it being acknowledged and agreed by the Agent and the Lenders that the Borrower’s insurance program existing on the Closing Date and any similar insurance program in effect after the Closing Date shall be deemed to be customary).
(gg) Sanctions; Anti-Money-Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws and has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. No Loan Party has received any communication (including any oral communication) from any Governmental Authority alleging that it is not in compliance with, or may be subject to liability under, any Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use any portion of the Loan proceeds, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any Loan proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws.
(hh) Business. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower is engaged directly or through Subsidiaries in the business of providing industrial services to customers in the petrochemical, refinery, power, pipeline, pulp and paper, steel, and other industries.
(ii) Common Enterprise. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged in the businesses set forth in Section 6.1(hh) as of the Closing Date. These operations require financing on a basis such that the credit supplied can be made available from time to time to the Borrower and various of its Subsidiaries, as required for the continued successful operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a whole. The Borrower has requested the Lenders to make credit available hereunder primarily for the purposes set forth in Section 6.1(hh) and generally for the purposes of financing the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries expects to derive benefit (and the Board of Directors (or other similar governing body) of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has determined that such Subsidiary may reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly or indirectly, from a portion of the credit extended by the Lenders hereunder, both in its separate capacity and as a member of the group of companies, since the successful operation and condition of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the group as a whole. The Borrower acknowledges that, but for the agreement by each of the Guarantors to execute and deliver its Guaranty, the Agent and the Lenders would not have made available the credit facilities established hereby on the terms set forth herein.
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(jj) Covered Entities. No Loan Party is a Covered Entity.
(kk) Designation as Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations constitute “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or any similar designation (with respect to indebtedness that having the maximum rights as “senior debt”) under and as defined in any agreement governing any Subordinated Debt and the subordination provisions set forth in each such agreement are legally valid and enforceable against the parties thereto.
(ll) EEA Financial Institution. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.
(mm) Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Closing Date, in the event a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered on the Closing Date and as of the date that any Beneficial Ownership Certification is delivered pursuant to Section 12.23, the information included in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.
(nn) Security Documents. The provisions of each of the Security Documents (whether executed and delivered prior to or on the Closing Date or thereafter) are and will be effective to create in favor of the Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in and Lien upon all right, title and interest of each Loan Party in and to the Collateral purported to be pledged, charged, mortgaged or assigned by it thereunder and described therein, and upon (i) the making of the Loans hereunder, (ii) the filing of appropriately completed UCC or PPSA financing statements and continuations thereof in the jurisdictions specified therein, (iii) with respect to United States Copyright registrations, the recordation of an appropriately completed Copyright Security Agreement in the United States Copyright Office, and (iv) with respect to Deposit Accounts to which Section 9-104 of the applicable UCC applies, when the Agent has “control” within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the applicable UCC, such security interest and Lien shall constitute a fully perfected and Second Priority security interest in and Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens and the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations) upon such right, title and interest of such Loan Party, in and to such Collateral, to the extent that such security interest and Lien can be perfected by such actions.
(oo) Regulation H. No Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted is a Flood Hazard Property unless: (a) the applicable Loan Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Agent (i) as to the fact that such Real Property is a Flood Hazard Property, (ii) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (iii) such other flood hazard determination forms, notices and confirmations thereof as requested by the Agent and (b) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the applicable Loan Party evidencing flood insurance reasonably satisfactory to the affected Lenders and naming the Agent as loss payee on behalf of the Lenders. All flood hazard insurance policies required hereunder have been obtained and remain in full force and effect, and the premiums thereon have been paid in full.
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(pp) Canadian Pension Plans. No Loan Party maintains, sponsors, contributes to, is a party to, or otherwise has any liability (including any contingent liability) or contribution obligations under or in respect of any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or a Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Canadian Registered Pension Plan is duly registered under the Tax Act and such other applicable law, each Canadian Registered Pension Plan is and has been administered in accordance with the terms of such Canadian Registered Pension Plan, the Tax Act (Canada) and such other applicable law, and no event has occurred which could cause the loss of the registered status of any such Canadian Registered Pension Plans, (ii) all obligations of any Loan Party under each Canadian Registered Pension Plan have been performed to the extent required by the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation, and (iii) all contributions including, for greater certainty, employee contributions made by authorized payroll deductions or other withholdings, required to be made or remitted by a Loan Party to each such Canadian Registered Pension Plan have been made or remitted to each such Canadian Registered Pension Plan in accordance with the terms of such Canadian Registered Pension Plan, and the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation applicable laws.
(qq) Pensions – UK Loan Parties. Other than in relation to Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan, no UK Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (the “Group”):
(i) is, or has at any time in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement been, an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pensions Schemes Act 1993) and is not a scheme within section 38(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004;
(ii) no member of the Group is or has at any time been in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 save that for the purposes of this clause, a member of the Group shall not be connected with another company solely by reason of one or more of its directors or employees being a director of that other company) such an employer; and
(iii) no member of the Group has at any time in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement been party to an act or omission involving a scheme or employer (both as referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above) which could reasonably be expected to give rise to the issue (to it or any of its Subsidiaries) of a financial support direction or contribution notice pursuant to section 38 or 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 or fine by the Pensions Regulator.
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(rr) Shares. The shares of any Loan Party which are subject to the Dutch Share Pledges or the English Security Documents are fully paid and not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights. The constitutional documents of the companies whose shares are subject to the Dutch Share Pledges and the English Security Documents do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of the Dutch Share Pledges or the English Security Documents.
(ss) Centre of Main Interests and Establishments. (i) In respect of the UK Loan Parties, for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation, its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is situated in England and Wales and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction and (ii) in respect of the Dutch Loan Parties, for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation, its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is situated in the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.
(tt) Assets located in Quebec. As of the Closing Date, the fair market value of all tangible assets located in Quebec does not exceed the amount of CAD $900,000.
(uu) Classification as Priority Lien Obligations. The Obligations constitute Second Priority secured obligations of the Loan Parties (subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens and the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations) and, together with the ABL Obligations and the First Lien Obligations, are the only such obligations of the Loan Parties.
(vv) DAC6. No transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents nor any transaction to be carried out in connection with any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents meets a hallmark set out in Annex IV of the Council Directive of 25May 2018 (2018822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU (“DAC6”).
ARTICLE VII.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, until Payment in Full of all Obligations:
7.1 Existence. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to,
(a) maintain their Entity existence, except in connection with a transaction expressly permitted under Section 8.3 or in the case of any Entity other than a Borrower, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(b) maintain in full force and effect all material licenses, bonds, franchises, leases, Trademarks, qualifications and authorizations to do business, and all material Patents, contracts and other rights necessary or advisable to the profitable conduct of its businesses, except
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(i) as expressly permitted by this Agreement,
(ii) such as may expire, be abandoned or lapse in the ordinary course of business or
(iii) as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and
(c) continue in the same or reasonably related lines of business as presently conducted by it.
7.2 Maintenance of Property. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, keep all assets and interests in Real Property used or useful and necessary to its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation excepted) in accordance with its past operating practices and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof.
7.3 [Reserved].
7.4 Taxes. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, pay, before the same becomes delinquent or in default,
(a) all federal and other material Taxes imposed against it or any of its property, and
(b) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property; provided that such payment and discharge will not be required with respect to any Tax or claim if
(i) the validity thereof, or to the extent the amount thereof, is being contested in good faith, by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and
(ii) an adequate reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been established therefor as required in accordance with GAAP.
7.5 Requirements of Law; Material Contracts. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, comply (i) with all Requirements of Law applicable to it, including any state licensing laws and Environmental Laws and (ii) obligations under Material Contracts, in each case except, in the case of each of clause (i) and clause (ii), where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.6 Insurance. Each of the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to maintain, with insurance companies reasonably believed to be financially sound and reputable, insurance 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 (except in respect of the UK Loan Parties) cause Agent to be listed as a
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lender loss payee on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a standard non-contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause. Borrower will furnish to Agent, upon request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. Furthermore, without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties shall:
(a) obtain certificates and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders with respect to property and casualty insurance;
(b) (except in respect of the UK Loan Parties) cause each insurance policy referred to in this Section 7.6 to provide that it shall not be cancelled, modified or not renewed (x) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to Agent (giving Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (y) for any other reason except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to Agent;
(c) deliver to Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or non-renewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent of payment of the premium therefor;
(d) maintain or cause to be maintained flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property in each case in compliance with applicable law; and
(e) maintain reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect to the Specified Litigation.
If any Loan Party fails to obtain and maintain insurance as provided in this Section, or to keep the same in force, Agent, if Agent so elects (without obligation), may obtain such insurance and pay the premium therefor for Borrower’s account and such expenses so paid shall be part of the Obligations. Without limitation of the foregoing, if as of the Closing Date or at any time thereafter, all or a portion of the improvements situated on any fee owned Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted are located within an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) as being in a “special flood hazard area” or as having specific flood hazards, Borrower shall also furnish Agent with flood insurance policies which conform to the requirements of said Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as either may be amended from time to time.
7.7 Books and Records; Inspections.
(a) The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, maintain books and records (including computer records and programs) of account pertaining to the assets, liabilities and financial transactions of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in such detail, form and scope as is consistent with good business practice, which shall be in conformity with GAAP in all material respects.
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(b) The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, provide Agent and its agents and one representative of each of the Lenders access to the Real Property and premises of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries at any time and from time to time, during normal business hours and with reasonable notice under the circumstances, and at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, for the purposes of (i) inspecting, appraising and verifying the Collateral, (ii) inspecting records or documents of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, (iii) copying and taking extracts from its financial and accounting records and (iv) discussing the affairs, finances and business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with any officer, employee or director thereof or with the Auditors (subject to such Auditor’s policies and procedures, and the right of the Loan Parties to be present at the discussions with the Auditors).
Borrower shall reimburse Agent for the reasonable and documented travel and related expenses of Agent’s employees or, at Agent’s option, of such outside accountants or examiners as may be retained by Agent to verify or inspect records or documents of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided that (x) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the number verifications and inspections for which Borrower shall be liable for reimbursement to Agent hereunder shall be limited to one verification and inspection in each calendar year and (y) the foregoing shall not operate to limit the number of verifications or inspections that Agent may elect to undertake. If Agent’s own employees are used, Borrower shall also pay such reasonable per diem allowance as Agent may from time to time establish, or, if outside examiners or accountants are used, Borrower shall also pay Agent such sum as Agent may be obligated to pay as fees for such services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.7, none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (a) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (b) in respect of which disclosure is prohibited by law or any binding agreement or (c) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided that in the event the Borrower does not provide information in reliance on clauses (b) and (c) of this sentence, the Borrower shall provide notice to the Agent (to the extent permitted to do so) that such information is being withheld and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent to provide such information or otherwise to communicate, to the extent both feasible and permitted under applicable law, rule, regulation or confidentiality obligation or without waiving such privilege, as applicable, the applicable information.
7.8 Notification Requirements. The Loan Parties shall timely give Agent and each Lender the following notices and other documents:
(a) Notice of Defaults. Promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days (or, in the case of any Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(d), an “Event of Default” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or an “Event of Default” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) within one (1) Business Day) after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge (i) of the occurrence of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, under any Loan Document, or (ii) that any Person has given notice to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition in Section 10.1(e), or the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto and Borrower’s proposed response thereto, each in reasonable detail.
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(b) Proceedings or Changes.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any Responsible Officer of Borrower obtains actual knowledge of any actual change, development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a written statement describing such proceeding, change, development or event and any action being taken by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(ii) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days upon receipt by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries copies of each written notice or other written correspondence received from any Governmental Authority in connection with any material investigation or proceeding regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Changes.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a change in the location of any Collateral from the locations specified in Schedule 6.1(b), and
(ii) thirty (30) days (or such lesser time as Agent, acting at the direction of the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, may agree) prior to a change to the Entity structure, legal name of any Loan Party, or jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party, in each case, together with a written statement describing such change,
together with, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), copies of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party, certified by the Secretary of State (or equivalent) in each relevant jurisdiction, evidencing such change. If any notice is delivered with respect to Schedule 6.1(b) pursuant to this Section 7.8, such notice shall be deemed to be an addition to such Schedule.
(d) ERISA Notices.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Termination Event has occurred, a written statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower describing such Termination Event and any action that is being taken with respect thereto by any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, an ERISA Affiliate, and any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC;
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(ii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service, a copy of each funding waiver request filed with respect to any Pension Plan subject to the funding requirements of Section 412 of the Code and all communications received by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with respect to such request;
(iii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intention to terminate a Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer a Pension Plan, a copy of each such notice;
(iv) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, notice (including the nature of the event and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service or the PBGC with respect thereto) of:
(A) any Prohibited Transaction with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(B) any cessation of operations (by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate) at a facility in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(C) a failure by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate to make a payment to a Pension Plan required to avoid imposition of a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA or Section 412(n) of the Code, or the imposition of such a Lien,
(D) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Pension Plan pursuant to Section 436(f) of the Code that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
(E) any change in the actuarial assumptions or funding methods used for any Plan where the effect of such change is to increase materially the unfunded benefit liability or obligation to make periodic contributions that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) promptly upon the request of Agent, each annual report (IRS Form 5500 series) and all accompanying schedules, the most recent actuarial reports, the most recent financial information concerning the financial status of each Pension Plan administered or maintained by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate, and schedules showing the amounts contributed to each Pension Plan by or on behalf of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate in which any of its personnel participate or from which such personnel may derive a benefit, and each Schedule SB (Actuarial Information) to the annual report filed by such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each such Plan;
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(vi) promptly after the filing thereof, copies of any Form 5310, or any successor or equivalent form to Form 5310, filed with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the termination of any Plan, and copies of any standard termination notice or distress termination notice filed with the PBGC in connection with the termination of any Pension Plan;
(vii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate, notice and demand for payment of withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan;
(viii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice by the Department of Labor of any penalty, audit, investigation or purported violation of ERISA with respect to a Plan;
(ix) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department of any income tax deficiency or delinquency, excise tax penalty, audit or investigation with respect to a Plan; and
(x) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice of any administrative or judicial complaint, or the entry of a judgment, award or settlement agreement, in either case with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Material Contracts. Concurrently with the delivery of any Compliance Certificates pursuant to Section 7.11(d), notice of any Material Contract that has been terminated or amended in any material respect, together with a copy of any such amendment and delivery of a copy of any new Material Contract that has been entered into, in each case since the later of the Closing Date or delivery of the prior Compliance Certificate; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to separately deliver copies of any Material Contracts (or amendments thereto) that are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC.
(f) Environmental Matters.
(i) Promptly provide notice of any Release of Hazardous Materials in any reportable quantity from or onto real property owned or operated by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(ii) Promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide written notice of any of the following: (i) an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of a Loan Party of one of its Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) written notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative order from a Governmental Authority, in each case which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(g) Insurance. Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by a Loan Party of notice or knowledge thereof, of the actual or intended cancellation of, or any material and adverse change in coverage or other terms of, any insurance required to be maintained by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(h) Litigation. Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or date of any Loan Party submits, as applicable, any non-confidential pleadings or other court records or communications in connection with the Specified Litigation, or any final settlement agreements that may be shared with Agent under applicable confidentiality provisions in connection with the Specified Litigation.
(i) Potential Transactions. Promptly, and in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days before consummation thereof, notice of any transaction outside the ordinary course of business, including settlement of any claim, acquisitions or divestitures outside the ordinary course of business.
7.9 Annual Collateral Verification. Concurrently with the delivery of the Financial Statements under Section 7.11(a) for each fiscal year, a certificate of its Responsible Officer either confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Closing Date or on the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 7.9 and/or identifying such changes.
7.10 Qualify to Transact Business. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, qualify to transact business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction where the nature or extent of its business or the ownership of its property requires it to be so qualified or authorized and where failure to qualify or be authorized could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.11 Financial Reporting. Borrower shall deliver to Agent the following:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the annual audited and certified consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an Auditor, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit (except for any such qualification pertaining to impending debt maturities of the Loans occurring within 12 months of such audit or any breach of any financial covenant thereunder).
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(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2025,
(i) the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and for the fiscal year to date, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such comparison shall not be required for any period occurring prior to the Closing Date), all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and
(ii) a narrative discussion of the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and results of operations and the liquidity and capital resources for the Fiscal Quarter then ended, prepared by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.
(c) Monthly Financial Statements. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month, commencing with the fiscal month ended March 31, 2025,
(i) the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and for the fiscal year to date, and
(ii) a certification by a Responsible Officer of Borrower that such Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and are fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with the delivery of each of the Financial Statements referred to in Section 7.11(a) and Section 7.11(b), a compliance certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit H (a “Compliance Certificate”), signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, with an attached schedule of computations (1) calculating (A) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and (B) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and (2) setting forth (A) the aggregate outstanding balance of all Loans and the interest rate applicable thereto for such Fiscal Quarter then ended pursuant to Section 4.1(a) and (B) in the Compliance Certificate delivered with the Financial Statements referred to in Section 7.11(b) only, the portion of interest to be paid in PIK Interest and the portion of interest to be paid in cash for the applicable upcoming Interest Payment Date in accordance with Section 4.1(b) and based on the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth therein.
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(e) Lender Calls. Within five (5) Business Days after the quarterly Financial Statements are to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (or, at the reasonable request of the Agent, within five (5) Business Days after the monthly Financial Statements are delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(c)), participate in conference calls or meetings with the Agent and the Lenders, such calls or meetings to be held at such time as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent, to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for the most recently-ended period for which Financial Statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a), Section 7.11(b) or Section 7.11(c), as applicable.
(f) ABL Facility Reporting. The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent copies of all Financial Statements, the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), budgets, reports, notices, analyses and other deliverables that are delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the ABL Loan Documents, in each case contemporaneously with delivery to the ABL Agent (or any other person as may be required under the terms of the ABL Loan Documents).
(g) Statements of Reconciliation after Changes in Accounting Principles. If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in preparation of the audited Historical Financials delivered on or prior to the Closing Date, or, following the first delivery of Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a), the Financial Statements most recently delivered pursuant thereto, the consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) and 7.11(b) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated Financial Statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such Financial Statements after such change, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a statement of reconciliation for the immediately prior Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
(h) [Reserved].
(i) Preliminary Business Plan. Beginning with December 31, 2025, not later than December 31 of each year, the Preliminary Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
(j) Business Plan. Not later than the earlier of (x) ten (10) Business Days after certification by the Board of Directors of Borrower and (y) February 28 of each year, the Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
(k) SEC Reports. As soon as available, but not later than five (5) Business Days after the same are sent or filed, as the case may be, copies of all Financial Statements and reports that any Loan Party sends to any of the owners of its Equity Interests or files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Governmental Authority and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Agent hereto.
(l) Monthly Operating Report. As soon as practically available, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, (beginning with the calendar month ending January 31, 2025), the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent for distribution to the Lenders a Monthly Operating Report in form reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders (it being understood and agreed that the form provided to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date is reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders).
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(m) Other Information. (A) Promptly after the request by Agent, such additional Financial Statements and other related data and information as to the business, operations, results of operations, assets, collateral, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as Agent may from time to time reasonably request, (B) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Borrower to its security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to its equity holders, bondholders or holders of any other of its securities acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to its security holders other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower and all press releases and other statements made generally available by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (C) promptly and in each case contemporaneously with delivery therewith copies of all reports or other information delivered or required to be delivered to any lender or agent of any Material Indebtedness.
As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.11(k), the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clauses under Section 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c) and 7.11(m) (except for 7.11(m)(C)) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in Sections 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c) and 7.11(m) (except for 7.11(m)(C)) at the times specified therein.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c), 7.11(m) (except for 7.11(m)(C)) or 7.11(k) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically 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: https://www.teaminc.com; 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 Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent);
provided that the Borrower shall notify (by fax or e-mail transmission) the Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Agent by e-mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The 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. The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use reasonable efforts to satisfy all due diligence requests submitted by the Agent or advisors to the Agent as soon as reasonably practicable. Delivery of the foregoing information shall not be deemed to be actual or constructive notice of any Loan Party’s compliance with its obligations under the Loan Documents.
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7.12 Payment of Liabilities. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge, in the ordinary course of business, all obligations and liabilities (including tax liabilities and other governmental charges), except where
(i) the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves with respect thereto have been established in accordance with GAAP or
(ii) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.13 ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates to,
(a) maintain each Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code so as to satisfy the qualification requirements thereof,
(b) contribute, or require that contributions be made, in a timely manner
(i) to each Pension Plan in amounts sufficient (x) to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, if applicable, (y) to satisfy any other Requirements of Law and (z) to satisfy the terms and conditions of each such Pension Plan, and
(ii) to each Foreign Plan in amounts sufficient to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of any applicable law or regulation, without any application for a waiver from any such funding requirements,
(c) cause each Plan or Foreign Plan to comply in all material respects with applicable law (including all applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations) and
(d) pay in a timely manner, in all material respects, all required premiums to the PBGC.
As used in this Section 7.13, “Foreign Plan” means any Plan or Pension Plan that is subject to any Requirement of Law other than ERISA or the Code and that is maintained, or otherwise contributed to, by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of employees outside the United States and Canada.
7.14 Environmental Matters. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, conduct its business so as to comply in all material respects with and address all liabilities under all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and renew all Permits required pursuant to any Environmental Law, except, in each case, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.15 Intellectual Property. Except as otherwise permitted by the Security Documents, the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, do and cause to be done all things necessary in their reasonable business judgment to preserve and keep in full force and effect all of their Material Intellectual Property, including issuances and registrations of Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs and Copyrights.
7.16 Solvency. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, shall be and remain Solvent at all times.
7.17 Access to Employees, Etc.
(a) At the request of the Agent from time to time, the Borrower shall cause senior employees that are the head of any business line or division and senior members of the internal finance teams of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet with representatives of the Agent and Lenders (which meeting shall be in person or virtual at the reasonable request of the Agent); and
(b) At the request of the Agent from time to time, the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof shall use reasonable best efforts to facilitate a dialogue between the Agent and any investment bankers, consultants or other professionals (other than accountants) or other senior personnel of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as soon as reasonably practicable after such request.
7.18 [Reserved].
7.19 Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each of the Loan Parties shall comply in all respects with all applicable Sanctions and in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws and shall maintain all of the necessary Permits required pursuant to any applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws in order for such Loan Party to continue the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and will maintain policies, procedures, and internal controls designed to promote and achieve compliance with such applicable laws and with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
7.20 Additional Subsidiaries; Further Assurances.
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(a) Each Loan Party will, in the event that any Loan Party forms or acquires any direct or indirect Material Subsidiary organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction or in the event any Subsidiary organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction becomes a Material Subsidiary in accordance with clause (ii) of the definition of “Material Subsidiary”, in each case after the Closing Date (including in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws), within thirty (30) days of such event (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its reasonable discretion (at the direction of the Required Lenders)) (a) cause such new Material Subsidiary to provide to Agent a joinder or similar document to the applicable Security Documents, (b) deliver to Agent financing statements with respect to such Material Subsidiary, a Pledged Interests Addendum with respect to the Equity Interests of such Material Subsidiary (to the extent the shareholder of such Material Subsidiary is also a Loan Party), and such other security agreements (including Mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of such new Material Subsidiary), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, necessary to create the Liens intended to be created under the Security Documents; provided (x) that the joinder to this Agreement or the Security Documents, shall not be required to be provided to Agent with respect to any Subsidiary that is not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction; and (y) subject to Section 7.21, Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited shall not be required to become a Loan Party unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and Agent after Borrower obtains the consent of The Trustees of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan to permit Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited to grant first-priority security over its assets in favor of the Agent, (c) provide, or cause the applicable Loan Party to provide, to Agent a Pledged Interests Addendum and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Material Subsidiary (to the extent the shareholder of such Material Subsidiary is also a Loan Party), to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such interests would not result in material adverse tax consequences under the Code or any applicable Requirement of Law to any Loan Party as reasonably determined by the Borrower, and (d) provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, which, in their reasonable discretion, is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance, flood certification documentation or other documentation with respect to all Real Property owned in fee and subject to a Mortgage). Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required by law or which the Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of the Loan Parties; provided that no such action shall be required with respect to assets located in Quebec unless the aggregate fair market value of all tangible assets located in Quebec exceeds CAD $900,000.
(b) Each Loan Party will, at the time that any Loan Party acquires any Real Property (other than Real Property constituting Excluded Property) after the Closing Date, within sixty (60) days of such acquisition (or such later date as permitted by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion), deliver to the Agent a duly executed Mortgage and the applicable Mortgage Support Documentation in favor of the Agent with respect to such Real Property, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
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(c) At any time from time to time upon the request of the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), each Loan Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as are necessary or that the Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Loan Documents. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Loan Party shall take such actions as any Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Excluded Property) of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties and all of the outstanding Equity Interests owned by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties (subject to limitations contained in the Loan Documents with respect to CFCs), in each case, as otherwise required under and in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, no Loan Party shall be required to (i) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Security Jurisdictions with respect to the creation and/or perfection of any security interest in any asset, including, without limitation, the execution of any agreement, document or other instrument governed by the law of any jurisdiction other than the Security Jurisdictions or (ii) make any filings or take any other actions to record or perfect the Agent’s Lien on and security interest in any Intellectual Property outside of the United States, Canada or any other jurisdiction where the ABL Agent or First Lien Agent have taken actions to perfect a security interest in Intellectual Property (but only to the extent of such actions taken or being taken and only with respect to such Intellectual Property for which such actions were taken, are being taken or are expected to be taken) or (iii) reimburse the Agent for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with making any such filings or taking any such other action referenced in the forgoing clause (i) and clause (ii).
7.21 Post-Closing Covenants. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the applicable time period set forth on Schedule 7.21 (or such longer time as Agent may agree (and subject to any wavier that Agent may provide), in each case in Agent’s sole discretion (at the direction of the Required Lenders)), each Loan Party will deliver all documents and take all actions set forth on Schedule 7.21.
7.22 First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loans. At any time the conditions set forth in Section 5.4 of the First Lien Credit Agreement are met, the Borrower shall borrow the maximum amount of First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loans permitted to be borrowed under the First Lien Credit Agreement at such time and shall apply such proceeds in the manner set forth in Section 2.5(b)(vii).
7.23 Residency for Dutch Tax Purposes. Each Dutch Loan Party will remain resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands only and not create a permanent establishment or permanent representative outside of the Netherlands, unless with the prior written consent of the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders).
7.24 Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes. Any fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax purposes in which a Loan Party is included, will consist of Loan Parties only, unless with the prior written consent of the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders).
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7.25 Allocation of Tax Losses upon Termination of Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes. If, at any time, a Loan Party is member of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax purposes (vennootschapsbelasting) and such fiscal unity is, in respect of that Loan Party, terminated (verbroken) or disrupted (beëindigd) as a result of or in connection with the Agent or a Lender enforcing its rights under any Loan Document, such Loan Party shall, at the request of the Agent, together with the parent company (moedermaatschappij) or deemed parent company (aangewezen moedermaatschappij) of that fiscal unity, for no consideration and as soon as reasonably practicable, lodge a request with the relevant Governmental Authority to allocate and surrender (i) any tax losses (within the meaning of Article 20 of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)) (ii) any interest carry forward (within the meaning of Article 15b of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)), (iii) any tax credit carry forward (within the meaning of Article 25a of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)), and/or (iv) any other tax attribute (within the meaning of and in accordance with the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969) to the Loan Party leaving the fiscal unity, to the extent such tax losses, interest carry forward, tax credit carry forward or other tax attribute, respectively, is or are attributable (toerekenbaar) to that Loan Party (within the meaning of Article 15af, 15ahb, 15al or other relevant provision, respectively, of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)).
ARTICLE VIII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, until Payment in Full of all Obligations:
8.1 Indebtedness. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or issue any Disqualified Equity Interests other than:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness in connection with the 1970 Group SIRFA, provided that such Indebtedness (i) shall not permit or require any cash interest payments (provided that this limitation shall not prohibit the payment of the “Effective Date Fee” or the “Extension Fee” (each as defined in the 1970 Group SIRFA) or any similar fee thereunder); (ii) shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement; and (iii) shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(b), and not any other clause of this Section 8.1;
(c) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness) to finance all or any part of the purchase, lease, construction, installment, repair or improvement of property, plant or equipment or other fixed or capital assets in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $18,000,000; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred within ninety (90) days after the purchase, lease, construction, installation, repair or improvement of the property that is the subject of such Indebtedness;
(d) Bank Product Obligations (other than arising under Hedging Agreements) and Indebtedness under Permitted Hedging Agreements;
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(e) Indebtedness comprised of Permitted Intercompany Advances;
(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;
(g) Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided that (x) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such guarantee shall be subordinated to the guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness and (y) no Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall guaranty the Indebtedness of any Loan Party;
(h) issuances of Equity Interests permitted pursuant to Section 8.5;
(i) endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of
(i) overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, purchasing card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services and similar arrangements, and in connection with securities and commodities arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Permitted Investments and not any obligation in connection with margin financing,
(iii) the endorsement of instruments for deposit or the financing of insurance premiums,
(iv) deferred compensation or similar arrangements to the employees of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries,
(v) obligations to pay insurance premiums or take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements and
(vi) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, business interruption or liability insurance to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such Indebtedness shall not be in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of the annual premium for such insurance; or
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(ii) up to $3,600,000 in the aggregate of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees or letter of credit facilities, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (k) the ABL Obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time $150,000,000; provided that (a) the obligors under the ABL Credit Agreement shall not at any time include any Person that is not a Loan Party and the assets or property securing the ABL Obligations shall at all times constitute Collateral hereunder, and (b) the ABL Facility shall provide that the availability of the credit extensions thereunder is subject to borrowing bases with respect to one or more categories of ABL Priority Collateral and which borrowing bases shall, on any applicable date of determination, be customary for financings of this type;
(l) Indebtedness incurred under the First Lien Credit Agreement (and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of (i) $175,000,000, plus (ii) up to $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) borrowed pursuant thereto;
(m) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary, or of the Borrower to any Subsidiary; provided that (i) all such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, and, if owed to a Loan Party, shall be subject to a Second Priority Lien pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the Payment in Full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Note, (iii) any payment by any such Guarantor Subsidiary under any guaranty of the Obligations shall result in a pro tanto reduction of the amount of any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any of its Subsidiaries for whose benefit such payment is made and (iv) such Indebtedness is permitted as an Investment under Section 8.10(k);
(n) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed at any time the sum of (x) the greater of $18,000,000 and 34% of EBITDA plus (y) an amount equal to the amount of proceeds of any such unsecured Indebtedness which are utilized to repay Obligations;
(o) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(p) Indebtedness not otherwise permitted in this Section 8.1 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $9,000,000 and 17% of EBITDA at any time outstanding; provided that to the extent Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (p) would exceed the greater of $3,600,000 and 6% of EBITDA at the time of incurrence of any additional Indebtedness to be incurred in reliance on this clause (p), then such additional Indebtedness shall be permitted only if, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; (q) Indebtedness resulting from Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted pursuant to Section 8.5(m) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(r) Indebtedness consisting of the letters of credit as in effect on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.1(r) and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof; and
(s) additional Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with the Loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Available Incremental Amount and solely to the extent permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement (any Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this clause (s), “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided, that any such Indebtedness shall be on terms acceptable to, and shall be provided solely by, Corre, Corre Affiliates or any other Eligible Assignee approved by Corre.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Loan Party shall guarantee or provide credit support for any obligation of the Borrower under the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement.
8.2 Permitted Activities of the Borrower. The Borrower shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any material business or operations, enter into any commercial contracts in its own name, or own, hold or maintain any material assets or Investments (including direct Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or joint ventures) other than those existing as of the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.2; provided that the following shall be permitted in any event: (i) Borrower’s ownership of the Equity Interests of the direct Subsidiaries it owns on the Closing Date and activities incidental thereto; (ii) the incurrence of, and performance of any obligations under any documentation related to, any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.1; (iii) the consummation of (A) the Transactions and (B) any of the Amendment No. 1 Transactions; (iv) the payment of dividends and distributions, and the making of contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries, in each case not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement; (v) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance and performance of activities relating to its officers, directors, managers and employees and those of its Subsidiaries); (vi) (A) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, the issuance of the Warrants and the other transactions contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and 2025 Preferred Documents and (B) any public offering of its stock or any other issuance or registration of its Equity Interests for sale or resale not prohibited by this Agreement, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto; (vii) the participation in tax, accounting and other administrative matters, including compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting matters related thereto and activities relating to its officers, directors, managers and employees; (viii) the holding of any cash and Cash Equivalents (but not operating any property); (ix) providing indemnification to officers and members of the Board of Directors; (x) incurring fees, costs and expenses in the ordinary course of business, including relating to overhead, insurance and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes; (xi) [reserved] and (xii) any action incidental to the foregoing.
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8.3 Entity Changes, Etc. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, divide, merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any Person, liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) any such Subsidiary may merge with or liquidate or dissolve into
(i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or
(ii) any one or more Subsidiaries, provided that when a subsidiary which is not a Loan Party merges with a Loan Party, the Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person and when a Loan Party liquidates or dissolves, it shall liquidate and dissolve into another Loan Party;
(b) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to the Borrower or to a Guarantor (or if such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor to another Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor);
(c) any Subsidiary may change its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, provided
(i) such Person provides the Agent with at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of change,
(ii) no Default exists at such time; and
(iii) if such Person is organized or incorporated in the U.S., Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands:
(A) such new jurisdiction is in the U.S., Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands; and
(B) if such Person is a Loan Party, such Person shall deliver such Security Documents and any other documentation (including opinions) as may be requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) to ensure the Agent maintains a valid, enforceable and perfected Second Priority Lien on the Collateral of such Person (subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens, or the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations);
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(d) after providing any applicable prior written notice to the Agent pursuant to Section 7.8(c), any Subsidiary may change in legal form if such change is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
8.4 Change in Nature of Business. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time make any material change in the nature of their business as carried on at the date hereof or enter into any new line of business that is not similar, corollary, related, ancillary, incidental or complementary, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto the business as carried on as of the date hereof.
8.5 Sales, Etc. of Assets. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets (including by an allocation of assets among newly divided limited liability companies pursuant to a “plan of division”) or otherwise consummate any Asset Disposition except:
(a) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the sale or other disposition of obsolete or worn out property, or other property no longer used or useful in the conduct of business, in each case, disposed of in the ordinary course of business (and not part of an accounts receivable financing, factoring or similar transaction (other than by a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party if done in ordinary course));
(c) the sale, transfer or other disposition of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(d) sales, transfers or other dispositions of property that are a settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of or relating to any property or asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
(e) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;
(f) the abandonment of Intellectual Property (or lapse of any registration or application in respect of Intellectual Property) that is, in the reasonable good faith judgment of Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; and
(g) operating leases or sub leases on arm’s-length terms entered into in the ordinary course of business with respect to excess real property space, as determined by the Borrower in good faith;
(h) dispositions permitted under Section 8.3;
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(i) dispositions of property to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party, the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or such disposition shall constitute a Permitted Investment; provided, further, that Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments shall be permitted at all times;
(j) dispositions constituting Permitted Investments;
(k) sales or dispositions of other assets (including intangible property related to such fixed assets) so long as (i) made at fair market value, (ii) the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in the aggregate (including the proposed disposition) pursuant to this clause (k) would not exceed the greater of $14,400,000 and 24% of EBITDA in the aggregate per fiscal year, (iii) such sale or disposition is not part of an accounts receivable financing, factoring or similar transaction (other than by a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party if done in the ordinary course of business) and (iv) subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, unless the Required Lenders have expressly consented in writing to any other application of payments, 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such disposition shall be used to pay the Obligations hereunder (inclusive, for the avoidance of doubt, of any Applicable Premium) in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5;
(l) sales, transfers or other disposals (in each case, whether direct or indirect, and including Sale and Leaseback Transactions) of any assets outside the ordinary course of business, solely to the extent that (i) such disposition shall have been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower, (ii) the consideration received from such disposition shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the asset that is subject to such disposition, (iii) at least 75% of the consideration received from such disposition shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and (iv) subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, unless the Required Lenders have expressly consented in writing to any other application of payments, 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such disposition shall be used to pay the Obligations hereunder (inclusive, for the avoidance of doubt, of any Applicable Premium) in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5;
(m) Sale and Leaseback Transactions, solely to the extent that (i) any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is on arm’s length terms or terms that are at least as favorable to the Loan Party or Subsidiary engaging in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the consideration received by such Loan Party or Subsidiary shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the property that is subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(n) other asset divestitures by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries solely to the extent that (i) the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in the aggregate pursuant to this clause (n) would not exceed the greater of $21,600,000 and 36% of EBITDA and (ii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, 100% of Net Cash Proceeds with respect to any sale or disposition of the type described in this Section 8.5(n) shall be used to pay the Obligations hereunder (inclusive, for the avoidance of doubt, of any Applicable Premium) in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5;
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(o) [reserved]; and
(p) (i) the issuance of common Equity Interests by any Subsidiary, solely as director qualifying shares and as required by applicable law, or to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times all assets material to the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be held by Loan Parties.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) at no time shall any Loan Party transfer (including by way of direct or indirect sales, transfers, dispositions, Sale and Leaseback Transactions, Restricted Payments, Investments or otherwise) or exclusively license (in-whole or in-part) any Material Intellectual Property to any non-Loan Party Affiliate or Subsidiary and (ii) no non-Loan Party Affiliate or Subsidiary shall acquire, own, exclusively license or otherwise exclusively hold, in whole or in part, any Material Intellectual Property.
8.6 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will not (a) use any portion of the proceeds of any Loan in violation of Section 2.4 or for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) in any manner which violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board or for any other purpose in violation of any applicable statute or regulation, or of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or (b) take, or permit any Person acting on its behalf to take, any action which could reasonably be expected to cause this Agreement or any other Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve Board.
The Borrower shall not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use any portion of the Loan proceeds, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any Loan proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any payment or provision of any money or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, representative of a state-owned enterprise, any other Person acting in an official capacity, or any other Person, in order to obtain, retain or direct business improperly or obtain any improper business advantage, in each case in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws; (ii) in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; (iii) to fund, finance or facilitate any activities of or business with any Sanctioned Person or in or involving any Designated Jurisdiction in violation of applicable Sanctions; or (iv) in any other manner that would constitute or give rise to a violation of Sanctions by any party hereto (including any Secured Party).
The Borrower shall not fund all or part of, any repayment under this Agreement: (x) out of proceeds derived, directly or knowingly indirectly, from any dealings with, or property of, a Sanctioned Person in violation of Sanctions or otherwise in violation of applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or Anti-Corruption Laws; or (y) in any other manner that would constitute or give rise to a violation of Sanctions by any party hereto (including any Secured Party).
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8.7 2025 Preferred Equity Investment
. Other than in connection with any redemption, retirement, payment or prepayment made using available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9(f) and Section 8.9(g) of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not redeem, retire or otherwise pay or prepay the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, nor permit the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment to be redeemed, retired or otherwise paid or prepaid, in each case, at any time prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date, provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Section 8.7 shall be interpreted as prohibiting the Borrower from (i) paying cash dividends in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation using available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9(f) and Section 8.9(g) of this Agreement, (ii) accruing any dividends, fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents as compounded increases to the stated value of the applicable preferred equity interests in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation (and dividends, fees or other amounts paid in kind under or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation) or (iii) issuing any Equity Interests upon exercise of the Warrants or paying cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of such Equity Interests or any fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the Warrants.
8.8 Liens. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any assets other than Permitted Liens.
8.9 Dividends, Redemptions, Distributions, Etc. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay any dividends or make any distributions on or in respect of its Equity Interests, or purchase, redeem or retire any of its Equity Interests or any warrants, options or rights to purchase any such Equity Interests, whether now or hereafter outstanding (“Interests”), or make any payment on account of or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of such Interests, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, or management or similar fees payable to the Designated Equity Investor or Stellex or any of its Affiliates, and including any of the foregoing in respect of the interests issued pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or Warrants (all of the foregoing, the “Restricted Payments”), except that:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (A) if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Borrower or a Subsidiary and (B) (x) no Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (a) may be made by a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments shall be permitted at all times;
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(b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividends payable solely in the stock or other Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of such Person so long as, in the case of a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary remains wholly-owned by the Borrower; provided that if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Borrower or a Subsidiary;
(c) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may make Equity Interest repurchases with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock;
(d) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in cash to purchase or redeem or in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of the Equity Interests of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $600,000 and 1.2% of EBITDA;
(e) the Borrower may make payments (or distributions to facilitate such payments, as applicable) permitted by Section 8.9(e) of the First Lien Credit Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 in any fiscal year;
(f) the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments so long as (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and (y) the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the payment of such Restricted Payment;
(g) the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the Available Amount at the time of such Restricted Payment and with respect to which the Available Amount Conditions have been satisfied; and
(h) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may (i) “pay in kind” or accrue as compounded increases to the stated value of the applicable preferred equity interests in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation (x) non-cash dividends or (y) fees or other amounts payable in kind and not in cash in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents, (ii) issue shares of common stock of the Borrower upon exercise of the Warrants and (iii) make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of common stock of the Borrower issued upon exercise of the Warrants (and any fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the Warrants may be paid) in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, (i) no Restricted Payment shall be permitted hereunder to the extent it would result in the disposition or other transfer of any Material Intellectual Property or other assets or property material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person (other than a Loan Party) and (ii) no Restricted Payment in respect of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, or in respect of any interests or Warrants issued in connection therewith, shall be permitted under this Agreement other than (x) to the extent of any available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9(f) and Section 8.9(g),(y) payment of indemnity and expense reimbursement in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, as permitted under Section 8.9(e) and/or (z) under Section 8.9(h) of this Agreement.
8.10 Investments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time make or hold any Investment in any Person (whether in cash, securities or other property of any kind) except the following (collectively, the “Permitted Investments”):
(a) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.10;
(b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guarantees by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1;
(d) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses; provided that the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances does not exceed $1,200,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(f) other Investments in an aggregate amount that do not exceed the Available Amount at the time of such Investments;
(g) Permitted Intercompany Advances;
(h) Investments by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a Loan Party;
(i) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods or services in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(j) deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of (i) operating leases and (ii) other contractual obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness;
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(k) (i) Investments by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and (ii) Investments by Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate amount (when combined with all other Investments made pursuant to clause (g) (to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties)) not to exceed (x) $12,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period immediately after giving effect to any such Investment and (y) $18,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to any such Investment (in each case solely in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices); and
(l) any acquisition, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of any of the assets of, or more than 50% of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person, so long as (A) the target (and to the extent any of its Subsidiaries are Material Subsidiaries, such Subsidiaries) becomes or will become a Loan Party within the time period set forth in Section 7.20(a) (or the assets so acquired are to be acquired by a Loan Party or an entity that will become a Loan Party within thirty (30) days after the consummation of such acquisition (or such longer time as the Agent may agree (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders))), (B) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to such acquisition, (C) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (D) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authority and (E) in the case of any acquisition involving a total consideration in excess of $10,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent at least eight (8) Business Days prior to such proposed acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders)) a business and legal due diligence package, which package shall include the following with regard to such acquisition: (x) to the extent available, a third party quality of earnings report from a nationally recognized accounting firm; provided that, if such acquisition involves a total consideration in excess of $50,000,000, such report shall be required, (y) historical financing statements of the applicable target or asset (to the extent available) for the two Fiscal Years prior to such acquisition (or, if such target or asset has not been in existence for two years, for each year such target or asset has existed) and (z) a copy of the then current draft purchase agreement (and any subsequent materially different drafts thereof) related to the proposed acquisition (and any related material documents in connection therewith that are reasonably requested by the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders)).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Investment shall include the disposition or transfer of any Material Intellectual Property or any other assets or property which are material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (other than a Loan Party).
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8.11 [Reserved].
8.12 Fiscal Year. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, change their fiscal year from a year ending December 31.
8.13 Accounting Changes. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time make or permit any change in accounting policies, except as required by GAAP.
8.14 [Reserved].
8.15 ERISA Compliance. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i) engage in any Prohibited Transaction for which a statutory or class exemption is not applicable so as to exempt such Prohibited Transaction or a private exemption has not been previously obtained from the Department of Labor;
(ii) permit to exist with respect to any Pension Plan any failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived;
(iii) terminate any Pension Plan where such event would result in any liability of any Loan Party or Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA;
(iv) fail to make any required contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan;
(v) fail to pay any required installment or any other payment required under Section 412 or 430 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment;
(vi) amend a Pension Plan resulting in an increase in current liability for the plan year such that any Loan Party or Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate is required to provide security to such Plan under Section 463(f) of the Code;
(vii) withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan where such withdrawal is reasonably likely to result in any liability of any such entity under Title IV of ERISA; or
(viii) allow a Termination Event to occur or allow the imposition of an excise tax under Section 4978 or Section 4979A of the Code.
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8.16 UK Pensions.
(a) Each Loan Party shall ensure that:
(i) no member of the Group is or becomes an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993) and is not a scheme within section 38(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004 or “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 save that for the purposes of this clause, a member of the Group shall not be connected with another company solely by reason of one or more of its directors or employees being a director of that other company) such an employer;
(ii) any contributions that a UK Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries are required to pay to Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan are so paid before or when they fall due and payable in accordance with the schemes’ governing documentation and any overriding legislation; and
(iii) no action or omission is taken by any member of the Group in relation to a pension scheme which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect including, the commencement of winding-up proceedings but excluding for these purposes any action or omission that is taken by any member of the Group in relation to the continuation or termination of employment of any employee of the Group (on grounds of ill-health or otherwise).
(b) Each Loan Party shall promptly:
(i) notify the Agent of any material change in the rate of contributions to the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan paid or recommended to be paid (whether by the scheme actuary or otherwise) or required (by law or otherwise);
(ii) provide to the Agent a copy of the Recovery Plan (and any amendments and/or variations thereto from time to time); and
(iii) (subject to any confidentiality obligations) provide copies of all notifications made to the Pensions Regulator under section 69 of the Pensions Act 2004 (as amended from time to time).
(c) Each Loan Party shall immediately notify the Agent:
(i) if it receives a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice from the Pensions Regulator;
(ii) (subject to any confidentiality obligations) of any investigation or proposed investigation by the Pensions Regulator of which it is aware which has resulted or may result in the Pensions Regulator taking any regulatory action against any member of the Group; and
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(iii) any event of which it is aware which has triggered or may trigger a debt on any member of the Group under sections 75 or 75A of the Pensions Act 2004.
8.17 Prepayments; Amendments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to,
(a) at any time, directly or indirectly, make any prepayment in cash in respect of principal of or interest in any Subordinated Debt, any unsecured Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness secured by a Lien that is junior to the Lien securing the Obligations (collectively, “Junior Indebtedness”), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Junior Indebtedness more than one year prior to the scheduled maturity date thereof; provided that (x) for the avoidance of doubt, the ABL Obligations and the First Lien Obligations shall not constitute Junior Indebtedness, (y) for the avoidance of doubt, the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA shall each constitute Junior Indebtedness and (z) the foregoing shall not apply to:
(i) the payment in cash of regularly scheduled interest in respect of Junior Indebtedness,
(ii) conversion of any Junior Indebtedness to Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),
(iii) the payment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition or payment on the account of any Junior Indebtedness with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(iv) the payment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition or payment on account of any intercompany indebtedness (A) owing to a Loan Party to another Loan Party, (B) owing by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (C) owing by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party and as to any Subordinated Debt, except as expressly permitted in the Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement applicable thereto,
(v) the payment of regularly scheduled interest (including any penalty interest, if applicable) and payment of fees, expenses and indemnification obligations as and when due (other than payments with respect to Junior Indebtedness that are prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof),
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(vi) the payment or prepayment in cash of Junior Indebtedness with the proceeds of funds retained by the Borrower as Waivable Mandatory Prepayments pursuant to Section 2.5(e), (vii) any payment of Junior Indebtedness may be made so long as at the time of any such payment, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such payment and (y) the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period after giving effect to the payment of such Junior Indebtedness, or
(viii) the payment of any amount not to exceed the Available Amount at such time and with respect to which the Available Amount Conditions have been satisfied; or
(b) directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of:
(i) (A) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Material Indebtedness (including the First Lien Obligations but excluding the ABL Obligations) in a manner that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; provided that any (x) amendment to the First Lien Credit Agreement that does not comply with the requirements set forth in Section 8.1(l), (y) any amendment to the documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(n) that does not comply with requirements set forth in Section 8.1(n) shall, in each case, be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and (z) any changes to the First Lien Credit Agreement that correspond to changes made to this Agreement shall not be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or (B) any ABL Loan Document in a manner that is prohibited by the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or that does not comply with the requirements set forth in Section 8.1(k); or
(ii) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the 2025 Preferred Documents or any documentation in respect of any Junior Indebtedness, in each case, if the effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; provided this Section 8.17(b)(ii) shall not prohibit (x) the refinancing, renewal or extension of Junior Indebtedness to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 8.1 or (y) the amendment, modification or change of any of the terms or provisions of the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation relating to the “paid in kind” payment amounts or related mechanics thereunder.
8.18 Lease Obligations. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur or assume any obligations as lessee for the rental or hire of real or personal property in connection with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction other than (i) operating lease transactions for equipment paid for by such operating leases and (ii) any Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 8.5(m).
8.19 [Reserved].
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8.20 Milwaukee Property. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or suffer to exist any agreement (other than in favor of Agent) prohibiting or conditioning the creation or assumption of any Lien in favor of the Obligations upon the Milwaukee Property.
8.21 Securities and Deposit Accounts. The Loan Parties will not establish or maintain any Securities Account or Deposit Account (other than Restricted Accounts) unless Agent shall have received a Control Agreement, duly executed by the applicable Loan Party and the securities intermediary or depository bank parties thereto, in respect of such Securities Account or Deposit Account, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 7.21.
8.22 Negative Pledge. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or suffer to exist any agreement (other than in favor of Agent) prohibiting or conditioning the creation or assumption of any Lien in favor of the Obligations upon any of its assets; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(i) restrictions or conditions imposed by Requirements of Law or by this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(ii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale,
(iii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured or purchase money Indebtedness or capital leases permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness,
(iv) customary provisions in lease and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof,
(v) customary anti-assignment clauses in licenses under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are the licensees,
(vi) any agreement in effect at a time a Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary,
(vii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendments or refinancings,
(viii) customary restrictions on Liens imposed by agreements relating to Deposit Accounts and cash deposits and in the ordinary course of business,
(ix) [Reserved], and
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(x) restrictions or conditions set forth in the ABL Loan Documents.
8.23 Affiliate Transactions. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or be party to any transaction with an Affiliate, except
(i) transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents;
(ii) transactions with Affiliates that are in effect as of the Closing Date as shown on Schedule 8.23; and
(iii) transactions with Affiliates upon fair and reasonable terms and no less favorable than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate;
provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:
(a) employment and severance arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business;
(b) payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(c) any transaction solely between or among the Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;
(d) any transaction solely between or among Loan Parties;
(e) guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm;
(f) any transaction where the Borrower delivers to the Agent a resolution adopted by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors approving such transaction and set forth in a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer of the Borrower, as applicable, certifying such transaction complies with clause (iii) above; or
(g) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the issuance of the Warrants pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (and the issuance of common stock of the Borrower upon exercise of the Warrants).
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8.24 Canadian Pension Plans. No Loan Party shall maintain, sponsor, contribute to, be a party to, or otherwise have any liability (including any contingent liability) or contribution obligation under or in respect of any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan.
8.25 Assets Located in Quebec. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to own tangible assets in Quebec having a fair market value in excess of CAD $900,000, unless the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) has confirmed in writing that it is satisfied that the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries owning such tangible assets in Quebec have taken all action that the Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) has reasonably requested in order to perfect and protect the Agent’s security interest in such tangible assets under the laws of Quebec.
ARTICLE IX.
FINANCIAL COVENANT
9.1 Maximum First Lien Net Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not permit the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of anyFiscal Quarter to exceed (i) 6.50 to 1.00 for any Fiscal Quarter through and including the Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2026, and (ii) 6.00 to 1.00 for any Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter.
9.2 Cure Right.
(a) For the purpose of determining whether an Event of Default under Section 9.1 has occurred, the Borrower may on one or more occasions designate any portion of the net cash proceeds from a sale or issuance of stock (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower, or a cash contribution to the stock (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower (the “Cure Amount”), in each case as an increase to EBITDA on a dollar-for-dollar basis equal to such Cure Amount solely for the applicableFiscal Quarter (a “Cure Quarter”) (and any Test Period that includes such Cure Quarter) and solely for the purpose of complying with the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 9.1 for such Cure Quarter (and any Test Period that includes such Cure Quarter); provided that (i) such amounts to be designated are actually received by the Borrower on or after the last day of such applicable Cure Quarter on or prior to the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date on which the Financial Statements are required to be delivered with respect to such applicable Cure Quarter (the “Cure Expiration Date”), (ii) such amounts do not exceed the minimum amount to cure any Event of Default in respect of Section 9.1 as of the end of such Cure Quarter and (iii) notwithstanding any prepayments pursuant to clause (e) below, there shall be no reduction in Consolidated Funded Indebtedness for the purposes of calculating compliance with Section 9.1 for any Cure Quarter in which the Cure Amount is included in the calculation of EBITDA (it being understood that Loans repaid with the Cure Amount shall be deemed repaid for purposes of determining compliance with Section 9.1 for subsequent periods) and (iv) the Borrower shall have provided notice to the Agent on the date such amounts are designated as a “Cure Amount”.
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(b) The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that this Section 9.2 may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than for determining actual compliance with Section 9.1 (and not Pro Forma Compliance with Section 9.1 that is required by any other provision of this Agreement) and shall not at any time result in any adjustment (on a Pro Forma Basis or otherwise) to any amounts (including the amount of Indebtedness) or increase in cash, in each case, for purposes of determining pricing, mandatory prepayments and the availability or amount permitted pursuant to any term, provision or covenant hereunder.
(c) In furtherance of clause (a) above, (i) upon actual receipt and designation of the Cure Amount by the Borrower, Section 9.1 shall be deemed complied with as of the end of the relevantFiscal Quarter with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply with Section 9.1 and any Event of Default in respect of Section 9.1 shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of the Loan Documents, (ii) upon delivery to the Agent prior to the Cure Expiration Date of a notice from the Borrower stating its good faith intention to exercise its right set forth in this Section 9.2, neither the Agent nor any Lender may exercise any rights or remedies under Article X (or under any other Loan Document) solely on the basis of any actual or purported Event of Default in respect of Section 9.1 until and unless the Cure Expiration Date has occurred without the Cure Amount having been received and designated.
(d) (i) the cure right set forth in this Section 9.2 shall not be exercised in consecutiveFiscal Quarters and (ii) during the term of this Agreement, the Borrower may not exercise the cure right set forth in this Section 9.2 more than four (4) times in the aggregate.
(e) 100% of the proceeds of the Cure Amount shall be used to prepay the Loans in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 2.5(b)(iv); provided that the foregoing prepayment requirement shall not apply in the case of any two Fiscal Quarters (as elected by the Borrower) for which the cure right is exercised pursuant to this Section 9.2.
ARTICLE X.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
10.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) any Loan Party shall fail to pay any (i) principal of any Loan when due and payable, whether at the due date therefor, stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise; or (ii) interest, fees, premium (including the Applicable Premium), Lender Group Expenses or other Obligations (other than an amount referred to in the foregoing clause (i)) when due and payable, whether at the due date therefor, stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, and such default continues unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; or
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(b) there shall occur a default in the performance or observance of any covenant contained in
(i) Section 7.1 (a) (solely with respect to the existence of the Borrower), Article VIII or Article IX (subject to Section 9.2); or
(ii) Section 7.7(b) and such default continues for ten (10) Business Days after written notice thereof from the Agent to the Borrower; or
(iii) Sections 7.8 (other than Section 7.8(a)) and 7.11 and such default continues for a period of five (5) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which such default first becomes known to any Responsible Officer of Borrower or (y) the receipt of written notice thereof from Agent to Borrower; or
(iv) this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those referred to in Section 10.1(a), Section 10.1(b)(i), Section 10.1(b)(ii) and Section 10.1(b)(iii)) and such default continues for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which such default first becomes known to any Responsible Officer of Borrower or (y) the receipt of written notice thereof from Agent to Borrower; or
(c) the Pensions Regulator issues a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice to any Loan Party; or
(d) any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall become the subject of an Insolvency Event; or
(e) (i) any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest or otherwise and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness when due (whether at scheduled maturity or by required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), or
(ii) any breach or default by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Material Indebtedness or any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such Material Indebtedness, in each case, beyond the grace period, if any provided therefor, that results in any such Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits the holder or holders (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to declare such Material Indebtedness to be due and payable, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, or maturity thereof, or
(f) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any Loan Document, or in any Financial Statement, report, document or certificate delivered in connection therewith, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) when made or deemed made; or
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(g) any judgment or order for the payment of money which, when taken together with all other judgments and orders rendered against the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries exceeds $12,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent not covered by insurance) and either
(i) there is a period of thirty consecutive days at any time after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (A) the same is not discharged, satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (B) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in effect, or
(ii) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award; or
(h) a Change of Control shall occur; or
(i) at any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) this Agreement or any other Security Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent of Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or subject to any Intercreditor Agreement, Second Priority Lien on any material portion of the Collateral covered thereby, (ii) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (iii) this Agreement or any other Security Document ceases to be in full force (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or (iv) any Loan Party shall contest the validity, including with respect to future Advances by Lenders, under any Loan Document to which it is party or shall contest the validity or perfection of any Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by any Security Document;
(j) any Intercreditor Agreement or Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the ABL Agent (or with respect to any other Material Indebtedness, the agent with respect thereto) enforceable in accordance with its terms or the ABL Agent (or with respect to any other Material Indebtedness, such agent) denies or contests the validity or enforceability of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or Memorandum of Intercreditor Agreement (in each case, to the extent that any ABL Obligations or other Material Indebtedness remain outstanding); or (m) any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Loan Party decreeing the dissolution or winding up of such Loan Party and such shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days; or
(k) (i) any covenant, agreement or obligation of a Loan Party contained in or evidenced by any of the Loan Documents shall cease to be enforceable, or shall be determined to be unenforceable, in accordance with its terms;
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(ii) any Loan Party shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under any of the Loan Documents or any Liens granted in connection therewith or shall otherwise challenge any of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents; or
(iii) any Liens granted on any of the Collateral in favor of the Agent shall be determined to be void, voidable or invalid, are subordinated or are not given the priority contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(l) any Loan Party shall fail to provide the notices and other documents required under Section 7.8(a);
(n) any Subordinated Debt permitted hereunder or the guarantees thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder, as provided in the documents governing such Subordinated Debt, or any Loan Party, any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall take any action in violation of or contest in any manner the validity or enforceability of the applicable subordination provisions with respect to such Subordinated Debt.
10.2 Acceleration and Termination. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders (subject to Article XI), shall take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice to the rights of Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against Borrower:
(a) Acceleration. To declare all Obligations with respect to the Loans which are the subject of such Event of Default immediately due and payable (except with respect to any Event of Default with respect to a Loan Party specified in Section 10.1(d), in which case all such Obligations (including with any Applicable Premium) shall automatically become immediately due and payable) without presentment, demand, protest or any other action or obligation of Agent or any Lender, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
(b) Termination of Commitments. To declare the Commitments immediately terminated (except with respect to any Event of Default with respect to a Loan Party set forth in Section 10.1(d), in which case the Commitments shall automatically terminate) and, at all times thereafter, any Loan made by the Lenders shall be in their discretion. Notwithstanding any such termination, until all Obligations shall have been Paid in Full, Agent and each Lender shall retain all rights under guaranties and all security in existing and future Receivables, inventory, general intangibles, investment property, real property and equipment of the Loan Parties and all other Collateral held by it hereunder and under the Security Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained by, the Agent in accordance with this Article X for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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10.3 Other Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have all rights and remedies with respect to the Obligations and the Collateral under applicable law (including the UCC and the PPSA) and the Loan Documents.
(b) The Loan Parties and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) consent to the sale of, credit bid, or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, or any equivalent Debtor Relief Laws, including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the Insolvency Act 1986, (ii) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale or other disposition thereof conducted under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, or other applicable law, or (iii) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any other sale or foreclosure conducted or consented to by the Agent in accordance with applicable law in any judicial action or proceeding or by the exercise of any legal or equitable remedy, in each case, free from any right of redemption, which right is expressly waived by the Borrowers. If notice of intended disposition of any Collateral is required by law, it is agreed that ten (10) days’ notice shall constitute reasonable notification. The Borrowers will assemble the Collateral in their possession and make it available at such locations in the United States, Canada or any other jurisdiction as the Agent may specify, whether at the premises of a Loan Party or elsewhere, and will make reasonably available to the Agent the premises and facilities of each Loan Party for the purpose of the Agent’s taking possession of or removing the Collateral or putting the Collateral in saleable form. The Agent may sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Loan Party hereby grants the Agent a license to enter and occupy (in each case, so long as no Event of Default then exists, at reasonable times and subject to reasonable procedures) any of Loan Parties’ leased or owned premises and facilities, without charge, to exercise any of the Agent’s rights or remedies. The proceeds received from any sale of Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 10.5.
10.4 License for Use of Intellectual Property; Real Property and Other Property. The Borrower hereby grants to the Agent a non-exclusive license or other non-exclusive right to use, without charge, all Intellectual Property, advertising materials, Real Property and other rights, assets and materials owned by the Borrower or used by the Borrower in connection with their businesses or in connection with the Collateral, in each case, solely upon the occurrence
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and during the continuation of an Event of Default with respect to any exercise of remedies under the Loan Documents. Nothing in this Section 10.4 shall require the Borrower to grant any license, sublicense, or other right that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation, unreasonably prejudices the value of any Intellectual Property, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing, giving rise to or theretofore granted; provided, further, that any such license, sublicense, or other right and any such license, sublicense, or other right granted by the Agent to a third party shall include reasonable and customary terms and conditions necessary to preserve the existence, validity and value of the affected Intellectual Property, including provisions requiring the continuing confidential handling of trade secrets, requiring the use of appropriate notices and prohibiting the use of false notices, quality control and inurement provisions with regard to Trademarks, patent designation provisions with regard to Patents, copyright notices and restrictions on decompilation, reverse engineering of copyrighted software and Industrial Designs (it being understood and agreed that, without limiting any other rights and remedies of the Agent under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or applicable Law, nothing in the foregoing grant shall be construed as granting the Agent rights in and to such Intellectual Property above and beyond (i) the rights to such Intellectual Property that the Borrower has reserved for itself and (ii) in the case of Intellectual Property that is licensed to the Borrower by a third party, the extent to which the Borrower has the right to grant a sublicense to such Intellectual Property hereunder).
10.5 Post-Default Allocation of Payments.
(a) Allocation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during an Event of Default, if so directed by the Required Lenders or at Agent’s discretion, monies to be applied to the Obligations, whether arising from payments by the Loan Parties, realization on Collateral, setoff, or otherwise, shall be allocated as follows:
(i) first, to all Lender Group Expenses owing to Agent (including attorneys’ fees) in its capacity as Agent;
(ii) second, to all Lender Group Expenses owing to the Lenders;
(iii) third, to all Obligations constituting fees (other than any Applicable Premium); and
(iv) fourth, to all Obligations constituting interest; and
(v) fifth, to all Obligations constituting principal and, thereafter, to all Obligations constituting Applicable Premium;
(vi) sixth, to all other Obligations;
(vii) finally, to the Loan Parties or whoever else may be lawfully entitled thereto.
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Amounts shall be applied to each of the foregoing categories of Obligations in the order presented above before being applied to the following category. Where applicable, all amounts to be applied to a given category will be applied on a pro rata basis among those entitled to payment in such category. The allocations set forth in this section are solely to determine the rights and priorities of the Secured Parties among themselves and may be changed by agreement among them without the consent of any Loan Party. No Loan Party is entitled to any benefit under this Section or has any standing to enforce this section.
10.6 No Marshaling; Deficiencies; Remedies Cumulative. Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any Collateral or to seek recourse against or satisfaction of any of the Obligations from one source before seeking recourse against or satisfaction from another source. The net cash proceeds resulting from Agent’s exercise of any of the foregoing rights to liquidate all or substantially all of the Collateral, shall be applied by Agent to such of the Obligations and in such order as Agent shall elect in its discretion, whether due or to become due. Borrower shall remain liable to Agent and the Lenders for any deficiencies, and Agent and the Lenders in turn agree to remit to the applicable Loan Party or its successor or assign any surplus resulting therefrom. All of Agent’s and the Lenders’ remedies under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative, may be exercised simultaneously against any Collateral and any Loan Party or in such order and with respect to such Collateral or such Loan Party as Agent or the Lenders may deem desirable, and are not intended to be exhaustive.
10.7 Waivers. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein or in any other Loan Document, Borrower hereby waive any right to a judicial or other hearing with respect to any action or prejudgment remedy or proceeding by Agent to take possession, exercise control over, or dispose of any item of Collateral in any instance (regardless of where the same may be located) where such action is permitted under the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or by applicable law or of the time, place or terms of sale in connection with the exercise of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights hereunder and also waives any bonds, security or sureties required by any statute, rule or other law as an incident to any taking of possession by Agent of any Collateral. Borrower also waive any damages (direct, consequential or otherwise) occasioned by the enforcement of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document including the taking of possession of any Collateral of Borrower or the giving of notice to any account debtor or the collection of any Receivable of a Loan Party. Borrower also consent that Agent and the Lenders may enter upon any premises owned by or leased to it without obligations to pay rent or for use and occupancy, through self-help, without judicial process and without having first obtained an order of any court (in each case in connection with the remedies hereunder). These waivers and all other waivers provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been negotiated by the parties, and Borrower acknowledges that it has been represented by counsel of its own choice, has consulted such counsel with respect to its rights hereunder and has freely and voluntarily entered into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
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10.8 Further Rights of Agent and the Lenders. If Borrower shall fail to purchase or maintain insurance (where applicable), or to pay any tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy, except as the same may be otherwise permitted hereunder or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, or if any Lien prohibited hereby shall not be Paid in Full and discharged or if a Borrower shall fail to perform or comply with any other covenant, promise or obligation to Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, in each case of the foregoing to the extent an Event of Default arises and continues, the Agent may (but shall not be required to) perform, pay, satisfy, discharge or bond the same for the account of Borrower, and all amounts so paid by Agent shall be treated as a Loan hereunder and shall constitute part of the Obligations.
10.9 Interest After Event of Default. Borrower agrees and acknowledges that the additional interest and fees that may be charged under Section 4.2 are
(a) an inducement to the Lenders to make Advances hereunder and that the Lenders and Agent would not consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the inclusion of such provisions,
(b) fair and reasonable estimates of the Lenders’ and Agent’s costs of administering the credit facility upon an Event of Default, and
(c) intended to estimate the Lenders’ and Agent’s increased risks upon an Event of Default.
10.10 Receiver. In addition to any other remedy available to it, Agent shall also have the right, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during its continuation, to seek and obtain the appointment of a receiver, monitor, receiver and manager and interim receiver to take possession of and operate and/or dispose of the business and assets of Borrower.
10.11 Rights and Remedies not Exclusive. The enumeration of the foregoing rights and remedies is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy provided for herein or in any other Loan Document or otherwise provided by law from and after the occurrence of any Event of Default and during its continuation, all of which shall be cumulative and not alternative.
ARTICLE XI.
THE AGENT
11.1 Appointment of Agent.
(a) Each Lender hereby designates Cantor Fitzgerald Securities as its Agent and irrevocably authorizes it to execute and deliver the Loan Documents, binding the Lenders to the terms thereof, take action on such Lender’s behalf under the Loan Documents and to exercise the powers and to perform the duties described therein and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any of the foregoing hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee, as applicable, and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents, and all such rights and remedies in respect of such Collateral shall be implemented by the Agent.
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(b) Each Lender further irrevocably authorizes the Agent to accept, for and on behalf of the Lenders, any parallel debt obligations with the Loan Parties pursuant to which the Agent shall have its own, independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by each Loan Party in connection with the Obligations.
(c) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, no Loan Party shall have any rights as third party beneficiary with respect to any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and assume no obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, (i) prior to granting any material consent, waiver or approval hereunder, the Agent shall first consult with and receive the consent or direction from the Required Lenders, (ii) the Agent shall not elect to not take any material action hereunder without first consulting with and receiving the direction or consent from the Required Lenders, (iii) the Required Lenders have the power to direct the Agent in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under the Loan Documents and the Agent agrees to act in accordance with such directions of the Required Lenders; provided that in no event shall the Agent be required to comply with any such directions to the extent that the Agent reasonably believes that its compliance with such directions would be unlawful, could cause the Agent reputational harm, or for which the Agent does not reasonably believe it is adequately indemnified. In all circumstances, the consent or direction of the Required Lenders may be proved by the written instruction of the Required Lenders, or, in the Agent’s discretion, by e-mail from the Required Lenders or their counsel.
(e) The rights, privileges and immunities of the Agent in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically be incorporated by reference into each Loan Document, whether or not expressly stated therein.
11.2 Nature of Duties of Agent. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Neither Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it or them as such hereunder or in connection herewith, unless caused by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. Agent does not have a fiduciary relationship with or any implied duties to any Lender or any participant of any Lender (regardless of whether a Default of Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing). The Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees.
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11.3 Lack of Reliance on Agent.
(a) Independent Investigation. Independently and without reliance upon Agent, each Lender, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make
(i) its own independent investigation of the financial or other condition and affairs of Borrower and the other Loan Parties in connection with taking or not taking any action related hereto and
(ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter.
(b) No Obligation of Agent. Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability, priority or sufficiency of this Agreement or the financial or other condition of Borrower and the other Loan Parties. The Agent shall have no obligation to ensure the Liens on the Collateral are perfected or remain perfected. The Agent may conclusively rely on the applicable Assignment and Acceptance in determining whether any Person is a Disqualified Institution. Agent shall not be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the financial condition of Borrower and the other Loan Parties, or the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default, and shall not be deemed 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 such Agent by a Loan Party or a Lender. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Article V, the Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement and expressly confirmed release of such signature page from escrow or funded such Borrowing 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 such Person unless the Agent shall have given, on behalf of itself or any Lender, notice prior to the date of the applicable Borrowing specifying any such Person’s objection thereto.
11.4 Certain Rights of Agent. Agent may request instructions from the Required Lenders at any time. If Agent requests instructions from the Required Lenders with respect to any action or inaction, it shall be entitled to await instructions from the Required Lenders, accompanied by indemnity satisfactory to Agent. No Lender shall have any right of action based upon Agent’s action or inaction in response to instructions from the Required Lenders. In no event shall the Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Agent shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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11.5 Reliance by Agent. Agent may rely upon any written, electronic or telephonic communication it believes to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person. Agent may obtain the advice of legal counsel (including counsel for Borrower with respect to matters concerning Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall have no liability for any action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith based upon such advice.
11.6 Indemnification of Agent. To the extent Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by Borrower, each Lender will reimburse and indemnify Agent to the extent of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that such indemnity payment is sought) for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Agent in performing its duties hereunder or otherwise relating to the Loan Documents unless resulting from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements contained in this Section shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Payment in Full of the Obligations or the earlier resignation or removal of Agent.
11.7 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. In its individual capacity, Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender or participation interest and may exercise the same as though it was not performing the duties specified herein. The terms “Lenders,” “Required Lenders,” “holders of Notes” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include Cantor Fitzgerald Securities in its individual capacity. Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, acquire equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrower for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.
11.8 Holders of Notes. Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with Agent. Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note, shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee or assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.
11.9 Successor Agent.
(a) Resignation. Agent may, at any time upon one (1) Business Days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower, resign by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and Borrower.
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(b) Replacement of Agent after Resignation. Upon receipt of notice of resignation by Agent, the Required Lenders may appoint a successor agent. If a successor agent has not accepted its appointment within fifteen (15) Business Days, then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor agent.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Discharge. Upon its acceptance of the agency hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. The retiring Agent shall continue to have the benefit of the provisions of this Article for any action or inaction while it was Agent.
(e) Dutch Security Documents. For purposes of the Dutch Security Documents, any resignation by the Agent is not effective with respect to its rights under any parallel debt obligations until all rights and obligations with respect to such parallel debt obligations have been assigned to and assumed by the successor Agent. The Agent will cooperate in assigning its right under the parallel debt obligations to any such successor agent and will cooperate in transferring all rights under any Dutch Security Document to such successor agent.
11.10 Collateral Matters.
(a) Exercise Binding. Except as otherwise set forth herein, any action or exercise of powers by Agent provided under the Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be deemed authorized by and binding upon all of the Lenders. At any time and without notice to or consent from any Lender, Agent may take any action necessary or advisable to perfect and maintain the perfection of the Liens upon the Collateral.
(b) Releases. Agent is authorized to release any Lien granted to or held by it upon any Collateral
(i) upon Payment in Full of all of the Obligations,
(ii) upon any sale or transfer of Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms by this Agreement or
(iii) if the release can be and is approved by the Required Lenders.
Agent may request, and the Lenders will provide, confirmation of Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, monitor, receiver and manager, interim 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.
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(c) Sale of Collateral. Upon any sale or transfer of Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written request (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree to in its sole discretion) by Borrower, Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to Agent herein or under any of the other Loan Documents or pursuant hereto or thereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred, provided that
(i) Agent shall not be required to execute any document on terms which would reasonably expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens and
(ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by Borrower, including, the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
In the event of any sale or transfer of Collateral in the exercise of remedies, or any foreclosure with respect to any of the Collateral, Agent shall be authorized to deduct all of the expenses reasonably incurred by Agent from the proceeds of any such sale, transfer or foreclosure.
(d) No Obligation for Agent. Agent shall not have any obligation to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Borrower, that the Collateral is cared for, protected or insured, or that the Liens on the Collateral have been created or perfected or have any particular priority. Agent shall have no obligation to file UCC and PPSA financing statements, continuation statements or amendments, or make any other filings in connection with the Collateral.
(e) Owner/Operator. In the event that Agent is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in Agent’s sole discretion may cause the Agent to be considered an “owner or operator” under any Environmental Laws or otherwise cause the Agent to incur, or be exposed to, any Environmental Liability or any liability under any other federal, state, provincial, territorial or local law, Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Agent or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver, monitor, receiver and manager and interim receiver. The Agent will not be liable to any person for any Environmental Liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state, provincial, territorial or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder and relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment.
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11.11 Actions with Respect to Defaults. In addition to Agent’s right to take actions on its own accord as permitted under this Agreement, Agent shall take such action with respect to an Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders. Until Agent shall have received such directions, Agent may act or not act as it deems advisable and in the best interests of the Lenders.
11.12 Delivery of Information. Agent shall not be required to deliver to any Lender originals or copies of any documents, instruments, notices, communications or other information received by Agent from Borrower, the Required Lenders, any Lender or any other Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document except (i) as specifically provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (ii) as specifically requested from time to time in writing by any Lender with respect to a specific document, instrument, notice or other written communication received by and in the possession of Agent at the time of receipt of such request and then only in accordance with such specific request.
11.13 Erroneous Payments.
(a) If Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error) that Agent or any of its Affiliates has erroneously, mistakenly or inadvertently transmitted any funds to any Lender or any Person who has received funds by or on behalf of a Lender (together with their respective successors and assigns, a “Payment Recipient”) (whether or not such transmittal was known by any such Payment Recipient) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment, or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distributions, or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and Agent subsequently demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof), then such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after such demand, return to Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such demand was made by Agent, in same day funds (in the currency received by the Payment Recipient), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to Agent in same day funds at the Federal Funds Rate.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of each Lender agrees not to assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) (including, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine).
(c) This Section 11.13(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
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11.14 English Law Governed Transaction Security.
(a) This Section 11.14 shall be governed by English law and applies in relation to the English Security Documents, with the security interest created or expressed to be created pursuant to the English Security Documents being the “English Transaction Security”. For the purposes of this Section 11.14 only:
(i) “Finance Parties” means each Lender and the Agent;
(ii) “Secured Parties” means each Finance Party from time to time party to this Agreement, any Receiver or Delegate and each other agent, arranger and lender from time to time party to this Agreement;
(iii) “Receiver” means a receiver or receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the Collateral; and
(iv) “Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Agent.
(b) The Agent declares that it holds the benefit of the English Transaction Security on trust for each Finance Party on the terms contained in this Agreement.
(c) Each of the Finance Parties:
(i) authorizes the Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the English Security Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions; and
(ii) agrees that no Finance Party shall have any independent power to enforce, or have recourse to, any of the Liens or Collateral created or evidenced, or expressed to be created or evidenced, under the English Security Documents or to exercise any right, power, authority or discretion arising under the English Security Documents except through the Agent.
(d) The Agent shall have the benefit of (without limitation) Sections 11.2 (Nature of Duties of Agent), 11.3 (Lack of Reliance on Agent), 11.4 (Certain Rights of Agent), 11.5 (Reliance by Agent), 11.6 (Indemnification of Agent), 11.10 (Collateral Matters), 11.11 (Actions with Respect to Defaults), 11.12 (Delivery of Information), 12.4 (Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection), 12.6 (Nonliability of Agent and Lenders), 12.13 (Limitation of Liability), and 12.22 (Confidentiality), as if:
(i) references in such clauses were governed by English law; and
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(ii) references in such clauses to the Agent were to the Agent acting in its capacity as “Security Agent” in respect of the English Transaction Security, mutatis mutandis.
(e) The rights, powers, authorities and discretions given to the Agent under or in connection with the Loan Documents shall be supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000 and in addition to any which may be vested in the Agent by law or regulation or otherwise.
(f) Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Agent in relation to the trusts constituted by this Agreement, and where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Act 1925 or the Trustee Act 2000 and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by law and regulation, prevail and, in the case of any inconsistency with the Trustee Act 2000, the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of that Act. Sections 22 and 23 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the English Security Documents.
(g) If the Agent determines, in accordance with Section 11.10(b) (Collateral Matters: Releases) that:
(i) all of the obligations secured by the English Security Document have been fully and finally discharged; and
(ii) no Finance Party is under any commitment, obligation or liability (actual or contingent) to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents,
the Agent shall release, without recourse or warranty, all of the Liens and Collateral created or evidenced, or expressed to be created or evidenced, under each English Security Document and the rights of the Agent under each of the English Security Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of that English Security Document and the terms of this Agreement and the trusts set out in this Agreement shall thereafter be wound up.
(h) Without prejudice to Section 11.9(a) (Successor Agent: Resignation):
(i) The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower.
(ii) If the Agent does not appoint an Affiliate as successor in the relevant resignation notice, the Required Lenders may appoint a successor Agent with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless an Event of Default then exists in which case no consent of the Borrower shall be required. If the Required Lenders have not appointed a successor within thirty (30) days after notice of resignation was given, the Agent may appoint a successor after consultation with the Borrower and the Required Lenders.
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(iii) The retiring Agent shall make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as “Security Agent” under the English Security Documents, and the Borrower shall, on demand, reimburse the retiring Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) properly incurred by it in making available such documents and records and providing such assistance.
(iv) The resignation notice of the Agent shall only take effect upon:
(A) the appointment of a successor; and
(B) the transfer of the English Transaction Security and any other amounts or property, whether rights, entitlements, choses in action or otherwise, actual or contingent, which the Agent is required by the terms of the English Security Documents to hold as trustee on trust for the Secured Parties to that successor.
(v) Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the English Security Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (h)(iii) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Sections 11.6 (Indemnification of Agent) and 12.4 (Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection) (each as amended by paragraph (d) above) and this Section 11.14 (and any fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date). Any successor and each of the other parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original party.
(i) The Agent shall not be obliged:
(i) to insure any of the assets subject to the English Transaction Security;
(ii) to require any other person to maintain any insurance; or
(iii) to verify any obligation to arrange or maintain insurance contained
in any Loan Document,
and the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of the lack of, or inadequacy of, any such insurance.
(j) If the Agent is named on any insurance policy as an insured party, it shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of its failure to notify the insurers of any material fact relating to the risk assumed by such insurers or any other information of any kind, unless the Required Lenders request it to do so in writing and the Agent fails to do so within fourteen (14) days after receipt of that request.
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(k) The Agent may appoint and pay any person to act as a custodian or nominee on any terms in relation to any asset of the trust as the Agent may determine, including for the purpose of depositing with a custodian this Agreement or any document relating to the trust created under this Agreement and the Agent shall not be responsible for any loss, liability, expense, demand, cost, claim or proceedings incurred by reason of the misconduct, omission or default on the part of any person appointed by it under this Agreement or be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any person. The Agent may retain or invest in securities payable to bearer without appointing a person to act as a custodian.
(l) Each Finance Party and Secured Party confirms that the Agent has authority to accept on its behalf (and ratifies the acceptance on its behalf of any letters or reports already accepted by the Agent) the terms of any reliance letter or engagement letters relating to any reports or letters provided by accountants, auditors or providers of due diligence reports in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents and to bind it in respect of those reports or letters and to sign such letters on its behalf and further confirms that it accepts the terms and qualifications set out in such letters.
11.15 Delegation of Duties. The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any sub-agent may perform any and all duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Article XI shall apply to the Affiliates of the Agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Article XI shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by the Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders and (ii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Agent and not to any Loan Party, Lender or any other Person and no Loan Party, Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-agent.
11.16 [Reserved]
11.17 Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the Loans hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
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The Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and the Agent shall not have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, an Assignment and Acceptance and funding its Loans, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date.
11.18 Security Documents and Guaranty.
(a) Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Agent on behalf of and for the benefit of Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of Secured Parties with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Security Documents; provided that the Agent shall not owe any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or any other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Obligations with respect to any Hedging Agreement. Subject to Section 12.5, without further consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) in connection with a sale or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement, release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other disposition of assets or to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 12.5) have otherwise consented or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 12.5) have otherwise consented.
(b) Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Agent and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under any of the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure or similar enforcement action by the Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition (including pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Laws), the Agent (or any Lender, except with respect to a “credit bid” pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Laws), may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or the Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities) shall be entitled, upon instructions from Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale or disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Agent at such sale or other disposition.
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11.19 Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proof of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relative to any Loan Party, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file a verified statement pursuant to rule 2019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that, in its sole opinion, complies with such rule’s disclosure requirements for entities representing more than one creditor;
(b) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due to the Agent under Sections 2.5 and 12.4 allowed in such judicial proceeding); and
(c) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator, monitor, receiver and manager, interim receiver or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Agent and, in the event that the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agent under Sections 4.8 and 12.4. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Agent under Sections 4.8 and 12.4 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Lenders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
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The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law.
In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) the Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (a) through (j) of the first proviso to Section 12.5) (iii) the Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.
ARTICLE XII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.1 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by overnight delivery service, with all charges prepaid, by hand delivery, or by telecopier or other form of electronic transmission, including email, as follows:
| To Agent: | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities 110 E. 59th Street |
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| New York, NY 10022 | ||
| Attn: R. Yeh (Team, Inc.) | ||
| Email: Ryan.Yeh@cantor.com; | ||
| CantorContractManagement-NY@cantor.com | ||
| With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||
| Cantor Fitzgerald Securities | ||
| 900 West Trade Street, Suite 725 | ||
| Charlotte, NC 28202 | ||
| Attention: Bobbie Young (Team, Inc.) | ||
| Telephone: 704-374-0574 | ||
| Facsimile: 646-390-1764 | ||
| Email: BankLoansAgency@cantor.com | ||
| With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||
| Shipman & Goodwin LLP | ||
| One Constitution Plaza | ||
| Hartford, CT 06103 | ||
| Attention: Nathan Plotkin | ||
| Email: nplotkin@goodwin.com | ||
| To Borrower: | Borrower | |
| c/o Team, Inc. | ||
| 13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600, | ||
| Sugar Land, Texas, 77478 | ||
| Attn: Nelson Haight, EVP and CFO | ||
| Email: nelson.haight@teaminc.com | ||
| To Any Lender: | to its address specified in Annex A or in the | |
| Assignment and Acceptance under which it | ||
| became a party hereto | ||
Any party hereto may change its address, email address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and correspondence shall be deemed given (a) if sent by certified or registered mail, five (5) Business Days after being postmarked, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service or by hand delivery, when received at the above stated addresses or when delivery is refused and (c) if sent by facsimile or other form of electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging), when such transmission is confirmed. All notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be (i) deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement) and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
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12.2 Delays; Partial Exercise of Remedies. No delay or omission of Agent to exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall impair any such right or operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise by Agent of any right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or preclude any other right or remedy.
12.3 Right of Setoff. In addition to and not in limitation of all rights of offset that any Lender or any of its Affiliates may have under applicable law, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing and whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand or the Obligations of Borrower have matured, each Lender and its Affiliates shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Agent, without notice to any Loan Party or any other Person (other than the Agent) to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, time or demand, provisional or final, or any other type) at any time held and any other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or any of its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or any of their Affiliates against any and all of the Obligations. In the event that any Lender or any of its Affiliate’s exercises any of its rights under this Section 12.3, such Lender shall provide notice to Agent and Borrower of such exercise, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the exercise of such rights.
12.4 Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection.
(a) Borrower hereby agrees that, whether or not any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents are consummated, Borrower will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Agent, each Lender, each other Secured Party and their respective successors, assigns, directors, partners, members, trustees, controlling persons, officers, agents, sub-agents, employees, advisors, shareholders, attorneys and Affiliates (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all losses, claims (including intraparty claims), damages, liabilities, deficiencies, obligations, fines, penalties, actions (whether threatened or existing), judgments, suits (whether threatened or existing) or expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, experts, consultants and other professionals) incurred by any of them (collectively, “Claims”) (except, in the case of each Indemnified Party, to the extent that any Claim is determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have directly resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) arising out of or by reason of
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(i) any litigation, investigation, claim or administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not such Indemnified Party shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in enforcing this indemnity, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnified Party, in any manner relating to or arising out of (A) this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any enforcement of any of the Loan Documents (including any sale of, collection from or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)), (B) any actual or proposed use by a Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans, (C) [Reserved] or (D) any Indemnified Party’s entering into this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreements and documents relating hereto (other than consequential damages and loss of anticipated profits or earnings), including amounts paid in settlement, court costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding, in all cases, regardless of whether such Indemnified Party is a party thereto, and whether or not any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by or against the Borrower, its equity holders, its Affiliates, its creditors or any other Person,
(ii) the presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or any Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or any other action taken or required to be taken by a Borrower in connection with compliance by or liability of such Borrower, its business, or any of its owned or occupied properties, pursuant to any Environmental Laws, and
(iii) any pending, threatened or actual action, claim, proceeding or suit by any owner of a Loan Party against such Loan Party or any actual or purported violation of any Loan Party’s Governing Documents or any other agreement or instrument to which a Loan Party is a party or by which any of its properties is bound.
(b) In addition, Borrower shall, upon demand, pay to each of Agent and the Lenders all Lender Group Expenses incurred by each of them.
(c) If and to the extent that the obligations of any Borrower hereunder are unenforceable for any reason, Borrower hereby agree to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations that is permissible under applicable law.
(d) Borrower’s obligations under Sections 4.10 and 4.11 and this Section 12.4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Payment in Full of the Obligations, and are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any of the other Obligations or the earlier resignation or removal of the Agent.
(e) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against each Lender, the Agent and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages)
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(whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
(f) Each Loan Party also agrees that no Lender or the Agent nor their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents will have any liability to any Loan Party or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any Loan Party or any other person in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, in each case, except in the case of any Loan Party to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by such Loan Party or its affiliates, shareholders, partners or other equity holders have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender, Agent or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents in performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein; provided that in no event will such Lender, Agent, or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents have any liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of such Lender’s, Agent’s, or their respective Affiliates’, directors’, employees’, attorneys’, agents’ or sub-agents’ activities related to this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein.
(g) This Section 12.4 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
12.5 Amendments, Waivers and Consents. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Borrower and the Required Lenders (or by Agent at their instruction on their behalf) (with a copy of all amendments provided to the Agent), and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Borrower and all the Lenders, do any of the following at any time:
(a) change the number or percentage of Lenders that shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder;
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(b) amend the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”; provided, that Corre, on behalf of itself and the Corre Affiliates, in each case in its capacity as a Lender, may increase the percentage of outstanding Loans, Delayed Draw Commitments and Incremental Commitments required to be held by Corre and Corre Affiliates in the proviso to the definition of “Required Lenders”, or amend this Agreement to remove such proviso, in each case without the consent of the Borrower, Agent or the other Lenders;
(c) amend this Section 12.5;
(d) reduce the amount of principal of, or interest on, or the interest rate applicable to, the Loans or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder;
(e) postpone any date on which any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder is required to be made;
(f) amend Section 2.14;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the guaranties made pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents);
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents);
(i) contractually subordinate any of Agent’s Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents);
(j) amend any of the provisions of Section 10.5;
provided that (x) any amendment or waiver that by its terms affects the rights and duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) will require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders and (y) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
(i) a Lender, increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of any Commitment of such Lender or the maturity date of any Loan of such Lender, and
(ii) Agent, in addition to the Lenders required above, take any action that affects the rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party shall cease to entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 12.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by the Borrower, on the Loan Parties.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 12.5, the Agent and the Borrower may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to (A) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties, extend an existing Lien over additional assets or property for the benefit of the Secured Parties or join additional Persons as Loan Parties and (B) if the Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents then the Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted (but not obligated) to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
12.6 Nonliability of Agent and Lenders. The relationship between and among Borrower, Agent and the Lenders shall be solely that of borrower, agent and lender and, respectively. Neither the Lenders nor Agent shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to Borrower. Neither the Lenders nor Agent undertake any responsibility to Borrower to review or inform Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of Borrower’s business or operations.
12.7 Assignments and Participations.
(a) Borrower Assignment. No Borrower shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent and the Lenders, and any assignment in contravention of the foregoing shall be absolutely null and void. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agent and the Lenders and other Indemnified Party) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Lender Assignments. Each Lender may, with the consent of Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and it being agreed that such consent is not required in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate thereof; provided that prior written notice shall be provided to the Borrower of any such assignment), assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents (provided that pro rata assignments shall not be required and each assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any applicable Loan and any related Commitments) upon execution and delivery to Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, of an Assignment and Acceptance and a processing and recordation fee payable to Agent for its account of $3,500 (except that no such registration and processing fee shall be payable in the case of an assignee which is already a Lender or is an Affiliate of a Lender or a Person under common management with a Lender), if the assignee is not a Lender the assignee shall provide the Agent with all “know your customer” documents requested by the Agent pursuant to Anti-Money Laundering Laws; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment of any Commitments or Loans unless it shall have objected thereto by notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the Borrower has received written notice thereof.
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Upon the execution and delivery to Agent of an Assignment and Acceptance and the payment of the recordation fee to Agent, from and after such assignment is recorded in the Register (the “Acceptance Date”),
(i) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto, and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been reflected in the Register, such assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and
(ii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it under such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other than any rights it may have under Sections 4.10, 4.11 and 12.4, which shall survive such assignment) and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto); provided that notwithstanding anything in any of the Loan Documents, such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder and specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder;
(iii) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect any Commitment of such assignee; and
(iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to the Agent for cancellation, and thereupon the Borrower shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.
(c) Agreements of Assignee. By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder confirms and agrees as follows:
(i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Documents,
(ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Loan Party or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
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(iii) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee and has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the Financial Statements referred to in Section 6.1(i), the Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11, if any, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance,
(iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement,
(v) such assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto,
(vi) such assignee agrees, if it is not already a Lender, that it shall deliver to the Agent and Borrower any Tax forms to the extent required by Section 4.11(g).
(vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(viii) such assignee has the expertise and experience in the making of or investing in commitments or loans as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as the case may be,
(ix) such assignee will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own account in the ordinary course and without a view to distribution of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Section 12.7, the disposition of such Commitments or Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control), and
(x) such assignee (other than an assignee that is Stellex or any Affiliate of Stellex) will not provide any information obtained by it in its capacity as a Lender to Stellex or any Affiliate of Stellex.
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(d) Agent’s Register. Agent, as non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of the Lenders, their Commitments and the principal amount (and stated interest) of their Loans (the “Register”). The Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat the Persons listed in the Register as holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until recorded in the Register. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and Borrower, Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register and copies of each Assignment and Acceptance shall be available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. The parties intend that all extensions of credit to the Borrower and, if applicable, its Affiliates hereunder shall at all times be treated as being in registered form within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code (and any successor provisions) and the regulations thereunder and shall interpret the provisions herein regarding the Register and the Participant Register (as defined in paragraph (f) below) consistent with such intent. Upon its receipt of each Assignment and Acceptance, Agent will give prompt notice thereof to Borrower. Within five (5) Business Days after its receipt of such notice, Borrower shall execute and deliver to assignee Lender a new Note to the assignee in the amount of the applicable Commitment or Loans assumed by it and to the assignor in the amount of the applicable Commitment or Loans retained by it, if any. Such new Note or Notes shall re-evidence the indebtedness outstanding under the surrendered Note or Notes, shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Note or Notes and shall be dated as of the Acceptance Date. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the Register exclusively for purposes of identifying the Lenders hereunder.
(e) Securitization. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that the Lenders and their Affiliates may securitize their Loans (a “Securitization”) through the pledge of the Loans as collateral security for loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or through the sale of the Loans or the issuance of direct or indirect interests in the Loans to their controlled Affiliates, which loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or direct or indirect interests will be rated by Moody’s, S&P or one or more other rating agencies. The Loan Parties shall, to the extent commercially reasonable, cooperate with the Lenders and their Affiliates to effect any and all Securitizations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Securitization shall release any Lender party thereto from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any pledgee, secured party or any other party to such Securitization for such Lender as a party hereto and no change in ownership of the Loans may be effected except pursuant to subsection (b) above.
(f) Lender Participations. Each Lender may sell participations to one or more Persons (other than the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates) (each, a “Participant”) in or to all or a portion of Commitments, Loans or any other Obligation under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding a Lender’s sale of a participation interest, such Lender’s obligations hereunder shall remain unchanged. Borrower, Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender. No Lender shall grant any Participant the right to approve any amendment or waiver of this Agreement except to the extent such amendment or waiver would (i) increase the Commitment of the Lender from which the Participant purchased its participation interest; (ii) reduce the principal of, or rate or amount of interest on, the Loans subject to such participation interest; or (iii) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans subject to such participation interest.
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Participant shall also be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.10, 4.11 and 12.4 as if it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the last sentence of Section 2.9(b) as if it were a Lender, provided, further that such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.10, 4.11 or 12.4, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation 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 stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) or Proposed Section 1.163-5(b) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations (or, in each case, any amended or successor version). 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(g) Securities Laws. Each Lender agrees that it will not make any assignment hereunder in any manner or under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of, or filings in respect of, any Loan, Note or other Obligation under the securities laws of the United States or of any other jurisdiction.
(h) Information. In connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 12.21, disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
(i) Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest, provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
12.8 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement and any waiver or amendment hereto may be executed in counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging) all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully executed and delivered original manual counterpart.
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12.9 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
12.10 Maximum Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, the parties hereto hereby agree that all agreements between them under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever shall the amount paid, or agreed to be paid, to Agent or any Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the money loaned to Borrower and evidenced hereby or thereby or for the performance or payment of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement or therein, exceed the maximum non-usurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Obligations, under the laws of the State of New York (or the laws of any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), or under applicable federal laws which may presently or hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than under the laws of the State of New York (or such other jurisdiction), in any case after taking into account, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all relevant payments or charges under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith, and any available exemptions, exceptions and exclusions (the “Highest Lawful Rate”). If due to any circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents at the time performance of such provision shall be due shall exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, then, automatically, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be modified or reduced to the extent necessary to limit such interest to the Highest Lawful Rate, and if from any such circumstance Agent or any Lender should ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law which would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, such excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount then outstanding hereunder or on account of any other then outstanding Obligations and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the principal unpaid balance then outstanding hereunder and such other then outstanding Obligations, such excess shall be refunded to Borrower. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to Agent or any Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the Obligations and other Indebtedness of Borrower to Agent and the Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Indebtedness, until Payment in Full thereof, so that the actual rate of interest on account of all such Indebtedness does not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate throughout the entire term of such Indebtedness. The terms and provisions of this Section shall control every other provision of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other agreements among the parties hereto.
12.11 [Reserved].
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12.12 Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Interpretation. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties, supersede any prior written and verbal agreements among them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and shall bind and benefit the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been jointly drafted, and no provision of it shall be interpreted or construed for or against a party because such party purportedly prepared or requested such provision, any other provision, or this Agreement as a whole.
12.13 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NEITHER THE AGENT, ANY LENDER NOR ANY OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE LOAN PARTIES (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE) FOR LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE LOAN PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, UNLESS IT IS DETERMINED BY A FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT OR COURT ORDER BINDING ON THE AGENT, SUCH LENDER OR SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY (AS THE CASE MAY BE) THAT THE LOSSES WERE THE RESULT OF ACTS OR OMISSIONS CONSTITUTING GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE AGENT, SUCH LENDER, OR SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY (AS THE CASE MAY BE). THE LOAN PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ALL FUTURE CLAIMS AGAINST THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND EACH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND EACH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY HEREBY WAIVE ALL FUTURE CLAIMS AGAINST THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, PROVIDED THAT THIS LIMITATION SHALL NOT LIMIT THE OBLIGATION OF THE LOAN PARTIES TO INDEMNIFY AND REIMBURSE THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY LIABILITIES, CLAIMS OR LOSSES FOR WHICH THEY ARE DIRECTLY LIABLE.
12.14 GOVERNING LAW. OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO THE CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS, THE DUTCH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND THE ENGLISH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 11.14 (ENGLISH LAW GOVERNED TRANSACTION SECURITY), THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND ACCEPTS THAT, IF A PARTY IS REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIGNING AND/OR EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, DEED OR DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT OR MADE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE POWER OF ATTORNEY IS GOVERNED BY DUTCH LAW, THAT THE EXISTENCE AND EXTENT OF THE ATTORNEY’S AUTHORITY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE ATTORNEY’S EXERCISE OR PURPORTED EXERCISE OF ITS AUTHORITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY DUTCH LAW.
12.15 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN ANY OF THE LOAN PARTIES AND THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO (A) THIS AGREEMENT; (B) ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN THE CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS, THE DUTCH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND THE ENGLISH SECURITY DOCUMENTS); OR (C) ANY CONDUCT, ACT OR OMISSION OF THE LOAN PARTIES OR THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED ONLY BY STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND THE COURTS TO WHICH AN APPEAL THEREFROM MAY BE TAKEN; PROVIDED THAT THE AGENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TO PROCEED AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTY IN (A) ANY COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND VENUE AND (B) ANY LOCATION SELECTED BY THE AGENT TO ENABLE THE AGENT TO REALIZE ON SUCH PROPERTY, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF THE AGENT. EACH LOAN PARTY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT IN WHICH THE AGENT HAS COMMENCED A PROCEEDING, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS.
Each Loan Party that is organized or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States of America hereby appoints the Borrower, with an office at 13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600, Sugar Land, Texas, 77478, as its agent for service of process in any matter related to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than a Loan Document governed by English law) and shall provide written evidence of acceptance of such appointment by such agent on or before the Closing Date.
12.16 Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
12.17 JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO (A) THIS AGREEMENT; (B) ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER PRESENT OR FUTURE INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN OR AMONG THE LOAN PARTIES, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, OR ANY OF THEM; OR (C) ANY CONDUCT, ACT OR OMISSION OF THE LOAN PARTIES, THE AGENT OR THE LENDERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.
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12.18 Attorney. Each party acknowledges and accepts that, if a party is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of this Agreement or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in this Agreement or made pursuant to this Agreement and the power of attorney is governed by Dutch law, that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of its authority shall be governed by Dutch law.
12.19 Agent Titles. Each Lender that is designated (on the cover page of this Agreement or otherwise) as an “Agent” or “Arranger” of any type shall not have any right, power, responsibility or duty under any Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders, and shall in no event be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any other Lender.
12.20 Publicity. Agent may
(a) publish in any trade or other publication or otherwise publicize to any third party (including its Affiliates) a tombstone, article, press release or similar material relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the use of company logos upon execution of trademark use agreements reasonably satisfactory to Borrower) and
(b) provide to industry trade organizations related information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.
12.21 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document is intended or shall be construed to confer any rights or benefits upon any Person other than the parties hereto and thereto.
12.22 Confidentiality. Each of Agent and the Lenders shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed by any of them
(a) to its Affiliates, and to its and their partners, directors, officers, partners, members, legal counsel, independent auditors, leverage facility providers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (provided such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Information and instructed to keep it confidential and are bound by confidentiality restrictions customary for such arrangements)(and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or the Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 12.22);
(b) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates;
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(c) to the extent required by applicable law or by any subpoena or other legal process;
(d) to any other party hereto;
(e) in connection with any action or proceeding, or other exercise of rights or remedies, relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations;
(f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as this Section, to any assignee or any actual or prospective assignee, participant or pledgee (or any of their respective advisors) in connection with any actual or prospective assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement;
(g) with the consent of Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); or
(h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) is available to Agent or the Lenders or any of its or their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties.
(i) to the extent such Information is reasonably required by any potential or prospective assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of any Loans or Commitments or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations (provided that such assignees, transferees, participants, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of this Section 12.22 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 12.22);
(j) to any rating agency when required by it, provided that prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to Loan Parties received by it from any Agent or any Lender;
(k) on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Loans; and
(l) disclosures made upon the request or demand of any regulatory or quasi-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or any of its Affiliates (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent may publish or disseminate general information describing this credit facility, including the names and addresses of Borrower and a general description of Borrower’s businesses, and may use Borrower’s logos, Trademarks or product photographs in advertising materials, as provided in Section 12.20 (including upon execution of trademark use agreements reasonably satisfactory to Borrower) as well as the amount, type and the Closing Date.
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In addition, the Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. As used herein, “Information” means all information received from a Loan Party relating to it or its business that a reasonable Person would consider confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to have complied if it exercises the same degree of care that it accords its own confidential information. Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that (i) Information may include material non-public information concerning a Loan Party; (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable law, including federal, state, provincial and territorial securities laws.
12.23 Patriot Act Notice, Etc. Agent hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Agent is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, including its legal name, address, tax ID number and other information that will allow the Lender to identify it in accordance with the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, or other applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Agent will also require information regarding each personal guarantor, if any, and may require information regarding the Loan Parties’ management and owners, such as legal name, address, social security number and date of birth.
12.24 Advice of Counsel. The Borrower acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel in connection with the execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and is not relying upon oral representations or statements inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
12.25 Captions. The captions at various places in this Agreement and any other Loan Document are intended for convenience only and do not constitute and shall not be interpreted as part of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
12.26 Platform.
(a) The Borrower agrees that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on the Platform.
(b) The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees, advisors, shareholders, attorneys or Affiliates (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform, unless it is determined by a final and nonappealable judgment or court order that the damages were the result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent Party.
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“Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to the Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.
12.27 Survival or Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of the Loans. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the terms of Article XI and the agreements of each Loan Party set forth in Sections 4.10, 4.11, 8.7, 12.3 and 12.4 and the agreements of the Lenders set forth in Section 2.14 shall survive the payment of the Loans and the termination hereof.
12.28 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected 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 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:
(c) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(d) 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
(e) 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.
12.29 Time. Time is of the essence in this Agreement and each other Loan Document. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein and in any other Loan Documents to time shall mean and refer to New York time.
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12.30 [Reserved].
12.31 Sovereign Immunity. Each Loan Party, in respect of itself, its process agents, and its properties and revenues, hereby irrevocably agrees that, to the extent that such Person or any of its properties has or may hereafter acquire any right of immunity, whether characterized as sovereign immunity or otherwise, from any legal proceedings, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere, to enforce or collect upon the Loans or any Loan Document or any other liability or obligation of such Person related to or arising from the transactions contemplated by any of the Loan Documents, including, immunity from suit, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction or judgment of any court or tribunal, immunity from execution of a judgment, and immunity of any of its property from attachment prior to any entry of judgment, or from attachment in aid of execution upon a judgment, such Person hereby expressly waives, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Requirements of Law, any such immunity, and agrees not to assert any such right or claim in any such proceeding, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party further agrees that the waivers set forth in this Section 12.31 shall be effective to the fullest extent permitted under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the U.S. and are intended to be irrevocable for purposes of such Act.
12.32 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of the Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to the Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Hedging Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
12.33 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Agent or the Lenders (or to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders), or the Agent or Lender enforces any security interests or exercises any right of set-off, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or set-off or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, monitor, receiver and manager and interim receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state, provincial, territorial or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or set-off had not occurred.
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12.34 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
12.35 Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state, provincial or territorial laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
12.36 No Fiduciary Duty. The Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Loan Parties, their stockholders and/or their Affiliates. Each Loan Party agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates, on the other. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Loan Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Loan Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Loan Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Loan Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
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12.37 Currency Indemnity. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court in any jurisdiction with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it becomes necessary to convert into a particular currency (the “Judgment Currency”) any amount due under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document in any currency other than the Judgment Currency (the “Currency Due”), then conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which judgment is given. For this purpose “rate of exchange” means the rate at which the Agent is able, on the relevant date, to purchase the Currency Due with the Judgment Currency in accordance with its normal practice at its head office. In the event that there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given and the date of receipt by the Agent of the amount due, the Borrower will, on the date of receipt by the Agent, pay such additional amounts, if any, or be entitled to receive reimbursement of such amount, if any, as may be necessary to ensure that the amount received by the Agent on such date is the amount in the Judgment Currency which when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt by the Agent is the amount then due under this Agreement or such other Loan Document in the Currency Due. If the amount of the Currency Due which the Agent is so able to purchase is less than the amount of the Currency Due originally due to it, the Borrower shall indemnify and save the Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against all loss or damage arising as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Agent from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or under any judgment or order.
12.38 Intercreditor Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document: (a) the Liens granted to the Agent in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents and the exercise of any right related to any Collateral shall be subject, in each case, to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, (b) in the event of any conflict between the express terms and provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, on one hand and either Intercreditor Agreement, on the other hand, the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement, as the case may be shall control and (c) each Lender (and, by its acceptance of the benefits of any Security Document, each other Secured Party) hereby authorizes and instructs the Agent to execute and perform its obligations under the Intercreditor Agreements (and any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto approved in accordance with the terms thereof) on behalf of such Lender and such Lender agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.
12.39 Restatement. The Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by this Agreement. By its execution of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Agreement do not constitute a novation, but, rather, a supplement of a pre-existing indebtedness and related agreement, as evidenced by this Agreement.
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EXHIBIT B to Amendment
1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement
[SEE ATTACHED]
EXHIBIT C to Amendment
Amendment No. 1 to ABL Intercreditor Agreement
[SEE ATTACHED]
Exhibit 10.7
EXECUTION
AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of September 11, 2025, is among TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower Agent”), the Guarantors party hereto, each of the Lenders party hereto and ECLIPSE BUSINESS CAPITAL LLC, acting not individually but as agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, in such capacity, the “Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Agent, and the other Persons party thereto from time to time, have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2022 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2022, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2022, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2023, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 4, Limited Waiver and Consent to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2024, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2024, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2025, and as further amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower Agent has requested that the Agent and the Lenders agree to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, extend the Scheduled Maturity date from September 30, 2027 to October 2, 2028 and to permit the other Amendment No. 7 Transactions described in the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agent and the undersigned Lenders, constituting all of the Lenders, have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as specifically set forth in this Amendment (the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is referred to herein as the “Credit Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and further valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1. | Amendments. |
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified in Section 3 below, effective as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| (a) | Amendment to Existing Credit Agreement. The Existing Credit Agreement (excluding the schedules, annexes and exhibits thereto, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as specifically amended and restated as expressly set forth in this Section 1) is hereby amended, as set forth in Annex A attached to this Amendment, to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: ), to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text), and to move from its location the stricken text in green (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: ) and to move into its new location the double-underlined text in green (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: moved to text). |
| (b) | Amendment to Form of Compliance Certificate. Exhibit H (Compliance Certificate) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in the form of the corresponding exhibit set forth in Annex B attached to this Amendment. |
| (c) | Amendment to Annex A (Lenders and Commitments) to the Existing Credit Agreement. Annex A (Lenders and Commitments) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the corresponding annex set forth in Annex C attached to this Amendment. |
| 2. | Limited Waiver. |
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified in Section 3 below, effective as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, the Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto constituting Required Lenders hereby waive any Change of Control that may occur as a result of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or the exercise of the Warrants, solely with respect to the 2025 Preferred Documents as agreed and permitted by this Amendment and the Credit Agreement. The waiver set forth in this Section 2 shall be limited precisely as written and, except to the extent arising from or in connection with a Change of Control that may occur or occurs as a result of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or the exercise of the Warrants, (x) shall not relate to any Defaults or Events of Default now existing or occurring after the date hereof and (y) shall not in any manner restrict the Agent or any Lender from exercising any rights or remedies they may have in respect of any Default or Event of Default (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Default or Event of Default existing as of the date hereof) at any time in respect of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a consent to any other departure from or a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or prejudice any right or remedy that the Agent or any Lender may have or may in the future have.
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| 3. | Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent. |
Subject to Annex D attached to this Amendment, this Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction or waiver in writing (including pursuant to Annex D hereto) of each of the following conditions precedent (the date of satisfaction or waiver, the “Amendment No. 7 Effective Date”):
| (a) | Amendment Deliverables. The Agent shall have received the following, which, to the extent applicable, shall be dated as of the date hereof or as of an earlier date acceptable to the Agent and, to the extent executed by or behalf of a Loan Party, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party: |
| (i) | counterparts to this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrowers, the Guarantors and each Lender; |
| (ii) | a copy of a fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower Agent and the Agent, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment (the “Amendment No. 7 Fee Letter”), duly executed by the parties thereto; |
| (iii) | an amendment to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement to reflect an increase in the ABL Cap (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), duly executed by the Agent, the First Lien Term Loan Agent, the Second Lien Term Loan Agent, the Borrowers and the Guarantors; |
| (iv) | all documents and instruments as shall be requested by the Agent and that are necessary to create and perfect (or to continue to create and perfect, as applicable) the Agent’s security interests in the Collateral, with the priority required by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and, if applicable, such documents and instruments shall be in proper form for filing (or arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agent shall have been made for the execution, delivery and/or filing of such documents and instruments substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment), and all applicable filing or recording fees or taxes shall be paid concurrently with any required filing; |
| (v) | results of customary lien and judgment searches with respect to each Loan Party; |
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| (vi) | a closing certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent, which shall certify (A) that each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower Agent (on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties) in Sections 4(d) and (e) hereof are true and correct, (B) since the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, there have been no changes to the information set forth on Schedules 1 to that certain Perfection Certificate dated, as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, other than as specified in such closing certificate, and (C) the Borrower Agent has delivered to the Agent true, correct and complete copies of the documents referred to in Section 3(b) and in Section 3(c)(ii); |
| (vii) | a financial condition certificate, duly executed by a financial officer of the Borrower Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Credit Agreement; |
| (viii) | opinions of counsel for each Loan Party, other than the Dutch Loan Parties and the UK Loan Parties, addressed to the Agent covering such customary matters incident to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby as the Agent may reasonably require, which such counsel is hereby requested by the Borrower Agent on behalf of all the Loan Parties to provide; |
| (ix) | copies of the Governing Documents of each Loan Party and a copy of the resolutions of the Governing Body (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the shareholders of the UK Loan Parties) (or similar evidence of authorization) of each Loan Party authorizing the execution and delivery of this Amendment and each other Loan Document to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party and the performance by such Loan Party of its obligations under this Amendment and each other Loan Document to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, attached to a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer, as applicable, of such Loan Party, certifying (A) that such copies of the Governing Documents and resolutions of the Governing Body (or similar evidence of authorization) relating to such Loan Party are true, complete and accurate copies thereof, have not been amended or modified as at the date of such certificate and are in full force and effect, (B) the incumbency, names and true signatures of the officers (or, as applicable, directors) of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (C) that attached thereto is a list of all Persons authorized to execute and deliver Notices of Borrowing on behalf of the Borrowers, if applicable, (D) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, the Solvency of that UK Loan Party, (E) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, that guaranteeing or securing (as appropriate) the Commitments would not cause any guarantee, security or other similar limit binding on the relevant UK Loan Party to be exceeded, and (F) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, |
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| that each copy document relating to it specified in this Section 3(a)(ix) is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at the date of such certificate (provided that any requirement set forth above to attach or deliver or to make a certification as to any Governing Document may, alternatively, be satisfied with a certification that there has been no change to such Governing Document since such Governing Document was delivered to the Agent on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date); |
| (x) | with respect to U.S. Loan Parties, a certified copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation, organization or formation (or the equivalent Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation) of each Loan Party, dated within twenty (20) days of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, certifying (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdictions) that such Loan Party is in good standing or is in subsistence in that jurisdiction (as applicable); and |
| (xi) | with respect to any Loan Party formed under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, a certificate of status (or equivalent) issued by the governmental authority in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is formed, dated within twenty (20) days of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date. |
| (b) | Other Credit Facility Amendments. The Agent shall have received (i) an amendment to the First Lien Term Loan Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (ii) an amendment to the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (iii) to the extent reasonably requested by the Agent, copies of any other material documents that are to be executed in connection with the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date. |
| (c) | 2025 Preferred Equity Investment. (i) The funding of the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment shall have been, or substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date shall be, consummated in accordance with the terms of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation, the Initial Warrants, and any related material documents executed in connection therewith that are reasonably requested by the Agent. |
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| (d) | Revolving Facility Paydown. Substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, the Borrower Agent shall (or shall cause) no less than $25,000,000 of the net issuance proceeds of the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the Initial Warrants to be applied to the repayment of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (without any corresponding reduction in Revolving Credit Commitments). |
| (e) | Payment of Fees and Expenses. |
| (i) | The Agent shall have received evidence of payment of all Lender Group Expenses required to be paid pursuant to Section 12.4(b) of the Credit Agreement to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date (it being understood that all other Lender Group Expenses shall be paid after the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement). |
| (ii) | The Borrower Agent shall have paid any fees that are due and payable to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the Amendment No. 7 Fee Letter that are required to be paid on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date. |
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 11.3(b) (No Obligation of Agent) of the Credit Agreement, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 3, each Lender, to the extent such Person has signed this Amendment, 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 such Person, unless the Agent shall have received notice from such Person prior to the date hereof specifying its objection thereto.
4. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower Agent represents and warrants to the Lenders, for itself and for each other Loan Party, as follows:
| (a) | the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower Agent of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not contravene the Borrower Agent’s Governing Documents and do not and will not contravene any Material Contract; |
| (b) | this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower Agent; |
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| (c) | this Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower Agent, enforceable against the Borrower Agent and the other Loan Parties in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, Debtor Relief Laws or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity; |
| (d) | no Default or Event of Default exists or shall have occurred and be continuing on and as of the date hereof or, after giving effect to this Amendment, would result from this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby on or about the date hereof; and |
| (e) | the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date as though made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date). |
| 5. | Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Interpretation. |
This Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (collectively, the “Relevant Documents”) constitute the entire agreement among the parties, supersede any prior written and verbal agreements among them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and shall bind and benefit the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been jointly drafted, and no provision of it shall be interpreted or construed for or against a party because such party purportedly prepared or requested such provision, any other provision or this Amendment as a whole. No promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not set forth in the Relevant Documents shall bind any party hereto, and no such party has relied on any such promise, condition, representation or warranty. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations, warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to any other party in relation to the subject matter hereof or thereof. None of the terms or conditions of this Amendment may be changed, modified, waived or cancelled orally or otherwise, except in writing and in accordance with Section 12.5 (Amendments, Waivers and Consents) of the Credit Agreement.
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| 6. | Full Force and Effect of Credit Agreement. |
This Amendment is a Loan Document (and the Borrower Agent agrees that the “Obligations” secured by the Collateral shall include any and all obligations of the Borrower Agent under this Amendment). Except as expressly modified hereby, all terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment shall in any way impair the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents, or alter, waive, annul, vary, affect, or impair any provisions, conditions, or covenants contained therein or any rights, powers, or remedies granted therein. This Amendment shall not constitute a modification of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or a course of dealing with Agent or the Lenders at variance with the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents such as to require further notice by Agent or any Lender to require strict compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the future, except in each case as expressly set forth herein. The Borrower Agent acknowledges and expressly agrees that Agent and the Lenders reserve the right to, and do in fact, require strict compliance with all terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (subject to any qualifications set forth therein), as amended herein.
| 7. | Counterparts; Effectiveness. |
This Amendment may be executed in counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment shall become effective when the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto and the other conditions precedent to this Amendment set forth in Section 3 shall have been satisfied (or waived). This Amendment may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging) all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully executed and delivered original manual counterpart.
The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to this Amendment or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation assignment and assumptions, amendments or other borrowing requests, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Each of the parties represents and warrants to the other parties that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute this Amendment through electronic means and there are no restrictions for doing so in that party’s constitutive documents.
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| 8. | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. |
THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTIONS 12.15 (SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION) AND 12.17 (JURY TRIAL) OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE.
| 9. | Severability. |
In case any provision in or obligation under this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
| 10. | References. |
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement. All references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement and each reference to the “Credit Agreement”, (or the defined term “Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” of words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement) in the other Loan Documents shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and giving effect to the amendments contained in this Amendment.
| 11. | Reaffirmation. |
Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of the Loan Parties party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally ratifies its grant of security interest and pledge under the Guaranty and Security Agreement and each Loan Document and confirms that the liens, security interests and pledges granted thereunder continue to secure the Obligations, including, without limitation, any additional Obligations resulting from or incurred pursuant to this Amendment.
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Each of the Loan Parties hereto, as debtor, grantor, mortgagor, pledger, guarantor, assignor, or in any other similar capacity in which such Loan Party grants liens or security interests in its property or otherwise acts as accommodation party, guarantor, or indemnitor, as the case may be, hereby (i) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (after giving effect hereto) and (ii) to the extent such Loan Party granted liens on or security interests in any of its property pursuant to any such Loan Document as security for or otherwise guaranteed the Obligations under or with respect to the Loan Documents, ratifies and reaffirms such guarantee and grant of security interest and liens and confirms and agrees that such guarantee includes, and such security interests and liens hereafter secure, all of the Obligations as amended hereby.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the ratification and reaffirmation by the Loan Parties in this Section 11 shall not constitute a new grant of security interests and (ii) the consent of the Loan Parties (other than the Borrower Agent) is not required for this Amendment.
| 12. | Release. |
By its execution hereof and in consideration of the terms herein and other accommodations granted to the Loan Parties hereunder, each Loan Party, on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries, and its or their successors, assigns and agents, hereby expressly forever waives, releases and discharges any and all claims (including cross-claims, counterclaims, and rights of setoff and recoupment), causes of action (whether direct or derivative in nature), demands, suits, costs, expenses and damages (collectively, the “Claims”) any of them may, as a result of actions or inactions occurring on or prior to the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, have or allege to have as of the date of this Amendment or at any time thereafter (and all defenses that may arise out of any of the foregoing) of any nature, description, or kind whatsoever, based in whole or in part on facts, whether actual, contingent or otherwise, now known, unknown, or subsequently discovered, whether arising in law, at equity or otherwise, against the Agent or any Lender, their respective affiliates, agents, principals, managers, managing members, members, stockholders, “controlling persons” (within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws), directors, officers, employees, attorneys, consultants, advisors, agents, trusts, trustors, beneficiaries, heirs, executors and administrators of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”) arising out of, or relating to, this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any or all of the actions and transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any actual or alleged performance or non-performance of any of the Released Parties hereunder or under the Loan Documents (the “Released Matters”).
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In entering into this Amendment, each Loan Party expressly disclaims any reliance on any representations, acts, or omissions by any of the Released Parties and hereby agrees and acknowledges that the validity and effectiveness of the releases set forth above does not depend in any way on any such representation, acts and/or omissions or the accuracy, completeness, or validity thereof. The provisions of this Section 12 shall survive the termination of this Amendment and the Loan Documents and the payment in full in cash of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents and all other amounts owing thereunder.
| 13. | Notice of Partial Prepayment. |
The Agent and Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that the delivery to the Agent of the counterparts to this Amendment duly executed by the Borrowers and the Guarantors shall be deemed to satisfy all notice requirements under Section 2.5 of the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the repayment of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans required by Section 3(d) above.
| 14. | Amendment Consents. |
The Agent and each of the undersigned Lenders (constituting all Lenders) hereby acknowledge and consent to the Borrower’s and Guarantors’ execution and delivery of, and the terms under, the following:
| (a) | that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as the date hereof, by and among Team, Inc. a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto, the Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto and HPS Investment Partners, LLC, acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (as defined therein); and |
| (b) | that certain Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as the date hereof, by and among Team, Inc. a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto, the Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto and Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, acting not individually but as administrative agent and collateral agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (as defined therein). |
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be made, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
| TEAM, INC., as Borrower Agent and a Borrower | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: | Nelson M. Haight | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 7]
Signed solely with respect to Sections 11 and 12:
| AGGRESSIVE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC | ||
| DK VALVE & SUPPLY, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE AMERICA, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE LOUISIANA, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE WORLDWIDE, LLC | ||
| FURMANITE, LLC | ||
| GLOBAL ASCENT, LLC | ||
| QUALSPEC LLC | ||
| ROCKET ACQUISITION, LLC | ||
| TANK CONSULTANTS MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC | ||
| TANK CONSULTANTS, LLC | ||
| TCI SERVICES HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
| TCI SERVICES, LLC | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. | ||
| TEAM QUALSPEC, LLC | ||
| TEAM TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LLC as Guarantors |
||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: | Nelson M. Haight | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
| KANEB FINANCIAL, LLC as a Guarantor |
||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: | Nelson M. Haight | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 7]
Signed solely with respect to Sections 11 and 12:
| TISI CANADA INC. | ||
| as a Guarantor | ||
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: | Nelson M. Haight | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
| FURMANITE B.V. |
| FURMANITE HOLDING B.V. |
| TEAMINC EUROPE B.V. |
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES EUROPE B.V. |
| TEAM VALVE REPAIR SERVICES B.V. |
| THRESHOLD INSPECTION & APPLICATION |
| TRAINING EUROPE B.V. |
| TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES NETHERLANDS B.V. |
| QUALITY INSPECTION SERVICES B.V. as Guarantors |
| By: | /s/ Nelson M. Haight |
|
| Name: | Nelson M. Haight | |
| Title: | General Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 7]
| EXECUTED by FURMANITE | ||
| INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| LIMITED, a private limited company | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |
| incorporated under the laws of | Title: Director | |
| England and Wales, by one director | ||
| EXECUTED by TEAM | ||
| INDUSTRIAL SERVICES | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| INSPECTION LIMITED, a private | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |
| limited company incorporated under | Title: Director | |
| the laws of England and Wales, byone director | ||
| EXECUTED by TEAM | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (UK) | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |
| HOLDING LIMITED, a private | Title: Director | |
| limited company incorporated underthe laws of England and Wales, byone director | ||
| EXECUTED by TEAM VALVE | ||
| AND ROTATING SERVICES | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| LIMITED, a private limited | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |
| company incorporated under the laws | Title: Director | |
| of England and Wales, by one director | ||
| EXECUTED by TIS UK LIMITED | Signed: /s/ Nelson M. Haight | |
| LIMITED, a private limited company | Name: Nelson M. Haight | |
| incorporated under the laws of | Title: Director | |
| England and Wales, by one director | ||
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 7]
| ECLIPSE BUSINESS CAPITAL LLC, |
| as Agent |
| By: /s/ John D. Whetstone |
| Name: John D. Whetstone |
| Title: Executive Vice President |
| ECLIPSE BUSINESS CAPITAL SPV, LLC, as a Revolving Credit Lender |
| By: /s/ John D. Whetstone |
| Name: John D. Whetstone |
| Title: Executive Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 7]
Annex A
Credit Agreement
[see attached]
Annex A to Amendment No. 7
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
TEAM, INC.,
as a Borrower and the Borrower Agent,
the other Borrowers from time to time party hereto,
the Lenders from time to time party hereto,
ECLIPSE BUSINESS CAPITAL LLC,
as Agent
Dated as of February 11, 2022,
as amended on May 6, 2022,
as further amended on November 1, 2022,
as further amended on June 16, 2023,
as further amended on March 6, 2024,
as further amended on September 30, 2024,
as further amended on March 12, 2025,
as further amended on September 11, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Article I DEFINITIONS |
1 | |||||
| 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
| 1.2 |
Accounting Terms and Determinations | 80 | ||||
| 1.3 |
Divisions | 81 | ||||
| 1.4 |
Other Terms; Headings | 81 | ||||
| 1.5 |
Dutch Terms | 82 | ||||
| 1.6 |
Exchange Rates and Currency Equivalents | 84 | ||||
| 1.7 |
Rates | 84 | ||||
| 1.8 |
Quebec Matters | 85 | ||||
| Article II THE CREDIT FACILITIES |
85 | |||||
| 2.1 |
The Revolving Credit Facility | 85 | ||||
| 2.2 |
[Reserved] | 88 | ||||
| 2.3 |
Procedure for Borrowing; Notices of Borrowing | 88 | ||||
| 2.4 |
Application of Proceeds | 92 | ||||
| 2.5 |
Mandatory Prepayments and Optional Prepayments | 93 | ||||
| 2.6 |
Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Account | 94 | ||||
| 2.7 |
Cash Management; Control Agreements; Lockboxes | 95 | ||||
| 2.8 |
Term | 97 | ||||
| 2.9 |
Payment Procedures | 97 | ||||
| 2.10 |
Designation of a Different Lending Office | 98 | ||||
| 2.11 |
Replacement of Lenders | 98 | ||||
| 2.12 |
Defaulting Lenders | 99 | ||||
| 2.13 |
Letters of Credit | 100 | ||||
| 2.14 |
Sharing of Payments, Etc. | 103 | ||||
| 2.15 |
Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances | 103 | ||||
| Article III [RESERVED] |
105 | |||||
| Article IV INTEREST, FEES AND EXPENSES |
105 | |||||
| 4.1 |
Interest | 105 | ||||
| 4.2 |
Interest After Event of Default | 106 | ||||
| 4.3 |
[Reserved] | 106 | ||||
| 4.4 |
Unused Revolving Credit Commitment Fee | 106 | ||||
| 4.5 |
Fronting Fees and Letter of Credit Fees | 106 | ||||
| 4.6 |
Termination and Prepayment Premiums | 107 | ||||
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| 4.7 |
Inaccuracies of Financial Information, Etc | 108 | ||||
| 4.8 |
Fee Letter | 108 | ||||
| 4.9 |
Computations | 108 | ||||
| 4.10 |
Certain Provisions Regarding SOFR Rate | 109 | ||||
| 4.11 |
Taxes | 10111 | ||||
| Article V CONDITIONS OF LENDING |
115 | |||||
| 5.1 |
Conditions to Initial Loans or Letter of Credit | 115 | ||||
| 5.2 |
Conditions Precedent to Each Loan and Each Letter of Credit | 11119 | ||||
| Article VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
11120 | |||||
| 6.1 |
Representations and Warranties of Borrowers | 11120 | ||||
| Article VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
133 | |||||
| 7.1 |
Existence | 133 | ||||
| 7.2 |
Maintenance of Property | 133 | ||||
| 7.3 |
[Reserved] | 133 | ||||
| 7.4 |
Taxes | 133 | ||||
| 7.5 |
Requirements of Law | 134 | ||||
| 7.6 |
Insurance | 134 | ||||
| 7.7 |
Books and Records; Inspections | 134 | ||||
| 7.8 |
Notification Requirements | 135 | ||||
| 7.9 |
Casualty Loss | 139 | ||||
| 7.10 |
Qualify to Transact Business | 139 | ||||
| 7.11 |
Financial Reporting | 139 | ||||
| 7.12 |
Payment of Liabilities | 143 | ||||
| 7.13 |
ERISA | 143 | ||||
| 7.14 |
Environmental Matters | 144 | ||||
| 7.15 |
Intellectual Property | 144 | ||||
| 7.16 |
Solvency | 144 | ||||
| 7.17 |
[Reserved] | 144 | ||||
| 7.18 |
Access to Employees, Etc | 144 | ||||
| 7.19 |
Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws | 144 | ||||
| 7.20 |
Additional Subsidiaries; Further Assurances | 145 | ||||
| 7.21 |
Post-Closing Covenants | 146 | ||||
| 7.22 |
[Reserved] | 146 | ||||
| 7.23 |
Residency for Dutch Tax Purposes | 146 | ||||
| 7.24 |
Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes | 146 | ||||
| 7.25 |
Allocation of Tax Losses upon Termination of Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes | 146 | ||||
| Article VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
147 | |||||
| 8.1 |
Indebtedness | 147 | ||||
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| 8.2 |
Permitted Activities of the Borrower Agent | 14151 | ||||
| 8.3 |
Entity Changes, Etc. | 14152 | ||||
| 8.4 |
Change in Nature of Business | 14152 | ||||
| 8.5 |
Sales, Etc. | 14152 | ||||
| 8.6 |
Use of Proceeds | 155 | ||||
| 8.7 |
2025 Preferred Equity Investment | 156 | ||||
| 8.8 |
Liens | 156 | ||||
| 8.9 |
Dividends, Redemptions, Distributions, Etc. | 156 | ||||
| 8.10 |
Investments | 158 | ||||
| 8.11 |
[Reserved] | 159 | ||||
| 8.12 |
Fiscal Year | 159 | ||||
| 8.13 |
Accounting Changes | 159 | ||||
| 8.14 |
[Reserved] | 159 | ||||
| 8.15 |
ERISA Compliance | 159 | ||||
| 8.16 |
[Reserved] | 160 | ||||
| 8.17 |
UK Pensions | 160 | ||||
| 8.18 |
Prepayments and Amendments | 161 | ||||
| 8.19 |
Lease Obligations | 15163 | ||||
| 8.20 |
[Reserved] | 15163 | ||||
| 8.21 |
[Reserved] | 15163 | ||||
| 8.22 |
Canadian Pension Plans | 15163 | ||||
| 8.23 |
Negative Pledge | 15163 | ||||
| 8.24 |
Affiliate Transactions | 164 | ||||
| 8.25 |
Assets Located in Quebec | 164 | ||||
| Article IX FINANCIAL COVENANT(S) |
164 | |||||
| 9.1 |
Unfinanced Capital Expenditures | 164 | ||||
| 9.2 |
Minimum Excess Availability Amount | 165 | ||||
| Article X EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
165 | |||||
| 10.1 |
Events of Default | 165 | ||||
| 10.2 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default; Cash Collateralization | 168 | ||||
| 10.3 |
Other Remedies | 169 | ||||
| 10.4 |
License for Use of Intellectual Property, Real Property and Other Property | 170 | ||||
| 10.5 |
Post-Default Allocation of Proceeds | 170 | ||||
| 10.6 |
No Marshaling; Deficiencies; Remedies Cumulative | 172 | ||||
| 10.7 |
Waivers | 172 | ||||
| 10.8 |
Further Rights of Agent and the Lenders | 172 | ||||
| 10.9 |
Interest and Letter of Credit Fees After Event of Default | 173 | ||||
| 10.10 |
Receiver | 173 | ||||
| 10.11 |
Rights and Remedies not Exclusive | 173 | ||||
| Article XI THE AGENT |
173 | |||||
| 11.1 |
Appointment of Agent | 173 | ||||
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| 11.2 |
Nature of Duties of Agent | 174 | ||||
| 11.3 |
Lack of Reliance on Agent | 174 | ||||
| 11.4 |
Certain Rights of Agent | 175 | ||||
| 11.5 |
Reliance by Agent | 175 | ||||
| 11.6 |
Indemnification of Agent | 175 | ||||
| 11.7 |
Agent in Its Individual Capacity | 175 | ||||
| 11.8 |
Holders of Notes | 175 | ||||
| 11.9 |
Successor Agent | 176 | ||||
| 11.10 |
Collateral Matters | 176 | ||||
| 11.11 |
Actions with Respect to Defaults | 177 | ||||
| 11.12 |
Delivery of Information | 177 | ||||
| 11.13 |
English Law Governed Transaction Security | 178 | ||||
| 11.14 |
Erroneous Payments | 181 | ||||
| Article XII GENERAL PROVISIONS |
181 | |||||
| 12.1 |
Notices | 181 | ||||
| 12.2 |
Delays; Partial Exercise of Remedies | 183 | ||||
| 12.3 |
Right of Setoff | 184 | ||||
| 12.4 |
Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection | 17184 | ||||
| 12.5 |
Amendments, Waivers and Consents | 186 | ||||
| 12.6 |
Nonliability of Agent and Lenders | 189 | ||||
| 12.7 |
Assignments and Participations | 189 | ||||
| 12.8 |
Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures | 193 | ||||
| 12.9 |
Severability | 193 | ||||
| 12.10 |
Maximum Rate | 193 | ||||
| 12.11 |
Borrower Agent; Borrowers, Jointly and Severally | 194 | ||||
| 12.12 |
Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Interpretation | 195 | ||||
| 12.13 |
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY | 196 | ||||
| 12.14 |
GOVERNING LAW | 196 | ||||
| 12.15 |
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION | 197 | ||||
| 12.16 |
Independence of Covenants | 197 | ||||
| 12.17 |
JURY TRIAL | 197 | ||||
| 12.18 |
Attorney | 197 | ||||
| 12.19 |
Agent Titles | 197 | ||||
| 12.20 |
Publicity | 198 | ||||
| 12.21 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries | 198 | ||||
| 12.22 |
Confidentiality | 198 | ||||
| 12.23 |
Patriot Act Notice | 199 | ||||
| 12.24 |
Advice of Counsel | 199 | ||||
| 12.25 |
Captions | 199 | ||||
| 12.26 |
Survival or Representations, Warranties and Agreements | 199 | ||||
| 12.28 |
Right to Cure | 200 | ||||
| 12.29 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 200 | ||||
| 12.30 |
Time | 200 | ||||
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| 12.31 |
Keepwell | 201 | ||||
| 12.32 |
Sovereign Immunity | 201 | ||||
| 12.33 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs | 201 | ||||
| 12.34 |
No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative | 202 | ||||
| 12.35 |
Marshalling; Payments Set Aside | 202 | ||||
| 12.36 |
Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights | 202 | ||||
| 12.37 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments | 203 | ||||
| 12.38 |
No Fiduciary Duty | 203 | ||||
| 12.39 |
Currency Indemnity | 203 | ||||
| 12.40 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 204 |
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| Schedules | ||
| Schedule 1.1(a) | Eligible Inventory | |
| Schedule 1.1(b) | [Reserved] | |
| Schedule 1.1(c) | Specified Phase I Real Estate | |
| Schedule 1.1(d) | Specified Phase II Real Estate | |
| Schedule 1.1(e) | Excluded Real Property | |
| Schedule 3.4(a) | Commercial Tort Claims | |
| Schedule 6.1(a) | Loan Parties | |
| Schedule 6.1(b) | Locations | |
| Schedule 6.1(f) | Consents and Authorizations | |
| Schedule 6.1(g) | Ownership; Subsidiaries | |
| Schedule 6.1(p) | Judgments; Litigation | |
| Schedule 6.1(w) | Intellectual Property | |
| Schedule 6.1(x) | Labor Contracts | |
| Schedule 7.21 | Post-Closing Covenants | |
| Schedule 8.1(b) | Existing Indebtedness | |
| Schedule 8.1(s) | Existing Letters of Credit | |
| Schedule 8.2 | Permitted Activities of the Borrowers | |
| Schedule 8.8 | Existing Liens | |
| Schedule 8.10 | Existing Investments | |
| Schedule 8.23 | Affiliate Transactions of Loan Parties | |
| Annexes | ||
| Annex A | Lenders and Commitments | |
| Annex B | Reporting | |
| Exhibits (form of) | ||
| Exhibit A-1 | Revolving Credit Note | |
| Exhibit A-2 | Swingline Note | |
| Exhibit B | Notice of Borrowing | |
| Exhibit C | Qualified Change of Control Transaction Certificate | |
| Exhibit D | [Reserved] | |
| Exhibit E | Perfection Certificate | |
| Exhibit F | Financial Condition Certificate | |
| Exhibit G | Closing Certificate | |
| Exhibit H | Compliance Certificate | |
| Exhibit I | Borrowing Base Certificate | |
| Exhibit J-1 | Assignment and Acceptance | |
| Exhibit J-2 | Joinder | |
| Exhibits K-1 to K-4 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates | |
| Exhibit L | ABLSoft Client User Form | |
| Exhibit M | Authorized Accounts Form | |
| Exhibit N | Monthly Operating Report | |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT, is entered into as of February 11, 2022, among (i) TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation, each other Person identified on Schedule 6.1(a) as a “Borrower” and each additional Person that is joined as a party hereto as a borrower by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as Exhibit J-2 (each, a “Borrower” and collectively and jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”), (ii) each Person identified as a “Lender” on Annex A attached hereto (together with each of its respective successors and assigns, if any, each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and (iii) ECLIPSE BUSINESS CAPITAL LLC, acting not individually but as agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Lenders and all other Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, in such capacity, the “Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Revolving Credit Lenders (as hereinafter defined) are willing to make available to the Borrowers a revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000;
NOW, THEREFORE, in respect of the foregoing premises and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby mutually acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Agent, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. Any terms (whether capitalized or lower case) used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC or the PPSA (including Account, Account Debtor, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Account, Drafts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Intangibles, Investment Property, Instruments, Letters of Credit, Letter of Credit Rights, Promissory Notes, Proceeds, Securities Account and Supporting Obligations) shall be construed and defined as set forth in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable, unless otherwise defined herein. In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“1970 Group SIRFA” means, collectively, (i) that certain Substitute Insurance Collateral Facility Agreement dated as of August 25, 2025, between Olympus LC Applicant, LLC and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement, (ii) that certain Substitute Insurance Collateral Facility Program Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2025, between 1970 Group Originator, Inc. and the Borrower, as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement and (iii) that certain Amended and Restated Substitute Insurance Reimbursement Facility Agreement dated as of September 16, 2024 between 1970 Group Inc. and the Borrower , as permitted hereunder to be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement.
“1970 Group Subordination Agreement” means, collectively, (i) the Original 1970 Group Subordination Agreement and (ii) the 1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement.
“1970 Group Originator Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date between (a) Olympus LC Applicant, LLC (as the immediate successor in interest to 1970 Group Originator, Inc.), (b) the First Lien Term Loan Agent, (c) the Second Lien Term Loan Agent, (d) the Agent, and (e) as acknowledged by 1970 Group Originator, Inc.
“2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation” means that certain Certificate of Designation of Shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Borrower Agent, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on or about the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, relating to the preferred equity interests issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by Section 8.18(e)(v)).
“2025 Preferred Documents” means, collectively, the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the Warrants.
“2025 Preferred Equity Investment” means, collectively, the issuances of preferred equity interests (including the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and any subsequent delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests) (as contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and the 2025 Preferred Documents) pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and all other transactions related to the foregoing.
“2025 Preferred Equity Investor”means Stellex and/or any of its Affiliates.
“2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower Agent, InspectionTech Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and the other parties from time to time party thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited by Section 8.18(e)(v)).
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, among (i) the Agent, (ii) the First Lien Term Loan Agent and (iii) the Second Lien Term Loan Agent, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective date and as further amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABLSoft” means the electronic and/or internet-based system approved by the Agent for the purpose of making notices, requests, deliveries, communications and for the other purposes contemplated in this Agreement or otherwise approved by the Agent, whether such system is owned, operated or hosted by the Agent, any of its Affiliates or any other Person.
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“Acceptable Account Debtor Jurisdiction” means, with respect to Receivables of the U.S. Borrowing Base Companies and Canadian Borrowing Base Companies, the United States and Canada.
“Acceptable Appraisal” means, with respect to an appraisal of Inventory, the most recent current appraisal of such property received by the Agent (i) from an appraisal company satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, (ii) the scope and methodology (including, to the extent relevant, any sampling procedure employed by such appraisal company) of which are satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and (iii) the results of which are satisfactory to the Agent, in each case, in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion.
“Acceptable Bank” means Bank of America, N.A., Bank of Montreal, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each of their Affiliates, and any other depository institution acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
“Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement on customary terms, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, entered into by and among the Loan Parties, the Agent, and certain lenders with respect to the applicable tranche of Indebtedness (or such lenders’ agent or debt representative).
“Acceptable Receivable Currency” means (i) Dollars with respect to Receivables of the U.S. Borrowing Base Companies and (ii) Canadian Dollars with respect to Canadian Borrowing Base Companies.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(b).
“Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person (i) an investment in, or a purchase of, a Controlling interest in the Equity Interests of any other Person, (ii) a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or properties of, another Person or of any business unit, division or line of business of another Person, or (iii) any merger or consolidation of such Person with any other Person or other transaction or series of transactions resulting in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets, or of any business unit, division or line of business of another Person, or a Controlling interest in the Equity Interests, of any Person, in each case in any transaction or group of transactions which are part of a common plan.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (i) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (ii) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that, if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Adjustment Date” means the first day of each calendar month.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (i) any EEA Financial Institution or (ii) any UK Financial Institution.
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“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly Controls, is under common Control with, is Controlled by or is a director, officer, manager or general partner of such Person; provided that (i) in any event, any Person who owns directly or indirectly fifteen percent (15.0%) or more of the economic interests or Voting Interests of a Person, shall be deemed to control such Person and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, each of Corre, each Corre Affiliate and Stellex shall constitute an Affiliate of each Borrower under this Agreement for so long as it would satisfy this definition. Without limitation of the foregoing, the following Persons shall at all times constitute Affiliates of each Borrower: (A) each Borrower, (B) each Guarantor, and (C) all Subsidiaries.
“Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Agent’s Payment Account” means an account identified in writing by the Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower Agent from time to time as the “Agent’s Payment Account”.
“Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment” means $150,000,000, as such amount may be decreased by the amount of any permanent reductions in the Revolving Credit Commitments made in accordance with Section 2.1(e), which amount is the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings” means, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and the Letter of Credit Usage.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Amendment No. 3” means that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means June 16, 2023.
“Amendment No. 5” means that certain Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent.
“Amendment No. 5 Effective Date” means September 30, 2024.
“Amendment No. 6” means that certain Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent.
“Amendment No. 6 Effective Date” means March 12, 2025.
“Amendment No. 6 Refinancings” means, collectively, (i) the redemption and/or repayment (or otherwise defeasance) of the Specified Existing Indebtedness in its entirety, (ii) in each case, the termination and/or release of all guarantees and security granted in connection with such redemption and/or repayment (or otherwise defeasance) of the Specified Existing Indebtedness, other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (iii) the refinancing of an aggregate principal amount of up to $97,413,198.18 of Term Loans (under and as defined in the Existing Term Loan Agreement), inclusive of premium and accrued and unpaid PIK interest, with respect to the credit facility provided pursuant to the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement.
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“Amendment No. 6 Transaction Expenses” means any fees, expenses, costs and/or charges incurred or paid by the Borrower Agent or any Subsidiary in connection with the Amendment No. 6 Transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any prepayment premiums or similar fees).
“Amendment No. 6 Transactions” means, collectively, (i) the execution and delivery of the First Lien Term Loan Documents and the funding of the “Initial Term Loans” under and as defined in the First Lien Term Loan Agreement, (ii) the execution and delivery of the Second Lien Term Loan Documents and the concurrent deemed borrowing under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, (iii) the consummation of the Amendment No. 6 Refinancings, (iv) the amendment of this Agreement and certain other Loan Documents on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, and (v) the payment of the Amendment No. 6 Transaction Expenses.
“Amendment No. 7” means that certain Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, among the Borrowers party thereto, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Agent.
“Amendment No. 7 Effective Date” means September 11, 2025.
“Amendment No. 7 Second Lien Term Loan Prepayment” means the prepayment in an aggregate amount equal to $41,803,211.43 of principal of Second Lien Term Loan Obligations (plus accrued and unpaid cash interest thereon) substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date made solely from proceeds of the Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the Initial Warrants.
“Amendment No. 7 Transaction Expenses” means any fees, expenses, costs and/or charges, without duplication, incurred or paid by the Borrower Agent, any other Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Amendment No. 7 Transactions (including any prepayment premiums or similar fees, including in respect of Indebtedness repaid or prepaid with proceeds of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and the Warrants and any reimbursement of fees, expenses, costs and/or charges of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor).
“Amendment No. 7 Transactions” means, collectively, (i) the execution and delivery of the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, any preferred stock or other Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent issued pursuant to or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and the Warrants, the filing and adoption of the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation and the consummation of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, the issuance of the Warrants and any other transactions contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement, (ii) the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 7, (iii) the Amendment No. 7 Second Lien Term Loan Prepayment, (iv) the repayment of Revolving Credit Loans outstanding under this Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to $25,000,000 (without a concurrent reduction of Commitments), (v) the execution and delivery of an amendment to the First Lien Term Loan Agreement on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, (vi) the execution and delivery of an amendment to the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No.
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7 Effective Date, (vii) the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 1 to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (which amends the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, and (viii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), each as amended, and all other applicable laws and regulations or ordinances concerning or relating to bribery or corruption in any jurisdiction.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the statutes, laws, regulations, or rules in any jurisdiction that relate to terrorism financing, money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, “know-your customer” laws or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. § 5311 et seq.), the Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
“Applicable Margin” means, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the pricing grid below, as determined by reference to EBITDA as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Agent pursuant to Section 7.11(d) and Average Historical Excess Availability as determined by the Agent:
| Level |
Performance Metrics |
SOFR Loans |
Base Rate Loans |
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| I |
Both (i) EBITDA is greater than or equal to $80,000,000 and (ii) Average Historical Excess Availability is greater than $10,000,000 | 3.25% | 2.25% | |||
| II |
Level I requirements above not satisfied, but both (i) EBITDA is greater than or equal to $60,000,000 and (ii) Average Historical Excess Availability is greater than $7,500,000 | 3.50% | 2.50% | |||
| III |
Either (i) EBITDA is less than $60,000,000 or (ii) Level I or Level II requirements above not satisfied | 3.875% | 2.875% |
From the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date until January 1, 2026, the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if Level III of the pricing grid set forth above were applicable. Thereafter, the Applicable Margin shall be re-determined on each Adjustment Date (commencing with the Adjustment Date occurring on January 1, 2026 ), based on (x) the then most recent monthly Financial Statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent in accordance with Section 7.11(c) and (d) and (y) the Average Historical Excess Availability for the immediately preceding month, and shall remain at the applicable Level of the pricing grid set forth above determined as of such Adjustment Date until the next Adjustment Date; provided that if (i) the Borrower Agent shall have failed to deliver such Financial Statements and Compliance Certificate when so required, (ii) any Event of Default shall have occurred or (iii) Average Historical Excess Availability shall be less than $7,500,000, then the Applicable Margin shall immediately be set at Level III of the pricing grid set forth above until the next Adjustment Date.
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For purposes of any interest rate determinations for any applicable period prior to the Amendment No.7 Effective Date, the Applicable Margin shall be determined in accordance with this Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No.7. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Margin for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4.7.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (i) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Loan under such Facility at such time, (ii) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (A) the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and (B) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.13, the Revolving Credit Lenders and (iii) with respect to the Swingline Sublimit, (A) the Swingline Lender and (B) if any Swingline Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.3(h), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Electronic Communication” means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail, facsimile, ABLSoft or any other equivalent electronic service, whether owned, operated or hosted by the Agent, any of its Affiliates or any other Person, that any party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any financial statement, financial and other report, notice, request, certificate and other information or material; provided, that Approved Electronic Communications shall not include any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that the Agent specifically instructs a Person to deliver in physical form.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business, in each case that is administered, managed, advised or underwritten by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Disposition” means any direct or indirect sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), issuance or other disposition, or any exchange or property with or a series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions that are part of a common plan, of shares of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares), property or other assets of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any disposition by means of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or similar transaction (other than, in each case of the foregoing, dispositions in an amount less than or equal to the greater of $6,000,000 and 10.0% of EBITDA per transaction or series of related transactions).
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“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by a Lender and its assignee, and accepted by the Agent, to be substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1.
“Auditors” means any of the “big 4” national firms, Grant Thornton or BDO Global or another nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the Borrower Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
“Average Historical Excess Availability” means, for the purposes of the definition of Applicable Margin, in the case of each Adjustment Date, an amount equal to (i) the sum of each day’s Excess Availability during the most recently ended calendar month, divided by (ii) the number of days in such calendar month.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (i) 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 (ii) 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).
“Bank Product” means any of the following products, services or facilities extended to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider: (i) Cash Management Services; (ii) products under Hedging Agreements; (iii) products under leasing agreements; (iv) factored receivables; and (v) other banking products or services as may be requested by a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries, other than Letters of Credit.
“Bank Product Agreements” means any agreements entered into from time to time by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with the Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank Products.
“Bank Product Obligations” means Indebtedness and other obligations of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider arising from Bank Products; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in order for any Indebtedness or other obligations to constitute “Bank Product Obligations,” the applicable Bank Product Provider and the Borrower Agent must have provided the notice required pursuant to the definition of Bank Product Provider, unless the applicable Bank Product Provider is the Agent or one of its Affiliates.
“Bank Product Provider” means the Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or any of their respective Affiliates; provided that no such Person (other than Agent or its Affiliates) shall constitute a Bank Product Provider with respect to a Bank Product unless and until the applicable Lender (or Affiliate, as the case may be) and the Borrower Agent shall have each provided written notice to the Agent of (i) the existence of such Bank Product; (ii) the maximum dollar amount of the obligations arising under such Bank Product (which amount may be changed from time to time, except as provided below, by such Lender (or Affiliate, as the case may be) and the Borrower Agent by delivering written notice to the Agent); and (iii) the methodology to be used by such parties in determining the Bank Product Obligations owing with respect thereto from time to time; provided further, that if, at any time, a Lender ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement, then, from and after the date on which it ceases to be a Lender thereunder, neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall constitute Bank Product Providers and the obligations with respect to Bank Products provided by such former Lender or any of its Affiliates shall no longer constitute Bank Product Obligations.
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“Bank Product Reserve” means the aggregate amount of reserves established by the Agent from time to time in its Permitted Discretion (based upon the Agent’s and the Bank Product Providers’ determination of the liabilities and obligations of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Product Obligations) in respect of Bank Products (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Cash Management Services), then provided or outstanding.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as that title may be amended from time to time, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means, for any day of determination, the greatest of (i) 2.00%, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (iii) Term SOFR for a one month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.00%; provided that this clause (iii) shall not be applicable during any period in which Term SOFR is unavailable or unascertainable or otherwise with respect to any use of the Base Rate contemplated by Section 4.10(b) or (c), and (iv) the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate” in effect on such day, with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate (or, if such rate ceases to be so published, as quoted from such other generally available and recognizable source as the Agent may select in its discretion).
“Base Rate Loans” means Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that, if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.3(j).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent and the Borrower Agent 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 the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities 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.
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“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Agent and the Borrower Agent giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(i) in the case of clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (A) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (B) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculations thereof); or
(ii) in the case of clause (iii) 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 administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness, non-compliance or non-alignment will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (iii) and even if such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
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(i) 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof); (ii) 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 Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(iii) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, 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 the period (if any) (i) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.3(j) and (ii) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.3(j).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a Person means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such Person.
“Blocked Account” and “Blocked Accounts” have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.7.
“Borrower Agent” means Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” have the respective meanings specified in the preamble to this Agreement. Each Borrower shall be a U.S. Loan Party.
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“Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).
“Borrowing Base” means, as of any time of determination, the result of:
(i) the product of 92.5%, multiplied by the Value of Eligible Receivables; plus
(ii) the product of 80.0%, multiplied by the Value of Eligible Unbilled Receivables; plus
(iii) the product of 20.0%, multiplied by the Value of Eligible Inventory; minus
(iv) the aggregate amount of all Reserves.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of the Borrowing Base consisting of (i) Eligible Unbilled Receivables shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Borrowing Base (as determined without giving effect to clause (iv) of the definition of Borrowing Base) and (ii) Eligible Receivables due from Specified Utility Account Debtors shall not exceed $5,000,000.
“Borrowing Base Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(e).
“Borrowing Base Company” means a U.S. Borrowing Base Company or a Canadian Borrowing Base Company.
“Borrowing Date” means the date on which a Borrowing is obtained.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which the Agent or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.
“Business Plan” means a business plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, consisting of consolidated projected balance sheets, related cash flow statements and related profit and loss statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of the underlying assumptions, which (i) as of the Closing Date, covers a four year period and (ii) for business plans delivered after the Closing Date, covers a one year period, and, in each case, which is prepared on a monthly basis for the first year and a quarterly basis thereafter.
“Canadian Borrowing Base Companies” means TISI Canada Inc. and such other Subsidiaries organized under the laws of Canada as the Borrower Agent and the Agent may from time to time reasonably agree to become Canadian Borrowing Base Companies.
“Canadian Collateral” means all assets of the Canadian Loan Parties constituting Collateral under the Security Documents.
“Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan” means a Canadian Pension Plan registered under the Tax Act, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other applicable provincial, territorial, or federal pension benefits standards legislation as amended from time to time and any successor statute which contains a “defined benefit provision”, as such term is defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Tax Act.
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“Canadian Dollars” or “C$” means the lawful currency of Canada.
“Canadian Loan Party” means any Loan Party incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or a province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan” means (i) a “multi-employer pension plan” as that term is defined in subsection 1(1) of the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or an equivalent plan under pension standards legislation of another applicable provincial, territorial, or federal jurisdiction or (ii) a “multi-employer plan” as that term is defined in subsection 8500(1) of the Income Tax Regulations (Canada).
“Canadian Pension Plan” means a pension plan subject to (i) the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) or any other applicable provincial, territorial, or federal pension benefits standards legislation as amended from time to time and any successor statute or (ii) a “registered pension plan” as that term is defined in subsection 248(1) of the Tax Act, but excludes a Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan.
“Canadian Priority Payables” means, as of any date of determination, the amount due and owing (whether or not past due) by any Loan Party or for which a Loan Party has an obligation to remit to a Governmental Authority pursuant to any applicable law in respect of which any Governmental Authority may claim an Lien or other claim ranking or capable of ranking prior to or pari passu with the Liens in favour of the Agent against all or part of the Collateral, including, without limitation, in respect of pension fund obligations, employment insurance, GST, HST, sales taxes and other taxes payable or to be remitted or withheld, employee withholds, vacation pay, termination and severance pay, employee salaries and wages, workers’ compensation assessment, Wage Earner Protection Program Act (Canada), Canada pension plan payments, municipal taxes and claims by public utilities and other like charges and demands.
“Canadian Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, executed and delivered by each of the Canadian Loan Parties to the Agent, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Canadian Security Documents” means the Canadian Security Agreement, any share pledge agreement governed by Canadian law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, and each other agreement, document or instrument executed by any Loan Party governed by Canadian law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“CapEx Test Period” means each period of four (4) Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower Agent ending on June 30 or December 31 of any fiscal year.
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“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, for the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, consolidated expenditures during such period that are or are required to be included in or are reflected by the consolidated property, plant, or equipment accounts of the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any similar fixed asset, or improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto or therefor which have a useful life of more than one year, or are or are required to be otherwise included as capitalized costs, and shall include all payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and leasehold improvements, in each case on the balance sheet of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.
“Capital Lease” means a lease that is required to be capitalized on the books of the lessee and amortized as a finance lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease which, under GAAP, is or will be required to be capitalized on the books of the lessee, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as Indebtedness (net of Interest Expense) in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” means (i) securities issued, guaranteed or insured by the United States or any of its agencies with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; (ii) certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired, issued by (A) a Lender or its Affiliates; (B) any U.S. federal or state chartered or any Canadian federal or provincial or territorial chartered commercial bank of recognized standing which has capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $500,000,000; or (C) any bank or its holding company that has a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A-1 or the equivalent by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent by Moody’s; (iii) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements with terms of not more than thirty (30) days from the date acquired, for securities of the type described in clause (i) above and entered into only with commercial banks having the qualifications described in clause (ii) above or such other financial institutions with a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A-1 or the equivalent by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent by Moody’s; (iv) commercial paper, other than commercial paper issued by a Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party, issued by any Person incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or Canada or any province or territory thereof and, in any such case, rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; and (v) investments in money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which have net assets of at least $500,000,000 and at least eighty-five percent (85%) of whose assets consist of securities and other obligations of the type described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
“Cash Management Services” means any one or more of the following types of services or facilities: (i) credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) and (iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services.
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“Casualty Events” means any event (not constituting an Asset Disposition) occurring after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date that gives rise to the receipt by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any casualty insurance proceeds (including business interruption insurance proceeds) or condemnation awards or other compensation in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or Real Property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or Real Property or as a result of the taking of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by a Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking thereof.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code in which any Loan Party or direct or indirect owner of a Loan Party is a “United States shareholder” within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code; provided that, notwithstanding anything under any Loan Documents, none of the entities organized or incorporated in England and Wales, Canada or the Netherlands (or successors thereto) shall be considered a CFC or a Foreign Subsidiary, be subject to any Section 956 Limitations, or be or become owned by any entity other than Loan Parties. For purposes of the foregoing, “Section 956 Limitation” means any exclusion or limitation on an entity providing guarantees, pledging its assets, engaging in any repayment or repatriation transaction or on the pledge of Equity Interests issued by any entity, in each case, as a result of such entity being considered a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code or any adverse tax, cost or impact under Section 956 of the Code or any similar provision.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (ii) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, and (B) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means that:
(i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert, other than the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 50% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower Agent or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent, (ii) the Borrower Agent fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party, except where such failure is as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents,
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(iii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(iv) a change in control or similar event with respect to any Loan Party, as defined or described under any documentation in respect of Material Indebtedness to which any Loan Party is a party, shall have occurred, or
(v) solely after the consummation of any Qualified Change of Control Transaction, the Designated Equity Investor shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon a portion of the Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent owned thereby such that if the party secured by such Lien exercises a right to vote the Equity Interests pledged pursuant thereto, such exercise would result in a “Change of Control” pursuant to clause (i) of this definition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the foregoing, in no event shall any Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction constitute a “Change of Control”.
“Claims” has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(a).
“Closing Date” means February 11, 2022.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time, and all regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of the Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents as security for all or any of the Obligations (regardless of whether such Lien is actually perfected), including the North American Collateral and the European Collateral.
“Collateral Access Agreements” means a landlord waiver, mortgagee waiver, bailee letter or similar acknowledgment of any lessor, warehouseman or processor in possession of any Collateral or on whose property any Collateral is located in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
“Collateralization” and “Collateralize” each means, (i) with respect to any Letter of Credit, the deposit by the Borrowers in a cash collateral account established and controlled by or on behalf of the Agent of an amount equal to 105% of the undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit or, if the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree in their reasonable discretion, the provision of other credit support, in each case, pursuant to documentation in form and satisfactory reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, and (ii) with respect to any Bank Product Obligation, the deposit by the Borrowers in a cash collateral account established and controlled by or on behalf of the Agent of an amount equal to 105% of the amount of such Bank Product Obligation as reasonably determined by the Agent and the applicable Bank Product Provider to be sufficient to satisfy the estimated credit exposure with respect to such Bank Product Obligation at such time, pursuant to documentation in form and satisfactory reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the applicable Bank Product Provider.
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“Collections” means all cash, funds, checks, notes, instruments, any other form of remittance tendered by account debtors in respect of payment of Receivables of the Loan Parties and any other payments received by the Loan Parties with respect to any Collateral.
“Combined Cap” means the aggregate amount of adjustments made for any applicable period pursuant to clauses (N), (U), (V)(1) and (W) of the definition of “EBITDA” shall not exceed 20.0% of EBITDA for such period (before giving effect to such addbacks).
“Commercial Tort Claims” means all commercial tort claims, and includes those commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 3.4(a).
“Commitments” means the Revolving Credit Commitments, and any other commitments that the Lenders may from time to time make to Borrowers pursuant hereto for the extension of any credit or other financial accommodation (but excluding any Bank Product Obligations).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and all regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(d).
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent (in consultation with the Borrower Agent) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent (in consultation with the Borrower Agent) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
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“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, with respect to the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the date of determination thereof, and without duplication of any items, the ratio of (i) EBITDA for such period, minus all Unfinanced Capital Expenditures actually paid in cash during such period, to (ii) the sum of (A) all principal amounts of Indebtedness (excluding payments of Revolving Credit Loans and payments in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness) paid or payable during such period, plus (B) all Interest Expense paid or payable in cash (excluding paid-in-kind interest, advisor fees, OID, debt finance costs and amortization of debt discounts) and all fees for the use of money or the availability of money, including commitment, facility and like fees and charges upon Indebtedness (including Indebtedness to the Agent or the Lenders) paid or payable during such period, plus (C) without limitation of the restrictions specified in Section 8.9, all dividends, redemptions, repurchases or other distributions paid or payable in cash during such period (other than to the extent made to another Loan Party), plus (D) all cash Tax Expense paid or payable on income (net cash Tax refunds actually received) during such period, plus (E) all amounts paid or payable on account of Capital Leases during such period.
“Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness” means Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on any assets of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries (other than Liens that are expressly junior in priority to the Liens securing the Obligations or junior in priority to the Liens securing other Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness) and including, for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Funded Indebtedness constituting First Lien Term Loan Obligations, but excluding any such Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (vii) without duplication, all guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (i) through (vi) above of Persons other than the Borrower Agent or any Subsidiary, and
(i) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, other than amounts owed pursuant to insurance premium financings,
(ii) all purchase money Indebtedness,
(iii) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, other than amounts in respect of the 1970 Group SIRFA solely to the extent that each such letter of credit is not drawn and not reimbursed or otherwise cash collateralized,
(iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligation, purchase price adjustments and profit-sharing arrangements arising from purchase and sale agreements, in each case to the extent such amount is accounted for as debt in accordance with GAAP,
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(v) Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(vi) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment prior to the Maturity Date in respect of any Equity Interests of such Person (other than pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents) or any other Person or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity Interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends (including any Disqualified Equity Interests) (in each case, other than pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents);
(viii) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower Agent or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower Agent or such Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no obligation pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement shall constitute “Consolidated Funded Indebtedness.”
“Contribution Notice” means a contribution notice issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 38 or section 47 of the Pensions Act 2004 (UK).
“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 the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any deposit account, securities account or commodity account maintained in (i) the United States, an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Loan Party maintaining such account, among the Agent, the financial institution at which such account is maintained and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 under the applicable UCC) over such account to the Agent or (ii) any Security Jurisdiction other than the United States, either (a) an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Loan Party maintaining such account, among the Agent, the financial institution at which such account is maintained and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to perfect or evidence a Lien of the Agent on, or control of, such account and the property held therein or (b) a notice to the applicable financial institution of a Lien in underlying property or other equivalent notice under applicable foreign (or non-United States) law and, if required by such law to perfect, or give notice to the applicable financial institution of, a Lien in underlying property in accordance with, and enforceable under, such law, an acknowledgment by such financial institution with respect to such Lien.
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“Copyright Security Agreement” means a copyright security agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Copyrights” means (i) any and all copyright rights (including derivative rights) in any works subject to the copyright laws of the United States, Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, (ii) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, Canada, England and Wales or the Netherlands or any other country or group of countries, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule 6.1(w); (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof; and (iv) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Corre” means Corre Partners Management, LLC.
“Corre Affiliate” means Corre or any of its Affiliates, including Corre Credit Fund, LLC, Corre Opportunities Qualified Master Fund, LP, Corre Horizon Fund, LP, Corre Horizon II Fund, LP.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.32.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada), the debt and/or securities reorganization provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), the UK Companies Act 2006 (insofar as it relates to a scheme of arrangement), the Insolvency Act 1986 (UK), the Enterprise Act 2002 (UK), the UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, the Dutch Bankruptcy Code (Faillissementswet) and all other liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States, Canada, England and Wales or any other comparable and applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1, which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, or the satisfaction of any other condition, 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” any Lender that (i) has failed to perform any funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of the making of Loans, the settlement of any Swingline Loans, Protective Advances or Overadvances, or the funding of any risk participations in Letters of Credit and such failure is not cured within three (3) Business Days; (ii) has notified the Agent, any other Lender or any Loan Party that such Lender does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or under any other credit facility; (iii) has failed, within three (3) Business Days following request by the Agent or the Borrower Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Agent or the Borrower Agent that such Lender will comply with its funding obligations hereunder; (iv) has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; or (v) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of an Insolvency Event or taken any action in furtherance thereof; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of a Governmental Authority’s ownership of an equity interest in such Lender or parent company. Any determination by the Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
“Designated Equity Investor” means (i) prior to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date, Corre, together with the Corre Affiliates and (ii) on or after the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date, the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor that is the purchaser of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates. The term “Designated Equity Investor”does not include Stellex or any Affiliate thereof.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with, in or involving such country or territory (as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, and the Crimea region of Ukraine).
“Dilution” means, as of any date of determination, an amount, expressed as a percentage, equal to (a) the Dollar amount of non-cash reductions to the Borrowing Base Companies’ Receivables, including bad debt write-downs, discounts, volume rebates, credits, or other dilutive items during the most recently ended period of twelve (12) fiscal months, divided by (b) Borrowing Base Companies’ billings with respect to Receivables during such period.
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“Dilution Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, a reserve for Dilution equal to, with respect to Eligible Receivables, applicable Dilution in excess of two and a half percent (2.50%).
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (A) mature automatically or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by the Borrower Agent (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (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 Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (B) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests issued by the Borrower Agent (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (C) provide for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash that are payable without further action or decision of the Borrower Agent, or (D) are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is one hundred twenty (120) days after the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Equity Interests issued in connection with the Warrants or the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment shall constitute “Disqualified Equity Interests.”
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any other currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the 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 other currency.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” means freely transferable lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Loan Party that is organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Dutch Collateral” means all assets of the Dutch Loan Parties constituting Collateral under the Security Documents.
“Dutch Deed of Change of Ranking” means the Dutch law governed deed of change of ranking among the Agent, the Loan Parties party to the Dutch Security Agreement under clause (ii) of the definition of Dutch Security Agreements, the First Lien Term Loan Agent and the Second Lien Term Loan Agent.
“Dutch Loan Party” means any Loan Party organized under Dutch law.
“Dutch Security Agreements” means each of the following Dutch law governed security agreements among the Agent as pledgee and the Loan Parties party thereto as pledgors:
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(i) the senior ranking security agreement among the Agent as pledgee and the Loan Parties party thereto as pledgors in relation to the ABL Priority Collateral; and
(ii) the junior ranking security agreement among the Agent as pledgee and the Loan Parties party thereto as pledgors in relation to the Term Loan Priority Collateral.
“Dutch Security Documents” means each of the Dutch Security Agreements, each of the Dutch Share Pledges, the Dutch Deed of Change of Ranking and each other agreement, document or instrument executed by any Loan Party governed by Dutch law which provides for a Lien in favor of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Dutch Share Pledges” means each of the following Dutch law governed notarial deed of junior ranking pledge of shares:
(i) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Team Industrial Services Netherlands B.V. as company;
(ii) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Threshold Inspection & Application Training Europe B.V. as company;
(iii) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Quality Inspection Services B.V. as company;
(iv) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Team Valve Repair Services B.V. as company;
(v) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Netherlands B.V. as pledgor and Teaminc Europe B.V. as company;
(vi) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Furmanite B.V. as company;
(vii) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services International, Inc. as pledgor and Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as company; and
(viii) a deed of pledge of shares among the Agent as pledgee, Team Industrial Services Europe B.V. as pledgor and Furmanite Holding B.V. as company.
“Eclipse Affiliates” means Eclipse Business Capital LLC, Eclipse Business Capital SPV, LLC and any of their Affiliates.
“EBITDA” means, for any period, with respect to the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (i) Net Income for such period,
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(ii) plus, in each case, to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period, without duplication:
(A) the amount of depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets during such period, plus
(B) all Interest Expense and all fees for the use of money or the availability of money, including commitment, facility and like fees, premium (including any prepayment premium solely to the extent (x) reducing Net Income and (y) such prepayment premium is required to be paid upon a prepayment as set forth in the applicable document governing such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date) and charges upon Indebtedness (including Indebtedness to the Agent or Lenders) paid or payable during such period, without duplication, plus
(C) net Tax Expense paid or accrued during such period, without duplication, plus
(D) the amount of all non-cash share-based compensation during such period, plus
(E) [reserved], plus
(F) Amendment No. 6 Transaction Expenses, to the extent paid or to the extent invoices are received by the Borrower or its Affiliates on or within one hundred eighty (180) days of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (F) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such measurement period, plus
(G) financing fees, financial and other advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees (and similar advisory and consulting fees), and related costs and expenses incurred during such period by the Borrower Agent or any Subsidiary in connection with asset sales permitted by Section 8.5, any Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction, any transaction with the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex which would otherwise constitute a Change of Control but for the exclusion of the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex, as applicable, from clause (i) thereof, the refinancing of Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 8.1(a), (k), (l) or (m), the making of any Incremental Facility Amendment (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) or the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) to the extent consented to by the Required Lenders in writing (including any fees and expenses related to any amendments, supplements, modifications and maturity date extensions thereof) or otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders (whether or not consummated), in each case, to the extent not prohibited under this Agreement, to the extent paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP on or within one hundred eighty (180) days of the closing date of such transaction in an amount not to exceed (x) $5,000,000 in the aggregate for any refinancings of Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 8.1(a), (k), (l) or (m), the making of any Incremental Facility Amendment (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) or the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) to the extent consented to by the Required Lenders in writing (including any fees and expenses related to any amendments, supplements, modifications and maturity date extensions thereof), and (y) $750,000 per annum in the aggregate for any asset sales permitted by Section 8.5; provided that no maximum aggregate amount shall apply to any fees, costs and expenses incurred in relation to any Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction or any transaction with the Designated Equity Investor and/or Stellex which would otherwise constitute a Change of Control but for the exclusion of the Designated Equity Investor or Stellex, as applicable, from clause (i) thereof; provided, further, that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (G) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such period, plus
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(H) any loss in connection with any disposition of assets during such period, plus
(I) non-cash losses incurred during such period for currency exchanges in accordance with GAAP, plus
(J) non-cash losses from foreign exchange conversions and mark-to-market adjustments due to foreign currency remeasurement and/or hedge agreements (or other derivatives) during such period, plus
(K) the aggregate amount of all non-cash charges, expenses, fees or losses during such period, plus
(L) legal fees and other expenses incurred related to litigation and reserves established for non-routine matters, plus
(M) all (A) Amendment No. 7 Transaction Expenses and (B) non-operating professional fees, costs and expenses, in each case, during such period to the extent paid or to the extent invoices are received by the Borrower Agent or its Affiliates on or prior to the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date (or such later date as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), in an aggregate amount for the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), collectively, not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that no amounts shall be permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (M) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added back to EBITDA for such period, plus (N) non-recurring business optimization expenses and other non-recurring restructuring charges or reserves, in each case, consisting of severance, lease term charges, and other similar non-recurring expenses paid or accrued during such period; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (N ) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap, plus
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(O) items reducing Net Income of such Person for such period to the extent (i) covered by a binding indemnification or refunding obligation or insurance, (ii) paid or payable (directly or indirectly) by a third party (except to the extent such payment gives rise to reimbursement obligations) or with the proceeds of a contribution to equity capital of such Person or (iii) such Person is directly or indirectly, reimbursed for such item by a third party, so long as such Person has submitted in good faith, and reasonably expects to receive payment in connection with, a claim for reimbursement of such amounts under its relevant insurance policy (in the case of any add-backs pursuant to this clause (O), with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next Fiscal Quarter), plus
(P) the amount of indemnities and expenses paid in such period by such Person or otherwise to any member of the board of directors of such Person, the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor, a Designated Equity Investor or any Affiliate of a 2025 Preferred Equity Investor or a Designated Equity Investor and the amount of any fees and other compensation paid to the members of the board of directors (or the equivalent thereof) of such Person or any of its parent entities, solely to the extent any such amount is permitted to be paid under Section 8.9, plus
(Q) the non-cash portion of “straight line”rent expense less the cash portion of “straight line” rent expense which exceeds the cash amount paid in respect thereof; provided that to the extent such Person elects to add back such non-cash charge or expense, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, plus
(R) (A) minority interest expense of such Person for such period, including expense or deduction attributable to minority Equity Interests of third parties in any Subsidiary and (B) charges, costs and expenses consisting of income attributable to minority interests and non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof, and the amount of any reductions in arriving at Net Income resulting from the application of ASC Topic No. 810, Consolidation, plus
(S) payments by the Borrower Agent, any other Borrower and their Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period with respect to deferred purchase price in respect of assets, securities, services or business including earn-outs and contingent consideration obligations, bonuses and other compensation, payments in respect of dissenting shares, and purchase price adjustments, made by such Person during such period, solely to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder, plus (T) the amount of any losses from abandoned, closed or discontinued operations, solely to the extent such operations are reasonably anticipated to be so abandoned, closed or discontinued within ninety (90) days of the last day of such period, provided that the amount permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (T) for any period shall not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate, plus
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(U) losses or discounts on a sale of receivables and any related assets in connection with any receivables sale, factoring or similar financing transaction or series of transactions permitted hereunder, provided that the amount permitted to be added back pursuant to this clause (U) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap, plus
(V) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies resulting from, or related to (1) mergers and other business combinations, acquisitions, Investments, dispositions or other sales of assets, discontinuance of activities or operations and other specified transactions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives, operational changes, and operating cost initiatives and improvements, that are projected by the Borrower Agent in good faith to result from actions taken, committed to be taken or expected to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken, no later than twelve (12) months after the end of such period (which amounts will be determined by the Borrower Agent in good faith and calculated on a pro forma basis as though amounts had been realized on the first day of the period for which EBITDA is being determined), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that, (i) in the good faith judgment of the Borrower Agent, such cost savings are reasonably identifiable, reasonably anticipated to be realized, and factually supportable (it being agreed that such determination need not be made in compliance with Regulation S-X or other applicable securities law) and (ii) the Agent shall have received a duly executed certificate of an officer of the Borrower Agent (which may be included in the applicable Compliance Certificate), certifying the requirements under this clause (V)(1) and accompanied by a reasonably detailed statement or schedule of such add backs, and other supporting information that may be reasonably requested by the Agent, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, delivered on or prior to the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d); provided, further, that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (V)(1) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap or (2) changes in insurance programs that occurred on, prior to, or after the Amendment No.
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7 Effective Date; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (V)(2) shall not exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate, plus (W) adjustments, exclusions and addbacks evidenced by or contained in any quality of earnings report prepared by a nationally recognized accounting firm (or other advisor reasonably acceptable to the Agent) and furnished to the Agent in connection with any permitted acquisition, other similar investment or any other transaction consummated after the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (W) for any period shall be subject to the Combined Cap,
(iii) less, in each case, to the extent included in determining Net Income for such period, without duplication:
(A) the amount of all non-recurring gains during such period, less
(B) any gain in connection with any disposition of assets, less
(C) non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase EBITDA in such prior period, less
(D) non-cash gains incurred during such period for currency exchanges in accordance with GAAP, less
(E) non-cash gains from foreign exchange conversions and mark-to-market adjustments due to foreign currency remeasurement and/or hedge agreements (or other derivatives), less
(G) gains due to adjustments in legal reserves and other legal costs related to non-routine matters;
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(F) the aggregate amount of all non-cash gains during such period increasing Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have been added back to Net Income in calculating EBITDA in accordance with this definition), less and provided, further, thatnotwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) EBITDA shall be deemed to be $13,097,000, $15,962,000, $5,232,000 and $26,535,000, respectively, for the Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024, March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 and (ii) solely for purposes of determining EBITDA for any applicable TTM Measurement Period as required by this Agreement, EBITDA shall be deemed to be $384,000, $5,422,000, $7,290,000, $14,386,000, $6,067,000, $(4,491,000), $(5,391,000), $2,227,000, $8,396,000, $13,745,000, $7,000,000, and $5,790,000, respectively, for the fiscal months ended July 31, 2024, August 31, 2024, September 30, 2024 , October 31, 2024, November 30, 2024, December 31, 2024., January 31, 2025, February 28, 2025, March 31, 2025, April 30, 2025, May 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, it being agreed that the amounts deemed for any of the foregoing Fiscal Quarters or fiscal months shall not be subject to any add-back or adjustment, including in respect of any pro forma or “run-rate” adjustments (other than pro forma or “run-rate” adjustments with respect to events or transactions which occur after the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, as expressly permitted by Section 1.2(b)) and, for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the foregoing Fiscal Quarters or fiscal months, no add-backs or adjustments shall be duplicative of amounts already addressed and included in the foregoing deemed EBITDA amounts.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (i) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (ii) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (i) of this definition, or (iii) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means 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.
“Eligible Assignee” means (i) a Lender or any Affiliate thereof; (ii) an Approved Fund, (iii) a bank, insurance company, company, or other financial institution or fund, which is engaged in making, purchasing or investing in loans, which Person is approved by the Agent; provided that (A) none of any owner of Equity Interests of a Loan Party, any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee, (B) neither a natural person nor a Defaulting Lender shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee, (C) nothing herein shall restrict or require the consent of any Person to the pledge by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights and interests under this Agreement, its Notes or any other Loan Document to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 C.F.R. 203.14, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge in any manner permitted by applicable law, and (D) other than in connection with the purchase option set forth in Section 8 of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and at any time prior to the exercise of such purchase option, no holder of the First Lien Term Loan Obligations or the Second Lien Term Loan Obligations shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
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“Eligible Inventory” means Inventory of a U.S. Borrowing Base Company, that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided that such criteria may be revised from time to time by the Agent in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to U.S. Borrowing Base Companies’ business or assets of which the Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date, including any field examination or appraisal performed or received by the Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. Without limitation of the foregoing, no item of Inventory shall be Eligible Inventory:
(i) unless (A) the Agent has a perfected first priority Lien thereon and (B) such Inventory is otherwise free and clear of any Lien in favor of any Person other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) if such Inventory is not in the control or possession of such U.S. Borrowing Base Company and is covered by a warehouse receipt, a bill of lading or other document of title, unless such warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title covering such Inventory is issued in the name of or is otherwise endorsed to and held by the Agent;
(iii) if such Inventory is located on real property leased by a U.S. Borrowing Base Company or in a contract warehouse or with a bailee, in each case, unless either (A) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be; provided, however, that the U.S. Borrowing Base Companies shall have a period of ninety (90) days subsequent to the Closing Date (or such longer period as approved by the Agent) during which to obtain Collateral Access Agreements for their leased or third party warehouse locations and Inventory at such leased or warehouse locations which would otherwise be “Eligible Inventory” but for the application of the requirements set forth in this clause (iii) shall be deemed to be “Eligible Inventory” during such period (it being understood and agreed that rent reserves maintained with respect to any such location under the U.S. Borrowing Base Companies’ asset-based credit facility immediately prior to the Closing Date shall be instituted as Reserves hereunder on and after the Closing Date until a Collateral Access Agreement is obtained with respect to the such location or such Reserves are otherwise released by the Agent), or (B) the Agent has established a Rent and Charges Reserve with respect to such location, and in each case such Inventory is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if any, stored on the premises;
(iv) if such Inventory is not located at one of the locations in the United States set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) (as such Schedule 1.1(a) may be amended from time to time with the prior written notice to the Agent) (or in-transit from one such location to another such location);
(v) if such Inventory is consigned to or from a U.S Borrowing Base Company;
(vi) if such Inventory is not owned solely by a U.S. Borrowing Base Company or such U.S. Borrowing Base Company does not have sole and good, valid and marketable title thereto; (vii) if such Inventory is packing or shipping materials;
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(viii) if such Inventory (A) is excess (as so determined by a U.S. Borrowing Base Company from time to time or as otherwise determined by the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion), (B) is obsolete, defective, damaged, slow moving or unmerchantable, (C) consists of samples or inventory on hand which is used for promotional and other sales activities, or (D) consists of “seconds” or goods returned or rejected by a U.S. Borrowing Base Company’s customers;
(ix) if such Inventory is repossessed, attached, seized, made subject to a writ or distress warrant, levied upon or brought within the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors;
(x) if such Inventory does not conform in all material respects to all requirements of law pertaining to its manufacture;
(xi) if such Inventory consists of waste or Hazardous Materials;
(xii) unless such Inventory is covered by casualty insurance in accordance with Section 7.6;
(xiii) if such Inventory is subject to any licensing or similar contractual arrangement limiting its sale;
(xiv) if such Inventory contains or bears any intellectual property rights, unless the Agent is satisfied that the Agent may sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory without (A) infringing the rights of such licensor, (B) violating any contract with such licensor, or (C) incurring any liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant to sale of such Inventory under the current licensing agreement;
(xv) if and to the extent that the general ledger amount of such Inventory exceeds the perpetual inventory amount thereof;
(xvi) if the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, has deemed such Inventory to not be Eligible Inventory; or
(xvii) if such Inventory was acquired in connection with a Permitted Investment, or such Inventory is owned by a Person that is joined to this Agreement as a U.S. Borrowing Base Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, until the completion of an Acceptable Appraisal of such Inventory, the results of which shall be satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion and the completion of a field examination with respect to such Inventory that is satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
For avoidance of doubt, any Inventory that is not, or otherwise ceases to be, Eligible Inventory at any time, nevertheless shall be at all times part of the Collateral.
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“Eligible Receivables” means those Receivables created by a Borrowing Base Company in the ordinary course of its business, that arise out of such Borrowing Base Company’s sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Receivables made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided that such criteria may be revised from time to time by the Agent in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address the results of any information with respect to Borrowing Base Companies’ business or assets of which Agent becomes aware after the Closing Date, including any field examination performed by (or on behalf of) Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. Without limitation of the foregoing, no Receivable shall be an Eligible Receivable:
(i) unless such Receivable constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the account debtor, enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(ii) if the account debtor is, or is controlled by, an Affiliate or owner of any Loan Party, or an employee, officer or director of any Loan Party or any Affiliate or owner of any Loan Party;
(iii) if the amount payable in respect of such Receivable is the subject of renegotiation or redating;
(iv) unless (A) the Agent has a perfected first priority Lien thereon and (B) such Receivable is otherwise free and clear of any Lien in favor of any Person other than Permitted Liens;
(v) if (A) the goods giving rise to such Receivable have not been shipped and billed to the account debtor or (B) the services giving rise to such Receivable have not been performed and billed to the account debtor;
(vi) if (A) such Receivable (other than any Specified Receivable) is more than ninety (90) days past the date of the original invoice therefor or more than sixty (60) days past its due date for payment, whichever is the shorter period (provided, however, that an aggregate amount of Receivables, not to exceed $15,000,000 as of any date of determination, shall not be rendered ineligible solely pursuant to this clause (vi)(A) for being more than ninety (90) days past the date of the original invoice therefor, so long as such Receivables are not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days past the date of the original invoice therefor) or (B) such Receivable is a Specified Receivable and is more than one hundred and fifty (150) days past the date of the original invoice therefor;
(vii) if a Borrowing Base Company’s right to receive payment is not absolute or is contingent upon the fulfillment of any condition whatsoever, including any “sale on approval,” “sale or return,” “guaranteed sale” or sale on consignment, or a Borrowing Base Company’s right to receive payment is subject to any right of rescission, repurchase or reclamation; (viii) if the sale arises from any “bill and hold” or other sale of goods which remain in a Borrowing Base Company’s possession or under such Borrowing Base Company’s control;
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(ix) if and to the extent the invoiced amount consists of or includes interest payments, late charges, finance charges or service charges owing to a Borrowing Base Company, but only to the extent of such payments or charges;
(x) if the terms of sale are “cash on delivery” or “cash before delivery”;
(xi) if the account debtor or any Affiliate of the account debtor has disputed liability or has asserted a claim, right of setoff, chargeback, defense or counterclaim, discount, deduction, reserve, allowance, recoupment or has made any other claim with respect to any other Receivable due from such account debtor or Affiliate to a Borrowing Base Company, solely to the extent of the amount of such dispute or claim, or the amount of such actual or asserted right of setoff, defense, counterclaim, chargeback, discount, deduction, reserve, allowance, recoupment or other claim, as the case may be;
(xii) if the account debtor has suspended business or is liquidating, dissolving or winding up its affairs, or the account debtor is insolvent, or a Borrowing Base Company has received notice of an imminent Insolvency Event or a material impairment of the financial condition of the account debtor, or the account debtor or a material portion of such account debtor’s assets is the subject of an Insolvency Event, or the account debtor or any Affiliate of the account debtor has called a meeting of its creditors to obtain any general financial accommodation;
(xiii) if the account debtor is also a supplier to, or creditor of, a Borrowing Base Company, or is otherwise a “contra” account, whether in respect of contractual allowances with respect thereto, audit adjustments, anticipated discounts or otherwise, but only to the extent of the aggregate amount owed (or anticipated to be owed) by Borrowing Base Companies to the account debtor in respect thereto;
(xiv) if the sale or rendition of services is to an account debtor that either (A) does not maintain its chief executive office in an Acceptable Account Debtor Jurisdiction, (B) is not organized under an Acceptable Account Debtor Jurisdiction thereof, or (C) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless (i) the Receivable is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion that has been delivered to the Agent and is directly drawable by the Agent, or (ii) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and on which Agent is named as “lenders loss payee”;
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(xv) if fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate balance of the Receivables of any account debtor and its Affiliates owing to Borrowing Base Companies are deemed ineligible under clause (vi) above; (xvi) if the account debtor is (A) the United States of America or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, unless a Borrowing Base Company assigns its right to payment under such Receivable to the Agent as collateral hereunder in full compliance with (including the filing of a written notice of the assignment and a copy of the assignment with, and receipt of acknowledgment thereof by, the appropriate contracting and disbursing offices pursuant to) the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (U.S.C. § 3727; 41 U.S.C. § 15) or (B) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof; provided that this clause (xvi) shall not render any such account debtor’s Receivables ineligible so long as such account debtor is a Specified Utility Account Debtor;
(xvii) if when aggregated with all other Eligible Receivables owing by the same account debtor (including, for this purpose, Receivables owing by such account debtor’s Affiliates), such Receivable exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of aggregate Eligible Receivables (for avoidance of doubt, only the amount of the Receivable in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) shall be excluded);
(xviii) if such Receivable is evidenced by a judgment or by an instrument or chattel paper;
(xix) if such Receivable represents a progress billing or retainage or if the obligation of the account debtor to pay is subject to a Borrowing Base Company’s completion of further performance or is subject to the equitable lien of any surety bond insurer, but only to the extent or amount of such limitation;
(xx) if such Receivable is payable in any currency other an Acceptable Receivable Currency;
(xxi) if the account debtor is located in any State (or Province or Territory of Canada) that requires a creditor to file a business activity report or similar document, or to qualify to do business in such jurisdiction in order to bring suit in such jurisdiction to recover on such Receivable unless the relevant Borrowing Base Company (A) had filed and has maintained effective a current notice of business activities or similar documents with the appropriate office or agency of the applicable jurisdictions or qualified to do business therein as applicable for the then-current year or if such failure to file and inability to seek judicial enforcement is capable of being remedied without any material delay or cost, or (B) was and has continued to be exempt from such filing and has provided Agent with satisfactory evidence thereof;
(xxii) if the Agent believes, in its Permitted Discretion, the collection of such Receivable to be insecure or to be doubtful by reason of the account debtor’s inability or unwillingness to pay;
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(xxiii) if the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, has deemed it to not be an Eligible Receivable; or (xxiv) if such Receivable is owned by a target acquired in connection with a Permitted Investment, or is owned by a Person that is joined to this Agreement as a Borrowing Base Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and a field examination with respect to such Receivables, in each case, satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, has not been completed.
For avoidance of doubt, any Receivable that is not, or ceases to be, an Eligible Receivable, at any time, nevertheless shall be at all times part of the Collateral.
“Eligible Unbilled Receivables” means those Receivables of any Borrowing Base Company that would constitute an Eligible Receivable but for the fact that an invoice or bill has not been delivered with respect thereto for a period of not more than thirty (30) days after the month during which such Borrowing Base Company has performed the services giving rise to such unbilled Receivable, so long as such Receivable is properly recorded in such Borrowing Base Company’s accounting systems at all times.
“English Security Documents” means: (i) the English law governed debenture to be made between the UK Loan Parties as chargors and the Agent (the “English Debenture”); (ii) the English law governed share charge and subordinated debt assignment to be made between each Loan Party which is a holder of shares in a UK Loan Party (other than UK Loan Parties which are already party to the English Debenture as chargors) in favour of the Agent (the “English Share Charge”) and (iii) each other agreement, deed, instrument or document executed by any Loan Party governed by English law which provides for a Lien in favour of the Agent as security for any of the Obligations, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, each as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Entity” for each Loan Party (other than an individual), means its status, as applicable, as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership.
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water (including potable waters, navigable waters and wetlands), groundwater, surface and subsurface strata, natural resources, wildlife, plant life, biota, and the workplace or as otherwise defined in Environmental Laws.
“Environmental Action” means any summons, citation, notice of investigation or judicial or administrative proceeding, action, suit, abatement order or other order, judgment, decree or directive (conditional or otherwise) from any Governmental Authority, or any written notice of violation, complaint, claim, or other demand from any Person arising (i) pursuant to Environmental Laws, (ii) in connection with any actual or alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Laws, including any Permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws, (iii) in connection with any Hazardous Materials, including the presence or Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials and any Remedial Action related to Hazardous Materials, or (iv) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety or the Environment.
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“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, territorial, provincial and local statutes, laws (including common laws), rulings, regulations, ordinances, codes, legally binding and enforceable policies or guidelines or governmental, administrative or judicial directives, judgments, orders or interpretations of any of the foregoing now or hereafter in effect relating to pollution or protection of human health (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the Environment including laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of or exposure to any Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation, feasibility study, removal, remediation or post remediation monitoring or other Remedial Action), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any Environmental Action or with respect to any violation of, or liability pursuant to, any Environmental Law or any Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.
“Equity Interests” means (i) in the case of a corporation, its capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its membership interests, and (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general and limited partnership interests, including in each case, all of the following rights relating to such Equity Interests, whether arising under the Governing Documents of the Entity issuing such Equity Interests or under any applicable law of such Entity’s jurisdiction of organization or formation: (x) all economic rights (including all rights to receive dividends and distributions) relating to such Equity Interests; (y) all voting rights and rights to consent to any particular actions by the applicable issuer; and (z) all management rights with respect to such issuer, but, in each case, excluding any debt security convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1000 et seq., amendments thereto, successor statutes, and regulations or guidelines promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity that, together with a Loan Party is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, or under Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA. Any former ERISA Affiliate of any Loan Party shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of such Loan Party for purposes of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Loan Party and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which such Loan Party would be liable under the Code or ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 11.14.
“ERP Conversion” means the Borrower’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system conversion to Microsoft D365.
“E-Signature” means the process of attaching to or logically associating with an Approved Electronic Communication an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process (including the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the Approved Electronic Communication) with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such Approved Electronic Communication.
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“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“European Collateral” means, collectively, the Dutch Collateral and the UK Collateral.
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 10.1.
“Excess Availability” means, as of any date, the amount (if any) as of such date by which (i) the Line Cap, exceeds (ii) the sum on such date of (A) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings, plus (B) the aggregate amount of fees and expenses which are due and payable by any Borrower under this Agreement but which have not been paid or charged to the Loan Account.
“Excluded Asset Disposition” means, any Asset Disposition pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c), (d) (unless constituting a Casualty Event), (e), (f), (h) or (i) of Section 8.5.
“Excluded Property” means:
(i) 35% of the issued and outstanding Voting Interests of any first-tier CFC (other than any Protected CFC) held by any Loan Party, except to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such Voting Interests would not result in material adverse tax consequences under Section 956 of the Code or any similar provision to any Loan Party (as reasonably determined by the Borrower Agent in consultation with the Agent);
(ii) Equity Interests in any Person (other than wholly owned Subsidiaries) that cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties (other than the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries), other than to the extent such prohibition is deemed ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(iii) any (x) rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement covering real or personal property (including Intellectual Property) of any Loan Party (including any governmental licenses or approvals and state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, approval, franchises, charters, or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby) and (y) equipment owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a purchase money lien or a capital lease obligation if (but only to the extent that and only for so long as such purchase money Indebtedness or capital lease restricts the granting of a Lien therein to the Agent), solely to the extent the grant of a security interest therein would constitute a violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a third party if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or lien therein is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement and such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement has not been obtained (provided that (A) the foregoing exclusions in clauses (x) and (y) shall in no way be construed (1) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is ineffective under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or other applicable law, or (2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Agent’s security interest or lien to attach notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization or license agreement and (B) the foregoing exclusions in clauses (x) and (y) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of the Agent’s or any Lender’s continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Loan Party in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization, license agreement, or Equity Interests (including any Receivables or Equity Interests), or (2) any proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, franchise, charter, authorization, license agreement, or Equity Interests);
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(iv) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications or registrations issued therefrom under applicable federal law; provided, that upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a statement of use or an amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall no longer be Excluded Property and shall thereafter constitute Collateral;
(v) all leasehold Real Property interests (other than in the United Kingdom if security is granted by means of a floating charge);
(vi) fee simple Real Property interests located outside of the United States (other than in the United Kingdom if security is granted by means of a floating charge) having a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) less than $1,000,000 on a per-property basis (for any property or group of related parcels of property);
(vii) fee simple Real Property interests located inside the United States and listed on Schedule 1.1(e);
(viii) to the extent subject to certificates of title (or the local law equivalent), motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, or any rolling stock, other than those, in each case, with a value exceeding $1,000,000;
(ix) Restricted Accounts (other than Restricted Accounts of the type described in clauses (iv) and (vii) of such term);
(x) any asset in circumstances where the cost of obtaining a security interest therein, including the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance (if necessary) would be excessive in light of the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby as determined by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion; and (xi) the last day of the term of any lease, sublease or agreement to sublease now held or subsequently acquired by any of the Loan Parties which is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory therein (it being understood and agreed that the Loan Parties shall stand possessed of such last day in trust for the assignment and disposal of it as the Agent may direct);
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provided that Excluded Property shall not include (x) any proceeds of Excluded Property unless such proceeds otherwise constitute Excluded Property or (y) any property secured by Liens granted under the First Lien Term Loan Documents to secure the First Lien Term Loan Obligations or granted under the Second Lien Term Loan Documents to secure the Second Lien Term Loan Obligations (in each case, other than the property listed on Schedule 1.1(e)).
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means any obligation of any Loan Party to pay or perform under any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guaranty of such Loan Party (including by virtue of the joint and several liability provisions of Section 12.11) of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guaranty 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 the Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time such guaranty or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation (after giving effect to Section 12.30). 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 guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, capital Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (A) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized or incorporated under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) any Canadian federal withholding Taxes imposed by reason of the Recipient (A) not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Tax Act) with the relevant Loan Party; (B) being a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act) of a Loan Party or not dealing at arm’s length with a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act) of a Loan Party; or (C) being a “specified entity” (as defined in subsection 18.4(1) of the Tax Act) in respect of a Loan Party, except in the case where the non-arm’s length relationship, the Recipient being a “specified shareholder” or not dealing at arm’s length with a “specified shareholder” of a Loan Party, or the Recipient being a “specified entity” in respect of a Loan Party, arises solely from the Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, or enforced any Loan Document, (iii) in the case of a Lender, U.S.
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federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (A) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower Agent under Section 2.11) or (B) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.11, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iv) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.11(g) or with Section 4.11(h) and (v) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Term Loan Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Second Lien Term Loan Agreement.
“Facility” means the Revolving Credit Facility.
“FATCA” mean Sections 1471 and 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version to the extent that it is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States with respect to the foregoing and any law or regulation adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it (and, if any such rate is below zero, then the rate determined pursuant to this definition shall be deemed to be zero).
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States or any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Fee Letter” means the fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Borrower Agent and the Agent.
“Financial Statements” means, with respect to the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries, the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated profit and loss statements and statements of cash flow of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries for the period specified, prepared in accordance with GAAP and consistent with prior practices.
“Financial Support Directions” means a financial support direction issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 43 of the Pensions Act 2004.
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“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (i) the result of (A) Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness as of such date minus (B) Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount up to $30,000,000 to (ii) EBITDA for the most recently ended Four Quarter Measurement Period.
“First Lien Term Loan Agent” means HPS Investment Partners, LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent and/or collateral agent for the lenders under the First Lien Term Loan Agreement, and any successor thereto in any such capacity.
“First Lien Term Loan Agreement” means that certain First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower Agent, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the First Lien Term Loan Lenders and the First Lien Term Loan Agent, as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and as may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“First Lien Term Loan Documents” means (i) the First Lien Term Loan Agreement and (ii) each of the other agreements, instruments and other documents with respect to the First Lien Term Loan Obligations, all as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and as may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“First Lien Term Loan Lenders” means the lenders from time to time party to the First Lien Term Loan Agreement.
“First Lien Term Loan Obligations” means the “First Lien Term Loan Debt” as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“First Lien Term Loans” means, collectively, each “Loan” under and as defined in the First Lien Term Loan Agreement.
“Fiscal Quarter” means each calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
“Floor” means a per annum rate equal to 1.00%.
“Foreign Lender” means (i) if a Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (ii) if a Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 7.13.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Loan Party that is organized or incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
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“Four Quarter Measurement Period” means, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive FiscalQuarters of the Borrower Agent then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which Financial Statements (and the related Compliance Certificate) have been or are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(b) and (d).
“Fronting Exposure” means a Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of reimbursement obligations under Letters of Credit, except to the extent allocated to other Lenders under Section 2.12.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“Governing Body” means (i) in the case of a corporation (or a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales), its board of directors and/or shareholders (as the case may be), (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its managers or members, (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its general partner(s), and (iv) in the case of a Dutch Loan Party, its board of directors, its general meeting of shareholders and its supervisory board, as applicable, or in each case, another comparable governing body of the applicable Entity.
“Governing Documents” means (i) in the case of a corporation, its articles (or certificate) of incorporation and bylaws, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles (or certificate) of organization (or formation) and its operating agreement, (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its articles (or certificate) of limited partnership and its limited partnership agreement, or in each case, another comparable governing document of the applicable Entity, (iv) in the case of a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, its articles of association and memorandum of association (as applicable) and its certificate of incorporation and any certificate of incorporation on a change of name, and (v) in relation to any Dutch Loan Party in each case including its deed of incorporation (oprichtingsakte), articles of association (statuten) and an extract (uittreksel) from the commercial register (handelsregister) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel).
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government, any court, any securities exchange or any self-regulatory organization, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, province or territory of Canada, Canada, or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Group” means the Borrower Agent and each of its Subsidiaries from time to time.
“Gross Borrowing Base” means, at any time of determination, the Borrowing Base, as determined before giving effect to any advance rates, reserves, liquidation values or percentages and similar concepts that reduce the amount that relevant assets contribute to the Borrowing Base.
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“Guarantors” means each Borrower, as to the other Borrowers, and each other Person that guarantees, in whole or in part, the Obligations on the Closing Date or at any time thereafter.
“Guaranty and Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to the Agent, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Hazardous Materials” means any and all pollutants, contaminants and toxic, caustic, radioactive or hazardous materials, substances and wastes including petroleum or petroleum distillates, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, whether or not friable, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other materials, substances or wastes of any nature, that are regulated under any Environmental Laws due to their dangerous or hazardous properties or characteristics.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreement. The term “Hedging Agreement,” as used herein, shall extend to and include any Swap Obligation.
“Highest Lawful Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 12.10.
“Historical Financials” means the Financial Statements delivered by the Borrower Agent pursuant to Section 7.11(a) of this Agreement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and pursuant to Section 7.11(b) of this Agreement for the Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2024.
“IBA” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(j)(v).
“Increased Reporting Period” means each period beginning on the date that any Overadvance occurs and ending on the first date thereafter on which no Overadvance shall have existed for twenty (20) consecutive calendar days.
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“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, as of the date of determination thereof (without duplication of the same obligation under any other clause hereof), (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money of any kind or nature, including funded and unfunded debt, (ii) all monetary obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under Hedging Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedging Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), in each case, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses) and any earn-out or similar obligations, purchase price adjustments and profit-sharing arrangements arising from purchase and sale agreements, (iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (v) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right to be secured) a Lien on any asset of such Person whether or not the Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, (vi) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreements in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vii) any Disqualified Equity Interests, (viii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products, (ix) notes payable and drafts representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (x) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings, (xi) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another; (xii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the sale or factoring of receivables; (xiii) any liability or agreement of such Person to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness or Equity Interests from any other Person, including any “repo” or other similar arrangement; and (xiv) any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (i) through (xiii) above. For purposes of this definition, (A) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), and (B) the amount of any Indebtedness which is limited or is non-recourse to a Person or for which recourse is limited to an identified asset shall be valued at the lesser of (1) if applicable, the limited amount of such obligations, and (2) if applicable, the fair market value of such assets securing such obligation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no obligation pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement shall constitute “Indebtedness.”
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(a).
“Indemnified Taxes” means (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (i), Other Taxes.
“Industrial Designs” means any and all industrial designs and industrial design applications, including the subject matter described and claimed therein together with the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof, all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, all damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof and rights to sue therefor, and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 12.21.
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“Initial 2025 Preferred Equity Investment” means the issuance by the Borrower Agent of preferred equity interests (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests) for aggregate cash consideration (together with aggregate cash consideration for the issuance of the Initial Warrants) equal to $75,000,000 to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on or about the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Initial Warrants” means the common stock warrants delivered by the Borrower Agent to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on or about the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, each of which entitle the holder thereof to acquire fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of the Borrower Agent upon the payment of the exercise price.
“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person (other than any UK Loan Party in respect of clauses (ii), (iii) or (vi) below), the occurrence of any of the following: (i) such Person shall be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, institutes or consents to the institution of proceedings under, any Debtor Relief Laws or shall generally fail to pay or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (ii) such Person shall seek reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor custodian, administrator, administrative receiver, manager, liquidator or similar officer for it or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business or to effect a plan or other arrangement with its creditors, (iii) such Person shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager, liquidator or similar officer for a substantial portion of its property, assets or business, (iv) such Person shall file a voluntary petition under, or shall seek the entry of an order for relief under, any Debtor Relief Laws, (v) such Person shall take any corporate, limited liability company, partnership or similar act, as applicable, in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or (vi) such Person, or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business, shall become the subject of an involuntary proceeding or a petition for (A) its dissolution, the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, administration, or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement scheme or arrangement or otherwise), (B) the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian, liquidator, administrator or restructuring official (herstructureringsdeskundige) for it or for all or any material part of its property and (I) such proceeding shall not be dismissed or stayed within sixty (60) days or (II) such receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, monitor, custodian, liquidator, administrator or restructuring official (herstructureringsdeskundige) shall be appointed; provided that the Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans or cause to be issued any Letter of Credit during the pendency of any sixty (60) day period described in this definition, (C) any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to it or any material part of its property is instituted and such proceeding shall not be dismissed or stayed within sixty (60) days; provided that the Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans during the pendency of any sixty (60) day period described in this definition and, in respect of any UK Loan Parties, means any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: (1) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, official management, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of that UK Loan Party; (2) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with or for the benefit of any creditor of that UK Loan Party; (3) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of that UK Loan Party or a substantial portion of its assets; or (4) enforcement of any Liens over a substantial portion of the assets of that UK Loan Party, or any procedure or step with analogous effect is taken in any jurisdiction and/or any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution (or any process with analogous effect) affects a substantial portion of the assets of a UK Loan Party (the proceedings and procedures set out in clause (1) to (4) above being the “Insolvency Proceedings”); any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within fifteen (15) Business Days of commencement will not be deemed Insolvency Proceedings.
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“Insolvency Regulation” means Council Regulations (EU) 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (in the case of any UK Loan Parties, as the same may be retained added to or modified by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or any statutory instrument made under such Act).
“Intellectual Property” means (i) any and all Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, trade secrets, and intellectual property rights in know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), algorithms, software (including source code and object code), processes, product designs, blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, URLs and domain names, specifications, documentations, reports, catalogs, literature, and any other forms of technology or proprietary information of any kind, including all applications for registration or registrations thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, misappropriations or other violations thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements, misappropriation or other violations thereof, and (iv) all rights corresponding to the foregoing throughout the world.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means an intercompany subordination agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, executed and delivered by each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries, and the Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means each of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and/or any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, as the context may require.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, all interest with respect to Indebtedness (including the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations) accrued or capitalized during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Interests” has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
“Internal Revenue Service” or “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service and any successor agency.
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“Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any fiscal year, cash of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries received in such fiscal year and not constituting (i) proceeds of an equity issuance, (ii) proceeds of the incurrence of long-term Indebtedness, (iii) proceeds of Asset Dispositions not in the ordinary course of business or Casualty Events, or (iv) insurance proceeds in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or Real Property.
“Inventory” means Inventory (as defined in the UCC), Inventory, stock, stock in trade and any similar asset in the nature of Inventory (as defined in the UCC).
“Inventory Reserves” means reserves established by the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, to reflect factors that may negatively impact the value of Inventory, including change in salability, obsolescence, seasonality, theft, shrinkage, imbalance, change in composition or mix, markdowns, vendor charge backs or slow moving Inventory.
“Investment” in any Person means, as of the date of determination, (i) any direct or indirect payment or contribution in or to such Person including property contributed to such Person for or in connection with its acquisition of any stock, bonds, notes, indebtedness, debentures, partnership or other ownership interest or any other security of such Person, (ii) any direct or indirect payment or contribution for all or substantially all of the assets of such Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), (iii) any loan, advance or other extension of credit or guaranty of or other surety obligation for any Indebtedness made to, or for the benefit of, such Person, or any accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that Person in the ordinary course of business, (iv) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any Person (other than any Guarantor) of any Equity Interests of such Person, and (v) all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transactions, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise. In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time, (A) a guaranty (or other surety obligation) shall be valued at not less than the principal outstanding amount of the primary obligation; (B) returns of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution) shall be deducted; (C) earnings, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, shall not be deducted; and (D) decreases in the market value shall not be deducted unless such decreases are computed in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, it being understood and agreed that no effect will be given to returns on Investments in the form of proceeds of Indebtedness or equity (including preferred stock) incurred in connection with such Investment.
“Investment Grade Receivables” means those Receivables that are (i) owned by a U.S. Borrowing Base Company or a Canadian Borrowing Base Company and (ii) owing by account debtors rated at “BBB-” or better by S&P or Baa3 or better by Moody’s.
“ISP98” means the International Standby Practices (1998 Revision, effective January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.
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“Joinder” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 to this Agreement.
“Junior Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 8.18(b).
“Lender” and “Lenders” have the respective meanings specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Lender Group Expenses” means all (i) costs or expenses (including Indemnified Taxes and insurance premiums) required to be paid by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Lenders, or any of them, (ii) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred by the Agent in connection with transactions under any of the Loan Documents, (iii) the Agent’s customary fees and charges imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or OFAC/PEP searches related to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries performed in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents, (iv) the Agent’s customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of any Borrower (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, (v) customary charges imposed or incurred by the Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party, (vi) reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, or any of them, to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (vii) fees and expenses of the Agent related to any field examinations, appraisals, or valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) provided in Section 7.7(b), (viii) the Agent’s and the Lenders’ reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) relative to third party claims or any other lawsuit or adverse proceeding paid or incurred, whether in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, the Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral, or the relationship of the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Lenders, or any of them, with any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (ix) the Agent’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees for one primary counsel for the Agent, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel and one specialist counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and due diligence expenses) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering, syndicating, or amending, waiving, or modifying the Loan Documents and (x) the Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a “workout,” a “restructuring,” or an Insolvency Event concerning any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether a lawsuit or other adverse proceeding is brought, or in taking any enforcement action or any exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral.
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“Letter of Credit” means each letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrowers by the Letter of Credit Issuer under Section 2.13, and all amendments, renewals, extensions or replacements thereof.
“Letter of Credit Agreement” means the collective reference to any and all applications, reimbursement agreements and other agreements from time to time entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrowers, to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer, pursuant to which the Letter of Credit Issuer issues Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Letter of Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“Letter of Credit Issuer” means (i) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, BMO Harris Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Capital One, National Association, or any other Person designated in writing by the Agent as a provider of Letters of Credit hereunder and (ii) any Revolving Credit Lender that, at the request of the Borrowers and with the consent of the Agent, agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become a Letter of Credit Issuer for the purpose of issuing Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.13 of this Agreement. At any time there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer, any singular references to Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean any Letter of Credit Issuer, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Letter of Credit Issuer that has issued the applicable Letter of Credit, or all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context may require.
“Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit” means, with respect to each Letter of Credit Issuer, such sublimit as may be agreed from time to time among the Agent, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower Agent.
“Letter of Credit Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(c).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $26,000,000.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (other than the Letter of Credit Usage Excluded Amount), plus (ii) the aggregate amount of outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit which remain unreimbursed or which have not been paid through a Revolving Credit Loan.
“Letter of Credit Usage Excluded Amount” means, at any time, an amount equal to the undrawn amount of any one or more outstanding Replacement Letters of Credit as to which the Prior ABL LC Cash Collateral corresponding to the applicable letter of credit replaced by any such Replacement Letter of Credit has not been returned to the Borrower Agent as of such time; provided that (i) the undrawn amount of any Replacement Letter of Credit shall be excluded from any determination of the Letter of Credit Usage Excluded Amount upon the earlier of (a) ten (10) Business Days after the date of issuance of such Replacement Letter of Credit and (b) the return to the Borrower Agent of the Prior ABL LC Cash Collateral corresponding to the applicable letter of credit replaced by such Replacement Letter of Credit and (ii) the undrawn amount of any Replacement Letter of Credit shall be excluded from any determination of the Letter of Credit Usage Excluded Amount to the extent any Event of Default exists.
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“Lien” means any lien, claim, charge, pledge, security interest, assignment, hypothecation, deed of trust, mortgage, lease, conditional sale, retention of title, attachment or other preferential arrangement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, whether voluntary or imposed by law.
“Line Cap” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment as of such date of determination, and (ii) the Borrowing Base as of such date of determination.
“Loan Account” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Fee Letter, the Security Documents, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement, any Subordination Agreement, each Control Agreement, each Lockbox Agreement, each Letter of Credit, each Letter of Credit Agreement, and any other documents and instruments entered into, now or in the future, by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with this Agreement (but specifically excluding Bank Product Agreements), as each of the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Loan Party” means each Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Loans” means the loans and financial accommodations made by the Lenders hereunder or under this Agreement, including the Revolving Credit Loans (and any Protective Advances or any Overadvances).
“Lockbox Account” and “Lockbox Accounts” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2.7.
“Lockbox Agreement” and “Lockbox Agreements” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2.7.
“Lockbox” and “Lockboxes” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2.7.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole or (ii) the material impairment of (A) the Loan Parties’ ability to perform their payment or other material obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are a party, (B) the ability of the Agent or the Lenders to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral or (C) the ability of any Loan Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations, or (iii) a material adverse effect upon the enforceability or priority of the Agent’s Liens with respect to all or a material portion of the Collateral other than, in the case of this clause (iii), any material impairment caused by any action or inaction of the Agent.
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“Material Contract” means any agreement or arrangement to which a Loan Party is party (other than the Loan Documents) (i) for which breach, nonperformance or termination (including by failure to renew) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that relates to Material Indebtedness.
“Material Indebtedness” means (i) the First Lien Term Loan Obligations, (ii) the Second Lien Term Loan Obligations, (iii) the obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group SIRFA, and (iv) any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements of any Loan Party in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of this definition, the “principal amount” of the obligations of any Loan Party in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Loan Party would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Material Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property owned by any Loan Party, or a Subsidiary thereof, that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the operation of the business of any Loan Party.
“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination
(i) the Borrower Agent; and
(ii) each Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent that, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year for which Financial Statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11, (A) owns at least 2.5% of the consolidated total assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of such date, (B) generated at least 2.5% of the consolidated revenues of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, (C) is part of any group comprising Subsidiaries of a Borrower that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clauses (A) or (B) but that, taken together, had revenues or total assets in excess of 5.0% of, the consolidated revenues for any fiscal year or total assets as of such date, as applicable, of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or (D) in the aggregate comprise more than 20.0% of EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Four Quarter Measurement Period most recently ended; provided that the Borrower Agent and the Agent shall discuss the determination of Material Subsidiaries as provided in this clause (ii) in good faith and if it is mutually agreed to be administratively unreasonable or burdensome or the costs of adding any applicable Subsidiary as a Loan Party would otherwise outweigh the benefits to the Secured Parties, the Agent in its reasonable discretion may waive the requirement to comply with this clause (ii) and Section 7.20 with respect to applicable Subsidiary.
“Maturity Date” means the Scheduled Maturity Date.
“Maximum Annual Capital Expenditures” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
“Minimum Excess Availability Amount” means $7,500,000.
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“Monthly Operating Report” means a monthly operating report with respect to the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries, in substantially in the form of Exhibit N or such other form as may be approved by the Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means each mortgage, deed of trust or security deed between the applicable Loan Party(ies) and the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, relating to the Real Property encumbered thereby, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mortgage Support Documents” means the following, all as requested by the Agent and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent: (a) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies, with endorsements and in amounts reasonably acceptable to the Agent, issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Agent, (b) American Land Title Association as-built surveys from surveyors reasonably acceptable to the Agent, (c) flood hazard certificates, evidence of flood and/or earthquake insurance and other flood and/or earthquake-related information as reasonably requested by the Agent, (d) favorable opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties for each jurisdiction in which a Mortgaged Property is located, and (e) such other certificates and documents (including, if applicable, SNDAs) as may be reasonably requested by the Agent.
“Mortgaged Property” means any owned Real Property listed on Schedule 1.1(c) or (d) and, thereafter, shall include each other Real Property with respect to which a Mortgage is granted, so long as such Real Property does not constitute Excluded Property.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has contributed within the past six years or with respect to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, whether fixed or contingent, excluding any Canadian Pension Plan, Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan or Foreign Plan.
“Net Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary and (B) (to the extent not included in clause (i) above) any extraordinary gains (or extraordinary losses) for that period, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any extraordinary items which have the effect of increasing Net Income shall solely be permitted to the extent such items would be permitted as addbacks under clause (ii)(N ) of the definition of “EBITDA”.
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the result of (A) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date
“NOLV Percentage” means the net orderly liquidation value of Inventory, expressed as a percentage of the Value of such Inventory, expected to be realized at an orderly, negotiated sale held within a reasonable period of time, net of all liquidation expenses, as determined from time to time by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion from the then most recent Acceptable Appraisal of the Inventory of the U.S. Borrowing Base Companies (it being recognized that individual types or kinds of Inventory may have different NOLV Percentages).
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of such Lender in accordance with the terms of Section 12.7(b) and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders (or such other applicable class or group of Lenders).
“Non-Investment Grade Receivables” means those Receivables owned by any U.S. Borrowing Base Company or any Canadian Borrowing Base Company that are owing by account debtors that are rated below “BBB-” by S&P or Baa3 by Moody’s.
“North American Collateral” means, collectively, the U.S. Collateral and the Canadian Collateral.
“North American Collection Accounts” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(a).
“Notes” means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a).
“Obligations” means the Revolving Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury.
“Original 1970 Group Subordination Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date between (a) 1970 Group Inc., (b) the First Lien Term Loan Agent, (c) the Second Lien Term Loan Agent and (d) the Agent.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
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“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing, sales, value added or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment by a Lender after the date hereof (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 2.11).
“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof at such time (after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans occurring at such time) and (ii) with respect to any Letter of Credit Usage at any time, the amount of such Letter of Credit Usage at such time (after giving effect to any Letter of Credit Extension occurring at such time and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Usage at such time (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the determination of the Letter of Credit Usage Excluded Amount at such time)).
“Overadvance” means, as of any date of determination, the amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings is greater than the Line Cap.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(f).
“Party” means such Persons from time to time party to this Agreement.
“Patent Security Agreement” means a patent security agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Patents” means patents and patent applications, including (i) all continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, and renewals thereof and improvements thereon, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (iv) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title II of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“Payment Conditions” shall mean, at the time of determination with respect to a proposed payment to fund a Specified Transaction, that:
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(i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of the making of such proposed payment or the consummation of such Specified Transaction, and
(ii) each of following conditions shall be satisfied:
(A) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, is equal to or greater than 1.25 to 1.00 for the TTM Measurement Period most recently ended;
(B) the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, is less than 4.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of the Four Quarter Measurement Period most recently ended; and
(C) Excess Availability (1) at all times during the thirty (30) consecutive days immediately preceding the date of such proposed payment and the consummation of such Specified Transaction, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such proposed payment was made, and the Specified Transaction was consummated, on the first day of such period, and (2) immediately after giving effect to such proposed payment and Specified Transaction, in each case, is not less than $35,000,000.
“Payment in Full” or “Paid in Full” (or words of similar import) means with respect to any Obligations, (i) the payment or repayment in full in cash of all Obligations (other than (A) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (B) any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to repaid or cash collateralized in the manner set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) below), (ii) in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, providing Collateralization, (iii) in the case of Bank Product Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations arising from Hedging Agreements), providing Collateralization, (iv) in the case of Bank Product Obligations arising from Hedging Agreements, the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Obligations under Hedging Agreements provided by the applicable Bank Product Provider), and (v) all Commitments related to such Obligations have expired or been terminated.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified in Section 11.14.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Pension Plan” means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or maintains, under which a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, whether fixed or contingent, or to which it is making or is obligated to make contributions, or, in the case of a multiple employer plan (as described in Section 4063 or 4064(a) of ERISA), has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) plan years. For the avoidance of doubt, any Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Plan shall not be considered a Pension Plan for purposes of this Agreement.
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“Pensions Regulator” means the body corporate called the Pensions Regulator established under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2004 (UK).
“Perfection Certificate” means the perfection certificate in the form of Exhibit E, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Required Lenders.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Permits” means all licenses, permits, franchises, consents, rights, privileges, certificates, authorizations, approvals, registrations and similar consents granted or issued by any Governmental Authority.
“Permitted Acquisition” means an Acquisition by a Loan Party, which Acquisition is consummated in accordance with Section 8.10(j) or is consented to by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) the target (and to the extent any of its Subsidiaries are Material Subsidiaries, such Subsidiaries) becomes or will become a Loan Party within the time period set forth in Section 7.20(a) (or the assets so acquired are to be acquired by a Loan Party or an entity that will become a Loan Party within thirty (30) days after the consummation of such acquisition (or such longer time as the Agent may agree)), (ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with applicable laws and in conformity with all rules and regulations promulgated by any applicable Governmental Authority and (iii) in the case of any acquisition involving a total consideration in excess of $10,000,000, the Borrower Agent shall have delivered to the Agent at least eight (8) Business Days prior to such proposed Acquisition (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Agent) a business and legal due diligence package, which package shall include the following with regard to such acquisition: (x) to the extent available, a third party quality of earnings report from a nationally recognized accounting firm; provided that, if such acquisition involves a total consideration in excess of $50,000,000, such report shall be required, (y) historical financing statements of the applicable target or asset (to the extent available) for the two fiscal years prior to such Acquisition (or, if such target or asset has not been in existence for two years, for each year such target or asset has existed) and (z) a copy of the then current draft purchase agreement (and any subsequent materially different drafts thereof) related to the proposed Acquisition (and any related material documents in connection therewith that are reasonably requested by the Agent).
“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
“Permitted Hedging Agreement” means a Hedging Agreement made by a Loan Party or its Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business in accordance with the reasonable requirements of its business, and not for speculative purposes, and in any such case, if the counterparty to such Permitted Hedging Agreement is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Permitted Hedging Agreement shall be unsecured (except for Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition thereof).
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“Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments” means any Investment consisting of intercompany current liabilities in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 at any time outstanding incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Permitted Intercompany Investments” means any Investment (x) made by (i) any Loan Party in any other Loan Party; provided that, if the Person making such Investment is a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party, the recipient of such Investment must be a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party, (ii) any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party in or to a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party, (iii) any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party in or to a Loan Party so long as the parties thereto are party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, and (iv) any Loan Party in or to a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party so long as (A) the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied with respect thereto or (B) otherwise in an aggregate amount (when combined with any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.10(i)) not to exceed $10,000,000; provided, that, any such Investments made pursuant to this clause (iv) by any Loan Party in the form of intercompany loans shall be evidenced by notes that have been pledged (individually or pursuant to a global intercompany note) to the Agent and (y) that is a Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payment.
“Permitted Investments” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
“Permitted Liens” means the following:
(i) Liens created hereunder and by the Security Documents;
(ii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(c); provided that (A) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such assets or within ninety (90) days after the acquisition or the completion of the construction or improvements thereof, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any assets other than the assets financed by such Indebtedness, and (C) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such assets;
(iii) Liens on any property or asset of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries existing on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 8.8 and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that any such replacement or substitute Lien (A) does not secure an aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness, if any, greater than that secured on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and (B) does not encumber any property in any material manner other than the property that secured such original Indebtedness (or would have been required to secure such original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof);
(iv) deposits of cash collateral in an amount not to exceed the face amount of the letters of credit listed on Schedule 8.1(s) and Liens thereon, to secure Indebtedness consisting of the letters of credit listed on Schedule 8.1(s) (as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date) and reimbursement obligations in respect of such letters of credit; (vi) Liens imposed by law, including landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s.
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(v) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested by a Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(vii) deposits 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) incurred by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) (A) zoning restrictions, easements, encroachments, licenses, restrictions or covenants on the use of any Real Property which do not materially impair either the use of such Real Property in the operation of the business of the applicable Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the value of such Real Property or (B) any other permitted encumbrances described in the Mortgages;
(ix) rights of general application reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate any Real Property, or to use any Real Property in a manner which does not materially impair the use of such Real Property for the purposes for which it is held by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) (A) Liens on any demand deposit account, securities account, commodity account or other deposit account of any Loan Party held as cash collateral to secure Indebtedness permitted by (I) Section 8.1(d) in respect of Permitted Hedges in an aggregate amount not to exceed $0 (as such amount may be increased after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date with the consent of the Agent), (II) Section 8.1(j)(ii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000, and (B) rights of set-off, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions (including for the avoidance of doubt any general banking terms and conditions) in relation to the maintenance of administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments and so long as such Liens do not secure borrowed money; (xii) Liens arising under the First Lien Term Loan Documents and Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(k), in each case, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement;
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(xiii) Liens arising under the Second Lien Term Loan Documents and Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(l), in each case, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement;
(xiv) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation;
(xv) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing any financing of the premiums with respect thereto permitted under the terms of this Agreement;
(xvi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of applicable law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(xvii) Liens arising by reason of deposits with or giving of any form of security to any Governmental Authority as required by applicable law in the ordinary course of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a condition to the transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege or license;
(xviii) Liens arising from precautionary UCC or PPSA financing statements that do not secure Indebtedness;
(xix) the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions, if any, expressed in any original grant from the Crown of any real property or any interest therein or any interest therein or in any comparable grant in jurisdictions other than Canada;
(xx) applicable municipal and other governmental restrictions, including municipal by-laws and regulations, affecting the use of land or the nature of any structures which may be erected thereon;
(xxi) [reserved];
(xxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods permitted hereunder entered into by the Borrower Agent or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (xxiii) Liens arising from judgments, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1(g);
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(xxiv) Liens on the property that is subject to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction entered into pursuant to Section 8.5(m);
(xxv) Liens solely on the assets of Subsidiaries of the Borrower Agent that are not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction, in each case securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(o);
(xxvi) Liens on assets securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(p) to the extent that the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00, calculated on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Four Quarter Measurement Period, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided that any such Liens are on Collateral and such Liens may only be secured by a Lien that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations; and
(xxvii) other Liens; provided that (A) the value (determined as the lesser of cost or market value) of the property covered thereby does not exceed, as to any single item of property or all items of property in the aggregate, $2,500,000 (provided that no more than $2,000,000 of such obligation shall be secured by ABL Priority Collateral) and (B) the Liens incurred pursuant to this clause (xxvii) do not secure debt for borrowed money.
The designation of a Lien as a Permitted Lien shall not limit or restrict the ability of the Agent to establish any Reserve relating thereto.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, joint stock company, association, corporation, institution, entity, party or government (including any division, agency or department thereof) or any other legal entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity, and, as applicable, the successors, heirs and assigns of each.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan, other than a Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party or with respect to which a Loan Party may incur liability (whether fixed or contingent) even if such plan is not covered by ERISA pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) thereof.
“Pledged Interests” means all of each Loan Party’s right, title and interest in and to all of the Equity Interests now owned or hereafter acquired by such Loan Party, regardless of class or designation, and all substitutions therefor and replacements thereof, all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, also including any certificates representing the Equity Interests, the right to receive any certificates representing any of the Equity Interests, all warrants, options, share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and the right to receive all dividends, distributions of income, profits, surplus, or other compensation by way of income or liquidating distributions, in cash or in kind, and all cash, instruments, and other property from time to time received, receivable, or otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of, or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing.
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“Pledged Interests Addendum” means a Pledged Interests Addendum to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), or any other applicable Canadian federal or provincial statute pertaining to the granting, perfecting, priority or making of security interests, liens, hypothecs on personal property, and any successor statutes, together with any regulations thereunder, in each case, as in effect from time to time, including the Civil Code of Quebec. References to sections of the PPSA shall be construed to also refer to any successor sections.
“Preliminary Business Plan” means a preliminary high-level business plan for the next fiscal year, which shall only consist of a consolidated profit and loss statement forecast.
“Prior ABL LC Cash Collateral” means the cash collateral posted by the Borrower Agent in respect of letters of credit outstanding on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and listed on Schedule 8.1(s).
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s (i) Revolving Pro Rata Share or (ii) with respect to a Lender’s indemnification obligations arising under Section 11.6, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings and the denominator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings.
“Prohibited Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(v)(iv).
“Protected CFC” means any “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code all of whose United States shareholders as defined in Section 951(b) of the Code are treated as domestic “C-corporations” for federal income tax purposes that are eligible for the deduction under Section 245A of the Code with respect to dividends from such controlled foreign corporation and with respect to all income inclusions under Sections 951(a)(1)(B) and 956 of the Code.
“Protective Advance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.32 of this Agreement.
“Qualified Change of Control Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form as may be approved by the Agent.
“Qualified Change of Control Sponsor” means any first tier or upper middle market private equity sponsor that maintains equity investments of the type of the Borrower Agent and who manages a minimum of $2,750,000,000 of such type of assets based on market value of equity and each of its Affiliates.
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“Qualified Change of Control Transaction” means any transaction or series of related substantially contemporaneous transactions, directly or indirectly, by a Qualified Change of Control Sponsor, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise that would otherwise result in a Change of Control under clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of such definition; provided that
(i) either (A) Corre or any Corre Affiliate continue to hold beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 20.0% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower Agent or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent; or (B) Corre and any Corre Affiliate shall have provided to the Agent a commitment letter or commitment letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent which shall provide for (x) a common equity investment in the Borrower Agent by Corre or any Corre Affiliate (which equity investment may include “rollovers” of existing equity Investments in the Borrower) on or prior to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date and/or (y) the commitment by Corre or any Corre Affiliate to, on or prior to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date, fund additional loans and/or to “rollover” existing loans owed to Corre and any Corre Affiliates in an aggregate amount equal to, together with any equity (including “rollover”) referenced in clause (x) above, not less than $50,000,000; provided that in the case of clause (y), (I) the incurrence of such additional loans under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement is permitted pursuant to Section 8.1(l) or 8.1(m) and (II) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio would not be greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 calculated on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended period of four consecutive FiscalQuarters of the Borrower Agent ending on or most recently ended as of such date of determination for which Financial Statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.11(a) or 7.11(b), as applicable, immediately after giving effect to any such Qualified Change of Control Transaction;
(ii) contemporaneously with the initial closing of the Qualified Change of Control Transaction, the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor shall make a cash contribution to the Borrower (in exchange only for common Equity Interests of the Borrower of an equivalent value) (which cash contribution shall include, without duplication, any “rollover” of existing equity Investments in the Borrower by Corre and any Corre Affiliates) in an amount not less than 50.0% of the sum of: (x)(i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (at face value) (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, the principal amount (including accreted amounts) of Indebtedness then outstanding under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) over (ii) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash; plus (y) the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Consideration; provided that a reasonably detailed calculation of both (x) and (y) shall be set forth on the Qualified Change of Control Certificate; (iii) immediately prior to, and giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
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(iv) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all rules and regulations promulgated by any applicable Governmental Authority;
(v) the Borrower Agent shall have delivered to the Agent (A) at least eight (8) Business Days prior to the signing date of such proposed Qualified Change of Control Transaction (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Agent in its sole discretion), (I) all relevant financial information reasonably requested by Agent with respect to such proposed Qualified Change of Control Transaction, including the aggregate consideration for such Qualified Change of Control Transaction, (II) reasonable evidence that the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor meets the criteria set forth in the definition thereof, (III) a copy of the purchase agreement related to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction (and any related material documents reasonably requested by the Agent), (B) promptly upon execution thereof, a copy of the executed purchase agreement related to the proposed Qualified Change of Control Transaction (and any related documents reasonably requested by the Agent), in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (C) prior to giving effect to a Qualified Change of Control Transaction, a Qualified Change of Control Certificate, which shall (I) include certifications and reasonably detailed backup calculations, as applicable, with respect to the requirements of this definition and (II) attaching the executed purchase agreement related to the Qualified Change of Control Transaction; and
(vi) there shall be no more than one Qualified Change of Control Transaction during the term of this Agreement.
“Qualified Change of Control Transaction Consideration” means the aggregate amount of purchase, merger, amalgamation or other consideration (as applicable) on account of the Borrower Agent’s Equity Interests to be paid or delivered in connection with the Qualified Change of Control Transaction; provided that if such transaction contemplates the acquisition of less than 100.0% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent, then for purposes hereof the Qualified Change of Control Transaction Consideration shall be proportionally increased as if the Qualified Change of Control Sponsor were acquiring all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent, on a fully diluted basis.
“Qualified Change of Control Transaction Date” means the date on which a Qualified Change of Control Transaction is consummated.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) (or whatever greater or lesser sum as is then prescribed for such purposes under the Commodity Exchange Act) at the time that the relevant guaranty or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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“Real Property” means any real property owned or leased by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party.
“Receivables” means all present and future accounts, including Accounts, book debts or similar obligations in the nature of Accounts and including, whether or not constituting “accounts”, any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or rendition of services.
“Recipient” means (i) the Agent, or (ii) any Lender or (iii) any Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable.
“Recovery Plan” means: (i) the most recent recovery plan relating to the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan agreed between Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited and the trustee of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan prior to the date of this Agreement (as amended or varied from time to time); and (ii) any recovery plan or schedule of contributions entered into between the trustee of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan and any employer (within the meaning set out in section 318 of the Pensions Act 2004 (UK) and regulations made thereunder) under that Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan, in accordance with sections 226 and 227 of the Pensions Act 2004 (UK) that is additional to, or replaces and supersedes, the recovery plan referred to in clause (i).
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as (i) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon, the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, any accrued and unpaid interest and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto, (ii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the final stated maturity or the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, (iii) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are not less favorable to the Lenders (including, if applicable, as to the Collateral) as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness in any material respect, (iv) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended, (v) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended was unsecured, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be unsecured, (vi) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was secured (A) such refinancing, renewal, or extension shall be secured by substantially the same or less collateral as secured such refinanced, renewed or extended Indebtedness on terms no less favorable to the Agent or the Lenders, (B) the Liens securing such refinancing, renewal or extension shall not have a priority more senior than the Liens securing such Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended, and (C) if secured by Liens on the Collateral, such refinancing, renewal or extension shall be secured to the same “Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(d).
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extent, including with respect to any subordination provisions, and subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement (it being agreed that the ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to be an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement with respect to any refinancing, renewal, or extension in respect of any First Lien Term Loan Obligations or Second Lien Term Loan Obligations); (vii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions shall be incurred by the Person who is the obligor or guarantor (or any successor thereto) on the Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or extended, and (viii) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching into the Environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing Hazardous Materials) and the migration through the Environment, including migration through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Remedial Action” means all actions required to be taken under Environmental Law or by a Governmental Authority to (i) clean up, remove, remediate, treat, monitor, assess or evaluate Hazardous Materials in the Environment, (ii) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public or employee health or welfare or the Environment, (iii) restore or reclaim the Environment, (iv) perform any pre-remedial environmental-related studies, investigations, or post-remedial environmental-related studies, investigations, operation and maintenance activities, or (v) conduct any other remedial actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
“Rent and Charges Reserve” means the aggregate of (i) all past due rent and other amounts owing by any Loan Party to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possess any Collateral or could assert a Lien on any Collateral; and (ii) a reserve equal to three (3) months’ rent and other charges that could be payable to any such Person, unless it has executed a Collateral Access Agreement.
“Replacement Letters of Credit” means the Letters of Credit established pursuant to this Agreement to replace the letters of credit outstanding on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and listed on Schedule 8.1(s).
“Reportable Event” means any of the events described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder other than a reportable event for which the thirty-day notice requirement to the PBGC has been waived.
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“Required Lenders” means Lenders having more than fifty percent (50.00%) of the sum of (i) all Loans outstanding and (ii) to the extent not terminated or expired, all unutilized Commitments; provided that the Loans and unutilized Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided, further, that at any time there are two or more Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another or Defaulting Lenders), “Required Lenders” must include at least two Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means Revolving Credit Lenders having more than fifty percent (50.00%) of the sum of (i) all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and (ii) to the extent not terminated or expired, all unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the Revolving Credit Loans and unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders; provided, further, that at any time there are two or more Revolving Credit Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another or Defaulting Lenders), “Required Revolving Credit Lenders” must include at least two Revolving Credit Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).
“Required Supermajority Revolving Credit Lenders” means Revolving Credit Lenders having more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the sum of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and unutilized Commitments; provided that the Revolving Credit Loans and unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Supermajority Revolving Credit Lenders; provided, further, that at any time there are two or more Revolving Credit Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another or Defaulting Lenders), “Required Supermajority Revolving Credit Lenders” must include at least two Revolving Credit Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).
“Requirement of Law” or “Requirements of Law” means (i) the Governing Documents, (ii) any law, treaty, rule, regulation, order or determination of an arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority, or (iii) any franchise, license, lease, permit, certificate, authorization, qualification, easement, right of way, or other right or approval binding on a Loan Party or any of its property.
“Reserves” means the sum (without duplication) of (i) any Inventory Reserves; (ii) any Rent and Charges Reserves; (iii) any Bank Product Reserves; (iv) any Dilution Reserves; (v) reserves with respect to Canadian Priority Payables; (vi) reserves with respect to currency fluctuations; (vii) the Specified Litigation Reserve; (viii) [reserved]; and (ix) those other reserves that the Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion, to establish and maintain, including (A) reserves with respect to sums that any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries are required to pay under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (such as Lender Group Expenses, taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay and including reserves with respect to amounts owing by any Loan Party to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, or preferential claim by operation of law over, any of the Collateral including with respect to retention of title claims, and (B) reserves to reflect (1) events, conditions, contingencies or risks which affect or may reasonably be expected to affect (x) the Collateral or its value, or the enforceability, perfection or priority of the security interests and other rights of the Agent in the Collateral or (y) the assets or business of any Borrower or any Loan Party, (2) impediments to the Agent’s ability to realize upon the Collateral, (3) the Agent’s good faith concern that any Collateral report or financial information furnished by or on behalf of any Borrower or any Loan Party to the Agent is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect, (4) any fact or circumstance which the Agent determines, in its Permitted Discretion, constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to constitute, a Default or Event of Default, or (5) past due Taxes.
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In no event shall the establishment of a Reserve in respect of a particular actual or contingent liability obligate the Agent to make advances to pay such liability or otherwise obligate the Agent with respect thereto.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to
(i) any Loan Party other than a Dutch Loan Party, the chairman, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, vice president, secretary, treasurer, director or any other individual designated in writing to the Agent by an existing Responsible Officer of such Loan Party as an authorized signatory of any certificate or other document to be delivered hereunder; and
(ii) Dutch Loan Party, any director of that Loan Party authorized to represent that Loan Party or any other Person with express irrevocable authority to act on behalf of that Loan Party designated as such by the board of directors of that Loan Party.
“Restricted Accounts” means (i) any deposit account the funds in which shall be used solely to fund payroll and tax obligations of the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any deposit account the funds in which shall be used solely to segregate 401(k) contributions or contributions to an employee stock purchase plan and other health and benefit plan, in each case in accordance with any applicable laws (collectively, “Segregated Benefit Plan Funds”), so long as all funds shall be deposited in such accounts in amounts not to exceed, in the reasonable and good faith determination of the Borrower Agent, all payment obligations in respect of such Segregated Benefit Plan Funds, (iii) any deposit account the funds in which consist solely of funds held by the Loan Parties on behalf of or in trust for the benefit of any third party that is not an Affiliate of the Loan Parties, (iv) any deposit account that is a zero balance account (and sweeps no less frequently than on each Business Day into a Restricted Account of the type in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) or into a deposit account that is not a Restricted Account and is subject to a deposit account control agreement in favor of the Agent), (v) [reserved], (vi) any demand deposit account, securities account, commodity account or other deposit account of any Loan Party that is held as cash collateral to secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1(d) or Section 8.1(j), and (vii) deposit accounts which hold less than $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time, which amounts are deposited in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Restricted Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
“Revaluation Date” means (i) each date of a Borrowing of such Revolving Credit Loan and (ii) such additional dates as the Agent shall determine, or the Required Lenders shall require.
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“Revolving Credit Availability Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the Termination Date.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means the commitment of each applicable Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and to participate in the making of Swingline Loans, Protective Advances, Overadvances, and to have risk participation liability in respect of Letters of Credit, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, up to the maximum amount specified for such Lender on Annex A under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment”, as it may change from time to time pursuant to Section 2.1(e) or Section 12.7.
“Revolving Credit Extension Conditions” means, in relation to any determination thereof under the Revolving Credit Facility at any time, the requirements that:
(i) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time shall not exceed the Line Cap at such time (other than as a result of any permitted Overadvance or Protective Advance);
(ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans (other than Swingline Loans) of any Revolving Credit Lender, (B) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swingline Loans, and (C) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of the Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed (other than in the case of the Revolving Credit Lender acting as the Swingline Lender) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment;
(iii) solely in connection with any Letter of Credit Extension, the Outstanding Amount of the Letter of Credit Usage at such time shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit; and
(iv) solely in connection with the making of any Swingline Loans, the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans at such time shall not exceed the Swingline Sublimit.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the revolving credit facility provided in this Agreement for the making of Revolving Credit Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount equal to the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lenders” means the Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Revolving Credit Loans.
“Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“Revolving Credit Note” and “Revolving Credit Notes” have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.1(c).
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“Revolving Credit Termination Premium” means, in connection with any Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event, (i) if such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event occurs after the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date but on or prior to September 30, 2025, two percent (2.00%) of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (or, in the case of a partial termination thereof, the aggregate amount of such terminated portion thereof) as in effect immediately prior to such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event, (ii) if such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event occurs after September 30, 2025 but on or prior to September 30, 2026, one percent (1.00 %) of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (or, in the case of a partial termination thereof, the aggregate amount of such terminated portion thereof) as in effect immediately prior to such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event, (iii) if such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event occurs after September 30, 2026 but on or prior to September 30, 2027, three-eighths of one percent (0.375%) of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (or, in the case of a partial termination thereof, the aggregate amount of such terminated portion thereof) as in effect immediately prior to such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event, and (iv) thereafter, zero percent (0%).
“Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) the termination of all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments for any reason, whether before or after (A) the occurrence of any Event of Default or (B) the occurrence of any Insolvency Event (provided that, except in the case of a Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event arising under this clause (i) in connection with any events described in clause (A) or (B) above, this clause (i) shall not apply if the applicable Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event that would otherwise arise under this clause (i) occurs in connection with a Stellex Change of Control that satisfies clause (iv)(y) below);
(ii) the acceleration of the Revolving Credit Loans for any reason, including, acceleration in accordance with Section 10.2, and including as a result of the occurrence of an Insolvency Event;
(iii) the satisfaction, release, payment, restructuring, reorganization, replacement, reinstatement, defeasance or compromise of the Revolving Credit Loans in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or the making of a distribution of any kind in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law to the Agent, for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders in full or partial satisfaction of the Revolving Credit Loans; (v) the termination of this Agreement for any reason (other than in connection with (A) a Change of Control transaction that satisfies the conditions set forth in the exception to clause (iv) above or (B) a Stellex Change of Control Transaction that satisfies clause (iv)(y) above).
(iv) the occurrence of any Change of Control, except for (x) any Change of Control transaction that results in Corre Affiliates maintaining (A) beneficial ownership (inclusive of any rights to obtain such ownership through the exercise of warrants or the conversion rights of other securities) of not less than five percent (5%) of the Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent and/or (B) representation or the right to appoint at least one representative, on the Governing Body of the Borrower Agent or (y) any Stellex Change of Control Transaction in connection with which either (A) this Agreement shall remain in force and effect immediately after giving effect to such Stellex Change of Control Transaction or (B) the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) shall have agreed in writing to continue, refinance or rollover the then-outstanding Loans (whether on the same or different terms) or otherwise extend a credit facility to the Borrower Agent or its Affiliates, in each case, unless otherwise agreed to by Eclipse, in a credit facility for which the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) acts as the administrative agent, upon the consummation of such Stellex Change of Control Transaction; or
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If any Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event described in the foregoing clauses (ii) through (v) occurs, then, solely for purposes of calculating the Revolving Credit Termination Premium due and payable in connection therewith, the entire amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed to have been terminated on the date on which such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event occurs.
“Revolving Default Rate” means (i) when used with respect to the Obligations (other than Letter of Credit Fees), (A) the Base Rate plus (B) the Applicable Margin applicable to Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus (C) two percent (2.00%) per annum; provided that, with respect to the outstanding principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loan, the Revolving Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to (x) the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Revolving Credit Loan (giving effect to Section 4.1(a)) plus (y) two percent (2.00%) per annum, and (ii) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to (A) the Applicable Margin applicable to Revolving Credit Loans that are SOFR Loans, plus (B) two percent (2.00%) per annum, in each case of clause (i) and (ii), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.
“Revolving Obligations” means and includes (i) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments or any Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan, or Letter of Credit (and including any Revolving Credit Termination Premium), in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees, expense reimbursement, indemnities and other charges that accrue on or after an Insolvency Event, whether or not such interest and fees, expense reimbursement, indemnities and other charges are allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event, and (ii) all Bank Product Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Revolving Obligations include (A) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, letter of credit fees and commissions, Lender Group Expenses and other expenses, charges, fees, indemnities, and other amounts payable by (or chargeable to) any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiary that are payable to (or may be charged by) any Revolving Secured Party under the Loan Documents (including, in each case, any such amounts accruing on or after an Insolvency Event, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event) and (B) the obligation of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Revolving Secured Party, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Revolving Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
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“Revolving Pro Rata Share” means, in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, the risk participation liability with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit and the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments of such Revolving Credit Lender and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, the risk participation liability with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit and the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the “Revolving Pro Rata Share” of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be determined based on the Revolving Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such termination or expiration and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Revolving Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Lender shall be as set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name on Annex A under the heading “Revolving Pro Rata Share” or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Credit Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable. The Revolving Pro Rata Share of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be determined by the Agent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Revolving Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Agent (and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Agent from time to time), the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Lenders, and the Bank Product Providers.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to any Real Property (and any related furniture, fixtures, and equipment) or personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party whereby any Loan Party or Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and any Loan Party or Subsidiary rents or leases such property from such Person.
“Sanctioned Person” means any Person, vessel or aircraft: (i) identified on any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons, including the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC; (ii) directly or indirectly owned 50% or more by, controlled by or acting on behalf of any such Person or Person(s) described in clause (i); (iii) that is resident in, or organized or incorporated under the laws of, a Designated Jurisdiction; or (iv) otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions.
“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions imposed, administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the government of Japan, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union and any member state thereof, the UK government (and any of its governmental institutions, including His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom) or other applicable sanctions authorities that have jurisdiction over the Loan Parties.
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“Scheduled Maturity Date” means October 2, 2028 .
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Lien Delayed Draw Loans” means the “Delayed Draw Term Loans” (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date).
“Second Lien Delayed Draw Commitments” means the “Delayed Draw Commitments” (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date).
“Second Lien Incremental Loans” means the “Incremental Loans” (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date), which for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude any “Incremental Equivalent Debt” (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date).
“Second Lien Term Loan Agent” means Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, in its capacity as administrative agent and/or collateral agent for the lenders under the Second Lien Term Loan Documents, and any successor thereto in any such capacity.
“Second Lien Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower Agent, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Second Lien Term Loan Lenders and the Second Lien Term Loan Agent, as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and as may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, which Second Lien Term Loan Agreement amends and restates that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Existing Term Loan Agreement”), dated as of June 16, 2023, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, Limited Waiver and Consent to Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of March 6, 2024 and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2024), by and among the Borrower Agent, Second Lien Term Loan Agent, and certain Corre Affiliates.
“Second Lien Term Loan Documents” means (i) the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement and (ii) each of the other agreements, instruments and other documents with respect to the Second Lien Term Loan Obligations, all as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and as may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Second Lien Term Loan Lenders” means the lenders from time to time party to the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement.
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“Second Lien Term Loan Obligations” means the “Second Lien Term Loan Debt” as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Second Lien Term Loans” means, collectively, each “Loan” under and as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement.
“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties.
“Securitization” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(e).
“Security Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, any Copyright Security Agreement, any Patent Security Agreement, any Trademark Security Agreement, each Mortgage (if any), any Control Agreement, any Canadian Security Document, any English Security Document, any Dutch Security Document, and any other agreement delivered in connection herewith which grants or purports to grant a Lien in favor of the Agent or any other Secured Party to secure all or any of the Obligations.
“Security Jurisdiction” shall mean each of (i) England and Wales, (ii) the Netherlands, (iii) Canada (and any province thereof), (iv) the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and (v) any other jurisdiction which may be agreed to from time to time by the Borrower Agent and the Agent.
“Settlement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(i).
“Settlement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(i).
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Loans” means Loans that bear interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate”).
“Solvent” means, when used with respect to any Person (other than a UK Loan Party), that as of the date as to which such Person’s solvency is to be measured: (i) the fair saleable value of its assets is in excess of (A) the total amount of its liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, absolute, fixed, matured, unmatured, liquidated and unliquidated liabilities) and (B) the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured; (ii) it has sufficient capital to conduct its business; and (iii) it is able to meet its debts as they mature; and, when used with respect to any UK Loan Party, means: (i) that Person: (A) is able or does not admit inability to pay its debts as they fall due; (B) is not deemed to, or is not declared to be unable to pay its debts under applicable law; (C) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has not suspended or threatened making payments on any of its debts; (D) by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has not commenced negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Lenders in their capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness; or (E) (except for Team Industrial Services Inspection Limited) has assets the value of which is not less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities); and/or (ii) no moratorium has been declared in respect of any of that Person’s indebtedness (and the ending of a moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default so caused by that moratorium).
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“Specified Appealable Judgment or Order” means any appealable judgment or order of a court for the payment of money entered in the Specified Litigation Proceeding so long as (i) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent shall promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days of the entry of such judgment or order) provide written notice to the Agent confirming that such Person intends to appeal such judgment or order, (ii) the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries are diligently pursuing an appeal in good faith, including by timely filing all motions (including a notice of appeal with respect to such judgment or order) and (iii) at all times following the filing of the applicable notice of appeal, such judgment or order is stayed or bonded pending such appeal.
“Specified Existing Indebtedness” means, collectively (i) M&E Term Loans (under and as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 6), (ii) Delayed Draw Term Loans (under and as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 6), (iii) the RE-I Term Loans (under and as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 6), (iv) the RE-II Term Loans (under and as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 6), (v) the Existing Loans (under and as defined in the Existing Term Loan Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 6), except for such Existing Loans being refinanced pursuant to the Amendment No. 6 Refinancings, and (vi) the Incremental Term Loans (under and as defined in the Existing Term Loan Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 6).
“Specified Litigation Proceeding” means the existing Kelli Most litigation proceedings disclosed in Note 16 on the Form 10-Q of the Borrower Agent filed most recently prior to the Closing Date, and any appeals therefrom, or any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising from the same facts.
“Specified Litigation Reserve” means, at any time of determination, a Reserve in an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of any outstanding and unpaid (i) monetary settlements agreed among the parties to the Specified Litigation Proceeding (whether or not subject to the approval of a court or arbitrator) and (ii) monetary judgments or orders of a court or arbitrator (other than, in the case of this clause (ii), a Specified Appealable Judgment or Order), in each case, in the Specified Litigation Proceeding; provided that the amount of any such Reserve shall be calculated net of independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment, order, arbitration award, or settlement and has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage thereof.
“Specified Receivable” means any Receivable due from Archer Daniels Midland, International Paper, DowDuPont, GE Vernova, Boeing Corporation, any wholly-owned Subsidiary of any of the aforementioned entities, any Specified Utility Account Debtor or any other account debtor approved by the Agent in is discretion.
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“Specified Transaction” means any transaction or payment that is subject to the satisfaction of the Payment Conditions.
“Specified Utility Account Debtor” means an account debtor that is a public utility and that is an instrumentality of any government, a public corporation, a public service corporation or a quasi-governmental entity, including, without limitation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Lower Colorado River Authority, and CPS Energy.
“Spot Rate” means the exchange rate, as determined by the Agent, that is applicable to conversion of one currency into another currency, which is (i) the exchange rate reported by Bloomberg (or other commercially available source reasonably designated by the Agent) as of the end of the preceding Business Day in the financial market for the first currency; or (ii) if such report is unavailable for any reason, the spot rate for the purchase of the first currency with the second currency as in effect during the preceding Business Day at the principal foreign exchange trading office of Wells Fargo (or another financial institution selected by the Agent) for the first currency. Each determination of the Spot Rate shall be made by the Agent and shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
“Stellex” means Stellex Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its controlled Affiliates and related funds.
“Stellex Change of Control Transaction” means any transaction pursuant to which Stellex shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent representing 50% or more of (x) the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Governing Body of the Borrower Agent or (y) the economic Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred by Loan Parties that by its terms is subordinated in right of payment to any of the Obligations pursuant to a Subordination Agreement and is otherwise on terms satisfactory to the Agent (including the obligations incurred pursuant to the 1970 Group SIFRA).
“Subordination Agreement” means an agreement among the Agent, the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary of the Borrower and the holder of any Subordinated Debt, pursuant to which such Indebtedness is made subordinate in right of payment to Payment in Full of all Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Agent.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any Entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls more than fifty percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding Voting Interests of such Entity. Unless otherwise stated herein, any reference herein to a “Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 12.32.
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“Swap Obligation” means with respect to any Loan Party, 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 Lender” means Eclipse Business Capital SPV, LLC, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“Swingline Loan” means any borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans funded with Swingline Lender’s funds pursuant to Section 2.3(h), until such Borrowing is settled among the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3(h).
“Swingline Note” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.3(h).
“Swingline Sublimit” means $35,000,000.
“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended from time to time.
“Tax Expense” shall mean, for any period, the tax expense on income (including federal, state, provincial, local, foreign and franchise taxes) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Loan Priority Collateral” means the “Term Loan Priority Collateral” as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Termination Date” means the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date or (ii) the date on which the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated (or deemed accelerated) and the Commitments are irrevocably terminated (or deemed terminated) in accordance with Section 10.2.
“Termination Event” means (i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan, any failure to make a required contribution to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien, or the arising of a Lien with respect to a Pension Plan; (ii) the withdrawal of a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (iii) the provision of notice by the administrator of any Pension Plan of intent to terminate a Pension Plan in a distress termination (as described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA), or the imposition of liability on a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of liability under Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA; (iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (v) the occurrence of any event or condition that (A) constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (B) could reasonably be expected to result in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA; (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal, within the meaning of Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA, of a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; (vii) receipt by a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of notice that a Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245(b) of ERISA, is in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA), is in “critical and declining” status (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA), or has become subject to the limitations of Section 436 of the Code; or (viii) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for premiums due but not delinquent, upon a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
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“Term SOFR” means, for any calendar month, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such calendar month, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that, if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Adjustment” means a percentage equal to 0.11448% (11.448 basis points).
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (i) the result of (A) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus (B) Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount up to $30,000,000,
to
(ii)EBITDA for the most recently ended Four Quarter Measurement Period.
“Trademark Security Agreement” means a trademark security agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Trademarks” means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark applications, including (i) all renewals thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof, (iv) the goodwill symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and (v) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“TTM Measurement Period” means, on any date of determination, the period of twelve (12) consecutive fiscal months of the Borrower Agent then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which Financial Statements (and the related Compliance Certificate) have been or are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(c) and (d).
“Type” means a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York provided that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any other jurisdiction, then the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such remedy.
“UK Collateral” means all assets of the UK Loan Parties constituting Collateral under the English Security Documents, and the shares held in each UK Loan Party constituting Collateral under the English Security Documents.
“UK Financial Institution” means 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 Loan Parties” means any Loan Party incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means Capital Expenditures (i) not financed with the proceeds of any incurrence of Indebtedness (other than the incurrence of any Revolving Credit Loans which are used to finance such Capital Expenditures), the proceeds of any sale or issuance of Equity Interests or equity contributions, the proceeds of any asset sale (other than the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business) or any insurance proceeds, and (ii) that are not reimbursed by a third person (excluding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates) in the period such expenditures are made pursuant to a written agreement.
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“Unrestricted Cash” means cash of the Loan Parties and theirSubsidiaries that (i) does not appear (and is not required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person , (ii) is free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens in favor of the Agent, the First Lien Term Loan Agent or the Second Lien Term Loan Agent, and any statutory Liens in favor of banks (including rights of set-off), and (iii) is held in an account that is subject to a perfected lien in favor of the Agent.
“Unused Revolving Credit Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 4.4.
“U.S. Collateral” means all assets of the U.S. Loan Parties constituting Collateral under the Security Documents.
“U.S. Borrowing Base Company” means each Borrower that is a U.S. Loan Party.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor thereto) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Guarantor” means any Guarantor (other than a Borrower) that is a U.S. Person.
“U.S. Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is a U.S. Person.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(B)(3).
“Value” means (i) in respect of Eligible Inventory, the lower of such Inventory’s (A) cost, computed on a “first in first out” (FIFO) basis in accordance with GAAP or (B) market value, and (ii) in respect of Eligible Receivables (including Eligible Unbilled Receivables), the gross face amount of such Receivables less the sum of (A) sales, excise or similar taxes included in the amount thereof and (B) returns and credit, rebates, trade or volume or other discounts, claims, credits, charges and allowances of any nature at any time issued, owing, granted, outstanding, available or claimed with respect thereto.
“Voting Interests” means Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the Governing Body of such Person.
“Warrants” means (i) the Initial Warrants and (ii) one or more subsequent common stock warrants, in form and substance substantially consistent with the Initial Warrants, Exhibit B to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, delivered by the Borrower Agent to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor and/or its successors and permitted assigns or transferees under the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement or the 2025 Preferred Documents, issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, each of which entitle the holder thereof to acquire fully paid and nonassessable shares of common Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent upon the payment of the exercise price.
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“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party or the Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (i) 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 (ii) 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.
1.2 Accounting Terms and Determinations. Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms used in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the Financial Statements delivered to the Agent on or before the Closing Date. All accounting determinations for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date and applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the audited Financial Statements delivered to the Agent on or before the Closing Date. The Financial Statements required to be delivered hereunder from and after the Closing Date, and all financial records, shall be maintained in accordance with GAAP. In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) occurs and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then upon the written request of the Borrower Agent (acting upon the request of the Borrowers) or Agent (acting upon the request of the Required Lenders), the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders will enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Borrowers’ financial condition will be the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not occurred; provided that (i) provisions of this Agreement in effect on the date of such Accounting Change will be calculated as if no such Accounting Change had occurred until the effective date of such amendment effected in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) no change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any Financial Statement hereafter adopted by the Borrowers shall be given effect for purposes of measuring compliance with financial covenants, unless the Borrower Agent and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all Financial Statements provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
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Until the Borrower Agent and the Required Lenders have agreed to any amendment referred to in the prior sentence, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Financial Statements prior to the applicable change in GAAP. 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, without giving effect to (i) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (ii) 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. “Accounting Change” means (i) any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or (ii) any change in the application of GAAP by the Borrowers. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in the future) that is not (or would not be) required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall not be treated as Capital Lease solely as a result of changes in the application of GAAP, in each case, after December 31, 2018. For purposes of calculating the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio or First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as at any date, EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (as certified by the Borrower Agent) assuming that all acquisitions made, and all dispositions completed, during the Four Quarter Measurement Period or the TTM Measurement Period (as applicable) then most recently ended had been made on the first day of such period (but without any adjustment for projected cost savings or other synergies not described in clause (V) of the definition of “EBITDA”, unless otherwise approved by the Agent).
1.3 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized or incorporated on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
1.4 Other Terms; Headings. An Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” unless and until such Event of Default has been cured or waived in writing by the Agent and the Required Lenders (or all Lenders, as applicable). Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or plural, depending on the reference. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
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The headings and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The term “or” has, except where otherwise specifically indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein or in any other Loan Document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (v) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (vi) time of day means time of day New York, New York, except as otherwise expressly provided; and (vii) the “discretion” of the Agent, the Required Lenders or the Lenders means the sole and absolute discretion of such Person(s). Any reference to any law will include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation means unless otherwise specified, such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. No provision of any Loan Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such party having, or being deemed to have, drafted the provision. Whenever the phrase “to the knowledge of” or words of similar import are used in any Loan Documents, it means actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the applicable Loan Party or knowledge that such Responsible Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter to which such phrase relates.
1.5 Dutch Terms. In this Agreement, a reference to:
(a) a “board of directors” means a managing board (bestuur) when a Dutch Loan Party is concerned;
(b) a “director” means a managing director (bestuurder) when a Dutch Loan Party is concerned;
(c) a “security” includes any mortgage (hypotheek), pledge (pandrecht), retention of title arrangement (eigendomsvoorbehoud), privilege (voorrecht), right of retention (recht van retentie), right to reclaim goods (recht van reclame), and, in general, any right in rem (beperkt recht), created for the purpose of granting security (goederenrechtelijk zekerheidsrecht) when a Dutch Loan Party is concerned; (d) any “Governing Body” where applicable, includes any competent works council(s) to the extent that any action is required to comply with the Works Councils Act of the Netherlands (Wet op de ondernemingsraden);
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(e) any “resolutions of the Governing Body” where applicable, includes (I) an unconditional positive or neutral advice (advies) from the competent works council(s) if a positive advice is required pursuant to the Works Councils Act of the Netherlands (Wet op de ondernemingsraden) or (II) a confirmation from the competent works council(s) that the works council waives its advisory right;
(f) a “winding up”, “administration” or “dissolution” includes a bankruptcy (faillissement) or dissolution (ontbinding);
(g) a “moratorium” includes surseance van betaling and “a moratorium is declared” or “occurs” includes surseance verleend;
(h) any “action” taken in connection with insolvency proceedings includes a Dutch Loan Party having filed (i) a notice under section 36 of the Dutch Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990), or (ii) any notice under Section 60 of the Social Insurance Financing Act of the Netherlands (Wet Financiering Sociale Verzekeringen) in conjunction with Section 36 of the Dutch Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990);
(i) a “liquidator” includes a curator;
(j) an “administrator” includes a bewindvoerder;
(k) an “attachment” or any form thereof including “attached” includes a beslag;
(l) “gross negligence” means grove schuld;
(m) “willful misconduct” means opzet;
(n) “The Netherlands” means the European part of the Kingdom of The Netherlands and Dutch means in or of the Netherlands;
(o) “works council” includes a works council (ondernemingsraad), central works council (centrale ondernemingsraad), group works council (groepsondernemingsraad), SE works council (SE-ondernemingsraad) and staff meeting (personeelsvergadering);
(p) “insolvency” includes a bankruptcy (faillissement) and moratorium (surséance van betaling); and
(q) a “Subsidiary” includes a dochtermaatschappij as defined in section 2:24a of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek).
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1.6 Exchange Rates and Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Agent shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of the Borrowing Base (and each component thereof) and for calculating Value. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency for purposes of the Loan Documents (including for purposes of financial statements and all calculations in connection with the covenants, including the financial covenants) shall be the Dollar Equivalent thereof. Without limiting the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant, basket, test or threshold set forth in the Loan Documents (including in Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX of this Agreement), any amounts so incurred or expended (to the extent incurred or expended in a currency other than Dollars) shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the exchange rates (as determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) as in effect on the date of such incurrence or expenditure (and to the extent the respective incurrence or expenditure test regulates the aggregate amount outstanding at any time and it is expressed in terms of Dollars, all outstanding amounts originally incurred or spent in currencies other than Dollars shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the exchange rates (as determined in accordance with this Agreement) as in effect on the date of the most recent incurrence or expenditures made).
(b) For purposes of determining the Borrowing Base (and each component thereof), the Borrowers shall report (i) asset values with respect to any asset included in the Borrowing Base in the currency shown in the Borrowing Base Companies’ financial records or invoiced by the Borrowing Base Companies, as applicable, for such asset (and otherwise as reasonably requested by the Agent, the relevant currency the Security Jurisdiction for such Borrowing Base Company), (ii) to the extent applicable at any time, any Inventory Reserves with respect to any item of Inventory in the currency in which the asset value for such item of Inventory is reported pursuant to clause (i) above (and otherwise as reasonably requested by the Agent, the relevant currency the Security Jurisdiction for such Borrowing Base Company) and (iii) any Reserve in the currency of the underlying claims, liabilities or obligations giving rise to such Reserve (and otherwise as reasonably requested by the Agent, the relevant currency of the Security Jurisdiction for such Borrowing Base Company).
1.7 Rates. The Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to 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 2.3(j), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Loan Parties.
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The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Loan Party, 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.
1.8 Quebec Matters. For purposes of any tangible assets located in the Province of Québec or charged by the Security Documents governed by the laws of the Province of Québec and for all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of a Loan Document may be subject to the laws of the Province of Québec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (a) “personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (b) “real property” shall be deemed to include “immovable property”, (c) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (d) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (e) “security interest” and “mortgage” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, (f) all references to filing, registering or recording shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Québec, (g) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” Liens shall be deemed to include a reference to the “opposability” of such Liens to third parties, (h) any “right of offset”, “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (i) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, (j) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary”, (k) “joint and several” shall be deemed to include “solidary”, (l) “gross negligence or willful misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault” and (m) “beneficial ownership” shall be deemed to include “ownership on behalf of another as mandatory”.
1.9 Grower Baskets. For purposes of calculating EBITDA under any grower basket (i.e., a covenant exception subject to a limitation based on the greater of a Dollar amount and a percentage of EBITDA) contained in Article VIII (or otherwise set forth herein), for any subject transaction, EBITDA shall be determined as of the Four Quarter Measurement Period most recently ended. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no such grower basket shall be determined to be exceeded hereunder (and no Default or Event of Default shall occur) solely on account of fluctuations in the amount of EBITDA after any such basket is utilized in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any decrease in the amount of EBITDA shall be deemed to decrease EBITDA for the purposes of any basket that has not been utilized and any refinancing (including any Refinancing Indebtedness) with respect to any basket that has been utilized.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDIT FACILITIES
2.1 The Revolving Credit Facility.
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(a) Revolving Credit Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally), subject to Section 2.5(a) and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make revolving credit loans (together with the Swingline Loans, Protective Advances and Overadvances, the “Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Borrowers in Dollars, from time to time during the Revolving Credit Availability Period, at the Borrower Agent’s request to the Agent, in an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that each of the applicable Revolving Credit Extension Conditions shall be satisfied immediately after giving effect to any such Revolving Credit Loans. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Revolving Credit Loans may be borrowed, paid, repaid and reborrowed. All Revolving Credit Loans shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be repaid in Dollars.
(b) Borrowing Base. The Agent, at any time in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, may (i) establish and increase or decrease Reserves against Eligible Receivables, Eligible Inventory, the Borrowing Base and the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, (ii) reduce the advance rates against Eligible Receivables (or any category of Eligible Receivables), Eligible Unbilled Receivables or Inventory, or thereafter increase such advance rates to any level equal to or below the advance rates in effect on the Closing Date and (iii) impose additional restrictions (or eliminate the same) to the standards of eligibility set forth in the definitions of Eligible Receivables, Eligible Unbilled Receivables and Eligible Inventory. The amount of any Reserve established by the Agent, and any changes to the advance rates or the eligibility criteria set forth in the definitions of Eligible Receivables, Eligible Unbilled Receivables or Eligible Inventory, shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition, other circumstance, or fact that is the basis for such Reserve or change and shall not be duplicative of any other Reserve established and currently maintained. The establishment of any new Reserve category and changes to the methodology for determining a Reserve, or imposition of a new eligibility criteria or changes to advance rates by the Agent, shall only become effective three (3) Business Days after the date of notice by the Agent to the Borrower Agent of such change, imposition or establishment; provided that (A) no such prior notice shall be required for changes to any Reserves resulting solely by virtue of mathematical calculations of the amount of the Reserve in accordance with the methodology of calculation set forth in this Agreement or previously utilized; (B) no such prior notice shall be required during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default; (C) no such prior notice shall be required with respect to any Reserve established in respect of any Lien that has priority over Agent’s Liens on the Collateral; and (D) the Borrower may not obtain any new Revolving Credit Loans (including Swingline Loans) or Letters of Credit to the extent that such Revolving Credit Loan (including Swingline Loans) or Letter of Credit would cause an Overadvance after giving effect to the establishment or increase of such Reserve as set forth in such notice.
(c) Revolving Credit Notes. The Revolving Credit Loans made by each Revolving Credit Lender may, at the request of such Lender, be evidenced by a single promissory note payable to the order of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Revolving Credit Note” and, collectively, the “Revolving Credit Notes”), executed by the Borrowers and delivered to such Lender in a stated maximum principal amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.
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(d) Payment of Revolving Obligations. The Borrowers hereby promise to pay all of the Revolving Credit Loans and all other Revolving Obligations in respect thereof (including principal, interest, fees (including any Revolving Credit Termination Premium), costs, and expenses payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) in full on the Termination Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans and all other Revolving Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations) become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to payment of the applicable Revolving Credit Termination Premium, the Borrower Agent may, upon irrevocable notice from the Borrower Agent to the Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit; provided that (A) any such notice shall be received by the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (B) any partial reduction (including in the case of the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit) shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (C) the Borrower Agent shall not terminate or reduce (1) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, (2) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of Letter of Credit Usage not fully Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, and (3) the Swingline Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, and to any concurrent payments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans hereunder would exceed the Swingline Sublimit.
(ii) If, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, such Letter of Credit Sublimit or Swingline Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(iii) The Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit under this Section 2.1(e). Upon any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of such reduction amount. All fees (including any Unused Revolving Credit Commitments Fees, any Revolving Credit Termination Premium, and any Letter of Credit Fees) and interest in respect of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment accrued until the effective date of any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination or reduction.
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2.2 [Reserved].
2.3 Procedure for Borrowing; Notices of Borrowing.
(a) Borrowing. The Borrower Agent shall request each Loan by submitting such request by ABLSoft (or, if requested by the Agent, by delivering, in writing or by an Approved Electronic Communication, a Notice of Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit B) (each such request a “Notice of Borrowing”), which request shall specify the requested (i) date of such Borrowing and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing.
(b) Revolving Credit Loans.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the case of any requested Revolving Credit Loan, the Agent shall deliver the amount of the Revolving Credit Loan requested in the Notice of Borrowing for credit to any account of a Borrower as Borrower Agent may specify at a bank acceptable to the Agent (any such account, a “Funding Account”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) on the same day if such request is received by the Agent on or before 10:00 a.m. on a Business Day or (ii) on the immediately following Business Day if the Notice of Borrowing is received by the Agent after 10:00 a.m. on a Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day. The Agent shall charge to the Loan Account that Agent’s usual and customary fees for the wire transfer of each Revolving Credit Loan.
(ii) Promptly following receipt of a request for Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with Section 2.3(a), the Agent shall advise each Revolving Credit Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make each Revolving Credit Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 p.m. to the account of the Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share. Unless the 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 Agent such Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made (or will make) such share available on such date in accordance with this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Revolving Credit Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Agent, then the applicable Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at the interest rate applicable to such Revolving Credit Loans. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount to the Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in such Borrowing.
(c) [Reserved].
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(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) [Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
(h) Swingline Loan.
(i) The Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Revolving Credit Lenders agree that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, promptly after the Borrower Agent requests a Revolving Credit Loan, the Swingline Lender may elect to have the terms of this Section 2.3(h) apply to such borrowing request by advancing, on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders and in the amount requested, same day funds to the Borrowers (each such Loan made solely by the Swingline Lender pursuant to this Section 2.3(h) is referred to in this Agreement as a “Swingline Loan”), with settlement among them as to the Swingline Loans to take place on a periodic basis as set forth in Section 2.3(i). Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Swingline Lender to, and Swingline Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (but without any further written notice required), deliver the amount of the Swingline Loan requested to the applicable Borrower account (i) on the same day if the Notice of Borrowing is received by the Agent on or before 10:00 a.m. on a Business Day or (ii) on the immediately following Business Day if the Notice of Borrowing is received by the Agent after 10:00 a.m. on a Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day. The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan if applicable Revolving Credit Extension Conditions would not be satisfied after giving effect to such Swingline Loan.
(ii) Upon the making of a Swingline Loan (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default and regardless of whether a Settlement has been requested with respect to such Swingline Loan), each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Swingline Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Swingline Loan in proportion to its Revolving Pro Rata Share. The Swingline Lender may, at any time, require the applicable Lenders to fund their participations. From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund its participation in any Swingline Loan purchased hereunder, the Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Agent in respect of such Swingline Loan.
(iii) The Swingline Loans shall be repayable on demand, shall be secured by the Collateral, shall constitute Revolving Credit Loans made in Dollars and Obligations hereunder and shall bear interest at the rate in effect from time to time applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans. The Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender may, at the request of the Swingline Lender, be evidenced by a single promissory note payable to the order of the Swingline Lender, in the form of Exhibit A-2 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Swingline Note”), as executed by the Borrowers and delivered to the Swingline Lender, in a stated amount equal to the maximum amount of the Swingline Loans specified in this subsection.
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(i) Settlements. Each Lender’s funded portion of any Loan is intended to be equal at all times to such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all outstanding Loans under each Facility. Notwithstanding such agreement, the Agent and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of or enforceable by the Borrowers) that, to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among them as to the Loans, Swingline Loans, any Protective Advances and any Overadvances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) The Agent shall request settlement (“Settlement”) with the Appropriate Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by the Agent, with respect to (A) each outstanding Swingline Loan, Protective Advance and Overadvance and (B) all payments made by the Borrowers on account of the Loans, in each case by notifying the Appropriate Lenders of such requested Settlement in writing (by electronic transmission or otherwise as permitted hereunder), prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of such requested Settlement (any such date being a “Settlement Date”).
(ii) Each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the outstanding principal amount of the Swingline Loan, any Protective Advance and any Overadvance with respect to which Settlement is requested available to the Agent in same day funds, for itself or for the account of Agent, to the Agent’s Payment Account prior to 4:00 p.m., on the Settlement Date applicable thereto, regardless of whether the conditions precedent specified in Section 5.2 have then been satisfied. Such amounts made available to the Agent shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swingline Loan, Protective Advance and Overadvance, and, together with the portion of such Swingline Loan, any Protective Advance and any Overadvance representing Agent’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Revolving Credit Loans of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to the Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate for the first three (3) Business Days from and after such Settlement Date and thereafter at the interest rate then applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, not more than one (1) Business Day after demand is made by the Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default), each Revolving Credit Lender shall irrevocably and unconditionally purchase and receive from the Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Swingline Loan, any Protective Advance and any Overadvance to the extent of such Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share thereof, by paying to the Agent, in same day funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of such Swingline Loan, regardless of whether the conditions precedent specified in Section 5.2 have then been satisfied. If such amount is not made available to the Agent by any Lender, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate for the first three (3) days from and after such demand and thereafter at the interest rate then applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans.
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(iv) From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender purchases an undivided interest and participation in any Swingline Loan, Protective Advance or Overadvance under clause (iii) above, the Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest received by the Agent in respect of such Swingline Loan, Protective Advance and Overadvance.
(j) Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(i) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Agent and the Borrower Agent may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current 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 Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower Agent so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from the Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.3(j) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Agent will have the right (in consultation with the Borrower Agent) to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Agent will promptly notify Borrower Agent of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.3(j)(iv) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.3(j), 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 2.3(j).
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(iv) 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 the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (1) 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 Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark or 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 not or will not be representative, then the Agent may modify the definition of “Term SOFR” (or any similar or 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 (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Agent may modify the definition of “Term SOFR” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower Agent’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, (A) the Borrower Agent may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower Agent will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans and (B) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable calendar month. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an available tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
2.4 Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used by the Borrowers to refinance existing Indebtedness, for their general working capital purposes, for expenses incurred by the Borrowers in connection herewith and for other, general purposes consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
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2.5 Mandatory Prepayments and Optional Prepayments.
(a) Maximum Amount; Minimum Excess Availability. In no event shall (i) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Line Cap (other than solely as a result of Protective Advances and Overadvances permitted under Section 2.15), including as a result of any change in the Letter of Credit Usage Excluded Amount and (ii) Excess Availability be less than the Minimum Excess Availability Amount unless the Loan Parties are in compliance with Section 9.2.
(b) Revolving Credit Facility – Mandatory Prepayments. In addition to any prepayment required in accordance with Section 10.2 as a result of an Event of Default, the Revolving Credit Loans shall be subject to mandatory prepayment as follows:
(i) immediately upon discovery by or notice to the Borrower Agent from the Agent that any of the lending limits set forth in Section 2.1(a) or Section 2.5(a) have been exceeded (other than solely as a result of Protective Advances and Overadvances permitted under Section 2.15), the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, an amount sufficient to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans (but, for the avoidance of doubt, without any corresponding reduction in Revolving Credit Commitments), Collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit, or any combination thereof, to the applicable maximum allowed amount, and such amount shall become due and payable by the Borrowers without the necessity of a demand by the Agent or any Lender; and
(ii) within three (3) Business Days after the consummation by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Asset Dispositions permitted by Sections 8.5(k), (l), (m) or (n), the Loan Parties shall pay or cause to paid to the Agent, for application to outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (but, for the avoidance of doubt, without any corresponding reduction in Revolving Credit Commitments), cash proceeds of such Asset Disposition in an amount equal to the amount by which the Gross Borrowing Base is reduced as a result of such Asset Disposition.
(c) Revolving Credit Facility – Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, prepay the Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part (subject, in the case of the Payment in Full of all the Revolving Credit Loans, to the additional requirements of Section 4.6), upon at least one (1) Business Days’ irrevocable notice by the Borrower Agent to the Agent, specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the incurrence of other Indebtedness or any other event, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower Agent (by written notice to the Agent on or prior to the specified date) if such condition is not satisfied. If such notice is given, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein accompanied by the amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
(d) [Reserved].
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(e) [Reserved].
(f) [Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
(h) [Reserved].
(i) [Reserved].
(j) [Reserved].
(k) [Reserved].
(l) [Reserved].
(m) [Reserved].
(n) Termination Date. The entire outstanding principal amount of the Loans, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees and Lender Group Expenses payable by the Borrowers hereunder, shall become due and payable on the Termination Date.
(o) Application of Funds. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.5, (i) at all times after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Increased Reporting Period and notification thereof by the Agent to the Borrower Agent, all amounts received in the Concentration Account on each Business Day at or before 1:00 p.m. in accordance with Section 2.7 and (ii) all amounts received pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) shall, in each case, be applied by the Agent in the following order: first, to prepay the Swingline Loans until paid in full, second, to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans until paid in full (without a reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments), and third, to the extent of any remaining excess, to provide Collateralization in respect of Letter of Credit in the manner set forth in Section 10.2(a)(iii).
2.6 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Account. The Agent shall maintain a loan account for the Borrowers reflecting all outstanding Loans, along with interest accrued thereon and such other items reflected therein (the “Loan Account”), and shall provide the Borrower Agent with a monthly accounting reflecting the activity in the Loan Account, viewable by the Borrower Agent on ABLSoft. Each accounting shall be deemed correct, accurate and binding on the Borrowers and an account stated (except for reverses and reapplications of payments made and corrections of errors discovered by the Agent), unless the Borrower Agent notifies the Agent in writing to the contrary within thirty (30) days after such account is rendered, describing the nature of any alleged errors or omissions. However, the Agent’s failure to maintain the Loan Account or to provide any such accounting shall not affect the legality or binding nature of any of the Obligations. Interest, fees and other monetary Obligations (including Lender Group Expenses) due and owing under this Agreement may, in the Agent’s discretion, be charged to the Loan Account, and will thereafter be deemed to be Revolving Credit Loans and will bear interest at the same rate as other Revolving Credit Loans.
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2.7 Cash Management; Control Agreements; Lockboxes.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, each U.S. Loan Party and each Canadian Loan Party shall enter into a Control Agreement with each depository bank with which each U.S. Loan Party and each Canadian Loan Party maintains each deposit account into which collections of Receivables are deposited (such deposit accounts, collectively, the “North American Collection Accounts”); provided, however, that to the extent it is not possible to establish Control Agreements with respect to any North American Collection Account (other than any such North American Collection Account maintained with Citibank, N.A. or its affiliates or branches) by the Closing Date, each U.S. Loan Party and each Canadian Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to establish Control Agreements in respect thereof as promptly as possible following the Closing Date. On or prior to the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), each Loan Party shall enter into a Control Agreement with (i) the depository bank which maintains such Loan Parties’ main concentration account (the “Concentration Account”) and (ii) each depository bank, securities intermediary or other financial institution with which such Loan Party maintains each deposit account, securities account or commodities account (the Concentration Account, each North American Collection Account, each Lockbox Account and each deposit account, securities account or commodities account at any time subject to a Control Agreement, other than Restricted Accounts, a “Blocked Account”) and shall at all times thereafter cause all such accounts to be maintained as Blocked Accounts; provided, that, no Loan Party shall be required to enter into a Control Agreement with respect to Restricted Accounts. On or prior to the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), each U.S. Loan Party shall have opened new North American Collection Accounts with an Acceptable Bank, and shall have complied with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence with respect to each such North American Collection Account and shall have instructed each of their applicable account debtors to direct payments in respect of Receivables to the appropriate new North American Collection Account.
(b) On or prior to the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion), each U.S. Loan Party and each Canadian Loan Party shall have entered into one or more agreements with an Acceptable Bank with respect to Receivables payable to such Loan Party (each, a “Lockbox Agreement” or, collectively, the “Lockbox Agreements”), pursuant to which the Loan Parties shall have established (or directed the applicable depositary bank to establish) one or more post office boxes to be used for the sole and exclusive purpose of receiving all checks, drafts, instruments and other items of payment in respect of Receivables and other Collateral (each, a “Lockbox” or, collectively, the “Lockboxes”), and in connection therewith, the Loan Parties shall have opened with the applicable depositary bank one or more deposit accounts (each, a “Lockbox Account” and, collectively, the “Lockbox Accounts”).
(c) Unless the Agent has given contrary instructions to the applicable depositary bank, securities intermediary or financial institution during an Increased Reporting Period pursuant to the applicable Control Agreement, each Loan Party shall give instructions to cause all proceeds of Collateral and all other amounts otherwise constituting or received in respect of proceeds of Collateral received in Blocked Account of such Loan Party other than the Concentration Account, in each case to be transferred each Business Day (or with such other frequency as the Agent may agree) to the Concentration Account.
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(d) During an Increased Reporting Period, unless the Agent has given contrary instructions to the applicable depositary bank, securities intermediary or financial institution pursuant to the applicable Control Agreement, each Loan Party shall give instructions to cause the wire transfer on each Business Day (whether or not there are at the time outstanding Loans) of all available amounts in Blocked Accounts to the Concentration Account (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, amounts held in Restricted Accounts), from:
(i) the sale of Inventory;
(ii) all proceeds of collections of Receivables; and
(iii) each Blocked Account (including all cash and other amounts held therein).
(e) Each Loan Party may close deposit accounts, securities accounts or commodities accounts and/or open new deposit accounts, securities accounts or commodities accounts, subject to the execution and delivery to the Agent of appropriate Control Agreements to the extent required by the provisions of this Section 2.7. Each Loan Party shall furnish the Agent with prior written notice of its intention to close a Blocked Account or to open any deposit account, securities account or commodities account. In addition, upon the Agent’s request, the Borrower Agent shall provide such information with respect to Restricted Accounts as the Agent may reasonably request.
(f) Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party that (i) the funds on deposit in the Concentration Account, all other Blocked Accounts shall at all times continue to be collateral security for all of the Obligations and (ii) during the existence and continuance of an Increased Reporting Period, such Loan Party shall have no right of withdrawal from the Concentration Account and the funds on deposit in the Concentration Account (and any other Blocked Account that are not being transferred to the Concentration Account) shall be transferred to the Agent’s Payment Account for application to the Obligations (but, for the avoidance of doubt, without any corresponding reduction in Commitments) as provided in this Agreement (except for (A) proceeds of assets, other than Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens, to the extent such proceeds are required to be applied to the payment of the applicable obligations secured thereby and (B) proceeds of assets required to be otherwise applied in accordance with the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement). In the event that any Loan Party receives or otherwise has dominion and control of any such proceeds or collections in contravention of the provisions of this Section 2.7, such proceeds and collections shall be held in trust by such Person for the Agent, shall not be commingled with any of such Person’s other funds or deposited in any account of such Person and shall promptly be deposited into the Concentration Account or dealt with in such other fashion as such Person may be instructed by the Agent.
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(g) Any amounts received in the Concentration Account at any time when all of the Obligations have been Paid in Full shall, upon the request of Borrower Agent and subject to applicable law, be remitted to the operating account of the Borrower Agent.
(h) The Agent may give any notice of exclusive control or similar notice for any Blocked Account at such time as an Increased Reporting Period has occurred and is continuing. The Agent shall not give any notice of exclusive control or similar notice for any Blocked Account unless an Increased Reporting Period has occurred and is continuing. The Agent shall promptly (but in any event within three (3) Business Days) furnish written notice to each Person with whom a Blocked Account is maintained of any termination of an Increased Reporting Period. So long as no Increased Reporting Period is continuing, the Loan Parties may direct, and shall have sole control over, the manner of disposition of funds in the Blocked Accounts, in each case subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(i) For purposes of determining the Borrowing Base, all amounts received by the Agent in satisfaction of the Obligations will be credited to the Loan Account and the Collateral balances to which they relate upon the Agent’s receipt of an advice from the Agent’s bank that such items have been credited to the Agent’s account at the Agent’s bank (or upon the Agent’s deposit thereof at the Agent’s bank in the case of payments received by the Agent in kind), in each case subject to final payment and collection. However, during the continuance of each an Increased Reporting Period or at any time when proceeds are being applied pursuant to Section 10.5, for purposes of computing interest on the Obligations, such items shall be deemed applied by the Agent one (1) Business Day after the Agent’s receipt of advice of deposit thereof at the Agent’s bank.
2.8 Term. The term of this Agreement shall be for a period from the Closing Date through and including the Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall have no right to terminate this Agreement at any time that any Obligations are outstanding, except upon Payment in Full of all Obligations.
2.9 Payment Procedures.
(a) Loan Account. Borrowers hereby authorize the Agent to charge the Loan Account with the amount of all principal, interest, fees, Lender Group Expenses and other payments to be made hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, discharge Borrowers’ payment obligations hereunder by so charging the Loan Account.
(b) Time of Payment. Each payment by the Borrowers on account of principal, interest, fees or Lender Group Expenses hereunder shall be made to the Agent. All payments to be made by the Borrowers hereunder and under the Notes, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff, deduction or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 4:00 p.m. on the due date thereof to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders according to their Pro Rata Shares (except as expressly otherwise provided), at the Agent’s Payment Account in immediately available funds. Except for payments which are expressly provided to be made (i) for the account of the Agent or the Swingline Lender only or (ii) under the settlement provisions of Section 2.3(i), the Agent shall distribute all payments to the Lenders on the Business Day following receipt in like funds as received.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if a Lender or any of its Affiliates exercises its right of setoff under Section 12.3 or otherwise, any amounts so recovered shall promptly be shared by such Lender with the other Lenders according to their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(c) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest due hereunder.
(d) Application. Subject to Section 10.5, the Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right, if an Event of Default exists, to apply or reverse and re-apply any payment and any and all proceeds of Collateral to any portion of the Obligations. To the extent that any Borrower makes a payment or the Agent receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral for any Borrower’s benefit, which is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver, custodian or any other party under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then, to such extent, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Agent.
2.10 Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10, or requires any Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11, then such Lender (at the request of the Borrower Agent) 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 judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Borrowers hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
2.11 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.10(a), or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.11 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 2.10, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice by the Borrower Agent to such Lender and the Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate (and such Lender agrees to assign and delegate), without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and the consents required by, Section 12.7), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.10(a) or Section 4.11) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (a) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 12.7; (b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of all Loans owed to it, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.10) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts); (c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.10 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.11, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; (d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law; and (e) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
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A Lender (other than a Defaulting 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 Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Nothing in this Section 2.11 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrowers or any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender may have against any Defaulting Lender.
2.12 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) The Agent may recover all amounts owing by a Defaulting Lender on demand, and all such amounts owing shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to two percent (2%) above the per annum rate that would otherwise be applicable to the Loans of such Lender until Paid in Full.
(b) The failure of any Defaulting Lender to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to fund its Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing. Conversely, no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of another Lender to fund such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of a Borrowing.
(c) The Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments made by the Borrowers to the Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit; nor shall a Defaulting Lender be entitled to the sharing of any payments hereunder (including any fees). Amounts payable to a Defaulting Lender shall instead be paid to or retained by the Agent. The Agent may hold and, in its Permitted Discretion, apply any or all of such amounts to the Defaulting Lender’s defaulted obligations, use the funds to Collateralize such Lender’s Fronting Exposure, or re-lend to the Borrowers the amount of all such payments received or retained by it for the account of such Defaulting Lender. For purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents and determining Pro Rata Shares, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender and such Lender’s Commitment or Loans, as applicable, for such purposes shall be deemed to be zero (0). This Section shall remain effective with respect to such Lender until the Defaulting Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting Lender. The operation of this Section shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitment of any Lender or to relieve or excuse the performance by any of the Borrowers of their duties and obligations hereunder.
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(d) The Agent, at its election, at any time, may require that the reimbursement obligations of a Defaulting Lender in respect of Letters of Credit be reallocated to, and assumed by, the other Revolving Credit Lenders based on their respective Revolving Pro Rata Shares (calculated as if the Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share was zero (0)); provided that no Revolving Credit Lender shall be reallocated, or required to fund, any such amounts that could would cause the sum of such Revolving Credit Lender’s outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit to exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment.
(e) If the Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that a Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the 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 Collateralization), that the Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders under the Facility or take such other actions as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and the funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares under the Facility (without giving effect to Section 2.12(c) above) whereupon that 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 Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties and subject to Section 2.11, 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.
2.13 Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of the Borrower Agent (which shall be irrevocable) made in accordance herewith, Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to issue a requested Letter of Credit in Dollars for the account of the Borrowers of a tenor and containing terms acceptable to the Borrower Agent, the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, in a maximum aggregate face amount outstanding at any time not to exceed an applicable Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided that (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation to cause to be issued any Letter of Credit with a termination date after the Termination Date and (ii) if a Letter of Credit is issued with an expiration date after the Termination Date, the Borrowers shall Collateralize such Letter of Credit in full immediately. The term of any Letter of Credit shall not exceed three hundred sixty-five (365) days from the date of issuance, subject to renewal in accordance with the terms thereof (provided that any notice of extension shall be required at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit hereunder), but in no event to a date beyond the Termination Date. All Letters of Credit shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.5(a), and a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit shall be included in calculating outstanding amounts for purposes of determining compliance with Section 2.5(a). Without limitation of the foregoing, but for the avoidance of any doubt, the maximum amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit outstanding at any one time, when aggregated with (without duplication) all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans shall not exceed Line Cap.
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(b) Immediately upon issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of any Letter of Credit by the Letter of Credit Issuer in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.13, without any further action on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Revolving Credit Lenders, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation, to the extent of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share, of the liability and obligations under and with respect to such Letter of Credit and the Letter of Credit Agreement (including all obligations of the Borrowers with respect thereto, other than amounts owing to the Letter of Credit Issuer or Agent pursuant to the first sentence of Section 4.5) and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto.
(c) Whenever the Borrower Agent desires the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer a written notice no later than 2:00 p.m. at least ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) in advance of the proposed date of issuance of a letter of credit, such notice to be substantially in the form provided by the Letter of Credit Issuer (a “Letter of Credit Request”). The transmittal by the Borrower Agent of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower Agent that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with and will not violate any of the requirements of this Section 2.13. Prior to the date of issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower Agent shall provide to the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer a precise description of the documents and the text of any certificate to be presented by the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit which, if presented by such beneficiary on or prior to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, would require the Letter of Credit Issuer to make payment under such Letter of Credit. Each of Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, in its Permitted Discretion, may require different forms or changes in any such documents and certificates. No Letter of Credit shall require payment against a conforming draft to be made thereunder prior to the second Business Day after the date on which such draft is presented.
(d) Upon any request for a drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, (i) the Borrower Agent shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to the Agent for a Revolving Credit Loan on the date on which such drawing is honored in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and (ii) without regard to satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.2 and the other terms and conditions of borrowings contained herein, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall, on the date of such drawing, make Revolving Credit Loans in the amount of such drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by the Agent to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing or payment. If for any reason, proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans are not received by the Agent on such date in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing, the Borrowers shall reimburse the Agent, on the Business Day immediately following the date of such drawing, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such drawing over the amount of such Loans, if any, which are so received, plus accrued interest on such amount at the rate set forth in Section 4.1(a) or 4.2, as applicable.
(e) As among the Borrowers, the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and each Lender, the Borrowers assume all risks of the acts and omissions of the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (other than for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer) or misuse of the Letters of Credit by the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit.
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In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, neither the Agent nor any of the Lenders nor the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be responsible (i) for the accuracy, genuineness or legal effects of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of or any drawing honored under such Letters of Credit even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged, (ii) for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit, or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason, (iii) for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, telecopy or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher, (iv) for errors in interpretation of technical terms, (v) for any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds thereof, (vi) for the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, of the proceeds of any drawing honored under such Letter of Credit, and (vii) for any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Agent or the Lenders, provided that the foregoing shall not release the Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer for any liability for its gross negligence or willful misconduct. None of the above shall affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of any of Agent’s rights or powers hereunder. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, shall not create any liability of the Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer to any Borrower or any Lender.
(f) The obligations of the Borrowers to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit and the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this Section 2.13 shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances including the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, or any Letter of Credit Agreement; (ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which any Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), the Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated herein or therein or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other documents presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents; (v) failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit or any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of any drawing; or (vi) that a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(g) Any Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder at any time upon notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Agent and the Borrower Agent, which notice shall be delivered (i) concurrently with any permitted assignment of such Letter of Credit Issuer’s interests hereunder as a Revolving Credit Lender, or (ii) otherwise, thirty (30) days in advance of its effective date. From and after the effective date of resignation, the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer shall continue to have all rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under the Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be required to extend or issue new Letters of Credit.
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(h) Each Borrower irrevocably appoints each Letter of Credit Issuer as its attorney-in-fact and authorizes such Letter of Credit Issuer, without notice to Borrowers, to execute and deliver ancillary documents and letters customary in the letter of credit business that may include but are not limited to advisements, indemnities, checks, bills of exchange and issuance documents. The power of attorney granted by the Borrowers is limited solely to such actions related to the issuance, confirmation or amendment of any Letter of Credit and to ancillary documents or letters customary in the letter of credit business. This appointment is coupled with an interest.
2.14 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain at any time any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of Obligations payable to such Lender hereunder at such time in excess of its applicable Pro Rata Share, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Appropriate Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) such participations in the Obligations payable to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that, if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each other Lender shall be rescinded and such other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such other Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
2.15 Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth below and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Agent is authorized by the Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make Revolving Credit Loans to Borrowers, on behalf of all Lenders, which Agent, in its Permitted Discretion deems necessary or desirable (i) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans or other Obligations or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including payments of reimbursable expenses (including fees and Lender Group Expenses) and other sums payable under the Loan Documents (any of such Revolving Credit Loans are herein referred to as “Protective Advances”); provided that (A) the aggregate amount of Protective Advances plus Overadvances outstanding at any time shall not at any time exceed ten percent (10.0%) of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, (B) after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate outstanding amount (without duplication) of Revolving Credit Loans and the undrawn amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit shall not exceed one hundred and ten percent (110.0%) of the Borrowing Base on such Borrowing Date, and (C) in no event shall the making of any Protective Advance cause the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving Credit Loans and the undrawn amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment on such Borrowing Date.
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Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent to Borrowing set forth in Section 5.2 have not been satisfied. At any time that there is sufficient Excess Availability and the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 have been satisfied, the Agent may request the Revolving Credit Lenders to make a Revolving Credit Loan to repay a Protective Advance. At any other time the Agent may require the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund their risk participations described in Section 2.15(c) below. The Agent’s authorization to make Protective Advances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon the Agent’s receipt thereof.
(b) Subject to the limitations set forth below and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Agent is authorized by the Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), to knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or would be created thereby, so long as, after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate outstanding amount (without duplication) of Revolving Credit Loans and the undrawn amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit shall not exceed the lesser of (i) one hundred and ten percent (110.0%) of the Borrowing Base as of such Borrowing Date, and (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment on such Borrowing Date. If any Overadvance remains outstanding for more than thirty (30) days, unless otherwise agreed to by the Required Lenders, the Borrowers shall immediately repay the Revolving Credit Loans in an amount sufficient to eliminate all such Overadvances. The Agent’s authorization to make Overadvances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon Agent’s receipt thereof. The foregoing provisions are meant for the benefit of the Lenders and the Agent and are not meant for the benefit of the Borrowers, which shall continue to be bound by the provisions of Section 2.5(a).
(c) Upon the making of a Protective Advance or an Overadvance by the Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default), each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Agent without recourse or warranty an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance or such Overadvance, as the case may be, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share. On any Business Day, the Agent may, in its sole discretion, give notice to the Lenders that the Lenders are required to fund their risk participation in Protective Advances and Overadvances, in which case each Lender shall fund its participation on the date specified in such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent may also request Settlement of all Protective Advances and Overadvances in accordance with Section 2.3(i). From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Credit Lender is required to fund its participation in any Protective Advance or Overadvance purchased hereunder, the Agent shall promptly distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Agent in respect of such Protective Advance or Overadvance.
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(d) Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall be deemed to be a Revolving Credit Loan hereunder, and, prior to Settlement therefor, all payments on the Protective Advances and Overadvances, including interest thereon, shall be payable to the Agent solely for its own account. Protective Advances and Overadvances shall be repayable upon demand, shall be secured by the Collateral, shall constitute Loans and Obligations hereunder and shall bear interest at the rate in effect from time to time applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans. The provisions of this Section 2.15 are for the exclusive benefit of the Agent, the Swingline Lender, and the Revolving Credit Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrowers (or any other Loan Party) in any way.
ARTICLE III
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV
INTEREST, FEES AND EXPENSES
4.1 Interest.
(a) Rates of Interest. Subject to Section 4.2, all Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loans are made until, in all cases, the date such Loans are Paid in Full, as follows:
(i) if a Revolving Credit Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) Adjusted Term SOFR, plus (B) the Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans; provided that, in the event that Adjusted Term SOFR is unavailable for any reason (including as a result of the occurrence of any event described in Section 4.10(b) or (c)), then such rate shall be a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate, plus (B) the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.
Interest hereunder (including interest arising pursuant to Section 4.2) shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after any Insolvency Event.
(b) Interest Payment Dates. Except as provided in Section 4.2, interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on (i) the first day of each month, (ii) on the date of any prepayment of such Loan, (iii) on the Termination Date and (iv) at such other times as may be specified herein.
(c) No Requirement of Match Funding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues based on the Adjusted Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Reference Rate.
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(d) Term SOFR Conforming Changes. In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Agent will have the right (in consultation with the Borrower Agent) to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
4.2 Interest After Event of Default.
(a) Upon notice from the Agent to the Borrower Agent after any Event of Default (which notice may be given at the option of the Agent and shall be given at the direction of the Required Lenders), or automatically upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 10.1(d), all outstanding monetary Obligations shall bear interest, at all times thereafter while such Event of Default is continuing, at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the Revolving Default Rate, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws until such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
(b) Interest accrued pursuant to Section 4.2(a), including accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (and interest on past due interest), shall be due and payable upon demand.
4.3 [Reserved].
4.4 Unused Revolving Credit Commitment Fee. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, a monthly unused commitment fee (the “Unused Revolving Credit Commitment Fee”), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.12, equal to one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum, multiplied by the difference, if positive, between (a) the average daily amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment during the applicable month (or portion thereof), minus (b) the average daily amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings (excluding the principal amount of Swingline Loans) during the applicable month (or portion thereof). The Unused Revolving Credit Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during the Revolving Credit Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable monthly in arrears on the first day of each month, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Revolving Credit Availability Period.
4.5 Fronting Fees and Letter of Credit Fees.
(a) The Borrowers shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account (i) a fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer for the account of the Borrowers in an amount equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) of each such Letter of Credit, which fee shall be payable upon the issuance thereof and (ii) all customary charges associated with the issuance, amending, negotiating, payment, processing, transfer and administration of Letters of Credit, which charges shall be paid as and when incurred.
(b) The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, in respect of each Letter of Credit, a fee equal to (a) the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Credit Loans that are SOFR Loans, multiplied by (b) the daily average of the amount of the Letters of Credit outstanding during the preceding month (or portion thereof) (the “Letter of Credit Fee”), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.12.
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The Letter of Credit Fee shall be due and payable monthly in arrears on the first day of each month, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Revolving Credit Availability Period.
4.6 Termination and Prepayment Premiums.
| (a) | Revolving Credit Termination Premium. |
(i) If a Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event occurs, then on the date of such Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event, the Borrowers shall be required to pay to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, an amount equal to the applicable Revolving Credit Termination Premium. The applicable Revolving Credit Termination Premium shall be calculated, earned and due and payable on and as of the date of each applicable Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event. Each Revolving Credit Termination Premium shall be in addition to any required payment of principal and unpaid accrued interest and other amounts due in connection with each applicable Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Revolving Credit Termination Premium shall be due for (A) any voluntary termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments (in full) occurring during the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the Scheduled Maturity Date, so long as the Borrower Agent provides the Agent thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such voluntary termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, or (B) any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments or repayment of the Revolving Credit Loans with respect to any refinancing of such Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to which an Eclipse Affiliate shall act as administrative agent, solely to the extent consummated (I) by any of the Revolving Credit Lenders, (II) on or after August 11, 2024 and (III) in order to extend the maturity of such Revolving Credit Loans.
(ii) Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Revolving Credit Lenders will have suffered damages on account of any Revolving Credit Termination Premium Trigger Event and that, in view of the difficulty in ascertaining the amount of such damages, the Revolving Credit Termination Premium constitutes reasonable compensation and liquidated damages to compensate the Revolving Credit Lenders on account thereof, and (B) payment of the Revolving Credit Termination Premium due hereunder is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH BORROWER HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING REVOLVING CREDIT TERMINATION PREMIUMS, INCLUDING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACCELERATION AND TERMINATION OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS, INCLUDING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY ACCELERATION AND THE TERMINATION OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS AS A RESULT OF ANY BANKRUPTCY OR OTHER INSOLVENCY EVENT OR OTHER PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO ANY DEBTOR RELIEF LAWS OR PURSUANT TO A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION.
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Each Borrower hereby expressly agrees that: (a) the Revolving Credit Termination Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (b) the Revolving Credit Termination Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (c) there has been a course of conduct between the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrowers giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Revolving Credit Termination Premium subject to the terms hereof; and (d) the Loan Parties shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this Section 4.6(a). Each Borrower hereby expressly acknowledges that the agreement to pay the Revolving Credit Termination Premium as herein described is a material inducement to the Revolving Credit Lenders to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
4.7 Inaccuracies of Financial Information, Etc. If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to any Financial Statements or for any other reason, the Borrower Agent, the Agent or the Lenders determine that (a) EBITDA as calculated by the Borrower Agent as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (b) a proper calculation of EBITDA would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrowers shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders, promptly on demand by the Agent (or, after the occurrence of Insolvency Event, automatically and without further action by the Agent or any Lender, 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. This Section 4.6 shall not limit the rights of the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, under Section 4.2 or under Article X. The Borrowers’ obligations under this Section 4.6 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the Payment in Full of the Obligations.
4.8 Fee Letter. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for its own account as and when due in accordance with the terms thereof all fees required to be paid to the Agent under the Fee Letter.
4.9 Computations. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other Loan Document, interest and fees payable pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which such interest or fees accrue. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure under such Act, wherever any interest to be paid under this Agreement is to be calculated on the basis of any period of time that is less than a calendar year (a “deemed year”), such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate by multiplying such rate of interest for the deemed year by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the rate is to be ascertained and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate, fee or other payment hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that each fee payable under this Agreement is fully earned and non-refundable on the date such fee is due and payable and that each such fee constitutes Obligations and is in addition to any other fees payable by the Borrowers under the Loan Document. If any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document would require a Loan Party to make any payment of interest or any other payment that by a court of competent jurisdiction construes to be interest in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in the Agent’s receipt of interest at a criminal rate (as those terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then despite that provision, that amount or rate will be deemed to have been adjusted retroactively to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or would not result in a receipt by the Agent of interest at a criminal rate.
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The adjustment will be made, to the extent necessary, first, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid and thereafter by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums, and other amounts that would constitute interest for the purposes of section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
4.10 Certain Provisions Regarding SOFR Rate.
(a) Increased Costs.
(i) If any Change in Law shall:
(A) 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 or participated in by, any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer;
(B) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Taxes described in clauses (ii) through (iv) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (3) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(C) impose on any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) 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 or Letter of Credit Issuer of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then Borrowers will pay to such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(ii) Capital Requirements.
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If any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender’s or such Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Letter of Credit Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time Borrowers will pay to such Lender or such Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender’s or such Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(iii) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Section 4.10(a)(i) or (ii) and delivered to the Borrower Agent will be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers will pay such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
(iv) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4.10(a) shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or a Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Section 4.10(a) for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower Agent of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(b) Inadequate or Unfair Basis. If the Agent or any Lender reasonably determines (which determination shall be binding and conclusive on Borrowers) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank market or otherwise, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Term SOFR, then the Agent or such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower Agent (and the Agent, if applicable) thereof and, so long as such circumstances shall continue, (i) the Agent and/or such Lender shall be under no obligation to make any SOFR Loans and (ii) on the last day of the current calendar month, each SOFR Loan shall, unless then repaid in full, automatically convert to a Base Rate Loan.
(c) Illegality. If any change in market conditions or Change in Law, or any change in the interpretation of any applicable law or regulation by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof, would make it (or in the good faith judgment of the Agent or the applicable Lender cause a substantial question as to whether it is) unlawful or impractical for the Agent or such Lender to make, maintain or fund SOFR Loans, then the Agent or such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower Agent and, so long as such circumstances shall continue, (i) the Agent or such Lender shall have no obligation to make any SOFR Loan and (ii) on the last day of the current calendar month for each SOFR Loan (or, in any event, on such earlier date as may be required by the relevant law, regulation or interpretation), such SOFR Loan shall, unless then repaid in full, automatically convert to a Base Rate Loan.
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4.11 Taxes.
(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 4.11, the term “Lender” includes any Letter of Credit Issuer and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
(b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Indemnification by Loan Parties. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (including reasonable attorneys’ and tax advisors’ fees and expenses), whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower Agent by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.7 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
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A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Agent under this Section 4.11(e).
(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 4.11, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
| (g) | Status of Lenders. |
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Agent as will enable the Borrower Agent or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a U.S. Loan Party,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Agent or the Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S.
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federal backup withholding tax; (B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Agent or the Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-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 any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K-2 or Exhibit K-3, 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 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 K-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
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(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Agent or the Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower Agent or the Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and (D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii) Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower Agent and the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h) Status of Administrative Agent. At the request of the Borrower Agent, the Agent shall deliver to Borrower Agent whichever of the following is applicable: (i) if the Agent is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, two executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Agent is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding or (ii) if the Agent is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, (A) with respect to payments received for its own account, two executed original copies of IRS Form W-8ECI and (B) with respect to payments received on account of any Lender, two executed original copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (together with all required accompanying documentation) certifying that the Agent is a U.S. branch and may be treated as a United States person for purposes of applicable U.S. federal withholding tax. At any time thereafter, the Agent shall provide updated documentation previously provided (or a successor form thereto) when any documentation previously delivered has expired or become obsolete or invalid or otherwise upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Agent.
(i) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.11 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.11), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 4.11(i) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.11(i), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 4.11(i) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(j) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 4.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
5.1 Conditions to Initial Loans or Letter of Credit. Subject to Section 7.21, the obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Loans or of the Letter of Credit Issuer to cause to be issued the initial Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing (which shall include Schedule 7.21) of the following conditions prior to making of such initial Loan or Letter of Credit:
(a) Loan Documents. The Agent shall have received the following, each dated as of the Closing Date or as of an earlier date acceptable to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel:
(i) counterparts of this Agreement, duly executed by the parties hereto;
(ii) the Notes, each duly executed by the Borrowers, to the extent such Notes were requested three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; (vi) (a) the Intercreditor Agreement1, duly executed by each party thereto and (b) the Corre Subordination Agreement2, duly executed by each party thereto;
(iii) the Copyright Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(iv) the Patent Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(v) the Trademark Security Agreement, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
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(vii) Security Documents, duly executed by each applicable Loan Party;
(viii) drafts of financing statements duly authorized and in a form reasonably acceptable to Agent and ready to be filed under the Uniform Commercial Code and PPSA, as applicable (naming the Agent as secured party and the Loan Parties as debtors and containing a description of the applicable Collateral) with respect to each Loan Party in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is organized or incorporated as set forth on Schedule 6.1(a);
(ix) results of lien, judgment and Intellectual Property searches, dated on or before the Closing Date, listing all effective financing statements filed in the jurisdictions referred to in clause (viii) above and in all other jurisdictions that Agent reasonably deems necessary or desirable to confirm the priority of the Liens created hereunder and under the Security Documents, that name each of the Loan Parties as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements;
(x) a completed Perfection Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent;
(xi) a financial condition certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent, in the form of Exhibit F;
(xii) a Borrowing Base Certificate, duly executed by Borrower Agent’s Responsible Officer prepared on a pro forma basis for that transactions contemplated hereby and with asset values determined as of December 31, 2022;
(xiii) (A) a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, and (B) a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent certifying that since December 31, 2020, (I) there has been no change, occurrence, development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (II) all data, reports and information (other than projections and budgets) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Loan Parties in writing to the Agent or the Auditors for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, are true and accurate in all material respects as of the date or certification thereof and are not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such data, reports and information not misleading at such time, and (III) all projections and budgets heretofore furnished to the
| 1 | As defined in this Agreement prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. |
| 2 | As defined in this Agreement prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. |
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Agent or the Auditors for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, have been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the Borrowers to be reasonable at the time of preparation;
(xiv) an opinion of counsel for each Loan Party, other than the Dutch Loan Parties and the UK Loan Parties, addressed to the Agent covering such customary matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Agent may reasonably require, which such counsel is hereby requested by Borrower Agent on behalf of all the Loan Parties to provide;
(xv) an opinion of counsel addressed to the Agent covering such matters as to Dutch Loan Parties and Dutch law incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Agent may reasonably require;
(xvi) an opinion of counsel addressed to the Agent covering such matters as to UK Loan Parties and the laws of England and Wales incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Agent may reasonably require;
(xvii) certified copies of all certificates evidencing the insurance required by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (inclusive of those described in Section 7.6 hereof) together with loss payee endorsements for all such policies naming Agent as lender loss payee and an additional insured;
(xviii) a copy of the Business Plan, on a monthly basis for the twelve month period following the Closing Date and on an annual basis through the end of the year in which the Scheduled Maturity Date occurs, accompanied by a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent certifying to the Agent and the Lenders that the Business Plan has been prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions which were believed to be reasonable in the context of the conditions existing on the date hereof, and represents, as of the date hereof, the Borrower Agent’s good faith estimate of its future financial performance;
(xix) copies of the Governing Documents of each Loan Party (other than the deed of incorporation (oprichtingsakte) of Furmanite B.V.) and a copy of the resolutions of the Governing Body (or similar evidence of authorization) of each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, attached to a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer, as applicable of such Loan Party certifying (A) that such copies of the Governing Documents and resolutions of the Governing Body (or similar evidence of authorization) relating to such Loan Party are true, complete and accurate copies thereof, have not been amended or modified since the date of such certificate and are in full force and effect, (B) the incumbency, names and true signatures of the officers (or, as applicable, directors) of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (C) that attached thereto is a list of all persons authorized to execute and deliver Notices of Borrowing and Letter of Credit Requests on behalf of the Borrowers, if applicable, (D) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, the Solvency of that UK Loan Party, and (E) in respect of the UK Loan Parties, that guaranteeing or securing (as appropriate) the Commitments would not cause any guarantee, security or other similar limit binding on the relevant UK Loan Party to be exceeded;
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(xx) with respect to U.S. Loan Parties, a certified copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation, organization or formation (or the equivalent Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation) of each Loan Party, dated within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date, listing the certificate of incorporation, organization or formation of such Loan Party and each amendment thereto on file in such official’s office and certifying (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdictions) that (A) such amendments are the only amendments to such certificate of incorporation, organization or formation on file in that office, (B) such Loan Party has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and (C) such Loan Party is in good standing in that jurisdiction (as applicable);
(xxi) with respect to any Loan Party formed under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, a certificate of status (or equivalent) issued by the governmental authority in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is formed, dated within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date;
(xxii) a closing certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent, in the form of Exhibit G;
(xxiii) evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 34.2 (Service of process) of the English Share Charge, has accepted its appointment;
(xxiv) a copy of all notices required to be sent under the English Security Documents executed by the relevant parties thereto;
(xxv) a letter of financial support from Team Inc. addressed to the directors of each UK Loan Party and Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited in form and substance acceptable to the Agent;
(xxvi) an amendment to the Corre Credit Agreement3, duly executed by the parties thereto; and
(xxvii) an amendment to the Term Loan Agreement4, duly executed by the parties thereto.
| 3 | As defined in this Agreement prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. |
| 4 | As defined in this Agreement prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. |
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(b) Reimbursement. The Borrowers shall have paid (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and Lender Group Expenses required to be paid pursuant to Section 12.4 of this Agreement to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date (it being understood that all other such fees and Lender Group Expenses shall be paid after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), (ii) the fees referred to in this Agreement that are required to be paid on the Closing Date, and (iii) any fees due and payable to the Agent under the Fee Letter that are required to be paid on the Closing Date.
(c) Availability. Immediately after giving effect to all Loans to be made and all Letters of Credit to be issued on the Closing Date, Excess Availability, after deduction for the amount of all fees and Lender Group Expenses associated with the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby which have accrued, but which have not been paid by or on the Closing Date (either from the proceeds of the Loans or otherwise), shall exceed $15,000,000.
(d) Payment of Outstanding Indebtedness, Etc. The Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that all Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1), together with all interest, all prepayment premiums and other amounts due and payable with respect thereto, will have been paid in full upon the making of the initial Loan and all obligations with respect thereto will, substantially concurrently with the making of the initial Loan, be terminated (other than contingent indemnification obligations), and payoff letters and, evidencing that all Liens securing payment of any such Indebtedness will substantially contemporaneously be released at the time of the making of the initial Loan, on terms and in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. In addition, the Agent shall have received duly authorized release or termination statements, duly filed (or an authorization from all required Persons to file release or termination statements) in all jurisdictions that Agent deems necessary from any creditors of the Loan Parties being paid off on the Closing Date.
(e) KYC. Upon the request of Agent or any Lender made at least ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall have provided to the Agent or such Lender no later than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including the Patriot Act. At least three (3) days prior to the Closing Date, any Borrower that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall have delivered to the Agent a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower.
5.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Loan and Each Letter of Credit. The obligation of the Lenders to make any Loan or the Letter of Credit Issuer to cause to be issued any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date); and (b) No Default.
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No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the requested Loan or the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit; and
(c) Revolving Credit Extension Conditions. With respect to any credit extension under the Revolving Credit Facility, immediately after giving effect to the proposed credit extension and the use of proceeds thereof, the Revolving Credit Extension Conditions shall be satisfied; and
Each condition in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 that are subject to the satisfaction or discretion of Agent, any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed satisfied upon Agent’s, Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s, as applicable, making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6.1 Representations and Warranties of Borrowers. Each of the Borrowers makes the following representations and warranties to the Agent and the Lenders, which shall be true, correct and complete in all respects as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, and after the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, shall be true, correct, and complete in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of any Borrowing or issuance of any Letter of Credit as though made on and as of the date of such Borrowing or issuance (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date), and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each Loan Party (i) is an Entity duly organized (or incorporated, as the case may be), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the state of its incorporation, organization or formation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact the businesses in which it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged, except to the extent that the failure own such properties and assets or transact business in such a way could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictions) in each jurisdiction where it presently is, or proposes to be, engaged in business, except to the extent that the failure so to qualify or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 6.1(a) specifies the jurisdiction in which each Loan Party is organized or incorporated and also specifies the tax identification numbers and organizational identification numbers of each Loan Party.
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(b) Locations of Offices, Records and Collateral. The address of the principal place of business and chief executive office of each Loan Party is, and the books and records of each Loan Party and all of its chattel paper and records of its Receivables are maintained exclusively in the possession of such Loan Party at the address of such Loan Party specified in Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement). There is no location at which any Loan Party maintains any Collateral in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $500,000 other than the locations specified for it in Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement). Schedule 6.1(b) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions not prohibited under this Agreement) specifies all Real Property of each Loan Party, and indicates whether each location specified therein is leased or owned by such Loan Party.
(c) Authority. Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. All requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership action necessary for the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (including the consent of its owners, where required) has been taken.
(d) Enforceability. The Loan Documents delivered by the Loan Parties, when executed and delivered, will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(e) No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party (i) do not and will not contravene any of the Governing Documents of such Loan Party, (ii) do not and will not contravene any material Requirement of Law, except as such contravention could not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) do not and will not contravene any Material Contract, and (iv) do not and will not result in the imposition of any Liens upon any of its properties except for Permitted Liens.
(f) Consents and Filings. No consent, authorization or approval of, or filing with or other act by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except (i) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts as have been made or obtained, as applicable, and are in full force and effect, (ii) the filing of UCC and PPSA financing statements, (iii) filing of the Patent Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, and Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the European Patents Office, the relevant intellectual property register of the EU Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market and any other intellectual property register or authority or other national intellectual property registers as may be available for the purpose, solely to the extent required to be done pursuant to the Security Documents, (iv) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 6.1(f), (v) registration of the particulars of any Security Documents entered into by a UK Loan Party as a security provider at Companies House in England and Wales under section 859A of the Companies Act 2006 and payment of associated fees, and (vi) such consents, authorizations, approvals, filings or other acts the failure of which to be obtained or made could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(g) Ownership; Subsidiaries. Schedule 6.1(g) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement) sets forth the legal name (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the UCC), jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each Loan Party, the Persons that own the Equity Interests of each such Loan Party (other than the Borrower Agent), and the number of Equity Interests owned by each such Person. The Borrower Agent has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 6.1(g) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by a Loan Party in the amounts specified on Schedule 6.1(g) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement) free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.8. The Borrower Agent has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 6.1(g) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement). All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower Agent have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(h) Solvency. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent and no act, procedure, act or filing described as an “Insolvency Event” has taken place with respect to any Loan Party. As of the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, each UK Loan Party is Solvent.
(i) Financial Data. The audited Financial Statements of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in respect of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for each of the periods covered. Since December 31, 2020, there has been no change, occurrence, development or event, which has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower Agent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financials or the notes thereto and which any such case is material to the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower Agent and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(j) Accuracy and Completeness of Information and Disclosure. All written factual data, reports and written factual information (other than any projections, estimates and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) concerning the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that has been furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, are correct in all material respects as of the date of certification of such data, reports and information, and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made at such time.
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Projections and forward-looking information (including forecasts and other forward-looking information) concerning the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that has been furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made; it being recognized by the Agent and the Lenders that such projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, the projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower Agent, the other Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material. There are no facts known (or which should upon the reasonable exercise of diligence be known) to the Borrower Agent or any other Loan Party (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) Legal and Trade Name. As of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, during the past year, none of the Loan Parties has been known by or used any legal name or any trade name or fictitious or French name, except for its name as set forth in the introductory paragraph and on the signature page of this Agreement or the Guaranty and Security Agreement, as applicable, which is the exact correct legal name of such Loan Party.
(l) No Broker’s or Finder’s Fees. No broker or finder brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or financial accommodations afforded hereunder or in connection herewith by the Agent, any Lender or any of its Affiliates. No broker’s or finder’s fees or commissions will be payable by any Loan Party to any Person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(m) Investment Company. None of the Loan Parties is an “investment company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) Margin Stock. None of the Loan Parties is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying “margin stock” (“Margin Stock”) as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board. No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including Regulations T, U or X.
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(o) Taxes and Tax Returns.
(i) Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has properly completed and timely filed all federal and other material income Tax returns it is required to file and such returns were complete and accurate in all material respects.
(ii) All federal and other material Taxes required to have been paid by the Loan Parties have been timely paid.
(iii) No material deficiencies for taxes have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any taxing or other Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries which remain unpaid, except those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened audits, investigations or claims by a Governmental Authority for or relating to any material liability of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries for Taxes.
(iv) Each Dutch Loan Party is resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands only, and does not have a permanent establishment or permanent representative outside of the Netherlands.
(v) Any fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch tax purposes in which a Loan Party is included, consists of Loan Parties only.
(p) No Judgments or Litigation. Except as specified in Schedule 6.1(p), (i) no judgments, orders, writs or decrees are outstanding against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there now pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party after due inquiry, any threatened litigation, contested claim, investigation, arbitration, or governmental proceeding by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that (A) individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes, any other Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(q) Title to Property. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has (i) good and marketable title in fee simple title (or the equivalent) or easements or valid leasehold interests in all of its Real Property and (ii) good and marketable title to all of its other assets, in each case, except where such failure to have such title, interest or right could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens. To Borrower Agent and each of its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, there is no existing material event of default under any lease of its Real Property, except where the event of default would not reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(r) No Other Indebtedness. On the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and in Amendment No. 6, none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries have any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1.
(s) Investments; Contracts. None of the Loan Parties, nor any of their Subsidiaries, (i) has committed to make any Investment; (ii) is a party to any indenture, agreement, contract, instrument or lease, or subject to any restriction in the Governing Documents or similar restriction or any injunction, order, restriction or decree; (iii) is a party to any “take or pay” contract as to which it is the purchaser; or (iv) has material contingent or long term liability, including any management contracts, in each case, which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Compliance with Laws. On the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and in Amendment No. 6, none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is in violation of any Requirement of Law, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens. All of the Collateral of each Loan Party is owned or leased by it free and clear of any and all Liens in favor of third parties, other than Liens in favor of the Agent, Liens incurred under the First Lien Term Loan Documents, Liens incurred under the Second Lien Term Loan Documents and other Permitted Liens. Upon the proper filing of the financing and termination statements specified in Section 5.1(a)(viii) and any Mortgage and release specified in Section 5.1(a)(viii), the Liens granted by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents constitute valid, enforceable and perfected first priority Liens on the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens, the interests of lessors in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and the Liens of the First Lien Term Loan Agent or the Second Lien Term Loan Agent with respect to Term Loan Priority Collateral).
(v) ERISA.
(i) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate have fulfilled all contribution obligations for each Pension Plan (including obligations related to the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code), except for ordinary funding obligations which are not past due, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Sections 303 and 304 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Pension Plan.
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(ii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Termination Event has occurred nor has any other event occurred that is likely to result in a Termination Event. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party, nor any fiduciary of any Plan, is subject to any material direct or indirect liability with respect to any Plan under any Requirement of Law or agreement.
(iii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither a Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate is required to or reasonably expects to be required to provide security to any Plan under Section 463(f) of the Code, and no Lien exists or could reasonably be expected to arise with respect to any Pension Plan.
(iv) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to all Plans; (ii) there has been no non-exempt prohibited transaction as defined in Section 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to any Plan or any trust created thereunder that could reasonably be expected to subject any Loan Party to a material civil penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code (a “Prohibited Transaction”); (iii) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate have made when due any and all payments required to be made under any agreement or any Requirement of Law applicable to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; and (iv) with respect to each Pension Plan and Multiemployer Plan, neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC or had asserted against it any penalty for failure to fulfill the minimum funding requirements of ERISA or the Code other than for payments of premiums in the ordinary course of business.
(v) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan and each trust established thereunder which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) or 501(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or advisory opinion letter from the IRS, and no event has occurred since the date of such determination or advisory opinion letter which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of such Plan or trust.
(vi) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the aggregate actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Pension Plan, determined on a plan termination basis, as disclosed in, and as of the date of, the most recent actuarial report for such Pension Plan, does not exceed the aggregate fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan as of such date.
(vii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in any such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan.
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(viii) The aggregate withdrawal liability that would be incurred in the event of a complete withdrawal as of the date of this Agreement by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from all Multiemployer Plans would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ix) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no actions, suits, claims or other proceedings, either pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer, threatened against any Loan Party, or otherwise involving a Plan (other than routine claims for benefits), which could reasonably be expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan or any Loan Party.
(w) Intellectual Property. As of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, set forth on Schedule 6.1(w) is a complete and accurate list of all issued Patents and Patent applications, registered Trademarks and Trademark applications, registered Copyrights and Industrial Designs, and all exclusive licenses thereof, of the Loan Parties, showing as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date the record owner, jurisdiction in which registered, the registration number and the date of registration or the corresponding application information to the foregoing. Each Loan Party owns, licenses, or otherwise has rights to all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs and other Intellectual Property rights which are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business, except where the failure to own, license, or otherwise have rights therein could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party, to its knowledge, has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person where such infringement, misappropriation or other violation could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no claim, dispute or litigation that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect is pending or, to each Loan Party’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against any Loan Party relating to the infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Industrial Design or other Intellectual Property right owned by any other Person.
(x) Labor Matters. Schedule 6.1(x) accurately sets forth all labor contracts with any union or labor organization to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, and their dates of expiration. Neither the Borrower Agent nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of the Borrower Agent, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of the Borrower Agent, threatened against any of them, (ii) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) to the best knowledge of the Borrower Agent, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(y) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as to matters that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and has obtained and maintains all Permits required pursuant to any Environmental Law required to conduct its business; (ii) there are and have been, no conditions, occurrences, violations of Environmental Law, or presence or Releases of Hazardous Materials which could reasonably be expected to result in an Environmental Action against any Loan Party, any of its Subsidiaries or affect any Real Property used in the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no pending Environmental Actions against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and no Loan Party or any Subsidiary has received any written notification of any alleged violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Law or responsibility for the Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials; and (iv) no Environmental Lien has attached to any Collateral and no conditions exist that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of such a Lien on any Collateral. To the knowledge of each Loan Party, all of the real property used in the business of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (including its Equipment) is free of Hazardous Materials, and to the knowledge of each Loan Party has at all times been free of Hazardous Materials, underground storage tanks and underground waste disposal areas, in each case except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws or in a manner that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Licenses and Permits. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and maintained all Permits which are necessary or advisable for the operation of its business, except where the failure to possess any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws. None of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries or any of the respective directors, officers, or, to the knowledge of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, employees, agents or other persons acting on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is:
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”);
(ii) a Person owned 50% or more by or Controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise designated by OFAC pursuant to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or
(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or otherwise a Sanctioned Person.
(bb) Government Regulation. None of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act or any other Requirement of Law that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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(cc) Material Contracts. Each Material Contract has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party. Each Material Contract of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against all parties thereto in accordance with its terms, and there exists no default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any Material Contract by any party thereto and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse or time or both, could constitute such a default.
(dd) Business and Properties. No business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (and no Real Property) is affected by any fire, explosion, accident, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty or condemnation or eminent domain proceeding (in each case, whether or not covered by insurance) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee) Business Plan. The Business Plan delivered to the Agent on the Closing Date were prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions which were fair in the context of the conditions existing at the time of delivery thereof, and, with respect to the Business Plan, represented, at the time of delivery, the Loan Parties’ best estimate of their and their Subsidiaries’ future financial performance.
(ff) Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, in the event a Beneficial Ownership Certification is required to be delivered on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and as of the date that any Beneficial Ownership Certification is delivered pursuant to Section 7.11 (p) , the information included in such Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.
(gg) Sanctions; Anti-Money-Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws and has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. No Loan Party has received any communication (including any oral communication) from any Governmental Authority alleging that it is not in compliance with, or may be subject to liability under, any Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws. The Loan Parties will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use any portion of the Loan proceeds or Letters of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any Loan proceeds or Letters of Credit to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws.
(hh) Eligible Receivables. As to each Receivable that is identified by the Borrowing Base Companies as an Eligible Receivable in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to the Agent, such Receivable is (i) a bona fide existing payment obligation of the applicable account debtor created by the sale and delivery of inventory or the rendition of services to such account debtor in the ordinary course of a Borrowing Base Company’s business, (ii) owed to a Borrowing Base Company without any claimed defenses, disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation other than as permitted under the definitions of Eligible Receivables or Eligible Unbilled Receivables, as applicable and as noted on the Borrowing Base Certificate, and (iii) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than any Agent-discretionary criteria) as required in the definitions of Eligible Receivables or Eligible Unbilled Receivables, as applicable.
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(ii) Eligible Inventory. As to each item of Inventory that is identified by any U.S. Borrowing Base Company as Eligible Inventory in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to the Agent, such Inventory is (i) of good and merchantable quality, free from known defects, and (ii) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than any Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Inventory. Each Loan Party keeps correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and its Subsidiaries’ Inventory and the book value thereof.
(jj) Canadian Pension Plans. No Loan Party maintains, sponsors, contributes to, is a party to, or otherwise has any liability (including any contingent liability) or contribution obligations under or in respect of any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or a Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Canadian Pension Plan is duly registered under the Tax Act and such other applicable law, each Canadian Pension Plan is and has been administered in accordance with the terms of such Canadian Pension Plan, the Tax Act (Canada) and such other applicable law, and no event has occurred which could cause the loss of the registered status of any such Canadian Pension Plans, (ii) all obligations of any Loan Party under each Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan have been performed to the extent required by the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation, and (iii) all contributions including, for greater certainty, employee contributions made by authorized payroll deductions or other withholdings, required to be made or remitted by a Loan Party to each such Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan have been made or remitted to each such Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan in accordance with the terms of such Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Multiemployer Pension Plan, and the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), or any other applicable provincial, territorial or federal pension benefits standards legislation applicable laws.
(kk) Security Documents. The provisions of each of the Security Documents (whether executed and delivered prior to or on the Closing Date or thereafter) are and will be effective to create in favor of the Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in and Lien upon all right, title and interest of each Loan Party in and to the Collateral purported to be pledged, charged, mortgaged or assigned by it thereunder and described therein, and upon (i) the filing of appropriately completed UCC or PPSA financing statements and continuations thereof in the jurisdictions specified therein, (ii) with respect to United States Copyright registrations, the recordation of an appropriately completed Copyright Security Agreement in the United States Copyright Office and (iii) with respect to Deposit Accounts, when the Agent has “control” within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the applicable UCC, such security interest and Lien shall constitute a fully perfected and first priority security interest in and Lien upon such right, title and interest of such Loan Party, in and to such Collateral (subject only to Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (v), (vi) and (xvi) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” which are statutory, non-consensual Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreements), to the extent that such security interest and Lien can be perfected by such actions.
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(ll) UK Pensions – UK Loan Parties. Other than in relation to Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan, no UK Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries:
(i) is, or has at any time in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement been, an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pensions Schemes Act 1993) and is not a scheme within section 38(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004;
(ii) no member of the Group is or has at any time been in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 save that for the purposes of this clause, a member of the Group shall not be connected with another company solely by reason of one or more of its directors or employees being a director of that other company) such an employer; and
(iii) no member of the Group has at any time in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement been party to an act or omission involving a scheme or employer (both as referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above) which could reasonably be expected to give rise to the issue (to it or any of its Subsidiaries) of a financial support direction or contribution notice pursuant to section 38 or 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 or fine by the Pensions Regulator.
(mm) Shares. The shares of any Loan Party which are subject to the Dutch Share Pledges or the English Security Documents are fully paid and not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights. The constitutional documents of the companies whose shares are subject to the Dutch Share Pledges and the English Security Documents do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of the Dutch Share Pledges or the English Security Documents.
(nn) Centre of Main Interests and Establishments. (i) In respect of the UK Loan Parties, for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation, its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is situated in England and Wales and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction and (ii) in respect of the Dutch Loan Parties, for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation, its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is situated in the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.
(oo) Assets in Quebec. As of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, the fair market value of all tangible assets located in Quebec does not exceed C$750,000.
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(pp) Classification as Priority Lien Obligations and Senior Obligations. The Obligations constitute first priority secured obligations (subject only to Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (v), (vi), and (xvi) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” which are statutory, non-consensual Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreements) of the Loan Parties and, together with the First Lien Term Loan Obligations, are the only such obligations of the Loan Parties. The Obligations constitute “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or any similar designation (with respect to indebtedness that having the maximum rights as “senior debt”) under and as defined in any agreement governing any Subordinated Debt and the subordination provisions set forth in each such agreement are legally valid and enforceable against the parties thereto.
(qq) DAC6. No transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents nor any transaction to be carried out in connection with any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents meets a hallmark set out in Annex IV of the Council Directive of 25 May 2018 (2018822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU (“DAC6”).
(rr) Insurance. The properties and businesses of the Borrowers and their Material Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrowers, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies of similar size engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrowers or the applicable Subsidiary operates (it being acknowledged and agreed by the Agent and the Lenders that the Borrowers’ insurance program existing on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and any similar program in effect after the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date shall be deemed to be customary).
(ss) Affected Financial Institutions; Covered Entities. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution or a Covered Entity.
(tt) Business; Common Enterprise. As of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, the Borrower Agent is engaged directly or through Subsidiaries in the business of providing industrial services to customers in the petrochemical, refinery, power, pipeline, pulp and paper, steel, and other industries. These operations require financing on a basis such that the credit supplied can be made available from time to time to the Borrower Agent and various of its Subsidiaries, as required for the continued successful operation of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries as a whole. The Borrower Agent has requested the Lenders to make credit available hereunder primarily for the purposes of financing the operations of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower Agent and each of its Subsidiaries expects to derive benefit (and the Governing Body of the Borrower Agent and each of its Subsidiaries has determined that such Subsidiary may reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly or indirectly, from a portion of the credit extended by the Lenders hereunder, both in its separate capacity and as a member of the group of companies, since the successful operation and condition of the Borrower Agent and each of its Subsidiaries is dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the group as a whole. The Borrower Agent acknowledges that, but for the agreement by each of the Guarantors to execute and deliver its Guaranty, the Agent and the Lenders would not have made available the credit facilities established hereby on the terms set forth herein.
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(uu) Restrictions on Incurrence of Obligations. Neither the First Lien Term Loan Documents nor the Second Lien Term Loan Documents contain restrictions or limits on the incurrence of the Obligations (or refinancings thereof), other than those restrictions and limits set forth in (i) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) Section 8.1(k) and Section 8.8 of the First Lien Term Loan Agreement (as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date) and (iii) Section 8.1(k) and Section 8.8 of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement (as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date), provided that the granting of rights of first refusal or purchase options relating to the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents or refinancings of the Obligations, including as contemplated by Section 8.1(k) of the First Lien Term Loan Agreement, shall not constitute a restriction or limit on the incurrence of the Obligations (or refinancings thereof) for purposes of this Section 6.1(uu).
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each of the Borrowers covenants and agrees that, until Payment in Full of all Obligations:
7.1 Existence. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain their Entity existence, except in connection with a transaction expressly permitted under Section 8.3 or in the case of any Entity other than a Loan Party, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) maintain in full force and effect all material licenses, bonds, franchises, leases, Trademarks, qualifications and authorizations to do business, and all material Patents, contracts and other rights necessary or advisable to the profitable conduct of its businesses, except (i) as expressly permitted by this Agreement, (ii) such as may expire, be abandoned or lapse in the ordinary course of business or (iii) as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) continue in the same or reasonably related lines of business as presently conducted by it.
7.2 Maintenance of Property. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, keep all assets used or useful and necessary to its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation excepted) in accordance with its past operating practices and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof.
7.3 [Reserved].
7.4 Taxes. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, pay, before the same becomes delinquent or in default, (a) all federal and other material Taxes imposed against it or any of its property, and (b) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property; provided that, such payment and discharge will not be required with respect to any Tax or claim if (i) the validity thereof, or to the extent the amount thereof, is being contested in good faith, by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and (ii) an adequate reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been established therefor as required in accordance with GAAP.
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7.5 Requirements of Law. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, comply with all (i) Requirements of Law applicable to it, including any state licensing laws and Environmental Laws and (ii) obligations under Material Contracts, except, in each case of clause (i) and clause (ii), where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.6 Insurance. Each of the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to maintain, with insurance companies reasonably believed to be financially sound and reputable, insurance 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 (except in respect of the UK Loan Parties) cause Agent to be listed as a lender loss payee on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a standard non-contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause. Borrower Agent will furnish to the Agent, upon request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. Furthermore, without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties shall: (a) obtain certificates and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Agent with respect to property and casualty insurance; (b) (except in respect of the UK Loan Parties) cause each insurance policy referred to in this Section 7.6 to provide that it shall not be cancelled, modified or not renewed (x) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Agent (giving Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (y) for any other reason except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Agent; and (c) deliver to the Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or non-renewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent of payment of the premium therefor. If any Loan Party fails to obtain and maintain insurance as provided in this Section, or to keep the same in force, the Agent, if Agent so elects, in its Permitted Discretion, may obtain such insurance and pay the premium therefor for Borrowers’ account, and charge Borrowers’ Loan Account for same, and such expenses so paid shall be part of the Obligations. Without limitation of the foregoing, if as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date or at any time thereafter, all or a portion of the improvements situated on any fee owned Real Property which is subject to a Mortgage are located within an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) as being in a “special flood hazard area” or as having specific flood hazards, the Borrowers shall also furnish the Agent with flood insurance policies which conform to the requirements of said Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as either may be amended from time to time.
7.7 Books and Records; Inspections.
(a) The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, maintain books and records (including computer records and programs) of account pertaining to the assets, liabilities and financial transactions of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in such detail, form and scope as is consistent with good business practice, which shall be in conformity with GAAP in all material respects.
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(b) The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, provide the Agent and its agents and one representative of each of the Lenders access to the Real Property and premises of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries at any time and from time to time, during normal business hours and with reasonable notice under the circumstances, and at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, for the purposes of (i) inspecting and verifying the Collateral, (ii) inspecting and copying any and all records pertaining thereto, (iii) copying and taking extracts from its financial and accounting records, (iv) conducting field examinations and appraisals with respect to the Collateral, and (v) discussing the affairs, finances and business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with any officer, employee or director thereof or with the Auditors (subject to such Auditor’s policies and procedures; provided that so long as no Event of Default exists, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be present at the discussions with the Auditors). The Borrowers shall reimburse the Agent for the reasonable and documented travel and related expenses of the Agent’s employees or, at the Agent’s option, of such outside accountants or examiners as may be retained by the Agent to verify or inspect Collateral, records or documents of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the number of field examinations and appraisals for which the Borrowers shall be liable for reimbursement to the Agent hereunder shall be limited to two (2) field examinations in each calendar year and two (2) Inventory appraisals in each calendar year, plus additional field examinations with respect to Receivables or Inventory acquired or to be acquired in connection with any Permitted Investment that the Borrowers elect to include in the Borrowing Base; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not operate to limit the number of inspections, field examinations and appraisals that the Agent may elect to undertake. If the Agent’s own employees are used, the Borrowers shall also pay such reasonable per diem allowance as the Agent may from time to time establish, or, if outside examiners or accountants are used, the Borrowers shall also pay the Agent such sum as the Agent may be obligated to pay as fees for such services. All such Obligations may be charged to the Loan Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.7, none of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (a) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (b) in respect of which disclosure is prohibited by law or any binding agreement, or (c) is subject to attorney-client privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided that, in the event the Borrowers do not provide information in reliance on clauses (b) and (c) of this sentence, the Borrowers shall provide notice to the Agent (to the extent permitted to do so) that such information is being withheld and the Borrowers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent to provide such information or otherwise to communicate, to the extent both feasible and permitted under applicable law, rule, regulation or confidentiality obligation or without waiving such privilege, as applicable, the applicable information.
7.8 Notification Requirements. The Loan Parties shall timely give Agent and each Lender the following notices and other documents:
(a) Notice of Defaults. Promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days (or, in the case of any Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(d), an “Event of Default” (as defined in the First Lien Term Loan Agreement) or an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) within one (1) Business Day) after any Responsible Officer of a Borrower Agent obtains actual knowledge (i) of the occurrence of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default under any Loan Document or (ii) that any Person has given notice to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition in Section 10.1(e), or the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action the Borrower Agent has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto and Borrower’s proposed response thereto, each in reasonable detail.
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(b) Proceedings or Changes.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of a Borrower Agent obtains actual knowledge of (i) any material change, development or event in the Specified Litigation Proceeding (including any monetary settlement) or (ii) any change, development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a written statement describing such proceeding, change, development or event and any action being taken by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(ii) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, copies of each written notice or other written correspondence received from any applicable Governmental Authority in connection with any material investigation or proceeding regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Changes.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a change in the location of any Collateral from the locations specified in Schedule 6.1(b); and
(ii) Prior written notice (unless accepted thereafter in the discretion of the Agent) of (A) any change of the legal name of any Loan Party and (B) any change to the Entity structure or jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party, in each case, together with a written statement describing such proposed change. The Borrowers agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made (or arrangements have been approved by the Agent, acting reasonably, for such filings to be made) under the UCC, PPSA or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(d) ERISA Notices.
(i) Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Termination Event has occurred, a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent describing such Termination Event and any action that is being taken with respect thereto by any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, an ERISA Affiliate, and any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC;
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(ii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service, a copy of each funding waiver request filed with respect to any Pension Plan subject to the funding requirements of Section 412 of the Code and all communications received by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with respect to such request;
(iii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intention to terminate a Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer a Pension Plan, a copy of each such notice;
(iv) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof, notice (including the nature of the event and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service or the PBGC with respect thereto) of:
(A) any Prohibited Transaction with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(B) any cessation of operations (by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate) at a facility in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(C) a failure by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate to make a payment to a Pension Plan required to avoid imposition of a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA or Section 412(n) of the Code, or the imposition of such a Lien,
(D) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Pension Plan pursuant to Section 436(f) of the Code that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
(E) any change in the actuarial assumptions or funding methods used for any Plan where the effect of such change is to increase materially or reduce materially the unfunded benefit liability or obligation to make periodic contributions that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) promptly upon the request of Agent, each annual report (IRS Form 5500 series) and all accompanying schedules, the most recent actuarial reports, the most recent financial information concerning the financial status of each Pension Plan administered or maintained by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate, and schedules showing the amounts contributed to each Pension Plan by or on behalf of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate in which any of its personnel participate or from which such personnel may derive a benefit, and each Schedule SB (Actuarial Information) to the annual report filed by such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each such Plan;
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(vi) promptly after the filing thereof, copies of any Form 5310, or any successor or equivalent form to Form 5310, filed with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the termination of any Plan, and copies of any standard termination notice or distress termination notice filed with the PBGC in connection with the termination of any Pension Plan;
(vii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate, notice and demand for payment of withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan;
(viii) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice by the Department of Labor of any penalty, audit, investigation or purported violation of ERISA with respect to a Plan;
(ix) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department of any income tax deficiency or delinquency, excise tax penalty, audit or investigation with respect to a Plan; and
(x) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, notice of any administrative or judicial complaint, or the entry of a judgment, award or settlement agreement, in either case with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Material Contracts. Concurrently with the delivery of any Compliance Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(d), notice of any Material Contract that has been terminated or amended in any material respect, together with a copy of any such amendment and delivery of a copy of any new Material Contract that has been entered into, in each case since the later of the Closing Date or delivery of the prior Compliance Certificate; provided that the Borrower Agent shall not be required to separately deliver copies of any Material Contracts (or amendments thereto) that are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC.
(f) Environmental Matters.
(i) Promptly provide notice of any Release of Hazardous Materials in any quantity reportable pursuant to Environmental Laws in relation to the business of, or from or onto real property owned or operated by, a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(ii) Promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide written notice of any of the following: (A) an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries, (B) commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries, or (C) written notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative order from a Governmental Authority, in each case of clause (A) through (C), which could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(g) Insurance. Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by a Loan Party of notice or knowledge thereof, of the actual or intended cancellation of, or any material and adverse change in coverage or other terms of, any insurance required to be maintained by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(h) Potential Transactions. Promptly, and in any event ten (10) Business Days before consummation thereof, notice of any transaction outside of the ordinary course of business, including settlement of any claim, acquisitions or divestitures outside of the ordinary course of business.
7.9 Casualty Loss. The Loan Parties shall (a) provide written notice to the Agent, within ten (10) Business Days, of any material damage to, the destruction of or any other material loss to any Inventory located in the United States owned by any U.S. Borrowing Base Company other than any such Inventory with a net book value (individually or in the aggregate) less than $1,000,000 (a “Casualty Loss”), and (b) diligently file and prosecute its claim for any award or payment in connection with a Casualty Loss.
7.10 Qualify to Transact Business. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, qualify to transact business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction where the nature or extent of its business or the ownership of its property requires it to be so qualified or authorized and where failure to qualify or be authorized could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.11 Financial Reporting. The Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Agent the following:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower Agent, beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the annual audited and certified consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an Auditor, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall, other than with respect to a “going concern” or equivalent qualification that may be included in the report and opinion delivered in respect of fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit (except for any such qualification pertaining to impending debt maturities of the Obligations occurring within twelve (12) months of such audit or any breach of any financial covenant hereunder).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements.
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Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each FiscalQuarter of the Borrower Agent, commencing with the FiscalQuarter ended December 31, 2021, (i) the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and for the fiscal year to date, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding FiscalQuarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and
(ii) a narrative discussion of the financial condition of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries and results of operations and the liquidity and capital resources for the Fiscal Quarter then ended, prepared by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent.
(c) Monthly Financial Statements. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month, commencing with the fiscal month ended February 28, 2022, the interim consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and for the fiscal year to date, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal month of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with the delivery of each of the Financial Statements referred to in Section 7.11(a), 7.11(b) and 7.11(c), a compliance certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit H (a “Compliance Certificate”), signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent, which shall, among other things, attach a schedule setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of EBITDA and the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended TTM Measurement Period.
(e) Borrowing Base Certificate. Monthly, not later than the twentieth (20th) day of each month, a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit I and provided to the Agent in electronic format in the Borrowing Base portal tab in ABLSoft (a “Borrowing Base Certificate”), calculating the Borrowing Base and detailing the Eligible Receivables and Eligible Inventory, containing a detailed calculation of Excess Availability and reflecting all sales, collections, and debit and credit adjustments, as of the last day of the preceding month (or as of a more recent date as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request), which shall be prepared by or under the supervision of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent and certified by such Responsible Officer; provided that, during any Increased Reporting Period, the Borrower Agent shall deliver the Borrowing Base Certificate and other reporting described above weekly, on the second Business Day of each calendar week, as of the last Business Day of the preceding calendar week. In addition, the Borrower Agent shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, all of the information and items described on Annex B as and when required pursuant to Annex B.
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(f) Additional Borrowing Base Certificates. In the event that any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall engage in (i) any transaction or series of related transactions permitted by any of Section 8.5(k), (l), (m) or (n) or (ii) any other transaction or series of related transactions (other than any transaction or series of related transactions arising from activities of the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business and not prohibited by this Agreement), in each case, which results in (A) the sale, transfer, or other disposition (including pursuant to the sale of Equity Interests in a Subsidiary, or a merger, liquidation, amalgamation, division, contribution of assets, Equity Interests or Indebtedness or otherwise) of assets included in the determination of the Borrowing Base, or (B) the exclusion and/or removal of assets which were included in the determination of the Borrowing Base (including, as a result of the application of the eligibility criteria, in each case of clause (A) and (B), as determined by reference to the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 7.11(e) and in an aggregate amount for any single or series of related transactions (or other applicable events) in excess of $1,000,000, then prior to or concurrently with the consummation of any such transaction or series of related transactions (or other applicable events), an updated Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting such transactions or series of related transactions (or other applicable events) on a pro forma basis as of the date of the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate, and demonstrating that no Overadvance shall result from such transaction or series of related transactions (or other applicable events).
(g) [Reserved].
(h) Lender Calls. Within five (5) Business Days after the quarterly Financial Statements are to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (or, at the reasonable request of the Agent, within five (5) Business Days after the monthly Financial Statements are delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(c)), participate in conference calls or meetings with the Agent and the Lenders, such calls or meetings to be held at such time as may be agreed to by the Borrower Agent and the Agent, to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries for the most recently-ended period for which Financial Statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a), 7.11(b) or 7.11(c), as applicable.
(i) First Lien Term Loan Reporting. The Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Agent copies of all financial statements, budgets, reports, notices, analyses and other deliverables that are delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Term Loan Documents, in each case promptly after delivery to the First Lien Term Loan Agent or the First Lien Term Loan Lenders (or any other person as may be required under the terms of the First Lien Term Loan Documents).
(j) Second Lien Term Loan Reporting. The Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Agent copies of all financial statements, budgets, reports, notices, analyses and other deliverables that are delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Term Loan Documents, in each case promptly after delivery to the Second Lien Term Loan Agent or the Second Lien Term Loan Lenders (or any other person as may be required under the terms of the Second Lien Term Loan Documents).
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(k) Statements of Reconciliation after Changes in Accounting Principles. If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in preparation of the audited Historical Financials delivered on or prior to the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, or, following the first delivery of Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a), the Financial Statements most recently delivered pursuant thereto, the consolidated Financial Statements of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) and 7.11(b) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated Financial Statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subsections had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such Financial Statements after such change, the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Agent a statement of reconciliation for the immediately prior Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11(a) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(l) Preliminary Business Plan. Beginning with December 31, 2022, not later than December 31 of each year, the Preliminary Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
(m) Business Plan. Not later than the earlier of (i) ten (10) Business Days after certification by the board of directors of the Borrower Agent and (ii) February 28 of each year, the Business Plan of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
(n) SEC Reports. As soon as available, but not later than five (5) Business Days after the same are sent or filed, as the case may be, copies of all financial statements and reports that any Loan Party sends to any of the owners of its Equity Interests or files with the SEC or any other Governmental Authority and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Agent hereto.
(o) Monthly Operating Report. As soon as practically available but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month (beginning with the fiscal month ending February 28, 2022), the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a Monthly Operating Report.
(p) KYC. Promptly provide information and documentation reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Beneficial Ownership Regulations.
(q) Other Financial Information. (i) Promptly after the request by the Agent, such additional Financial Statements and other related data and information as to the business, operations, results of operations, assets, collateral, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request, (ii) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Borrower Agent to its security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent to its equity holders, bondholders or holders of any other of its securities acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent to its security holders other than the Borrower Agent or another Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent and all press releases and other statements made generally available by the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Borrower Agent or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) promptly and in each case contemporaneously with delivery therewith copies of all reports or other information delivered or required to be delivered to any lender or agent of any Material Indebtedness.
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As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.11(n), the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clauses under Section 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c) and 7.11(q) (except for Section 7.11(q)(iii)) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower Agent to furnish the information and materials described in Sections 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c) and 7.11(q) (except for Section 7.11(q)(iii)) at the times specified therein.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.11(a), 7.11(b), 7.11(c), 7.11(n) 7.11(q) (except for Section 7.11(q)(iii)) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC or available on the Borrower Agent’s website) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower Agent posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address: https://www.teaminc.com; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower Agent’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent); provided that the Borrower Agent shall notify (by fax or e-mail transmission) the Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Agent by e-mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The 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 Agent 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.
7.12 Payment of Liabilities. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge, in the ordinary course of business, all obligations and liabilities (including tax liabilities and other governmental charges), except where (i) the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves with respect thereto have been established in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.13 ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates to, (a) maintain each Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code so as to satisfy the qualification requirements thereof, (b) contribute, or require that contributions be made, in a timely manner (i) to each Pension Plan in amounts sufficient (x) to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, if applicable, (y) to satisfy any other Requirements of Law and (z) to satisfy the terms and conditions of each such Pension Plan, and (ii) to each Foreign Plan in amounts sufficient to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of any applicable law or regulation, without any application for a waiver from any such funding requirements, (c) cause each Plan or Foreign Plan to comply in all material respects with applicable law (including all applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations) and (d) pay in a timely manner, in all material respects, all required premiums to the PBGC. As used in this Section 7.13, “Foreign Plan” means any Plan or Pension Plan that is subject to any Requirement of Law other than ERISA or the Code and that is maintained, or otherwise contributed to, by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of employees outside the United States and Canada.
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7.14 Environmental Matters. The Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, conduct its business so as to comply in all material respects with and address all liabilities under all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and renew all Permits required pursuant to any Environmental Law, except, in each case, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.15 Intellectual Property. Except as otherwise permitted by the Security Documents, the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, do and cause to be done all things necessary in their reasonable business judgment to preserve and keep in full force and effect all of their Material Intellectual Property, including issuances and registrations of Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs and Copyrights.
7.16 Solvency. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, shall be and remain Solvent at all times.
7.17 [Reserved].
7.18 Access to Employees, Etc.
(a) At the request of Agent from time to time, the Borrowers shall cause senior employees that are the head of any business line or division and senior members of the internal finance teams of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries to meet with representatives of the Agent and Lenders (which meeting shall be in person or virtual at the reasonable request of the Agent); and
(b) At the request of Agent from time to time, the Borrowers and each Subsidiary thereof shall use reasonable best efforts to facilitate a dialogue between the Agent and any investment bankers, consultants or other professionals (other than accountants) or other senior personnel of the Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries as soon as reasonably practicable after such request.
7.19 Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each of the Loan Parties shall comply in all respects with all applicable Sanctions and in all material respects with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws and shall maintain all of the necessary Permits required pursuant to any applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws in order for such Loan Party to continue the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and will maintain policies procedures, and internal controls designed to promote and achieve compliance with such applicable laws and with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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7.20 Additional Subsidiaries; Further Assurances.
(a) Each Loan Party will, in the event that any Loan Party forms or acquires any direct or indirect Material Subsidiary organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction or in the event any Subsidiary organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction becomes a Material Subsidiary in accordance with clause (ii) of the definition of “Material Subsidiary”, in each case, after the Closing Date (including in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws), within thirty (30) days of such event (or such later date as permitted by the Agent in its reasonable discretion) (a) cause such new Material Subsidiary to provide to the Agent a joinder or similar document to the applicable Security Documents, (b) deliver to the Agent financing statements with respect to such Material Subsidiary, a Pledged Interests Addendum with respect to the Equity Interests of such Material Subsidiary (to the extent the shareholder of such Material Subsidiary is also a Loan Party), and such other security agreements (including Mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of such new Material Subsidiary), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, necessary to create the Liens intended to be created under the Security Documents; provided that (x) the joinder to this Agreement or the Security Documents, shall not be required to be provided to the Agent with respect to any Subsidiary that is not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction; and (y) Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited shall not be required to become a Loan Party unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower Agent and the Agent after the Borrower Agent obtains the consent of The Trustees of the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan to permit Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited to grant first-priority security over its assets in favor of the Agent, (c) provide, or cause the applicable Loan Party to provide, to Agent a Pledged Interests Addendum and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Material Subsidiary (to the extent the shareholder of such Material Subsidiary is also a Loan Party), to the extent that the grant of a security interest in such interests would not result in material adverse tax consequences under the Code or any applicable Requirement of Law to any Loan Party as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Agent, and (d) provide to the Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, which, in its Permitted Discretion, is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance, flood certification documentation or other documentation with respect to all Real Property owned in fee and subject to a Mortgage); provided that no Real Property located in the United States shall be taken as Collateral unless Lenders receive forty-five (45) days advance notice and each Lender confirms to the Agent that it has completed all flood due diligence, received copies of all flood insurance documentation and confirmed flood insurance compliance as required by all applicable flood insurance laws or as otherwise satisfactory to such Lender (and the Borrowers shall not be required to comply with this Section 7.20(a) or Section 7.20(b) with respect to such Real Property until such flood compliance has occurred). At the request of the Borrower Agent and subject to the consent of the Agent, a newly formed or acquired Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary may be joined as a borrower hereunder by providing to the Agent a Joinder to this Agreement; provided that no such Person shall become a Borrower until each Lender has received and approved documentation and other information requested by such Lender in connection with applicable “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including the Patriot Act (and the Borrowers shall not be required to comply with this Section 7.20(a) with respect to such Subsidiary until such KYC compliance has occurred).
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(b) Each Loan Party will, at the time that any Loan Party acquires any Real Property (other than Real Property constituting Excluded Property) after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, within sixty (60) days of such acquisition (or such later date as permitted by the Agent in its reasonable discretion), deliver to the Agent a duly executed Mortgage and the applicable Mortgage Support Documents in favor of the Agent with respect to such Real Property, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; provided that any such requirement may be waived by the Agent in its sole discretion (or at the direction of the Required Lenders).
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required by law or which the Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of the Loan Parties; provided that no such action shall be required with respect to tangible assets located in Quebec unless the aggregate fair market value of such tangible assets exceeds C$750,000.
7.21 Post-Closing Covenants. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the applicable time period set forth on Schedule 7.21 (or such longer time as the Agent may agree in writing in its sole discretion), each Loan Party will deliver all documents and take all actions set forth on Schedule 7.21.
7.22 [Reserved].
7.23 Residency for Dutch Tax Purposes. Each Dutch Loan Party will remain resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands only and not create a permanent establishment or permanent representative outside of the Netherlands, unless with the prior written consent of the Agent.
7.24 Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes. Any fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax purposes (vennootschapsbelasting) in which a Loan Party is included, will consist of Loan Parties only, unless with the prior written consent of the Agent. The Borrower will procure that no member of the Group requests a decision (beschikking) from the Dutch tax authority for the inclusion of any entity that is not a Loan Party in a fiscal unity for Dutch value added tax (omzetbelasting) purposes in which a Loan Party is included, unless with the prior written consent of the Agent.
7.25 Allocation of Tax Losses upon Termination of Fiscal Unity for Dutch Tax Purposes. If, at any time, a Loan Party is member of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch corporate income tax purposes (vennootschapsbelasting) and such fiscal unity is, in respect of that Loan Party, terminated (verbroken) or disrupted (beëindigd) as a result of or in connection with the Agent or a Lender enforcing its rights under any Loan Document, such Loan Party shall, at the request of the Agent, together with the parent company (moedermaatschappij) or deemed parent company (aangewezen moedermaatschappij) of that fiscal unity, for no consideration and as soon as reasonably practicable, lodge a request with the relevant Governmental Authority to allocate and surrender (i) any tax losses (within the meaning of Article 20 of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)) (ii) any interest carry forward (within the meaning of Article 15b of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)), (iii) any tax credit carry forward (within the meaning of Article 25a of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)), and/or (iv) any other tax attribute (within the meaning of and in accordance with the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969) to the Loan Party leaving the fiscal unity, to the extent such tax losses, interest carry forward, tax credit carry forward or other tax attribute, respectively, is or are attributable (toerekenbaar) to that Loan Party (within the meaning of Article 15af, 15ahb, 15al or other relevant provision, respectively, of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act (Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969)).
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ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each of the Borrowers covenants and agrees that, until Payment in Full of all Obligations:
8.1 Indebtedness. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, including the issuance of any Disqualified Equity Interests, other than:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 8.1(b);
(c) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness) to finance all or any part of the purchase, lease, construction, installment, repair or improvement of property, plant or equipment or other fixed or capital assets, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding, and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred within ninety (90) days after the purchase, lease, construction, installation, repair or improvement of the property that is the subject of such Indebtedness;
(d) Bank Product Obligations (other than arising under Hedging Agreements) and Indebtedness under Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(e) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any Permitted Intercompany Investment;
(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;
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(h) issuances of Equity Interests permitted pursuant to Section 8.5;
(i) endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;
(g) guarantees of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided that (x) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such guarantee shall be subordinated to the guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness and (y) no Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall guarantee the Indebtedness of any Loan Party; (j) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of (i) overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, purchasing card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other Cash Management Services and similar arrangements, and in connection with securities and commodities arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Permitted Investments and not any obligation in connection with margin financing, (ii) up to $3,000,000 in the aggregate of bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees or letter of credit facilities, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the endorsement of instruments for deposit or the financing of insurance premiums, (iv) deferred compensation or similar arrangements to the employees of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, (v) obligations to pay insurance premiums or take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements and (vi) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, business interruption or liability insurance to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such Indebtedness shall not be in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of the annual premium for such insurance;
(k) the First Lien Term Loan Obligations (and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto) in a principal amount not to $225,000,000;
(l) the Second Lien Term Loan Obligations and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto; provided that Indebtedness incurred under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement (and Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, subject to clause (G) of this Section 8.1(l) below) shall not exceed an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of (i) $97,413,198.18, plus (ii) up to $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Delayed Draw Loans borrowed pursuant thereto, plus (iii) the amount of all PIK Interest (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) accreted thereunder, plus (iv) up to $15,000,000 of Second Lien Incremental Loans, solely to the extent that the use of proceeds of any Second Lien Incremental Loans are for working capital; provided further, that (A) in respect of such Indebtedness, (I) cash interest shall not be payable during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Four Quarter Measurement Period most recently ended exceeds 3.50 to 1.00, (II) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Four Quarter Measurement Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 but exceeds 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrowers may (subject to subclause (I) above) pay up to 50.00% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash and (III) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Four Quarter Measurement Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrowers may (subject to subclause (I) above) pay up to 100% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash, in each case of subclause (I) through (III), as determined by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered or required to be delivered together with Financial Statements pursuant to Section 7.11(b) (and without regard to any difference in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio reported for the same period in any Compliance Certificate delivered together with Financial Statements pursuant to Section 7.11(a)), (B) such Indebtedness shall not permit or require any cash interest payments at a rate in excess of (i) during the period beginning on the Amendment No.
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6 Effective Date and extending until the earlier of (x) the date of the borrowing of the full amount of the Second Lien Delayed Draw Loans and (y) September 30, 2026 (the “Initial Interest Cap Period” and thereafter, the “Step-up Interest Cap Period”), 13.50% per annum, which shall accrue monthly and be paid each Fiscal Quarter during the Initial Interest Cap Period, and (ii) during the Step-up Interest Cap Period, 14.50% per annum (in each case, subject to the limitations in subclause (A) above), (C) such Indebtedness shall be subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, (D) such Indebtedness shall not mature prior to 91 days after the Maturity Date, (E) the amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(l) shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by the amount of unsecured Indebtedness incurred under Section 8.1(m) in excess of $15,000,000, (F) such Indebtedness shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(l) and not any other clause of this Section 8.1, (G) (i) commitment, amendment and other similar fees in respect of such Indebtedness may be payable in cash up to an amount equal to 5.00% of the total principal amount of relevant loans or commitments in respect thereof and shall be permitted to be paid in kind, in equity or in the form of original issue discount without any limitation, (ii) amortization in respect of such Indebtedness shall not exceed 1.00% per annum and (iii) interest paid in kind may be increased to a rate equal to 2.0% above the then-current rate of interest paid in kind in respect of such Indebtedness, subject to a maximum rate of 16.5% (excluding increases resulting from (x) increases in the underlying reference rate not caused by an amendment, supplement, modification or refinancing of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, (y) application of the pricing set forth in Section 4.1(a) of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, or (z) the accrual of interest at the default rate set forth in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date) and (H) any Refinancing Indebtedness of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement shall be permitted solely to the extent that such Refinancing Indebtedness is in compliance with each of subclauses (A) through (G) of this Section 8.1(l);
(m) Junior Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed at any timethe sum of (x) the greater of (i) $15,000,000 and (ii) 28.0% of EBITDA plus (y) an amount equal to the amount of any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness originally incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(l) solely to the extent that such Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 8.1(l) is reduced on a dollar for dollar basis in accordance with clause (E) of the proviso at the end of Section 8.1(l); provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of priority and payment (including with respect to interest, principal and any other fees and expenses) to the Obligations under terms satisfactory to the Agent (in its sole discretion); (ii) such Indebtedness shall not mature prior to 91 days after the Maturity Date; (iii) such Indebtedness shall not be permitted to be optionally or mandatorily repaid or prepaid in cash prior to the Maturity Date hereof; (iv) (A) cash interest shall not be payable during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended exceeds 3.50 to 1.00, (B) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 but exceeds 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrower may pay up to 50% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash and (C) during any Fiscal Quarter period in which the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the Test Period most recently ended is equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, the Borrower may pay up to 100% of the interest payable for such Fiscal Quarter in cash; (v) (A) commitment, extension, consent, amendment and other similar fees in respect of such Indebtedness may be payable in cash up to an amount equal to 5% of the total principal amount of relevant loans or commitments in respect thereof and shall be permitted to be paid in kind or in the form of original issue discount without any limitation, (B) amortization in respect of such Indebtedness shall not exceed 1.00% per annum and (C) interest paid in kind may be increased to a rate equal to 2% above the then-current rate of interest paid in kind in respect of such Indebtedness (excluding increases resulting from (x) increases in the underlying reference rate not caused by an amendment, supplement, modification or refinancing of the documentation governing such Indebtedness, (y) application of the pricing grid set forth in the documentation governing such Indebtedness at the time of execution of such documentation, to the extent not providing for a higher paid in kind rate than the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement in effect on the Amendment No.
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6 Effective Date, or (z) the accrual of interest at the default rate set forth in the documentation governing such Indebtedness at the time of execution of such documentation); (vi) the use of proceeds for such Indebtedness shall be limited solely to working capital; (vii) such Indebtedness shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(m), and not any other clause of this Section 8.1; and (viii) any Refinancing Indebtedness of the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(m) shall be permitted solely to the extent that such Refinancing Indebtedness is in compliance with each of clauses (i) through (vii) hereof;
(n) Indebtedness in connection with the 1970 Group SIRFA; provided that such Indebtedness (i) shall not permit or require any cash interest payments (it being agreed that this limitation shall not prohibit the payment of the “Effective Date Fee” or the “Extension Fee” (each as defined in the 1970 Group SIRFA) or any similar fee thereunder); (ii) shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the 1970 Group Subordination Agreement; and (iii) shall only be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 8.1(n), and not any other clause of this Section 8.1;
(o) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Borrower Agent that are not organized or incorporated under the laws of a Security Jurisdiction in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00, calculated on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Four Quarter Measurement Period, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(p) Indebtedness not otherwise permitted in this Section 8.1 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $7,500,000 and (ii) 14.0% of EBITDA at any time outstanding; provided that, to the extent Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this Section 8.1(p) would exceed the greater of (i) $3,000,000 and 5.0% of EBITDA at the time of incurrence of any additional Indebtedness to be incurred in reliance on this Section 8.1(p), then such additional Indebtedness shall be permitted only if, at the time of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00, calculated on a pro forma basis as of the end of the most recently ended Four Quarter Measurement Period, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; (q) Indebtedness resulting from Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted pursuant to Section 8.5(m) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time outstanding;
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(r) [reserved]; and
(s) Indebtedness consisting of the letters of credit as in effect on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and listed on Schedule 8.1(s) and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Loan Party shall guarantee or provide any credit support for any obligation of the Borrower Agent under the 2025 Preferred Documents or the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement.
8.2 Permitted Activities of the Borrower Agent. The Borrower Agent shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any material business or operations, enter into any commercial contracts in their own name, or own, hold or maintain any material assets or Investments (including direct Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or joint ventures) other than those existing as of the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.2; provided that the following shall be permitted in any event: (i) Borrower Agent’s ownership of the Equity Interests of the direct Subsidiaries it owns on the Closing Date and activities incidental thereto; (ii) the incurrence of, and performance of any obligations under any documentation related to, any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Borrower Agent pursuant to Section 8.1; (iii) the consummation of (A) any of the Amendment No. 6 Transactions and (B) any of the Amendment No. 7 Transactions; (iv) the payment of dividends and distributions, and the making of contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries, in each case, not prohibited by this Agreement; (v) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance and performance of activities relating to its officers, directors, managers and employees and those of its Subsidiaries); (vi) (A) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, the issuance of the Warrants and the other transactions contemplated by the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement and 2025 Preferred Documents and (B) any public offering of its stock or any other issuance or registration of its Equity Interests for sale or resale not prohibited by this Agreement, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto; (vii) the participation in tax, accounting and other administrative matters, including compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting matters related thereto and activities relating to its officers, directors, managers and employees; (viii) the holding of any cash and Cash Equivalents (but not operating any property); (ix) providing indemnification to officers and members of the board of directors of the Borrower Agent; (x) incurring fees, costs and expenses in the ordinary course of business, including relating to overhead, insurance and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes; (xi) taking actions in furtherance of and consummating a Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction; and (xii) any action incidental to the foregoing.
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8.3 Entity Changes, Etc. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, divide, merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any Person, liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution)except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) any such Subsidiary may merge or amalgamate with or liquidate or dissolve into (i) the Borrower Agent, provided that the Borrower Agent shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more Subsidiaries; provided that (A) when a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party merges or amalgamates with a Loan Party, the Loan Party shall be the continuing, resulting or surviving Person, (B) to the extent a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party is party to any such merger or amalgamation or is the subject of any such liquidation or dissolution, a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party shall be the resulting or surviving entity and (C) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent a Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party or Canadian Loan Party) is party to any such merger or is the subject of any such liquidation or dissolution, a Loan Party shall be the surviving entity;
(b) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to the Borrower Agent or to a Guarantor (or if such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor to another Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor); provided that, to the extent such Subsidiary selling all or substantially all of its assets is a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party, a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party shall be the recipient of such assets;
(c) the Borrower Agent and any Subsidiary may change its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation; provided (i) such Person provides the Agent with at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of change, (ii) no Default exists at such time, and (iii) if such Person is organized or incorporated in the United States, Canada, England and Wales, or The Netherlands, (A) such new jurisdiction is in the same nation state and (B) if such Person is a Loan Party, such Person shall deliver such Security Documents and any other documentation (including opinions) as may be requested by the Agent to ensure the Agent maintains a valid, enforceable and perfected first priority Lien on the Collateral of such Person (subject only to Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (v), (vi), and (xvi) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” which are statutory, non-consensual Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreements); and
(d) after providing any applicable prior written notice to the Agent pursuant to Section 7.8(c), any Subsidiary may change in legal form if such change is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
8.4 Change in Nature of Business. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time make any material change in the nature of their business as carried on as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date or enter into any new line of business that is not similar, corollary, related, ancillary, incidental or complementary, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto the business as carried on as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date.
8.5 Sales, Etc. of Assets. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets (including by an allocation of assets among newly divided limited liability companies pursuant to a “plan of division”) or otherwise consummate any Asset Disposition, except:
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(a) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the sale or other disposition of obsolete or worn out property, or other property no longer used or useful in the conduct of business, in each case, disposed of in the ordinary course of business (and not part of an accounts receivable financing, factoring or similar transaction (other than by a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party if done in ordinary course));
(c) the sale, transfer or other disposition of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(d) sales, transfers or other dispositions of property that are a settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of or relating to any property or asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
(e) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;
(f) the abandonment of Intellectual Property (or lapse of any registration or application in respect of Intellectual Property) that is, in the reasonable good faith business judgment of the applicable Loan Party, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;
(g) operating leases or sub leases on arm’s-length terms entered into in the ordinary course of business with respect to excess real property space, as determined by the Borrower in good faith;
(h) dispositions permitted under Section 8.3;
(i) dispositions of property to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary; provided, that, (i) if the transferor of such property is a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party, the transferee thereof must be a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party or (ii) such disposition shall constitute a Permitted Investment and (iii) if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (other than a U.S. Loan Party or a Canadian Loan Party), (A) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (B) such disposition shall constitute a Permitted Investment; provided, further, that Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments shall be permitted at all times;
(j) dispositions constituting Permitted Investments;
(k) sales or dispositions of other assets (including intangible property related to such fixed assets) so long as (i) made at fair market value, (ii) the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in the aggregate (including the proposed disposition) pursuant to this clause (k) would not exceed the greater of (A) $12,000,000 and (B) 20.0% of EBITDA in the aggregate in any fiscal year and (iii) such sale or disposition is not part of an accounts receivable financing, factoring or similar transaction (other than by a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party if done in ordinary course of business); provided that to the extent the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base is reduced by any such sale, transfer or other disposition, the Borrowers must apply cash proceeds of such sale, transfer or disposition to outstanding Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such reduction in the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.5(b)(ii); (l) sales, transfers or other disposals (in each case, whether direct or indirect, and including Sale and Leaseback Transactions) of any assets outside the ordinary course of business, solely to the extent that (i) such disposition shall have been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower Agent, (ii) the consideration received from such disposition shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the asset that is subject to such disposition, and (iii) at least 75.0% of the consideration received from such disposition shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that to the extent the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base is reduced by any such sale, transfer or other disposition, the Borrowers must apply cash proceeds of such sale, transfer or disposition to outstanding Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such reduction in the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.5(b)(ii);
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(m) Sale and Leaseback Transactions, solely to the extent that (i) any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is on arm’s length terms or terms that are at least as favorable to the Loan Party or Subsidiary engaging in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the consideration received by such Loan Party or Subsidiary shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the property that is subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that to the extent the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base is reduced by any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the Borrowers must apply cash proceeds of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction to outstanding Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such reduction in the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.5(b)(ii);
(n) sales, transfers or other disposals (in each case, whether direct or indirect) of any assets by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries solely to the extent that (i) the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or disposed of in the aggregate pursuant to this clause (n) would not exceed the greater of (A) $18,000,000 and (B) 30.0% of EBITDA, (ii) any such sale, transfer or other disposition is on arm’s length terms or terms that are more favorable to the Loan Party or Subsidiary engaging in such sale, transfer or other disposition, and (iii) the consideration received by such Loan Party or Subsidiary shall in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that to the extent the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base is reduced by such sale, transfer or other disposition, the Borrowers must apply the cash proceeds of such sale, transfer or other disposition to outstanding Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such reduction in the amount of the Gross Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.5(b)(ii); (p) (i) the issuance of common Equity Interests by any Subsidiary, solely as director qualifying shares and as required by applicable law, or to the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries and (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower Agent.
(o) any transaction, or series of related transactions, to effectuate a Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction on the date thereof; and
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times all assets material to the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be held by Loan Parties.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no transaction under this Section 8.5 (other than as provided in Section 8.5(e)) shall include the disposition or transfer of Intellectual Property to any Person (other than a Loan Party) which could reasonably be expected to be necessary in connection with the exercise of remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral during the continuation of an Event of Default, unless the Agent shall have entered into a license agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, with the purchaser or transferee of such Intellectual Property, which provides for the use of such Intellectual Property during the continuation of an Event of Default (it being understood and agreed that no Intellectual Property shall be deemed necessary in connection with the exercise of remedies to the extent such Intellectual Property no longer relates to any ABL Priority Collateral remaining after giving effect to any such disposition or transfer).
8.6 Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers will not (a) use any portion of the proceeds of any Loan in violation of Section 2.4 or for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock in any manner which violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board or for any other purpose in violation of any applicable statute or regulation, or of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or (b) take, or permit any Person acting on its behalf to take, any action which could reasonably be expected to cause this Agreement or any other Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve Board.
The Borrowers shall not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use any Letter of Credit or Loan proceeds, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any Letter of Credit or Loan proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any payment or provision of any money or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, representative of a state-owned enterprise, any other Person acting in an official capacity, or any other Person, in order to obtain, retain or direct business improperly or obtain any improper business advantage, in each case in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws; (ii) in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; (iii) to fund, finance or facilitate any activities of or business with any Sanctioned Person or in or involving any Designated Jurisdiction in violation of applicable Sanctions; or (iv) in any other manner that would constitute or give rise to a violation of Sanctions by any party hereto (including any Secured Party).
The Borrowers shall not fund all or part of, any repayment under this Agreement: (x) out of proceeds derived, directly or knowingly indirectly, from any dealings with, or property of, a Sanctioned Person in violation of Sanctions or otherwise in violation of applicable Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or Anti-Corruption Laws; or (y) in any other manner that would constitute or give rise to a violation of Sanctions by any party hereto (including any Secured Party).
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8.7 2025 Preferred Equity Investment. The Borrower Agent shall not redeem, retire or otherwise pay or prepay the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, nor permit the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment to be redeemed, retired or otherwise paid or prepaid, in each case, at any time prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date; provided however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Section 8.7 shall prohibit the Borrower Agent from (i) redeeming, retiring or otherwise paying or prepaying the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment using available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9, (ii) paying cash dividends in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation using available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9, (iii) accruing any dividends, fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents as compounded increases to the stated value of the applicable preferred equity interests in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation (and dividends, fees or other amounts paid in kind under or in connection with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation) or (iv) issuing any Equity Interests upon exercise of the Warrants or paying cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of such Equity Interests or any fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the Warrants.
8.8 Liens. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any assets other than Permitted Liens.
8.9 Dividends, Redemptions, Distributions, Etc. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay any dividends or make any distributions on or in respect of its Equity Interests, or purchase, redeem or retire any of its Equity Interests or any warrants, options or rights to purchase any such Equity Interests, whether now or hereafter outstanding (“Interests”), or make any payment on account of or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of such Interests, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, or management or similar fees payable to the Designated Equity Investor, Stellex or any oftheir respective Affiliates, and including any of the foregoing in respect of the interests issued pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or the Warrants (all of the foregoing, the “Restricted Payments”), except that:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower Agent and any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower Agent, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Borrower Agent or a Subsidiary and (ii) (x) no Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (a) may be made by a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments shall be permitted at all times; (b) the Borrower Agent and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividends payable solely in the Equity Interests of such Person (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) so long as, in the case of a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary remains wholly-owned by the Borrower Agent; provided that if such Subsidiary is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, such dividends must be made on a pro rata basis to the holders of its Equity Interests or on a greater than ratable basis to the extent such greater payments are made solely to the Borrower or a Subsidiary;
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(c) the Borrower Agent and each Subsidiary may make Equity Interest repurchases with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock;
(d) the Loan Parties may make Restricted Payments in cash to purchase or redeem or in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of the Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $500,000 and (ii) 1.0% of EBITDA;
(e) the Borrowers may make payments (or distributions to facilitate such payments, as applicable), (w) from and after the date of any Qualified Change of Control Transaction or Stellex Change of Control Transaction, of management, transaction or similar fees payable to the Designated Equity Investor or Stellex, as applicable, or any ofeach of their Affiliates in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year,(x) of indemnity expenses pursuant to indemnity provisions set forth in the 2025 Preferred Documents, (y) of reimbursement for reasonable and documented expenses (including reimbursement of travel expenses for board members) incurred by the 2025 Preferred Equity Investor on behalf of (or in connection with its equity investment in) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (z) as otherwise as approved by the Agent in its sole discretion; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such payment, (ii) Excess Availability (A) at all times during the thirty (30) consecutive days immediately preceding the date of such payment, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such payment was made on the first day of such period, and (B) immediately after giving effect to such payment, in each case, is not less than $25,000,000 (or Agent shall have otherwise consented thereto), (iii) the amount in respect of such management, transaction or similar fees payable in any period but not allowed to be paid in cash shall be deferred and shall not be paid until and to the extent that any Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived and (iv) any amounts permitted to be paid pursuant to this clause (e) and not paid in any applicable fiscal year shall not then be permitted to be paid during any subsequent fiscal year period;
(g) the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments so long as the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied with respect thereto;
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(f) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may make any Permitted Intercompany Cash Management Payments; (h) solely in the case of Restricted Payments made in respect of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment or the Warrants, the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments so long as (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and (y) the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Four Quarter Measurement Period after giving effect to the payment of such Restricted Payments; and
(i) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries may (i) “pay in kind” or accrue as compounded increases to the stated value of the applicable preferred equity interests in accordance with the 2025 Preferred Certificate of Designation (x) non-cash dividends or (y) fees or other amounts payable in kind and not in cash in connection with the 2025 Preferred Documents, (ii) issue shares of common stock of Borrower Agent upon exercise of the Warrants and (iii) make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of common stock of Borrower Agent issued upon exercise of the Warrants (and any fees or other amounts payable under or in connection with the Warrants may be paid) in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, (i) no Restricted Payment shall include the transfer of any Intellectual Property to any Person (other than a Loan Party) and (ii) no Restricted Payment in respect of the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, or in respect of any interests or Warrants issued in connection therewith, shall be permitted under this Agreement, other than (x) to the extent of any available capacity (if any) under Section 8.9(g) and Section 8.9(h), (y) payment of indemnity and expense reimbursement in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment as permitted under Section 8.9(e) and/or (z) under Section 8.9(i).
8.10 Investments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, at any time make or hold any Investment in any Person (whether in cash, securities or other property of any kind) except the following (collectively, the “Permitted Investments”):
(a) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 8.10;
(b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(d) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses; provided that the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) Permitted Hedging Agreements;
(f) Permitted Intercompany Investments;
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(c) guarantees by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.1; (g) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods or services in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of Accounts from financially troubled Account Debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(h) deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of (i) operating leases and (ii) other contractual obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness;
(i) other Investments (excluding Acquisitions) which in the aggregate do not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
(j) other Investments (including any Permitted Acquisitions) so long as the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Investment shall include the disposition or transfer of any Intellectual Property to any Person (other than to a Loan Party).
8.11 [Reserved].
8.12 Fiscal Year. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, change their fiscal year from a year ending December 31.
8.13 Accounting Changes. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time make or permit any change in accounting policies, except as required by GAAP.
8.14 [Reserved].
8.15 ERISA Compliance. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in any Prohibited Transaction for which a statutory or class exemption is not applicable so as to exempt such Prohibited Transaction or a private exemption has not been previously obtained from the Department of Labor; (ii) permit to exist with respect to any Pension Plan any failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived ; (iii) terminate any Pension Plan where such event would result in any liability of any Loan Party or Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA; (iv) fail to make any required contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan; (v) fail to pay any required installment or any other payment required under Section 412 or 430 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment; (vi) amend a Pension Plan resulting in an increase in current liability for the plan year such that any Loan Party or Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate is required to provide security to such Plan under Section 463(f) of the Code; (vii) withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan where such withdrawal is reasonably likely to result in any liability of any such entity under Title IV of ERISA; or (viii) allow any Termination Event to occur or allow the imposition of an excise tax under Section 4978 or Section 4979A of the Code.
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8.16 [Reserved].
8.17 UK Pensions.
(a) Each Loan Party shall ensure that:
(i) no member of the Group is or becomes an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004 (UK)) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (UK)) and is not a scheme within section 38(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2004 (UK) or “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 (UK) save that for the purposes of this clause, a member of the Group shall not be connected with another company solely by reason of one or more of its directors or employees being a director of that other company) such an employer;
(ii) any contributions that a UK Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries are required to pay to Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan are so paid before or when they fall due and payable in accordance with the schemes’ governing documentation and any overriding legislation; and
(iii) no action or omission is taken by any member of the Group in relation to a pension scheme which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect including the commencement of winding-up proceedings but excluding for these purposes any action or omission that is taken by any member of the Group in relation to the continuation or termination of employment of any employee of the Group (on grounds of ill-health or otherwise).
(b) Each Loan Party shall promptly:
(i) notify the Agent of any material change in the rate of contributions to the Furmanite International Limited Pension Plan paid or recommended to be paid (whether by the scheme actuary or otherwise) or required (by law or otherwise);
(ii) provide to the Agent a copy of the Recovery Plan (and any amendments and/or variations thereto from time to time); and
(iii) (subject to any confidentiality obligations) provide copies of all notifications made to the Pensions Regulator under section 69 of the Pensions Act 2004 (as amended from time to time).
(c) Each Loan Party shall immediately notify the Agent:
(i) if it receives a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice from the Pensions Regulator;
(ii) (subject to any confidentiality obligations) of any investigation or proposed investigation by the Pensions Regulator of which it is aware which has resulted or may result in the Pensions Regulator taking any regulatory action against any member of the Group; and
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(iii) any event of which it is aware which has triggered or may trigger a debt on any member of the Group under sections 75 or 75A of the Pensions Act 2004.
8.18 Prepayments and Amendments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to,
(a) at any time, directly or indirectly, make any voluntary prepayment of any principal of any First Lien Term Loan Obligation (other than with proceeds of Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto), (i) unless the Payment Conditions are satisfied with respect thereto or (ii) such prepayment is made with the proceeds of any delayed draw issuances of preferred equity interests issued pursuant to, and in a manner consistent with the terms of, the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment and/or of any issuances of any Warrants;
(b) at any time, directly or indirectly, make any voluntary prepayment or any mandatory prepayment (including any mandatory prepayment with respect to excess cash flow (or similar concept)) (i) with ABL Priority Collateral in respect of any principal of any Second Lien Term Loan Obligation (other than with proceeds of Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto), unless the Payment Conditions are satisfied with respect thereto (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Loan Parties may (x) prepay the Second Lien Term Loan Obligations with proceeds of Term Loan Priority Collateral or, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, otherwise in accordance with Section 2.5(b) of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No.7 Effective Date and (y) make the Amendment No. 7 Second Lien Term Loan Prepayment on or substantially concurrently with the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date), or (ii) in respect of any Subordinated Debt, any unsecured Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness secured by a Lien that is junior to the Lien securing the Obligations (other than any intercompany Indebtedness) (collectively, “Junior Indebtedness”) with an outstanding principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 (other than with proceeds of Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto), unless, in each case, (A) the Payment Conditions are satisfied with respect thereto,(B) the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recently ended Four Quarter Measurement Period after giving effect to the payment of such Junior Indebtedness, or (C) with the conversion of any such Junior Indebtedness to Equity Interests of the Borrower Agent (other than Disqualified Equity Interests); provided, that, notwithstanding the provisions of this clause (b), the Loan Parties may pay or prepay in cash the Second Lien Obligations or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof with (A) the proceeds of Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Term Loan Agreement) substantially concurrently with the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date (as defined in the First Lien Term Loan Agreement) and (B) the proceeds of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower Agent issued in connection with a Qualified Change of Control Transaction or a Stellex Change of Control Transaction;
(c) at any time, directly or indirectly, make any payment of interest in cash in respect of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that such payments of interest in cash shall be permitted to be made in respect of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement to the extent set forth in subclauses (A) and (B) of the proviso of Section 8.1(l), to the extent such interest is accrued and unpaid and due and payable in connection with the principal payment; (d) at any time, directly or indirectly, make any payment of Subordinated Debt (including with respect to interest, principal and any other fees and expenses), unless such payment is made in accordance with the terms of the applicable Subordination Agreement; or
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(e) without the prior written consent of the Agent, directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of:
(i) (x) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Material Indebtedness (other than the First Lien Term Loan Obligations, the Second Lien Term Loan Obligations or any Subordinated Debt) in a manner that is prohibited by the terms of any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement applicable to such Material Indebtedness or that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, or (y) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Subordinated Debt in a manner that is prohibited by the terms of any Subordination Agreement applicable to such Subordinated Debt or that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders;
(ii) the First Lien Term Loan Agreement or other First Lien Term Loan Document to (A) add (or have the effect of adding) a financial covenant or event of default provisions of the First Lien Term Loan Agreement (including the addition of covenants, defaults, events of default not contained in the First Lien Term Loan Agreement or other First Lien Term Loan Documents) or (B) modify (or have the effect of a modification of) a covenant or other provisions of the First Lien Term Loan Agreement (including the addition of covenants not contained in the First Lien Term Loan Agreement or other First Lien Term Loan Documents as in effect on the date hereof) in a manner that is materially more restrictive to the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, unless, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), the Agent is given the opportunity to make corresponding modifications to the provisions of this Agreement or other Loan Documents in order to match the applicable addition or modification made to the First Lien Term Loan Agreement on substantially the same terms as agreed among the Loan Parties and the First Lien Term Loan Agent (it being agreed that no separate consent of the Agent or any Lender to such addition or modification shall be required in such instance, nor shall the consummation of such matching modifications to any Loan Document delay the effectiveness of the corresponding amendment to the First Lien Term Loan Documents);
(iii) any Second Lien Term Loan Document in a manner that is prohibited by the ABL Intercreditor Agreement; (iv) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, if the effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; and
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(v) any 2025 Preferred Document in a manner that (A) modifies the mandatory redemption date applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock issued in connection with the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment so that the mandatory redemption date occurs prior to the then Scheduled Maturity Date hereunder, (B) restricts any Loan Party’s or any Subsidiary’s right to incur or refinance the Obligations or to grant Liens and guarantees to secure the Obligations, or (C) is otherwise materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; provided that this Section 8.18(e)(v) shall not prohibit the amendment, modification or change of any of the terms or provisions of the 2025 Preferred Certificate Designation relating to the “paid in kind” payment amounts or related mechanics thereunder.
8.19 Lease Obligations. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur or assume any obligations as lessee for the rental or hire of real or personal property in connection with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, other than (i) operating lease transactions for equipment paid for by such operating leases and (ii) any Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 8.5(m).
8.20 [Reserved].
8.21 [Reserved].
8.22 Canadian Pension Plans. No Loan Party shall maintain, sponsor, contribute to, be a party to, or otherwise have any liability (including any contingent liability) or contribution obligation under or in respect of any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan without the Agent’s consent.
8.23 Negative Pledge. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or suffer to exist any agreement (other than in favor of the Agent) prohibiting or conditioning the creation or assumption of any Lien in favor of the Obligations upon any of its assets; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to: (i) restrictions or conditions imposed by Requirements of Law or by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, (iii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured or purchase money Indebtedness or capital leases permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (iv) customary provisions in lease and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, (v) customary anti-assignment clauses in licenses under which the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries are the licensees, (vi) any agreement in effect at a time a Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (vii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendments or refinancings, (viii) customary restrictions on Liens imposed by agreements relating to cash deposits and in the ordinary course of business, (ix) restrictions and conditions contained in any of the First Lien Term Loan Documents, and (x) restrictions and conditions contained in any of the Second Lien Term Loan Documents.
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8.24 Affiliate Transactions. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, enter into or be party to any transaction with an Affiliate, except (i) financing transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; (ii) transactions with Affiliates that are in effect as of the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, as shown on Schedule 8.23; (iii) transactions with Affiliates upon fair and reasonable terms and no less favorable than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate; and (iv) the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (A) employment and severance arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business, (B) payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower Agent and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (C) any transaction solely between or among the Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, (D) any transaction solely between or among Loan Parties, (E) guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case, entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm, (F) any transaction where the Borrower Agent delivers to the Agent a resolution adopted by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors approving such transaction and set forth in a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other officer of the Borrower, as applicable, certifying such transaction complies with clause (iii) above, and (G) the 2025 Preferred Equity Investment, and the issuance of the Warrants pursuant to the 2025 Preferred Securities Purchase Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date (and the issuance of common stock of the Borrower Agent upon the exercise of the Warrants). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no transaction involving any Affiliate (other than a Loan Party) shall include the disposition or transfer of any Intellectual Property, except to the extent permitted by Section 8.5 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in compliance with the last paragraph of Section 8.5).
8.25 Assets Located in Quebec. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to own tangible assets in Quebec having a fair market value in excess of C$750,000 unless the Agent has confirmed in writing that it is satisfied that the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries owning such tangible assets in Quebec have taken all action that the Agent has requested in order to perfect and protect the Agent’s security interest in such tangible assets under the laws of Quebec.
ARTICLE IX
FINANCIAL COVENANT(S)
Until the Payment in Full of all Obligations:
9.1 Unfinanced Capital Expenditures.
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The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that, for the CapEx Test Period ending on December 31, 2023, and for each CapEx Test Period thereafter, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries will not exceed $15,000,000 in Unfinanced Capital Expenditures during any such CapEx Test Period (such amount, the “Maximum Annual Capital Expenditure Limit”); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall be permitted to make up to $25,000,000 in Unfinanced Capital Expenditures in the aggregate in any CapEx Test Period if the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis immediately after giving effect to each such Unfinanced Capital Expenditures in excess of the Maximum Annual Capital Expenditure Limit.
9.2 Minimum Excess Availability Amount. The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that Loan Parties shall not permit Excess Availability at any time to be less than the Minimum Excess Availability Amount, unless as of the last day of the most recently ended TTM Measurement Period, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such TTM Measurement Period is greater than 1.00 to 1.00.
ARTICLE X
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
10.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) Payment Defaults. Any Loan Party shall fail to pay any (i) principal of any Loan when due and payable, whether at the due date therefor, stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise; or (ii) interest, fees, premium (including the Revolving Credit Termination Premium), Lender Group Expenses or other Obligations (other than an amount referred to in the foregoing clause (i)) when due and payable, whether at the due date therefor, stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, and such default continues unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; or
(b) Default in Performance of Certain Covenants. There shall occur a default in the performance or observance of any covenant contained in any of the following:
(i) Section 2.7 and, solely to the extent any such default is capable of being cured, such default continues for two (2) Business Days (provided, however, that, during any Increased Reporting Period, such Event of Default shall occur immediately upon such default);
(ii) Section 7.1(a) (solely with respect to the Borrower Agent);
(iii) Section 7.7(b) and such default continues for ten (10) Business Days after written notice thereof from the Agent to the Borrower Agent;
(iv) Section 7.8 (other than Section 7.8(a)) and such default continues for a period of five (5) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which such default first becomes known to any Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent or (y) the receipt of written notice thereof from Agent to Borrower Agent; (vi) Section 7.11(e) or (f); provided that (x) in the case of any such default occurring in connection with delivery of a monthly Borrowing Base Certificate pursuant to Section 7.11(e), such failure continues for three (3) Business Days or (y) in the case of any such default occurring in connection with delivery of a weekly Borrowing Base Certificate pursuant to Section 7.11(e), such failure continues for two (2) Business Days;
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(v) Section 7.8(a);
(vii) Article VIII;
(viii) Article IX; or
(ix) this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those referred to in Section 10.1(a) and Sections 10.1(b)(i) through (viii)) and such default continues for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (x) the date on which such default first becomes known to any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party or (y) receipt of written notice thereof from the Agent to the Borrower Agent; or
(c) UK Pension Matters. The Pensions Regulator issues a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice to any Loan Party; or
(d) Insolvency Events. Any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall become the subject of an Insolvency Event; or
(e) Cross-Defaults. (i) Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest or otherwise and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness when due (whether at scheduled maturity or by required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), or (ii) any breach or default by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Material Indebtedness or any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such Material Indebtedness, in each case, beyond the grace period, if any provided therefor, that results in any such Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits the holder or holders (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to declare such Material Indebtedness to be due and payable, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, or maturity thereof; or
(f) Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any Loan Document, or in any Financial Statement, report, document or certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate or Compliance Certificate) delivered in connection therewith, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) when made or deemed made; or
(g) Judgments. Any judgment or order for the payment of money which, when taken together with all other judgments and orders rendered against the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries exceeds $10,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent not covered by insurance) and either (i) there is a period of thirty (30) consecutive days at any time after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (A) the same is not discharged, satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (B) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in effect, or (ii) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award; or (h) Change of Control.
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A Change of Control shall occur; or
(i) Failure of Liens. Any Loan Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document; or
(j) Intercreditor Agreements. (A) The ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the First Lien Term Loan Agent or the Second Lien Term Loan Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, or the First Lien Term Loan Agent or the Second Lien Term Loan Agent denies or contests the validity or enforceability of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (in each case, to the extent that (x) with respect to the First Lien Term Loan Agent, any First Lien Term Loan Obligations remain outstanding and (y) with respect to the Second Lien Term Loan Agent, any Second Lien Term Loan Obligations remain outstanding) or (B) any other Intercreditor Agreement relating to Material Indebtedness shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the applicable holders of such Material Indebtedness (or the debt representative for such holders), enforceable in accordance with its terms, or any of the holders of such Material Indebtedness (or the debt representative for such holders) denies or contests the validity or enforceability of such Intercreditor Agreement (in each case, to the extent that such Material Indebtedness remains outstanding); or
(k) Failure of Loan Documents. (i) Any covenant, agreement or obligation of a Loan Party contained in or evidenced by any of the Loan Documents shall cease to be enforceable, or shall be determined to be unenforceable, in accordance with its terms; (ii) any Loan Party shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under any of the Loan Documents or any Liens granted in connection therewith or shall otherwise challenge any of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents; or (iii) any Liens granted on any of the Collateral in favor of the Agent shall be determined to be void, voidable or invalid, are subordinated or are not given the priority contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(l) Order for Dissolution or Winding Up. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Loan Party decreeing the dissolution or winding up of such Loan Party and such shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days; or
(m) Failure of Subordination Terms. Any Subordinated Debt permitted hereunder or the guarantees thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder, as provided in the documents governing such Subordinated Debt, or any Loan Party, any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall take any action in violation of or contest in any manner the validity or enforceability of the applicable subordination provisions with respect to such Subordinated Debt.
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10.2 Remedies Upon Event of Default; Cash Collateralization.
(a) Remedies Generally. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may, or at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) Acceleration. To declare any or all Obligations immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other action or obligation of the Agent or any Lender, all of which are hereby waived by each Borrower;
(ii) Termination of Commitments. To declare any or all of the Commitments immediately terminated and, at all times thereafter, any Loan made by the Lenders and any Letter of Credit Extension made by the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be made or issued in respective discretion of the applicable Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable; and
(iii) Cash Collateralization. With respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding at the time of the acceleration of the Revolving Obligations under Section 10.2(a) or otherwise at any time after the Termination Date, the Borrowers shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account established by or on behalf of the Agent sufficient funds to Collateralize the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent and applied by the Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account, after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon shall be applied to repay the other Obligations. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon and all Obligations have been Paid in Full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrowers or to such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto;
provided that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to a Loan Party specified in Section 10.1(d), (i) the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to make Letter of Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, (ii) all Obligations (including any Revolving Credit Termination Premium) shall automatically become immediately due and payable, and (iii) the obligation of the Borrowers to Collateralize the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iii) shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Agent or any Lender.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) No Effect on Collateral. Notwithstanding the termination of any Commitment or the acceleration of any Obligations pursuant to this Article X, until all Obligations shall have been Paid in Full, the Agent and each Lender shall retain all rights under guaranties and all security in existing and future Receivables, inventory, general intangibles, investment property, real property and equipment of the Loan Parties and all other Collateral held by it hereunder and under the Security Documents, and the Loan Parties shall continue to turn over all Collections to the Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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(d) Enforcement by Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained by, the Agent in accordance with this Article X for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
10.3 Other Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have all rights and remedies with respect to the Obligations and the Collateral under applicable law (including the UCC and the PPSA) and the Loan Documents, and the Agent may do any or all of the following: (i) remove for copying all documents, instruments, files and records (including the copying of any computer records) relating to Loan Parties’ Receivables or use (at the expense of the Loan Parties) such supplies or space of any Loan Party at any Loan Party’s place of business necessary to administer, enforce and collect such Receivables including any supporting obligations; (ii) accelerate or extend the time of payment, compromise, issue credits, or bring suit on any Loan Party’s Receivables (in the name of such Loan Party or the Agent) and otherwise administer and collect such Receivables; (iii) sell, assign and deliver any Loan Party’s Receivables with or without advertisement, at public or private sale, for cash, on credit or otherwise, subject to applicable law; and (iv) foreclose the security interests created pursuant to the Loan Documents by any available procedure, or take possession of any or all of the Collateral, without judicial process and enter any premises where any Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the same.
(b) The Loan Parties and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) consent to the sale of, credit bid, or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or other similar provision of any Debtor Relief Law), (ii) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale or other disposition thereof conducted under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, or other applicable law, or (iii) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any other sale or foreclosure conducted or consented to by the Agent in accordance with applicable law in any judicial action or proceeding or by the exercise of any legal or equitable remedy, in each case, free from any right of redemption, which right is expressly waived by the Borrowers. If notice of intended disposition of any Collateral is required by law, it is agreed that ten (10) days’ notice shall constitute reasonable notification. The Borrowers will assemble the Collateral in their possession and make it available at such locations in the United States as the Agent may specify, whether at the premises of a Loan Party or elsewhere, and will make reasonably available to the Agent the premises and facilities of each Loan Party for the purpose of the Agent’s taking possession of or removing the Collateral or putting the Collateral in saleable form.
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The Agent may sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Loan Party hereby grants the Agent a license to enter and occupy (in each case, so long as no Event of Default then exists, at reasonable times and subject to reasonable procedures) any of Loan Parties’ leased or owned premises and facilities, without charge, to exercise any of the Agent’s rights or remedies. The proceeds received from any sale of Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 10.5.
10.4 License for Use of Intellectual Property, Real Property and Other Property. The Borrowers hereby grants to the Agent a license or other right to use, without charge, all Intellectual Property, advertising materials, Real Property and other rights, assets and materials used by the Borrowers in connection with their businesses or in connection with the Collateral, in each case with respect to any exercise of remedies under the Loan Documents.
10.5 Post-Default Allocation of Proceeds. Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary (but subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement), while an Event of Default exists and is continuing, all proceeds of Collateral received by the Agent or any Secured Party and all proceeds realized from the Loan Parties on account of the Collateral (whether pursuant to Section 2.7 or arising from realization on Collateral, setoff or otherwise), shall be allocated as follows:
(a) First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including all Lender Group Expenses) payable to the Agent in its capacity as such, including any such fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts expenses, indemnities and other amounts accrued after an Insolvency Event, whether or not allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event;
(b) Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees (including any Revolving Credit Termination Premium), indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer (including all Lender Group Expenses) arising under the Loan Documents, including any such fees, indemnities, and other amounts accrued after an Insolvency Event, whether or not allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
(c) Third, to the extent not previously reimbursed by the Lenders, to payment to the Agent of that portion of the Obligations constituting principal and accrued and unpaid interest on any permitted Overadvances and Protective Advances;
(d) Fourth, to the extent that Swingline Loans have not been refinanced by a Revolving Credit Loan, payment to the Swingline Lender of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Swingline Loans, including default interest and any interest accrued after an Insolvency Event, whether or not allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event; (e) Fifth, to the extent that Swingline Loans have not been refinanced by a Revolving Credit Loan, to payment to the Swingline Lender of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Swingline Loans;
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(f) Sixth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans and other Obligations (other than amounts which constitute Bank Product Obligations), including default interest and Letter of Credit Fees and any interest accrued after an Insolvency Event, whether or not allowed or allowable following such Insolvency Event, ratably among Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Sixth payable to them;
(g) Seventh, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Seventh held by them;
(h) Eighth, to the Collateralization of that portion of the Obligations constituting undrawn amounts under outstanding Letters of Credit;
(i) Ninth, up to the amount (after taking into account any amounts previously paid pursuant to this clause Ninth during the continuation of the applicable Event of Default) of the most recently established Bank Product Reserve, to pay Bank Product Obligations based upon amounts then certified by the applicable Bank Product Provider to the Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) to be due and payable on account of the Bank Product Obligations;
(j) Tenth, to the payment of any other outstanding Obligations (including all other Bank Product Obligations not paid pursuant to clause Ninth above) then due to the Secured Parties, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Tenth held by them; and
(k) Eleventh, to the Loan Parties or whoever else may be lawfully entitled thereto.
Amounts shall be applied to each of the categories of Obligations in the order presented in Section 10.5, before being applied to the following category in Section 10.5 above. Where applicable, all amounts to be applied to a given category will be applied on a pro rata basis, in accordance with applicable Pro Rata Shares, among those entitled to payment in such category. In determining the amount to be applied to Bank Product Obligations within any given category, each Bank Product Provider’s pro rata share thereof shall be based on the lesser of (x) the amount presented in the most recent notice from such Bank Product Provider to the Agent (as contemplated in the definition of “Bank Product Obligations”) and (y) the actual amount of such Bank Product Obligations, calculated in accordance with a methodology presented to and approved by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion by such Bank Product Provider to the Agent. The Agent has no duty to investigate the actual amount of any Bank Product Obligations and, instead, is entitled to rely in all respects on the applicable Bank Product Provider’s reasonably detailed written accounting thereof.
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If such Bank Product Provider does not submit such accounting of its own accord and in a timely manner, the Agent, may instead rely on any prior accounting thereof. The allocations set forth in this Section 10.5 are solely to determine the rights and priorities of the Secured Parties among themselves and may be changed by agreement among them without the consent of any Loan Party. No Loan Party is entitled to any benefit under this Section or has any standing to enforce this Section 10.5.
10.6 No Marshaling; Deficiencies; Remedies Cumulative. The Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any Collateral or to seek recourse against or satisfaction of any of the Obligations from one source before seeking recourse against or satisfaction from another source. The net cash proceeds resulting from the Agent’s exercise of any of the foregoing rights to liquidate all or substantially all of the Collateral, including any and all Collections (after deducting all of the Agent’s expenses related thereto), shall be applied by the Agent to such of the Obligations and in such order as the Agent shall elect in its discretion, whether due or to become due. The Borrowers shall remain liable to the Agent and the Lenders for any deficiencies, and the Agent and the Lenders in turn agree to remit to the applicable Loan Party or its successor or assign any surplus resulting therefrom. All of the Agent’s and the Lenders’ remedies under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative, may be exercised simultaneously against any Collateral and any Loan Party or in such order and with respect to such Collateral or such Loan Party as the Agent or the Lenders may deem desirable, and are not intended to be exhaustive.
10.7 Waivers. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein or in any other Loan Document, the Borrowers hereby waive any right to a judicial or other hearing with respect to any action or prejudgment remedy or proceeding by the Agent to take possession, exercise control over, or dispose of any item of Collateral in any instance (regardless of where the same may be located) where such action is permitted under the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or by applicable law or of the time, place or terms of sale in connection with the exercise of the Agent’s or any Lender’s rights hereunder and also waives any bonds, security or sureties required by any statute, rule or other law as an incident to any taking of possession by the Agent of any Collateral. The Borrowers also waive any damages (direct, consequential or otherwise) occasioned by the enforcement of the Agent’s or any Lender’s rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document including the taking of possession of any Collateral or the giving of notice to any account debtor or the collection of any Receivable of the Borrowers. The Borrowers also consent that the Agent and the Lenders may enter upon any premises owned by or leased to it without obligations to pay rent or for use and occupancy, through self-help, without judicial process and without having first obtained an order of any court (in each case, in connection with the remedies hereunder). These waivers and all other waivers provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been negotiated by the parties, and the Borrowers acknowledge that it has been represented by counsel of its own choice, has consulted such counsel with respect to its rights hereunder and has freely and voluntarily entered into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
10.8 Further Rights of Agent and the Lenders. If the Borrowers shall fail to purchase or maintain insurance (where applicable), or to pay any tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy, except as the same may be otherwise permitted hereunder or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, or if any Lien prohibited hereby shall not be paid in full and discharged or if a the Borrowers shall fail to perform or comply with any other covenant, promise or obligation to the Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the Agent may (but shall not be required to) perform, pay, satisfy, discharge or bond the same for the account of the Borrowers, and all amounts so paid by the Agent shall be treated as a Revolving Credit Loan and shall constitute part of the Obligations.
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10.9 Interest and Letter of Credit Fees After Event of Default. The Borrowers agree and acknowledge that the additional interest and fees that may be charged under Section 4.2 are (a) an inducement to the Lenders to make Loans and to the Letter of Credit Issuer to cause Letters of Credit to be issued hereunder and that the Lenders and the Agent would not consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the inclusion of such provisions, (b) fair and reasonable estimates of the Lenders’ and the Agent’s costs of administering the credit facility upon an Event of Default, and (c) intended to estimate the Lenders’ and the Agent’s increased risks upon an Event of Default.
10.10 Receiver. In addition to any other remedy available to it, the Agent shall also have the right, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during its continuation, to seek and obtain the appointment of a receiver to take possession of and operate and/or dispose of the business and assets of the Borrowers.
10.11 Rights and Remedies not Exclusive. The enumeration of the foregoing rights and remedies is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy provided for herein or in any other Loan Document or otherwise provided by law from and after the occurrence of any Event of Default and during its continuation, all of which shall be cumulative and not alternative.
ARTICLE XI
THE AGENT
11.1 Appointment of Agent.
(a) Each Lender hereby designates the Agent as its agent and irrevocably authorizes it to take action on such Lender’s behalf under the Loan Documents and to exercise the powers and to perform the duties described therein and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform any of its duties by or through its agents or employees or by or through one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any of the foregoing hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee, as applicable, and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents, and all such rights and remedies in respect of such Collateral shall be implemented by the Agent.
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(b) Each Lender further irrevocably authorizes the Agent to accept, for and on behalf of the Lenders, any parallel debt obligations with the Loan Parties pursuant to which the Agent shall have its own, independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by each Loan Party in connection with the Obligations.
(c) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, and except as expressly set forth herein, the Loan Parties shall not have any rights with respect to any of the provisions hereof, whether as a third party beneficiary or otherwise. The Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and assume no obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrowers.
(d) The rights, privileges and immunities of the Agent in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically be incorporated by reference into each Loan Document, whether or not expressly stated therein.
11.2 Nature of Duties of Agent. The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Neither Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it or them as such hereunder or in connection herewith, unless caused by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. The Agent does not have a fiduciary relationship with or any implied duties to any Lender or any participant of any Lender. The Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees.
11.3 Lack of Reliance on Agent.
(a) Independent Investigation. Independently and without reliance upon Agent, each Lender, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial or other condition and affairs of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties in connection with taking or not taking any action related hereto and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties, and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the initial Loans or the issuance of the initial Letter of Credit or at any time or times thereafter.
(b) No Obligation of Agent. The Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability, priority or sufficiency of this Agreement or the Notes or the financial or other condition of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties. The Agent shall not be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the financial condition of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties, or the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default.
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11.4 Certain Rights of Agent. The Agent may request instructions from the Required Lenders at any time. If Agent requests instructions from the Required Lenders with respect to any action or inaction, it shall be entitled to await instructions from the Required Lenders. No Lender shall have any right of action based upon Agent’s action or inaction in response to instructions from the Required Lenders.
11.5 Reliance by Agent. The Agent may rely upon any written, electronic or telephonic communication it believes to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person. The Agent may obtain the advice of legal counsel (including counsel for Borrowers with respect to matters concerning Borrowers), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall have no liability for any action or inaction taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith based upon such advice.
11.6 Indemnification of Agent. To the extent the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Borrowers, each Lender will reimburse and indemnify the Agent to the extent of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that such indemnity payment is sought) for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Agent in performing its duties hereunder or otherwise relating to the Loan Documents unless resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements contained in this Section shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Payment in Full of the Obligations.
11.7 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. In its individual capacity, the Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender or holder of a Note or participation interest and may exercise the same as though it was not performing the duties specified herein. The terms “Lenders,” “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Credit Lenders”, “Required Supermajority Revolving Credit Lenders”, “holders of Notes” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its individual capacity. The Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, acquire equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Borrowers or any Affiliate of the Borrowers as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrowers for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.
11.8 Holders of Notes. The Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with Agent. Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note, shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee or assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.
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11.9 Successor Agent.
(a) Resignation. The Agent may, upon twenty (20) Business Days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrowers, resign by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrowers. If, at the time that the Agent’s resignation is effective, it is acting as Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, such resignation shall also operate to effectuate its resignation as Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, and it shall automatically be relieved of any further obligation to issue Letters of Credit, or to make Swingline Loans.
(b) Replacement of Agent after Resignation. Upon receipt of notice of resignation by the Agent, the Required Lenders, with, so long as no Event of Default then exists, the consent of the Borrower Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) may appoint a successor agent which shall also be a Lender. If a successor agent has not accepted its appointment within fifteen (15) Business Days, then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor agent which, so long as no Event of Default then exists, shall be subject to the written approval of the Borrower Agent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall be delivered to the retiring Agent and the Lenders within ten (10) Business Days after the Borrower Agent’s receipt of notice of a proposed successor agent.
(c) Removal of Agent. If the Person serving as the Agent is a Defaulting Lender, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Person as the Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor thereto.
(d) Discharge. Upon its acceptance of the agency hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. The retiring Agent shall continue to have the benefit of the provisions of this Article for any action or inaction while it was the Agent.
11.10 Collateral Matters.
(a) Exercise Binding. Except as otherwise set forth herein, any action or exercise of powers by the Agent provided under the Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be deemed authorized by and binding upon all of the Lenders. At any time and without notice to or consent from any Lender, the Agent may take any action necessary or advisable to perfect and maintain the perfection of the Liens upon the Collateral.
(b) Releases. The Agent is authorized to release any Lien granted to or held by it upon any Collateral (i) upon Payment in Full of all of the Obligations, (ii) in connection with permitted sales or other dispositions of Collateral hereunder, as set forth in Section 11.10(c) or (iii) if the release can be and is approved by the Required Lenders. The Agent may request, and the Lenders will provide, confirmation of Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral.
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(c) Sale of Collateral. Upon any sale or transfer of Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree to in its sole discretion) by Borrower Agent, the Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Agent herein or under any of the other Loan Documents or pursuant hereto or thereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred, provided that (i) the Agent shall not be required to execute any document on terms which would reasonably expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrowers in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrowers, including the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. In the event of any sale or transfer of Collateral in the exercise of remedies, or any foreclosure with respect to any of the Collateral, the Agent shall be authorized to deduct all of the expenses reasonably incurred by the Agent from the proceeds of any such sale, transfer or foreclosure.
(d) No Obligation for Agent. The Agent shall not have any obligation to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Borrower, that the Collateral is cared for, protected or insured, or that the Liens on the Collateral have been created or perfected or have any particular priority. With respect to the Collateral, the Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as one of the Lenders, and it shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to the Lenders with respect thereto, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
11.11 Actions with Respect to Defaults. In addition to the Agent’s right to take actions on its own accord as permitted under this Agreement, the Agent shall take such action with respect to an Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders. Until Agent shall have received such directions, the Agent may act or not act as it deems advisable and in the best interests of the Lenders.
11.12 Delivery of Information. The Agent shall not be required to deliver to any Lender originals or copies of any documents, instruments, notices, communications or other information received by the Agent from Borrowers, the Required Lenders, any Lender or any other Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document except (i) as specifically provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (ii) as specifically requested from time to time in writing by any Lender with respect to a specific document, instrument, notice or other written communication received by and in the possession of Agent at the time of receipt of such request and then only in accordance with such specific request.
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11.13 English Law Governed Transaction Security.
(a) This Section 11.13 shall be governed by English law and applies in relation to the English Security Documents, with the security interest created or expressed to be created pursuant to the English Security Documents being the “English Transaction Security”. For the purposes of this Section 11.13 only:
(i) “Finance Parties” means each Bank Product Provider, Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and the Agent;
(ii) “Secured Parties” means each Finance Party from time to time party to this Agreement, any Receiver or Delegate and each other agent, arranger and lender from time to time party to this Agreement;
(iii) “Receiver” means a receiver or receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the Collateral; and
(iv) “Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Agent.
(b) The Agent declares that it holds the benefit of the English Transaction Security on trust for each Finance Party on the terms contained in this Agreement.
(c) Each of the Finance Parties:
(i) authorizes the Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in connection with the English Security Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions; and
(ii) agrees that no Finance Party shall have any independent power to enforce, or have recourse to, any of the Liens or Collateral created or evidenced, or expressed to be created or evidenced, under the English Security Documents or to exercise any right, power, authority or discretion arising under the English Security Documents except through the Agent.
(d) The Agent shall have the benefit of (without limitation) Sections 11.2 (Nature of Duties of Agent), 11.3 (Lack of Reliance on Agent), 11.4 (Certain Rights of Agent), 11.5 (Reliance by Agent), 11.6 (Indemnification of Agent), 11.10 (Collateral Matters), 11.11 (Actions with Respect to Defaults), 11.12 (Delivery of Information), 12.4 (Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection), 12.6 (Nonliability of Agent and Lenders), 12.13 (Limitation of Liability), 12.21 (Confidentiality) and 12.26 (Right to Cure), as if:
(i) references in such clauses were governed by English law; and
(ii) references in such clauses to the Agent were to the Agent acting in its capacity as “Security Agent” in respect of the English Transaction Security, mutatis mutandis.
(e) The rights, powers, authorities and discretions given to the Agent under or in connection with the Loan Documents shall be supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000 and in addition to any which may be vested in the Agent by law or regulation or otherwise.
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(f) Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Agent in relation to the trusts constituted by this Agreement, and where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Act 1925 or the Trustee Act 2000 and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by law and regulation, prevail and, in the case of any inconsistency with the Trustee Act 2000, the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of that Act. Sections 22 and 23 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the English Security Documents.
(g) If the Agent determines, in accordance with Section 11.10(b)(i) (Collateral Matters: Releases) that:
(i) all of the obligations secured by the English Security Document have been fully and finally discharged; and
(ii) no Finance Party is under any commitment, obligation or liability (actual or contingent) to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents,
the Agent shall release, without recourse or warranty, all of the Liens and Collateral created or evidenced, or expressed to be created or evidenced, under each English Security Document and the rights of the Agent under each of the English Security Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of that English Security Document and the terms of this Agreement and the trusts set out in this Agreement shall thereafter be wound up.
(h) Without prejudice to Section 11.9(a) (Successor Agent: Resignation):
(i) The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower Agent.
(ii) If the Agent does not appoint an Affiliate as successor in the relevant resignation notice, the Required Lenders may appoint a successor Agent with the consent of the Borrower Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless an Event of Default then exists in which case no consent of the Borrower Agent shall be required. If the Required Lenders have not appointed a successor within thirty (30) days after notice of resignation was given, the Agent may appoint a successor after consultation with the Borrower Agent and the Required Lenders.
(iii) The retiring Agent shall, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as “Security Agent” under the English Security Documents, and the Borrower Agent shall, on demand, reimburse the retiring Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) properly incurred by it in making available such documents and records and providing such assistance.
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(iv) The resignation notice of the Agent shall only take effect upon:
(A) the appointment of a successor; and
(B) the transfer of the English Transaction Security and any other amounts or property, whether rights, entitlements, choses in action or otherwise, actual or contingent, which the Agent is required by the terms of the English Security Documents to hold as trustee on trust for the Secured Parties to that successor.
(v) Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the English Security Documents (other than its obligations under this paragraph (h)(iii) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Sections 11.6 (Indemnification of Agent) and 12.4 (Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection) (each as amended by Section 11.13(d)) and this Section 11.13 (and any fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date). Any successor and each of the other parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original party.
(i) The Agent shall not be obliged:
(i) to insure any of the assets subject to the English Transaction Security;
(ii) to require any other person to maintain any insurance; or
(iii) to verify any obligation to arrange or maintain insurance contained in any Loan Document,
and the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of the lack of, or inadequacy of, any such insurance.
(j) the Agent is named on any insurance policy as an insured party, it shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of its failure to notify the insurers of any material fact relating to the risk assumed by such insurers or any other information of any kind, unless the Required Lenders request it to do so in writing and the Agent fails to do so within fourteen (14) days after receipt of that request.
(k) The Agent may appoint and pay any person to act as a custodian or nominee on any terms in relation to any asset of the trust as the Agent may determine, including for the purpose of depositing with a custodian this Agreement or any document relating to the trust created under this Agreement and the Agent shall not be responsible for any loss, liability, expense, demand, cost, claim or proceedings incurred by reason of the misconduct, omission or default on the part of any person appointed by it under this Agreement or be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any person. The Agent may retain or invest in securities payable to bearer without appointing a person to act as a custodian.
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(l) Each Finance Party and Secured Party confirms that the Agent has authority to accept on its behalf (and ratifies the acceptance on its behalf of any letters or reports already accepted by the Agent) the terms of any reliance letter or engagement letters relating to any reports or letters provided by accountants, auditors or providers of due diligence reports in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents and to bind it in respect of those reports or letters and to sign such letters on its behalf and further confirms that it accepts the terms and qualifications set out in such letters.
11.14 Erroneous Payments.
(a) If the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error) that the Agent or any of its Affiliates has erroneously, mistakenly or inadvertently transmitted any funds to any Lender or any Person who has received funds by or on behalf of a Lender (together with their respective successors and assigns, a “Payment Recipient”) (whether or not such transmittal was known by any such Payment Recipient) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment, or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distributions, or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and the Agent subsequently demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof), then such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after such demand, return to the Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such demand was made by the Agent, in same day funds (in the currency received by the Payment Recipient), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent in same day funds at the Federal Funds Rate.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of each Lender agrees not to assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) (including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine).
(c) This Section 11.14 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
ARTICLE XII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.1 Notices.
(a) Notices by Approved Electronic Communications. The Agent and each of its Affiliates is authorized to transmit, post or otherwise make or communicate, in its sole discretion (but shall not be required to do so), by Approved Electronic Communications in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the transactions contemplated therein. The Agent is hereby authorized to establish procedures to provide access to and to make available or deliver, or to accept, notices, documents and similar items by posting to ABLSoft.
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All uses of ABLSoft and other Approved Electronic Communications shall be governed by and subject to, in addition to the terms of this Agreement, the separate terms, conditions and privacy policy posted or referenced in such system (or such terms, conditions and privacy policy as may be updated from time to time, including on such system) and any related contractual obligations executed by the Agent and the Loan Parties in connection with the use of such system. Each of the Borrowers (and the Borrower Agent, on behalf of the other Loan Parties), the Lenders and Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the use of ABLSoft and other Approved Electronic Communications is not necessarily secure and that there are risks associated with such use, including risks of interception, disclosure and abuse and each indicates it assumes and accepts such risks by hereby authorizing Agent and each of its Affiliates to transmit Approved Electronic Communications. ABLSoft and all Approved Electronic Communications shall be provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Agent or any of its Affiliates or related persons warrants the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of ABLSoft or any other electronic platform or electronic transmission and disclaims all liability for errors or omissions therein. No warranty of any kind is made by the Agent or any of its Affiliates or related persons in connection with ABLSoft or any other electronic platform or electronic transmission, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects. The Borrower Agent (on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties) agrees that the Agent has no responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing required in connection with ABLSoft, any Approved Electronic Communication or otherwise required for ABLSoft or any Approved Electronic Communication. Prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Agent a complete and executed Client User Form regarding the Borrowers’ use of ABLSoft in the form of Exhibit L. No Approved Electronic Communications shall be denied legal effect merely because it is made electronically. Approved Electronic Communications that are not readily capable of bearing either a signature or a reproduction of a signature may be signed, and shall be deemed signed, by attaching to, or logically associating with such Approved Electronic Communication, an E-Signature, upon which Agent and the Loan Parties may rely and assume the authenticity thereof. Each Approved Electronic Communication containing a signature, a reproduction of a signature or an E-Signature shall, for all intents and purposes, have the same effect and weight as a signed paper original. Each E-Signature shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a “signature” and each Approved Electronic Communication shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a “writing”, in each case including pursuant to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the UCC, the Federal Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and any substantive or procedural law governing such subject matter. Each party or beneficiary hereto agrees not to contest the validity or enforceability of an Approved Electronic Communication or E-Signature under the provisions of any applicable law requiring certain documents to be in writing or signed; provided that nothing herein shall limit such party’s or beneficiary’s right to contest whether an Approved Electronic Communication or E-Signature has been altered after transmission.
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(b) All Other Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder, other than those notices and other communications approved for or required to be delivered by Approved Electronic Communications (including via ABLSoft or otherwise pursuant to Section 12.1(a)), shall be in writing and sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by overnight delivery service, with all charges prepaid, by hand delivery, or by facsimile or other form of electronic transmission, including email, as follows:
| To Agent: | Eclipse Business Capital LLC | |
| 333 W. Wacker, Suite 950 | ||
| Chicago, Illinois 60606 | ||
| Attention.: James Gurgone | ||
| E-mail: jgurgone@eclipsebuscap.com | ||
| With a copy to (which | Choate Hall & Stewart LLP | |
| shall not constitute | Two International Place | |
| notice): | Boston, Massachusetts 02110 | |
| Attention: Kevin J. Simard | ||
| E-mail: ksimard@choate.com | ||
| To Borrowers: | Team, Inc. | |
| 13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600, | ||
| Sugar Land, Texas, 77478 | ||
| Attn: Nelson Haight, EVP and CFO | ||
| Email: nelson.haight@teaminc.com | ||
| To any Lender: | to its address specified in Annex A or in the | |
| Assignment and Acceptance under which it | ||
| became a party hereto | ||
Any party hereto may change its address, e-mail address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and correspondence shall be deemed given or received (as applicable) (a) if sent by certified or registered mail, five (5) Business Days after being postmarked, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service or by hand delivery, when received at the above stated addresses or when delivery is refused and (c) if sent by facsimile or other form of electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging), when such transmission is confirmed. All notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that, if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
12.2 Delays; Partial Exercise of Remedies. No delay or omission of the Agent to exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall impair any such right or operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise by the Agent of any right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or preclude any other right or remedy.
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12.3 Right of Setoff. In addition to and not in limitation of all rights of offset that any Lender or any of its Affiliates may have under applicable law, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand or the Obligations of the Borrowers have matured, each Lender and its Affiliates shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Agent, without notice to any Loan Party or any other Person (other than the Agent), to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, time or demand, provisional or final, or any other type, other than deposits in trust, employee benefit, tax withholding or payroll accounts) at any time held and any other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or any of its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates against any and all of the Obligations. In the event that any Lender or any of its Affiliate’s exercises any of its rights under this Section 12.3, such Lender shall provide notice to the Agent and Borrower Agent of such exercise; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the exercise of such rights.
12.4 Indemnification; Reimbursement of Expenses of Collection.
(a) The Borrowers hereby agree that, whether or not any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents are consummated, the Borrowers will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agent, each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer and each other Secured Party and their respective successors, assigns, directors, partners, members, trustees, controlling persons, officers, agents, sub-agents, employees, advisors, shareholders, attorneys, confirming banks, advising banks and Affiliates (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, obligations, fines, penalties, actions (whether threatened or existing), judgments, suits (whether threatened or existing) or expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, experts, consultants and other professionals) incurred by any of them (collectively, “Claims”) (except, in the case of each Indemnified Party, to the extent that any Claim is determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have directly resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) arising out of or by reason of (i) any litigation, investigation, claim or administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not such Indemnified Party shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in enforcing this indemnity, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnified Party, in any manner relating to or arising out of (A) this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any enforcement of any of the Loan Documents (including any sale of, collection from or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)), (B) any actual or proposed use by a Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans, (C) the issuance of any Letter of Credit or the acceptance or payment of any document or draft presented to any issuer thereof or (D) any Indemnified Party’s entering into this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreements and documents relating hereto (other than consequential damages and loss of anticipated profits or earnings), including amounts paid in settlement, court costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding, (ii) the presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or any Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or any other action taken or required to be taken by a Borrower as required to be in material compliance by or liability of such Borrower, its business, or any of its owned or occupied properties, pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, and (iii) any pending, threatened or actual action, claim, proceeding or suit by any owner of any Borrower against such Borrower or any actual or purported violation of a Borrower’s Governing Documents or any other agreement or instrument to which a Borrower is a party or by which any of its properties is bound.
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(b) In addition, the Borrowers shall, upon demand, pay to each of the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders all Lender Group Expenses incurred by each of them.
(c) If and to the extent that the obligations of any Borrower hereunder are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrowers hereby agree to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations that is permissible under applicable law.
(d) The Borrowers’ obligations under Sections 4.10 and 4.11 and this Section 12.4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the termination, expiration or Collateralization of all Letters of Credit and the Payment in Full of the Obligations, and are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any of the other Obligations, or the earlier resignation of the Agent.
(e) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against each Lender, the Agent and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, the Borrower Agent (on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties) hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
(f) Each Loan Party also agrees that no Lender or the Agent nor their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents will have any liability to any Loan Party or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any Loan Party or any other person in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, in each case, except in the case of any Loan Party to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by such Loan Party or its Affiliates, shareholders, partners or other equity holders have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender, Agent or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents in performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein; provided that in no event will such Lender, the Agent, or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents have any liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of such Lender’s, the Agent’s, or their respective Affiliates’, directors’, employees’, attorneys’, agents’ or sub-agents’ activities related to this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein.
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(g) This Section 12.4 shall not apply to any Taxes except to the extent such amounts represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from a non-Tax claim.
12.5 Amendments, Waivers and Consents.
(a) Generally. No failure or delay by the Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers 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 amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom ,shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 12.5(b), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. 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, regardless of whether the Agent, any Lender or any Letter of Credit Issuer may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Voting Rights. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless (x) in the case of this Agreement, the same shall be made pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders (or by the Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) or (y) in the case of any other Loan Document, the same shall be made pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are party thereto and the Required Lenders (or by the Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) the written consent of all Lenders shall be required for any amendment, modification, waiver or consent that:
(A) releases all or substantially all of the value of the guarantees made pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents); (B) releases all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents); or
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(C) contractually subordinates the Agent’s Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral (except as provided by operation of applicable law or as expressly provided in the Loan Documents);
(ii) the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (but not the consent of the Required Lenders) shall be required for any amendment, modification, waiver or consent that:
(A) increases the Commitment of such Lender (it being understood that (1) a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 5.2 and (2) the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of any Commitment shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(B) reduces the principal amount of any Loan or Letters of Credit of such Lender or reduces the rate of interest thereon, or (subject to clause (4) of the second proviso to this Section 12.5(b)) reduces any fees payable to such Lender hereunder (it being understood that any change to any component or sub-component of the definition of “EBITDA” or “Excess Availability” shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness in the rate of interest); provided, that, only the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to (x) amend the definition of “Revolving Default Rate” or (y) waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest on any Revolving Obligations at the Revolving Default Rate;
(C) postpones the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or Letter of Credit, or any interest thereon, payable to such Lender or any fees payable to such Lender hereunder, or reduces the amount of, waives or excuses any such payment, or postpones the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment; provided, that, only the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to (x) amend the definition of “Revolving Default Rate” or (y) waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest on any Revolving Obligations at the Revolving Default Rate; or
(D) amend any of the provisions of Section 2.14 or Section 10.5;
(iii) the written consent of (A) each Revolving Credit Lender (but not the consent of the Required Lenders) shall be required with respect to any change to the definition of “Required Revolving Credit Lenders” or “Required Supermajority Revolving Credit Lenders”, (B) each Lender shall be required with respect to any change to this Section 12.5(b) or any change to the definition of “Required Lenders”, and (C) each Lender affected thereby (but not the consent of the Required Lenders) will be required with respect to any change to any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, modify or waiver any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder; provided that, notwithstanding sub-clause (B) or (C) above, the Agent and the Borrower Agent may agree (without the consent of any other party hereto) to any amendment to this Section 12.5 that is necessary to incorporate Lenders providing any additional class or tranche of Loans in the definition of “Required Lenders” and to provide for the voting rights of such Lenders;
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(iv) in addition to the consent of the Required Lenders, the written consent of the Required Supermajority Revolving Credit Lenders will be required with respect to: (A) increases in the advance rates applied to eligible assets in the Borrowing Base or (B) modifications to the Borrowing Base or any components thereof which would result in an increase in the amount of the Borrowing Base (provided, that, the foregoing shall not limit the discretion of the Agent to change, establish or eliminate any Reserves or to exercise other discretion that the Agent may have pursuant to this Agreement);
and, provided, further, that, (1) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or any issuer document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it or extend the stated expiry date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Termination Date; (2) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; (3) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (4) the Fee Letter and any other fee letters may be amended or modified, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; (5) any Intercreditor Agreement may be amended or modified in a manner that is expressly contemplated by such Intercreditor Agreement; (6) any Collateral Access Agreement, Control Agreement or Lockbox Agreement may be amended or modified, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto and approved by the Agent’s in its Permitted Discretion; (7) the Agent and the Borrower Agent may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document (without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) to (x) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties, extend an existing Lien over additional assets or property for the benefit of the Secured Parties or join additional Persons as Loan Parties and (y) if the Agent and the Borrower Agent shall have jointly identified an obvious error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any provision of the Loan Documents, to correct for such error or omission, and solely in the case of this clause (y), such amendment shall become effective if the same is not objected to by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following the Lenders’ receipt of notice thereof; (8) any amendment contemplated by Section 2.3(j) in connection with a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, or in connection with any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, shall be effective as contemplated by Section 2.3(j); and (9) the Agent and the Borrower Agent shall endeavor to provide notice to each Lender of any amendment, modification, waiver or consent in respect of this Agreement, any Security Document or any intercreditor or subordination agreement to which the Agent is a party, prior to or promptly after the adoption of such amendment, modification, waiver or consent (provided, however, that failure to provide such notice shall not impair the effectiveness of any amendment, modification, waiver or consent that was otherwise properly adopted in accordance with this Section 12.5(b), or result in any liability to the Agent).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Defaulting Lender shall have any 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, the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Required Supermajority Revolving Credit Lenders, or each affected Lender, as applicable, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that any waiver, amendment or modification that would otherwise require the consent of such Lender under Section 12.5(b)(ii)(A), (B) or (C), shall require that consent of such Defaulting Lender.
(c) Waivers, Etc. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party shall cease to entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 12.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by the Borrower Agent, on behalf of the Loan Parties.
12.6 Nonliability of Agent and Lenders. The relationship between and among the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders shall be solely that of borrower, agent and lender and, respectively. Neither the Lenders nor the Agent shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to Borrowers. Neither the Lenders nor the Agent undertake any responsibility to the Borrowers to review or inform Borrowers of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrowers’ business or operations.
12.7 Assignments and Participations.
(a) Borrower Assignment. No Borrower shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Lenders, and any assignment in contravention of the foregoing shall be absolutely null and void.
(b) Lender Assignments. Each Lender may, with the consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default then exists, the Borrower Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, and not required in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender), assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to one or more other Persons) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents upon execution and delivery to the Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, of an Assignment and Acceptance, together with surrender of any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee payable to the Agent for its account of $3,500 (unless waived by the Agent); provided that (i) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, no consent of the Agent or the Borrower Agent shall be required with respect to any such assignment which is to a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate or branch of a Revolving Credit Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Revolving Credit Lender and (ii) the Borrower Agent shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment of any Commitments or Loans unless it shall have objected thereto by notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the Borrower Agent has received written notice thereof.
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No such assignment shall be for less than $5,000,000 of the Commitments or Loans unless it is to another Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, and each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations in respect of the Commitments and the Loans. Upon the execution and delivery to the Agent of an Assignment and Acceptance and the payment of the recordation fee to the Agent, from and after the date specified as the effective date in the Assignment and Acceptance (the “Acceptance Date”), (i) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto, and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been reflected in the Register, such assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder, (ii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it under such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other than any rights it may have under Sections 4.10, 4.11 and 12.4, which shall survive such assignment) and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto), (iii) Annex A hereto shall be deemed updated to reflect the name and Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to the Agent for cancellation, and thereupon the Borrower Agent shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.
(c) Agreements of Assignee. By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder confirms and agrees as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Documents, (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Loan Party or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee and has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the Financial Statements referred to in Section 6.1(i), the Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.11, if any, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (v) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (vi) such assignee agrees, if it is not already a Lender, that it shall deliver to the Agent and the Borrower Agent any Tax forms to the extent required by Section 4.11(g), (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender, (viii) such assignee has the expertise and experience in the making of or investing in commitments or loans as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as the case may be, and (ix) such assignee will not provide any information obtained by it in its capacity as a Lender to the Designated Equity Investor or any Affiliate of the Designated Equity Investor.
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(d) Agent’s Register. The Agent, as non-fiduciary agent shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of the Lenders, their Commitments and the principal amount (and stated interest) of their Loans (the “Register”). The Borrower Agent, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat the Persons listed in the Register as holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until recorded in the Register. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register and copies of each Assignment and Acceptance shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. It is intended that the Register be maintained such that Loans are in “registered form” for the purposes of the Code. The parties intend that all extensions of credit to the Borrower Agent and, if applicable, its Affiliates hereunder shall at all times be treated as being in registered form within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code (and any successor provisions) and the regulations thereunder and shall interpret the provisions herein regarding the Register and the Participant Register (as defined in paragraph (f) below) consistent with such intent. Upon its receipt of each Assignment and Acceptance, Agent will give prompt notice thereof to Borrower. Upon its receipt of each Assignment and Acceptance and surrender of the affected Note or Notes subject to such assignment, the Agent will give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower Agent. Within five (5) Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to the Agent a new Note to the order of the assignee in the amount of the applicable Commitment or Loans assumed by it and to the assignor in the amount of the applicable Commitment or Loans retained by it, if any. Such new Note or Notes shall re-evidence the indebtedness outstanding under the surrendered Note or Notes, shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Note or Notes and shall be dated as of the Acceptance Date. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the Register exclusively for purposes of identifying the Lenders hereunder.
(e) Securitization. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that the Lenders and their Affiliates may securitize their Loans (a “Securitization”) through the pledge of the Loans as collateral security for loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or through the sale of the Loans or the issuance of direct or indirect interests in the Loans to their controlled Affiliates, which loans to the Lenders or their Affiliates or direct or indirect interests will be rated by Moody’s, S&P or one or more other rating agencies. The Loan Parties shall, to the extent commercially reasonable, cooperate with the Lenders and their Affiliates to effect any and all Securitizations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Securitization shall release any Lender party thereto from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any pledgee, secured party or any other party to such Securitization for such Lender as a party hereto and no change in ownership of the Loans may be effected except pursuant to subsection (b) above.
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(f) Lender Participations. Each Lender may sell participations to one or more Persons (other than the Borrower Agent, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any holder of the First Lien Term Loan Obligations or Second Lien Term Loan Obligations) (each, a “Participant”) in or to all or a portion of its Commitments, Loans or any other Obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding a Lender’s sale of a participation interest, such Lender’s obligations hereunder shall remain unchanged. The Borrowers, the Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender. No Lender shall grant any Participant the right to approve any amendment or waiver of this Agreement except to the extent such amendment or waiver would (i) increase the Commitment of the Lender from which the Participant purchased its participation interest; (ii) reduce the principal of, or rate or amount of interest on, the Loans or participations in Letters of Credit subject to such participation interest; or (iii) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or participations in Letters of Credit subject to such participation interest. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Participant shall also be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.10, 4.11 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 4.11(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 4.11(g) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) and 12.4 as if it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the last sentence of Section 2.9(b) as if it were a Lender; provided, further, that such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.10, 4.11 or 12.4, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of each Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under the Code including Section 5f.103-1(c) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations (or its successor). 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as the Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(g) Securities Laws. Each Lender agrees that it will not make any assignment hereunder in any manner or under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of, or filings in respect of, any Loan, Note or other Obligation under the securities laws of the United States or of any other jurisdiction.
(h) Information. In connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 12.21, disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
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Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure Obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure Obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
12.8 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement and any waiver or amendment hereto may be executed in counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including by electronic imaging) all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully executed and delivered original manual counterpart.
12.9 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
12.10 Maximum Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, the parties hereto hereby agree that all agreements between them under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever shall the amount paid, or agreed to be paid, to the Agent or any Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the money loaned to the Borrowers and evidenced hereby or thereby or for the performance or payment of any covenant or obligation contained herein or therein, exceed the maximum non-usurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Obligations, under the laws of the State of New York (or the laws of any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), or under applicable federal laws which may presently or hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than under the laws of the State of New York (or such other jurisdiction), in any case after taking into account, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all relevant payments or charges under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed in connection herewith, and any available exemptions, exceptions and exclusions (the “Highest Lawful Rate”). If due to any circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents at the time performance of such provision shall be due shall exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, then, automatically, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be modified or reduced to the extent necessary to limit such interest to the Highest Lawful Rate, and if from any such circumstance the Agent or any Lender should ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law which would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, such excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount then outstanding hereunder or on account of any other then outstanding Obligations and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the principal unpaid balance then outstanding hereunder and such other then outstanding Obligations, such excess shall be refunded to Borrowers.
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All sums paid or agreed to be paid to the Agent or any Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the Obligations and other Indebtedness of the Borrowers to the Agent and the Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Indebtedness, until Payment in Full thereof, so that the actual rate of interest on account of all such Indebtedness does not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate throughout the entire term of such Indebtedness. The terms and provisions of this Section shall control every other provision of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other agreements among the parties hereto.
12.11 Borrower Agent; Borrowers, Jointly and Severally.
(a) Economies of Scale. Each Borrower acknowledges that it, together with each other Borrower, make up a related organization of various entities constituting a single economic and business enterprise and sharing a substantial identity of interests such that, without limitation, the Borrowers render services to or for the benefit of each other, purchase or sell and supply goods to or from or for the benefit of each other, make loans, advances and provide other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of each other (including the payment of creditors and guarantees of Indebtedness), provide administrative, marketing, payroll and management services to or for the benefit of each other; have centralized accounting, common officers and directors; and are in certain circumstances are identified to creditors as a single economic and business enterprise. Accordingly, and without limitation, any credit or other financial accommodation extended to any one Borrower pursuant hereto will result in direct and substantial economic benefit to each other Borrower, and each Borrower will likewise benefit from the economies of scale associated with Borrowers, as a group, applying for credit or other financial accommodations pursuant hereto on a collective basis.
(b) Attorney. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably designates the Borrower Agent to be its attorney and agent and in such capacity to borrow, sign and endorse notes, and execute and deliver all instruments, documents, writings and further assurances now or hereafter required hereunder including amendments, waivers and consents of the Loan Documents, on behalf of such Borrower or Borrowers, collectively, and hereby authorizes Agent to pay over or credit all loan proceeds hereunder in accordance with the request of the Borrower Agent.
(c) Co-Borrowers. The handling of this credit facility as a co-borrowing facility with a Borrower Agent in the manner set forth in this Agreement is solely as an accommodation to Borrowers and at their request. Neither the Lenders nor the Agent shall incur any liability to the Borrowers as a result thereof. To induce the Agent and the Lenders to do so and in consideration thereof, each Borrower hereby indemnifies Agent and the Lenders and holds the Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, losses, damages and claims of damage or injury asserted against the Agent or any Lender by any Person arising from or incurred by reason of the handling of the financing arrangements of the Borrowers as provided herein, reliance by the Agent or any Lender on any request or instruction from the Borrower Agent or any other action taken by the Agent or any Lender with respect to this Section except due to willful misconduct or gross (not mere) negligence by the indemnified party.
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(d) Waivers. Each Borrower expressly waives any and all rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnity, exoneration, contribution or any other claim which such Borrower may now or hereafter have against the other Borrowers or other Person directly or contingently liable for the Obligations hereunder, or against or with respect to the other Borrowers’ property (including any property which is Collateral for the Obligations), arising from the existence or performance of this Agreement, until termination of this Agreement and Payment in Full of the Obligations.
(e) Joint and Several Obligations. Each Borrower’s liabilities in respect of the Obligations shall at all times be joint and several and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of: (i) any lack of validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iii) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any security interest in any collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Obligations; (iv) any failure on the part of the Agent or any Lender or any other Person to exercise, or any delay in exercising, any right under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (v) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any of the Borrowers, any Guarantor or any other guarantor with respect to the Obligations (including all defenses based on suretyship or impairment of collateral, and all defenses that any of the Borrowers may assert to the repayment of the Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, bankruptcy, lack of legal capacity, statute of limitations, lender liability, accord and satisfaction, and usury), this Agreement and the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement. The joint and several liabilities of the Borrowers hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been Paid in Full.
(f) Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the amount of the Obligations for which each Borrower is jointly and severally liable hereunder shall be the aggregate amount of the Obligations unless a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicates such Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement (or the amount thereof) to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including because of any applicable state, provincial or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers), in which case the amount of the Obligations payable by such Borrower hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount of the Obligations that could be incurred by such Borrower without rendering such Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement invalid or unenforceable under such applicable law.
12.12 Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns; Interpretation. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties, supersede any prior written and verbal agreements among them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and shall bind and benefit the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been jointly drafted, and no provision of it shall be interpreted or construed for or against a party because such party purportedly prepared or requested such provision, any other provision, or this Agreement as a whole.
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12.13 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NEITHER THE AGENT, ANY LENDER NOR ANY OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE LOAN PARTIES (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE) FOR LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE LOAN PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, UNLESS IT IS DETERMINED BY A FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT OR COURT ORDER BINDING ON THE AGENT, SUCH LENDER OR SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY (AS THE CASE MAY BE) THAT THE LOSSES WERE THE RESULT OF ACTS OR OMISSIONS CONSTITUTING GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE AGENT, SUCH LENDER, OR SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY (AS THE CASE MAY BE). THE LOAN PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ALL FUTURE CLAIMS AGAINST THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND EACH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND EACH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY HEREBY WAIVE ALL FUTURE CLAIMS AGAINST THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
12.14 GOVERNING LAW. OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO THE CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS, THE DUTCH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND THE ENGLISH SECURITY DOCUMENTS, AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 11.13 (ENGLISH LAW GOVERNED TRANSACTION SECURITY), THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND ACCEPTS THAT, IF A PARTY IS REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIGNING AND/OR EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, DEED OR DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT OR MADE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE POWER OF ATTORNEY IS GOVERNED BY DUTCH LAW, THAT THE EXISTENCE AND EXTENT OF THE ATTORNEY’S AUTHORITY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE ATTORNEY’S EXERCISE OR PURPORTED EXERCISE OF ITS AUTHORITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY DUTCH LAW.
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12.15 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN ANY OF THE LOAN PARTIES AND THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO (A) THIS AGREEMENT; (B) ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT; (OTHER THAN THE CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS, THE DUTCH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND THE ENGLISH SECURITY DOCUMENTS) OR (C) ANY CONDUCT, ACT OR OMISSION OF THE LOAN PARTIES OR THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED ONLY BY STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND THE COURTS TO WHICH AN APPEAL THEREFROM MAY BE TAKEN; PROVIDED, THAT THE AGENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TO PROCEED AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTY IN (A) ANY COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND VENUE AND (B) ANY LOCATION SELECTED BY THE AGENT TO ENABLE THE AGENT TO REALIZE ON SUCH PROPERTY, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF THE AGENT. EACH LOAN PARTY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT IN WHICH THE AGENT HAS COMMENCED A PROCEEDING, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS.
12.16 Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
12.17 JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO (A) THIS AGREEMENT; (B) ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER PRESENT OR FUTURE INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN OR AMONG THE LOAN PARTIES, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, OR ANY OF THEM; OR (C) ANY CONDUCT, ACT OR OMISSION OF THE LOAN PARTIES, THE AGENT OR THE LENDERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.
12.18 Attorney. Each party acknowledges and accepts that, if a party is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of this Agreement or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in this Agreement or made pursuant to this Agreement, and the power of attorney is governed by Dutch law, that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of its authority shall be governed by Dutch law.
12.19 Agent Titles. Each Lender that is designated (on the cover page of this Agreement or otherwise) as an “Arranger” of any type shall not have any right, power, responsibility or duty under any Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders, and shall in no event be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any other Lender.
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12.20 Publicity. The Agent may (a) publish in any trade or other publication or otherwise publicize to any third party (including its Affiliates) a tombstone, article, press release or similar material relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement using any Loan Party’s name, product photographs, logo, trademark or other insignia and (b) provide to industry trade organizations related information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.
12.21 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document is intended or shall be construed to confer any rights or benefits upon any Person other than the parties hereto and thereto (and any Indemnified Parties, as provided in Section 12.4).
12.22 Confidentiality. Each of Agent and the Lenders shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed by any of them (a) to its Affiliates, and to its and their partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (provided such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Information and instructed to keep it confidential and are bound by confidentiality restrictions substantially similar to the arrangements of this Section 12.22 and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or the Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 12.22); (b) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates; (c) to the extent required by applicable law or by any subpoena or other legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with any action or proceeding, or other exercise of rights or remedies, relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as this Section, to any assignee or any actual or prospective assignee, participant or pledgee (or any of their respective advisors) in connection with any actual or prospective assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement; (g) with the consent of the Borrower Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) is available to the Agent or the Lenders or any of its or their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties; (i) to the extent that preventing that disclosure would otherwise cause any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents or any transaction carried out in connection with any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents to become an arrangement described in Part II A 1 of Annex IV of the Council Directive of 25 May 2018 (2018/822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU; (j) to the extent such Information is reasonably required by any potential or prospective assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of any Loans or Commitments or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations (provided that such assignees, transferees, participants, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of this Section 12.22 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 12.22); (k) to any rating agency when required by it, provided that prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to Loan Parties received by it from any Agent or any Lender; (l) on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Loans; or (m) disclosures made upon the request or demand of any regulatory or quasi-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or any of its Affiliates (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent or the Lenders may (i) publish or disseminate general information describing this credit facility, including the names and addresses of the Borrowers and a general description of the Borrowers’ businesses, (ii) use name, product photographs, logo, Trademark or other insignia of any Loan Party in advertising materials and league table purposes only as provided in Section 12.20, and (iii) may in their sole discretion communicate and exchange information regarding the Loan Parties, the Collateral, the Loan Documents, and the Loan Parties’ business with the First Lien Term Loan Agent, the First Lien Term Loan Lenders, the Second Lien Term Loan Agent and/or Second Lien Term Loan Lenders. As used herein, “Information” means all information received from a Loan Party relating to it or its business that a reasonable Person would consider confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to have complied if it exercises the same degree of care that it accords its own confidential information. The Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that (i) Information may include material non-public information concerning a Loan Party; (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable law, including federal, state, provincial and territorial securities laws.
12.23 Patriot Act Notice. The Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, the Agent and each Lender is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, including its legal name, address, tax ID number and other information that will allow the Agent and each Lender to identify it in accordance with the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Agent will also require information regarding each personal guarantor, if any, and may require information regarding the Loan Parties’ management and owners, such as legal name, address, social security number and date of birth.
12.24 Advice of Counsel. Each Borrower acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel in connection with the execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and is not relying upon oral representations or statements inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
12.25 Captions. The captions at various places in this Agreement and any other Loan Document are intended for convenience only and do not constitute and shall not be interpreted as part of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
12.26 Survival or Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Loans. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Loan Party set forth in Sections 4.10, 4.11, 12.3 and 12.4 and the agreements of the Lenders set forth in Section 2.14 shall survive the payment of the Loans and the termination hereof.
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12.28 Right to Cure. The Agent may, in its discretion, (a) cure any default by any Loan Party under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Material Contract that affects the Collateral, its value or the ability of the Agent to collect, sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral or the rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders therein or the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, (b) pay or bond on appeal any judgment entered against any Loan Party, (c) discharge any charges, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied on or existing with respect to the Collateral and (d) pay any amount, incur any expense or perform any act which the Agent, in its discretion, determines is necessary or appropriate to preserve, protect, insure or maintain the Collateral and the rights of the Agent and the Lenders with respect thereto. The Agent may add any amounts so expended to the Obligations and charge the Loan Account or any other account of the Borrowers with Agent or the amounts thereof, such amounts to be repayable by the Borrowers on demand and bear interest until paid in full at the highest rate then applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans. The Agent shall be under no obligation to effect such cure, payment or bonding and shall not, by doing so, be deemed to have assumed any obligation or liability of any Loan Party. Any payment made or other action taken by the Agent under this Section shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default and to proceed accordingly.
12.29 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected 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 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:
(c) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(d) 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
(e) 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.
12.30 Time. Time is of the essence in this Agreement and each other Loan Document. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein and in any other Loan Documents to time shall mean and refer to Central time.
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12.31 Keepwell. Each Borrower and each other Loan Party, to the extent constituting a Qualified ECP Guarantor, hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under the guaranty contained in the Guaranty and Security Agreement made by it in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section or otherwise under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect at all times hereafter until the Obligations have been Paid in Full. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section shall constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
12.32 Sovereign Immunity. Each Loan Party, in respect of itself, its process agents, and its properties and revenues, hereby irrevocably agrees that, to the extent that such Person or any of its properties has or may hereafter acquire any right of immunity, whether characterized as sovereign immunity or otherwise, from any legal proceedings, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere, to enforce or collect upon the Loans or any Loan Document or any other liability or obligation of such Person related to or arising from the transactions contemplated by any of the Loan Documents, including immunity from suit, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction or judgment of any court or tribunal, immunity from execution of a judgment, and immunity of any of its property from attachment prior to any entry of judgment, or from attachment in aid of execution upon a judgment, such Person hereby expressly waives, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Requirements of Law, any such immunity, and agrees not to assert any such right or claim in any such proceeding, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party further agrees that the waivers set forth in this Section 12.31 shall be effective to the fullest extent permitted under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the U.S. and are intended to be irrevocable for purposes of such Act.
12.33 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedge 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.
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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.
12.34 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of the Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to the Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Hedging Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
12.35 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Agent or the Lenders (or to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders), or the Agent or Lender enforces any security interests or exercises any right of set-off, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or set-off or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, monitor, receiver and manager and interim receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state, provincial, territorial or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or set-off had not occurred.
12.36 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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12.37 Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state, provincial or territorial laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
12.38 No Fiduciary Duty. The Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Loan Parties, their stockholders and/or their Affiliates. Each Loan Party agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates, on the other. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Loan Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Loan Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Loan Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Loan Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
12.39 Currency Indemnity. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court in any jurisdiction with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it becomes necessary to convert into a particular currency (the “Judgment Currency”) any amount due under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document in any currency other than the Judgment Currency (the “Currency Due”), then conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which judgment is given. For this purpose “rate of exchange” means the rate at which the Agent is able, on the relevant date, to purchase the Currency Due with the Judgment Currency in accordance with its normal practice at its head office. In the event that there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given and the date of receipt by the Agent of the amount due, the Borrowers will, on the date of receipt by the Agent, pay such additional amounts, if any, or be entitled to receive reimbursement of such amount, if any, as may be necessary to ensure that the amount received by the Agent on such date is the amount in the Judgment Currency which when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt by the Agent is the amount then due under this Agreement or such other Loan Document in the Currency Due.
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If the amount of the Currency Due which the Agent is so able to purchase is less than the amount of the Currency Due originally due to it, the Borrowers shall indemnify and save the Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against all loss or damage arising as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Agent from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or under any judgment or order.
12.40 Intercreditor Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document: (a) the Liens granted to the Agent in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents and the exercise of any right related to any Collateral shall be subject, in each case, to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, (b) in the event of any conflict between the express terms and provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, on one hand and any Intercreditor Agreement, on the other hand, the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement, as the case may be shall control and (c) each Lender (and, by its acceptance of the benefits of any Security Document, each other Secured Party) hereby authorizes and instructs the Agent to execute and perform its obligations under the Intercreditor Agreements (and any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto approved in accordance with the terms thereof) on behalf of such Lender and such Lender agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.
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Annex B
Amended Exhibit H (Compliance Certificate)
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Annex C
Amended Annex A (Lenders and Commitments)
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Annex D
Post-Closing Obligations for Amendment No. 7
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Exhibit 99.1
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NEWS RELEASE |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TEAM, INC. ANNOUNCES PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF PREFERRED STOCK
Reduces Leverage and Provides Enhanced Financial Flexibility
SUGAR LAND, TX – September 11, 2025 – Team, Inc. (NYSE: TISI) (“TEAM” or the “Company”), a global, leading provider of specialty industrial services offering clients access to a full suite of conventional, specialized, and proprietary mechanical, heat-treating, and inspection services, today announced that it has successfully closed on a private placement of preferred stock and warrants to affiliates of Stellex Capital Management LLC (collectively, “Stellex”) for $75 million of proceeds before expenses (the “Transaction”). The Transaction immediately reduces debt, enhances financial flexibility and inaugurates a strategic new relationship with a partner aligned with TEAM’s management on the Company’s key priorities.
Highlights of the Transaction:
| • | Closed $75 million of preferred stock; |
| • | Paid down approximately $67 million of debt; |
| • | Amended Team’s existing ABL Credit Facility to increase the commitment amount by $20 million, reduce the applicable margin by a range of 25 basis points to 37.5 basis points and extend the maturity to October 2028; |
| • | Amended Team’s First Lien Term Loan Facility to reduce the applicable margin by 25 basis points and improve financial flexibility and terms; and |
| • | Includes a delayed draw option at TEAM’s election over the next 24 months of up to an additional $30 million in issuable preferred stock and warrants. |
“Since 2022, our management team has been keenly focused on successfully executing our strategic roadmap designed to simplify the business, optimize the cost structure, strengthen the balance sheet and drive top-line growth. We’ve made significant progress towards these goals and today, we are pleased to announce a $75 million preferred stock investment with Stellex, which materially strengthens our balance sheet, reduces our debt, and will help fund our ongoing transformation,” said Keith D. Tucker, TEAM’s Chief Executive Officer. “The targeted enhancements to our existing ABL and First Lien Facilities highlight the benefits of this strategic investment by boosting accessibility and lowering pricing. This helps position TEAM to accelerate execution of our long-term strategic plan focused on top-line growth, lowering our cost structure and strengthening our cash flow. We are excited to partner with Stellex and appreciate their confidence in our value creation plan. We also want to thank Eclipse, HPS and Corre for their continued support and confidence in TEAM.”
“We are pleased to partner with TEAM at a pivotal moment in its evolution,” said Olivia Zhao, Principal at Stellex. “We believe TEAM is built on strong fundamentals, and we see a compelling opportunity towards further unlocking its meaningful growth potential through strengthening the Company’s capital structure. This investment represents more than just capital – it is a shared commitment to accelerating operational distinction, advancing technology, and delivering long-term value to TEAM’s customers and shareholders. Just as importantly, we recognize that TEAM’s employees are integral to its success, and we are aligned with TEAM’s focus on employee development and making TEAM the employer of choice. We look forward to supporting the Company as it seeks to scale its capabilities and build for the future.”
Preferred Stock
The Transaction consists of the initial sale of $75 million of the Company’s 10.5% Series B Preferred Stock, par value $100 per share (“Preferred Stock”). Preferred Stock Dividends are payable quarterly in kind by increasing the stated value or, at TEAM’s option, in cash. As part of the Transaction, Stellex will also receive 982,371 Tranche A Warrants with an exercise price of $23.00 per share and 470,889 Tranche B Warrants with an exercise price of $50.00 per share, in each case subject to certain adjustments. The net proceeds from the initial sale will be used by the Company to (i) repay $25 million of loans under its ABL Credit Facility provided by Eclipse Business Capital (“Eclipse”) and (ii) repay approximately $42 million of loans under its Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement provided by Corre Partners Management, LLC (“Corre”). The Transaction also provides for a delayed draw feature that allows the Company at its sole option over the 24 months following closing to issue additional Preferred Stock along with a corresponding pro rata portion of warrants to Stellex for up to an additional $30 million of proceeds.
In connection with the Transaction, Stellex will have the right to nominate two members to the Company’s Board of Directors.
Asset-Based Lending Facility
The Company’s existing ABL Credit Facility provided by Eclipse was amended to (i) increase the Commitment Amount under the ABL Credit Facility from $130 million to $150 million (ii) reduce the Applicable Margin for loans by a range of 25 basis points to 37.5 basis points, and (iii) extend the maturity date to October 2028 The Company’s existing First Lien Term Loan Facility (the “First Lien Facility”) provided by HPS Investment Partners, LLC (“HPS”) was amended to reduce the Applicable Margin by 25 basis points and provide additional financial flexibility while the Company executes its strategic growth and margin initiatives.
First Lien Facility
Houlihan Lokey and Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised TEAM in connection with the Transaction. Latham & Watkins LLP advised Stellex in connection with the Transaction.
For more detailed information, please refer to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which provides further details on the Transaction.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy TEAM’s Preferred Stock or Warrants and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of these or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Team, Inc.
Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, Team, Inc. (NYSE: TISI) is a global, leading provider of specialty industrial services offering customers access to a full suite of conventional, specialized, and proprietary mechanical, heat-treating, and inspection services. We deploy conventional to highly specialized inspection, condition assessment, maintenance, and repair services that result in greater safety, reliability, and operational efficiency for our customers most critical assets. Through locations in more than 13 countries, we unite the delivery of technological innovation with over a century of progressive, yet proven integrity and reliability management expertise to fuel a better tomorrow. For more information, please visit www.teaminc.com.
About Stellex Capital Management LLC
With offices in New York, London, Pittsburgh and Detroit, Stellex Capital is a private equity firm with over $5 billion in AUM. Stellex seeks to identify and deploy capital in opportunities that stand to benefit from its operationally focused and hands-on approach to investing. Portfolio companies are supported by Stellex’s industry knowledge, operating capabilities, network of senior executives, strategic insights, and access to capital. Sectors of particular focus include aerospace, defense & government services, transportation & logistics, manufacturing, real economy & business services, food processing and tech-enabled services. Additional information may be found at www.stellexcapital.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain forward-looking information contained herein is being provided in accordance with the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We have made reasonable efforts to ensure that the information, assumptions, and beliefs upon which this forward-looking information is based are current, reasonable, and complete. However, such forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, judgments, and uncertainties. They include but are not limited to statements regarding the Company’s financial prospects, the implementation of cost saving measures and the Company’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transaction, including the Company’s use of the delayed draw feature. There are known and unknown factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those addressed in the forward-looking information. Although it is not possible to identify all of these factors, they include, among others, the Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations, access its credit facilities, or maintain its compliance with covenants under its credit facilities and debt agreements, the duration and magnitude of accidents, extreme weather, natural disasters, and pandemics and related global economic effects and inflationary pressures, the Company’s liquidity and ability to obtain additional financing, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, the Company’s ability to execute on its cost management actions; the impact of new or changes to existing governmental laws and regulations and their application, including tariffs; the outcome of tax examinations, changes in tax laws, and other tax matters; foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations; the Company’s ability to successfully divest assets on terms that are favorable to the Company; the Company’s ability to repay, refinance or restructure its debt and the debt of certain of its subsidiaries; anticipated or expected purchases or sales of assets; the Company’s continued listing on the New York Stock Exchange; and such known factors as are detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in other reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking information contained herein, including statements regarding the Company’s financial prospects and the implementation of cost saving measures, will occur or that objectives will be achieved. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made today or any other forward-looking statements made by the Company, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
Media Contact for Team, Inc.:
Nelson M. Haight
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(281) 388-5521
Media Contact for Stellex Capital Management LLC:
Prosek Partners
Mike Geller / Rachel Goun
Email: pro-stellex@prosek.com
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